The Vegapuls 64 is ideal for installation in smaller processing systems and filling vessels, e.g. in the pharmaceutical and food industry, but also in pilot plants. (Vega)
Radar Level Measurement

New Radar Sensor for Liquids — with 80 GHz in the Spotlight

Vega is sending to the starting line a real “game changer” in radar level measurement — the first 80-GHz sensor for liquids characterized especially by extremely good focusing. This feature will make level measurement more reliable than ever before. Measuring points that were previously considered problematic, such as vessels with internal installations, will benefit most from this “world first”.

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Efficient plant management in the pharmaceutical industry leads to significant competitive advantages. (Picture: Siemens)
Plant Management

Intelligent Plant Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry

The maxim “Time is money” is particularly appropriate for the current situation in the pharmaceutical industry. The companies here are therefore striving to keep the time to market launch of a product as short as possible. An efficient information management system helps them in this and optimizes the design and operation of a plant. Consequently, they achieve considerable competitive advantages.

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The best way for companies to modernize control technology used in their processing systems is to migrate step-bystep to a new solution; thereby, maximizing system availability and avoiding extended or unplanned downtime. (B&R Industrial Automation)
Process Control

Stepwise Migration: How to Replace a Process Control System

A story of the replacement of the process control system – Cht R. Beitlich’s decentralized control system with isolated PDA had seen better days. Rather than helping to optimize production, it was tying up valuable resources. Changes to the system were tedious; replacement parts were getting harder and harder to come by. The company began surveying the market for an appropriate replacement. In the end, there was only one system that met all of their requirements.

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This steamcracker in Nanjing, PR China, is a joint–venture project of BASF and Sinopec with a total investment of US $ 2.9 billion. (Picture: BASF)
ACHEMA 2012: Trend Report Plant Engineering

Plant Engineering Between Individual Solutions and Container Modules

Market and raw material trends set the direction in the chemical industry. That is one of the reasons why the 2008/2009 crisis signaled the start of a paradigm shift in chemical plant engineering and construction. Traditional EPC suppliers (general contractors based in the Western industrialized nations) are facing increased competition from Asia. At the same time, the plant engineering teams at global chemical companies are intensifying their partnerships with EPCs and spreading the workload across the international engineering resource base.

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