Process

Digitalization, sustainability, shortage of skilled workers: Companies in the process industry are currently facing major challenges. To prepare their plants for the future, Siemens believes that operators must rely on …

Emerson has released DeltaV™ IO.CONNECT, a new subscription software service designed to help plants simplify modernization with an open architecture pathway that makes it possible to transition to more efficient …

The increasing digitalisation and integration of production processes is generating a host of information that needs to be available in the field and thus also in hazardous areas. This information …

Sustainability is the leading theme of this year’s world’s flagship trade fair for the process industry, ACHEMA, in Frankfurt. In the Green Innovation Zone and the Digital Hub at the …

For food & beverage production, digital communications from field devices can provide a wealth of data to increase efficiency and productivity that can’t be achieved using analogue signals. However, the …

With VEGAPULS 6X, VEGA radar “thinks” in a new way. The result: A new radar sensor that can measure in every conceivable level application. The times when users had to …

Measuring conductivity in the smallest space: The new Baumer PAC50 process sensor sets new standards and is perfect for small-sized production installations. The new product development from the Swiss sensor …

As part of Industry 4.0, the value chain of manufacturing companies is being more and more digitised. On the one hand, digitisation helps to capture detailed information on resources, associated …

Tech group Schneider Electric and the German software company ProLeiT continue to grow together. The functionalities of the Plant iT system family from ProLeiT are now also available for users …

“Comos Mobile Worker” is a new software application for mobile data management with integrated augmented reality functionalities from Siemens. It was developed in cooperation with Augmensys GmbH, a specialist in …

IO-Link is enjoying increasing popularity, with demand for the communications standard growing rapidly, especially in the food & beverage industry. The fieldbus-independent technology for point-to-point communication is easy to use …

ODVA announced today that The EtherNet/IP™ Specification has been enhanced to enable EtherNet/IP networks to support the Ethernet-APL physical layer for process automation. Licensed Vendors for the EtherNet/IP technology can …

With the new Ethernet-APL communication technology, users in the process industries have gained a strong partner at their side in their quest for higher efficiency and increasing quality. This new …

The numerous barriers to deploying high-speed Ethernet-enabled instrumentation in hazardous process automation facilities are now resolved with the introduction of Ethernet-APL technology. Ethernet-APL is the new two-wire, intrinsically safe physical …

In many cases, industrial process plants include hundreds or even thousands of measuring devices. Particularly for basic applications, demands for simplicity in commissioning, operation and maintenance have increased significantly in …