Most plants still operate in a reactive environment, facing obstacles around behavioral norms, analog devices and analytical barriers. But early adopters are finding big savings from predictive ...

The Kashima facility processes fundamental chemical materials, such as polyethylene or polypropylene for various films, laminations and even car molds. The plant produces, on average, 380,000 tons a ...

Maintenance can be made more efficient, helping make operations more efficient and profitable, by leveraging new digital technologies. Conventional time-based preventive maintenance (PM) is widely ...

Process instruments consist of two main components: a sensor and a transmitter. The sensor is sometimes part of the instrument assembly, as with some pressure instruments, but is more often separate, ...