Plant, Process and Control
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Smart tools for factory of the future

Adding intelligence to the tools and shopfloor systems used within a manufacturing facility can help to simplify the production process and boost efficiency. Sébastien Boria at Airbus explains how an NI SOM (System on Module) is playing a key role

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Lots about lubrication of rolling bearings

A new publication from Schaeffler UK contains a wealth of useful information for engineers who want to learn more about the principles, methods, selection and testing of lubricants for rolling bearings.

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Lubricants and rolling bearings

Available from Schaeffler UK, ‘Lubrication of Rolling Bearings’ is a publication that contains useful information for engineers who want to learn more about the principles, methods, selection and testing of lubricants for rolling bearings.

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Repeater for two-wire sensors

The short-circuit-proof BL 560 repeater power supply from Knick’s BasicLine series is said to be an equally reliable and cost-efficient solution for voltage supply and signal decoupling of much-used two-wire sensors in safe areas.

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Savings and sustainability

Veolia Water Technologies has supplied a bespoke water recovery system to Heineken’s Hereford Cider Mill. Looking to reduce water consumption by 25% by 2020 and as part of an overall environmental assessment, Heineken identified a potential saving from the water loss in the concentrate stream from their borehole water treatment reverse osmosis system.

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Belt range meets static conductivity standard

Gates’ newly developed Poly Chain Carbon Volt conforms to the ISO9563 static conductivity standard and will serve any application (grain elevators, storage silos, gas industry, oil refineries and chemical processing plants) required by the ATEX directive.

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Solenoid valves:  An enduring design

The humble solenoid has been with us since the early 1900s and since its invention it has seen a number of developments that have enabled it to provide control over a wide range of applications. Paul Trevitt, operations & engineering manager for Bürkert UK & Ireland, looks at some of the improvements that have allowed an increasing number of processes to rely on the device

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Demand drives probe expansion

Customer demand to use SICK’s LFP fluid probes in difficult applications has led to an expanded range of products, all offering accurate level detection and measurement in oil- and water-based fluids even in the presence of  foam.

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Integrated control unit

The PMX measuring system from HBM now features an integrated control unit, in compliance with the international standard IEC 61131, to simplify automation tasks with PLCs.

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