There are many reasons why you might want to distribute a load uniformly among several similar pieces of equipment: even wear, maintenance constraints, process security, contractual factors, habit… and often …
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In industry, a number of different measurement and instrumentation & control systems coexist for processing data. These tools have developed into four specialised categories: supervisor, historizer, dataviz and data analytics. …
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In this era of Industry 4.0, industrial operators know that they can count on Big Data or Artificial Intelligence technologies to enhance the energy efficiency of their factories. Yet they …
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Factories continue to consume power even during a production shutdown period for a number of reasons: keeping cold rooms refrigerated, or compressed air under pressure, frost protection heating, etc. Even …
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The boom of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence might lead us to think that data analytics lie in the hands of algorithms. Yet, algorithms alone are not enough to achieve …
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The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) emerged at the initiative of environmental bodies and humanitarian organisations anxious to raise companies’ awareness of the environmental and social issues raised by …
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We all know that efficient ventilation is crucial in workshops. But do you know what it takes, in practice, to optimise air quality while limiting energy consumption? Any endeavour …
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Water and energy are two utilities that are inextricably linked in a factory. For proof, when an osmosis unit, heat exchanger or cooling tower are fed poor-quality water, their energy …
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Industry today relies on huge amounts of data – the range of products manufactured, temperature, pressure and throughput parameters, maintenance information, raw material prices, production schedules, etc. – which are …
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In the age of the Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data and the Cloud, low-cost aggregation and mass storage of enterprise data is both possible and judicious. Creating a repository …
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Boiler plants are going through their own digital transformation. Large facilities are almost systematically equipped with a system of Centralised Technical Management (CTM), which keeps operators constantly informed of the …
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Efficient ventilation is crucial in workshops. Optimising air quality can boost productivity, lower operating costs, save on energy bills and improve the quality of life at work. So how does it work? …
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