For as little attention as it gets, hydro generation is a surprisingly important part of global power infrastructure. Many of the most critical sites around the world have been in operation for decades, reliably generating energy and supplying water management for...
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Bringing Born-Digital Speed to Every Life Sciences Workflow
In the last few years, life sciences innovation has jumped by leaps and bounds. Many of the emerging autologous, patient-specific therapies being released are accomplishing things the general public never thought would be possible. These autologous treatments are...
Moving Beyond Control to Factories that Understand
What happens in industrial automation when control is no longer enough? It’s highly likely we will soon find out. After all, the rigid, siloed control structures of the past—built to implement deterministic boundaries—no longer serve the needs of an increasingly...
Reliability Without the Reliance on Tribal Knowledge
Driving the reliability necessary to compete in the modern process manufacturing marketplace is more challenging than ever. Once upon a time, reliability teams could rely on expert personnel to regularly walk the plant and keep an eye and ear out for where machines...
Eliminating Hidden Losses Through Real-Time Plant Intelligence
Maximizing productivity and reducing waste is a never-ending challenge. Though manufacturers have been taking steps to accomplish these goals for decades, the intensity has risen in recent years as competition from global competitors has dramatically increased. There...
SCADA That Adapts as Fast as Your Operations
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software has long been a staple in process manufacturing to help companies control and monitor equipment as well as manage alarms, reports, and process adjustments. Through most of those years, the assumption has been...
Unlocking the Full Lifecycle Value of Digital Twin Simulation
The most obvious value from a digital twin comes in the project phase. Project teams often use digital twin simulation software to dramatically reduce the design and testing phases for new control solutions. Then, when the design and testing are done, forward-thinking...
Preparing Pharma Operations for an Autonomous Future
Continuous manufacturing was a game-changer for the ability to deliver life-improving and life-saving biopharmaceutical treatments to patients as quickly as possible. Automation made it possible to make manufacturing significantly more efficient, helping teams to...
Building the Data Backbone for Industrial AI
To say we don’t know exactly what the future holds as AI continues to grow and evolve on a daily basis is, quite frankly, an understatement. AI is positioned to upend nearly everything we do, and process manufacturing is no exception. Yet, while it seems like there is...
The Industrial Edge Is the New Automation Frontier
The industrial edge is changing. For years—maybe decades—the industrial edge has been defined as the site where operations happen. The hardware and computing systems closest to assets are critical, but they are not everything the edge can be. As Claudio Fayad explains...
Smarter Plants Start with Everyday AI
As more and more generative AI (GenAI) engines seem to emerge every day, it is easy to forget that GenAI isn’t the only artificial intelligence people and companies are using to drive efficiency and reliability. It’s true that GenAI is opening up new vistas of...
Turning Green Hydrogen Ambition into Reliable, Scalable Reality
Much of the focus on green energy is centered around solar and wind generation. However, there are many different potential sources of green energy, and one of the most exciting, if not the most well-known, is green hydrogen (GH2). From pilot programs testing GH2...
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