New self-service data analytics tools allow plants to create an analytics-enabled workforce that can readily address production issues and continuously improve processes The specialty chemicals sector of the chemical process industries (CPI) is highly complex, from both a production and…
The surge in data volumes within the chemical process industries has made it difficult for engineers to find the insights they need to improve processes. Advanced analytics applications enable engineers and others to harness the data for improved operations Every…
TechnipFMC (Houston; www.technipfmc.com) and DNV GL (www.dnvgl.com) have entered into a partnership to develop the oil and gas industry’s first methodology for qualifying the integrity of digital twin technology. The methodology aims to bring a level playing field to the…
Today, Atonix Digital — a subsidiary of Black & Veatch Overland Park, Kansas; www.bv.com) focused on data-driven software applications — announces its new Wastewater Treatment Solution. The solution is geared to help facility operators identify previously undetectable changes in systems…
Honeywell today announced that Fujian Meide Petrochemical Co., Ltd. will use the Honeywell Process Reliability Advisor to provide prescriptive monitoring of its UOP C3 Oleflex unit in China. The Oleflex unit is designed to convert propane into 660,000 tons per…
The engineering software developer Aucotec AG (Hannover, Germany; www.aucotec.com) acquired a new major client in the oil, gas, wind and solar energy sectors: Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil; Stavanger, Norway; www.equinor.com), will be digitizing and maintaining its plants with Aucotec's data-driven,…
The seemingly boundless versatility of additive manufacturing makes it an area ripe for fast evolution, but critical industrial applications also demand verification and reliability There is no doubt that 3D printing (also known industrially as additive manufacturing; AM) has set…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin; www.tu-berlin.de) have signed an agreement to cooperate closely in the area of machine learning. The aim of the collaboration, Berlin-based Joint Lab for Machine Learning (BASLEARN), is to develop…
Recently, the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) on behalf of its Process Automation Users Group (PAUG) and NAMUR (Leverkusen, Germany; www.namur.net), the association of process industry end users of automation technology, have signed an agreement to cooperate on…
The Chinese company Anhui Conch Cement is one of the world’s biggest cement producers. China alone accounted for around 2.2 billion tons, or about 56%, of total world cement production in 2018. Anhui Conch Cement recently placed an order with…