Latest Technologies
Pilot project demonstrates AI-powered machine vision for tube quality control
Together, Prevas AB (Västerås, Sweden) and Alleima AB have developed and verified a machine vision solution for automated quality control of tubes. Using camera technology and AI-based image analysis, the solution can identify surface defects directly in the production environment…
Asset Information Lifecycle Management: The Digital Backbone of Trusted Operations, Compliance, & AI
This eBook explains how organizations can evolve from scattered, uncontrolled engineering information to a governed, connected, and AI-ready digital foundation. It introduces Asset Information Lifecycle Management (AILM) as the extension of engineering document control across the full asset lifecycle—keeping…
Bringing Order to Engineering Information & Capital Projects at Dow Chemicals
This customer story shares how Dow Chemical transformed fragmented engineering document practices into a scalable, global engineering document management foundation. Dow used a structured, requirements-driven approach to select and deploy Synergis Adept, balancing global standards with the flexibility needed…
Why Engineering Document Management Is the Foundation of Manufacturing Success
This playbook explores why engineering documents should be treated as critical business assets—and how poor document control can increase operational risk, rework, project delays, and compliance challenges. It shows how Engineering Document Management (EDM) creates a centralized source of…
Japanese project achieves 85% ammonia co-firing in naphtha-cracking furnace
NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization; Kanagawa, Japan), Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo), Maruzen Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo), Toyo Engineering Corp. (Chiba City, Japan) and Sojitz Machinery Corp. (Tokyo) have achieved an ammonia co-firing rate of 85% on a…
Next-generation e-SAF power-to-liquids process will integrate solid-oxide co-electrolysis technology
Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS (Dresden, Germany) and AVL List GmbH (Graz, Austria) are joining forces on a program designed to develop a next-generation power-to-liquids (PTL) process based on solid…
The Fascinating World of Powder Dispersion
Technologies and methods for specific process requirements The world of powder dispersion is far more complex than many users realize. Different technologies and methods have distinct strengths, and the best choice always depends on the specific application. This…
High-permeance alumina technology improves ceramic membrane performance
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) has developed a technology that improves permeance while maintaining separation performance in ceramic separation membranes (microfiltration membranes). The technology uses the company's high-performance alumina developed for separation membranes to increase the density of through-pores…
Novel microwave method reshapes thermal regeneration for direct-air CO2 capture
Many direct-air capture (DAC) technologies employ sorbent materials to remove CO2 from ambient air. These sorbents require periodic thermal regeneration — typically using steam — to release bound CO2. This thermal regeneration step is often the largest cost and energy…
Refinery-grade crude oils can be made from biogenic waste using this technology
A pre-commercial plant is now providing operational data for eventual scaleup and industrial integration of a technology that generates refinery-grade crude oils from biogenic waste, such as agricultural and forestry waste and sewage sludge. The 12-ton/d demonstration plant (photo), built…