Many recent utility greenfield and rehabilitation power projects have incorporated plant automation, with the goal of reducing the number of operators needed. The essential design principle is to ...

Converting manual racks to automated racks allowed workers to achieve 5x the output and improve accuracy by at least 10x ...

To stay competitive in today’s fast-paced and sometimes volatile market, businesses must do more with less. While each industry has its particular drivers and solutions, manufacturing plants are ...

The asphalt industry is more competitive and complex than ever before. From the demands of a quality mix to the ever growing desire for sustainability, asphalt plants need to have every tool at their ...

The oil and gas production explosion is driving the renaissance of the chemical and process industries in North America. With low-cost natural gas comes low-cost feedstock for many chemical compounds, ...

A steel processing plant in South Africa needed to upgrade its Wonderware InTouch 7.0 to version 9.5. Plant operators tried the initial upgrade and no errors were reported. But the implementation on ...

History has shown that the proper deployment of automation on new construction projects can make the difference between a moderate performer and an industry-leading unit, between average financial ...

Sneha Jha spoke to Annie John Mathew, CIO, MotherDairy Fruit & Vegetable on the eve of International Women’s Day to find outhow she orchestrated a project such a vast scale and enhanced process ...

A lot of the narrative on modern manufacturing automation has to do with using technology as a substitute for employees. This is especially true in the woodworking industry where finding skilled ...

The greatest threat to a potted plant stems from its owner’s forgetfulness, but [Sasa Karanovic] has created an automation system that will keep his plants from getting too thirsty. Over the past year ...