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Chemical Engineering | January 1 2018 12:00 am

Enhanced version of a network-based control system

Scheduled for release this quarter, this enhanced version of the Stardom network-based control system (photo) will include a new E2 bus ...
Mary Page Bailey | December 13 2017 4:45 pm

Digital Tools To Move Turbomachinery Into the Future

As with many industries, turbomachinery is experiencing a shift toward all things digital. The two main results of the digitalization trend ...
Mary Page Bailey | December 7 2017 3:41 pm

Aspen Tech acquires Cipher IIoT assets from RtTech Software

Aspen Technology, Inc. (Bedford, Mass.; www.aspentech.com) has acquired the Cipher Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) cloud-native ...
Mary Page Bailey | December 7 2017 2:37 pm

"Smart" couplings now available with this IIoT service

The Smart Coupling product line features this company’s IIoT Smart Tag Solution, which brings increased levels of connectivity by ...
Joy LePree | December 1 2017 12:00 am

Simulation Software: New Applications Evolve

Optimization, advanced process control and performance monitoring are possible via simulation tools Software advances, including faster ...
Tetsuo Satoh | November 1 2017 12:00 am

'Deep-learning-based' AI quickly predicts furnace products

NTT Communications Corp. (NTT Com; www.ntt.com) and Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (both Tokyo, Japan; www.mitsuichem.com) have demonstrated the ...
Mary Page Bailey | September 11 2017 12:48 pm

Honeywell launches drone-based inspection service

Honeywell (Mmorris Plains, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) has launched its first commercial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV or drone) inspection ...
Mary Page Bailey | September 1 2017 12:00 am

Drones Take to the Skies in the Chemical Processing Industries

Drones are quickly entering the chemical processing space as more companies begin to embrace their use for inspection and monitoring tasks
Gerald Ondrey | August 31 2017 2:42 am

BASF and SAP bring multiple business partners together in global network for technical assets

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen; www.basf) and SAP SE (Walldorf, both Germany; www.sap.com) announced the start of a project at BASF's ...
Gerald Ondrey | August 29 2017 10:05 am

Kuwait Paraxylene Production implements Honewell Connected Plant

Honeywell (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) today announced that Kuwait Paraxylene Production Co. (KPPC) will use two Honeywell Connected ...
Dorothy Lozowski | July 7 2017 11:22 am

Total and partners work to accelerate digitalization in industry

In late June, Total (Paris; www.total.com) announced the launch of  its second Plant 4.0 start-up “incubator,” with the goal ...
Gerald Ondrey | July 6 2017 6:40 am

Evonik allocates €100 million for digitalization and enters into cooperations

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is setting aside € 100 million for the topic of digitalization and is also entering ...
Dorothy Lozowski | June 1 2017 12:00 am

The Digital Transformation in the CPI

An overview of how the chemical process industries are looking to the IIoT to help form new business models in a competitive environment ...
Gerald Ondrey | May 31 2017 7:38 am

Metso partners with Rockwell Automation to create new IIoT solutions for mining

Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) has selected Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, Wisc.; www.ra.rockwell.com) to deliver a global ...
Chemical Engineering | May 1 2017 12:00 am

Refineries Explore IIoT Tools to Maximize Profits

New IIoT- and cloud-enabled digital tools and services give petroleum refiners new avenues to increase profitability and safety, but also ...
Chemical Engineering | April 1 2017 12:00 am

Predict product performance with a digital twin

The latest release of STAR-CCM+ software, v12.02, includes several new features to help product development organizations enhance and ...
Chemical Engineering | March 1 2017 12:00 am

Going digital

In these times of fast-changing automation, more and more companies are talking about “going digital.” Converting to digital ...
Gerald Ondrey | February 7 2017 4:07 am

Evonik establishes a digitalization subsidiary

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is setting itself up for the digital future with its own new subsidiary, Evonik ...

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