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  • Scaling Innovation in the Lithium Battery Boom

    Jim Cahill
    It often feels as though electric vehicles went from niche to commonplace overnight. And as much as the general public is feeling that shift, manufacturers are feeling it even more. The demand for lithium batteries , and the raw materials to power them, has seen an incredible increase. This shift has created a stress point, forcing manufacturers to speed production to keep up, but has also created an incredible opportunity…

  • Rethinking Reliability Strategies

    Jim Cahill
    Industrial Engineering works in front of monitoring screen in the production control center. technology concept. At many plants around the globe, reliability strategies haven’t changed much in the last few decades. Technicians grab a documentation device—sometimes an Android or iOS device, sometimes a hardened laptop, other times, a fit-for-purpose handheld communicator—and head into the field to perform their scheduled…

  • Rethinking Reliability Strategies

    Jim Cahill
    Industrial Engineering works in front of monitoring screen in the production control center. technology concept. At many plants around the globe, reliability strategies haven’t changed much in the last few decades. Technicians grab a documentation device—sometimes an Android or iOS device, sometimes a hardened laptop, other times, a fit-for-purpose handheld communicator—and head into the field to perform their scheduled…

  • Dump Data Overload with a Boundless Automation Vision

    Jim Cahill
    Data. You have it. You might even want more of it. And, if statistics are any guide, chances are you simultaneously see areas where you have too much of it. In recent years, as computing technology has expanded and sensing equipment has rapidly decreased in price and complexity, maintenance and reliability teams have been quick to instrument their equipment. As instrumentation grew, more and more data started coming…

  • Dump Data Overload with a Boundless Automation Vision

    Jim Cahill
    Data. You have it. You might even want more of it. And, if statistics are any guide, chances are you simultaneously see areas where you have too much of it. In recent years, as computing technology has expanded and sensing equipment has rapidly decreased in price and complexity, maintenance and reliability teams have been quick to instrument their equipment. As instrumentation grew, more and more data started coming…

  • Cosun leverages real-time information for value creation

    Jim Cahill
    At the Emerson Exchange EMEA 2024 in Düsseldorf, Robin Kobesen, innovation manager smart operations at Cosun, provided an overview of the company’s Smart Operations program, including many of its organizational, technical and project-related challenges and best practices. His presentation, entitled `Ignite collaboration through real-time predictions’, won the award for most innovative Boundless Automation application…

  • Cosun leverages real-time information for value creation

    Jim Cahill
    At the Emerson Exchange EMEA 2024 in Düsseldorf, Robin Kobesen, innovation manager smart operations at Cosun, provided an overview of the company’s Smart Operations program, including many of its organizational, technical and project-related challenges and best practices. His presentation, entitled `Ignite collaboration through real-time predictions’, won the award for most innovative Boundless Automation application…

  • Can we take advantage of Gen-AI to increase human efforts in industrial automation?

    Jim Cahill
    As the hype around generative artificial intelligences (Gen-AI) like ChatGPT, Gemini, Bing Chat, increases, there is a false belief that it will replace many human creative products like written content, computer code, technical documents, graphic works… So far, these affordable and free AI tools have been widely used to create content that has non-critical implications. But some concerns may arise, if we consider to…

  • Can we take advantage of Gen-AI to increase human efforts in industrial automation?

    Jim Cahill
    As the hype around generative artificial intelligences (Gen-AI) like ChatGPT, Gemini, Bing Chat, increases, there is a false belief that it will replace many human creative products like written content, computer code, technical documents, graphic works… So far, these affordable and free AI tools have been widely used to create content that has non-critical implications. But some concerns may arise, if we consider to…

  • Can we take advantage of Gen-AI to increase human efforts in industrial automation?

    Jim Cahill
    As the hype around generative artificial intelligences (Gen-AI) like ChatGPT, Gemini, Bing Chat, increases, there is a false belief that it will replace many human creative products like written content, computer code, technical documents, graphic works… So far, these affordable and free AI tools have been widely used to create content that has non-critical implications. But some concerns may arise, if we consider to…

  • Can we take advantage of Gen-AI to increase human efforts in industrial automation?

    Jim Cahill
    As the hype around generative artificial intelligences (Gen-AI) like ChatGPT, Gemini, Bing Chat, increases, there is a false belief that it will replace many human creative products like written content, computer code, technical documents, graphic works… So far, these affordable and free AI tools have been widely used to create content that has non-critical implications. But some concerns may arise, if we consider to…

  • Electronic Batch Reports Support Digital Transformation

    Jim Cahill
    Hovione  is a contract development and manufacturing company dedicated to helping pharmaceutical customers bring new and off-patent drugs to market. As part of the digital transformation conference stream at Emerson Exchange EMEA 2024 , Mariana Brás, senior process automation engineer at Hovione, explained how electronic batch reporting has helped ensure the company follows good manufacturing practices (GMP), reducing…

  • Electronic Batch Reports Support Digital Transformation

    Jim Cahill
    Hovione  is a contract development and manufacturing company dedicated to helping pharmaceutical customers bring new and off-patent drugs to market. As part of the digital transformation conference stream at Emerson Exchange EMEA 2024 , Mariana Brás, senior process automation engineer at Hovione, explained how electronic batch reporting has helped ensure the company follows good manufacturing practices (GMP), reducing…

  • The Future of Automation is Coming, and the Foundational Technologies are Emerging Today

    Jim Cahill
    For decades, or perhaps even longer, many manufacturers considered productivity and sustainability to be at odds with each other. Sustainability technologies were expensive, so they weren’t worth implementing because they would eat into profits. However, in the last few years, organizations across the globe have made a startling discovery: performance and sustainability are actually two sides of the same coin. This…

  • The Future of Automation is Coming, and the Foundational Technologies are Emerging Today

    Jim Cahill
    For decades, or perhaps even longer, many manufacturers considered productivity and sustainability to be at odds with each other. Sustainability technologies were expensive, so they weren’t worth implementing because they would eat into profits. However, in the last few years, organizations across the globe have made a startling discovery: performance and sustainability are actually two sides of the same coin. This…

  • What can you expect during a modern turbine control retrofit project?

    Jim Cahill
    Whether it is onshore, offshore or newer airborne technology, wind power is playing a key role in the energy transition. With this continued growth in the wind power market, organizations are looking closely at how they can ensure their wind turbines—some of which may be decades old and outfitted with outdated technologies–can operate at peak efficiency. For numerous reasons—cost, delays due to supply chain shortages…

  • What can you expect during a modern turbine control retrofit project?

    Jim Cahill
    Whether it is onshore, offshore or newer airborne technology, wind power is playing a key role in the energy transition. With this continued growth in the wind power market, organizations are looking closely at how they can ensure their wind turbines—some of which may be decades old and outfitted with outdated technologies–can operate at peak efficiency. For numerous reasons—cost, delays due to supply chain shortages…

  • Modern Power Generation Requires Modern Solutions

    Jim Cahill
    Utilities around the globe are reacting to a public call to address climate change. The future of generation will call for new technologies that reduce emissions and provide more sustainable power. However, as James Fraser points out in his recent article in enerG magazine , power companies have avoided reacting to this change by a complete rip and replace of technologies. Utilities still need to provide reliable power…

  • Modern Power Generation Requires Modern Solutions

    Jim Cahill
    Utilities around the globe are reacting to a public call to address climate change. The future of generation will call for new technologies that reduce emissions and provide more sustainable power. However, as James Fraser points out in his recent article in enerG magazine , power companies have avoided reacting to this change by a complete rip and replace of technologies. Utilities still need to provide reliable power…

  • Non-Intrusive Flare Header Technologies

    Jim Cahill
    At the 2024 4C Health, Safety & Environmental Conference , 4C Marketplace’s Steve Probst and Emerson’s Marcio Donnangelo presented Flare Headers Non-Intrusive Technologies. Steve opened the session by pointing out the financial benefits of continuous monitoring for many ESG-related projects. Having to implement mitigation strategies for compliance does not provide ESG credit, but doing it before it’s required does enable…

  • Non-Intrusive Flare Header Technologies

    Jim Cahill
    At the 2024 4C Health, Safety & Environmental Conference , 4C Marketplace’s Steve Probst and Emerson’s Marcio Donnangelo presented Flare Headers Non-Intrusive Technologies. Steve opened the session by pointing out the financial benefits of continuous monitoring for many ESG-related projects. Having to implement mitigation strategies for compliance does not provide ESG credit, but doing it before it’s required does enable…

  • Non-Intrusive Flare Header Technologies

    Jim Cahill
    At the 2024 4C Health, Safety & Environmental Conference , 4C Marketplace’s Steve Probst and Emerson’s Marcio Donnangelo presented Flare Headers Non-Intrusive Technologies. Steve opened the session by pointing out the financial benefits of continuous monitoring for many ESG-related projects. Having to implement mitigation strategies for compliance does not provide ESG credit, but doing it before it’s required does enable…

  • Don’t Replace—Retrofit!

    Jim Cahill
    Much of our attention on the rise of renewable energy has been focused on the United States and Europe, but the reality is that a trend toward increasing renewable electricity generation is happening around the globe. Nowhere is that more obvious than in India, where the government has set ambitious goals to reach net zero emissions by 2070 and meet 50% of its electricity requirements from renewable energy sources by…

  • Don’t Replace—Retrofit!

    Jim Cahill
    Much of our attention on the rise of renewable energy has been focused on the United States and Europe, but the reality is that a trend toward increasing renewable electricity generation is happening around the globe. Nowhere is that more obvious than in India, where the government has set ambitious goals to reach net zero emissions by 2070 and meet 50% of its electricity requirements from renewable energy sources by…

  • AI is Coming, and it’s Time to Get Ready

    Jim Cahill
    There is a lot of talk these days about the rise of AI. It’s not only that the technology is so new and exciting, with so much potential to change the world. AI is also a hot topic because the global environment is right for the changes it can bring. A workforce shortage has left many organizations struggling to find skilled personnel who can operate their plants just as operations have become more complex to meet a changing…

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