Articles

Plant of the Year from FieldComm group, red lightning bolt
Industrial Networks

Pioneering plants push automation into the future

Len Vermillion
FieldComm Group’s Plant of the Year honorees illustrate the progress made in productivity, efficiency and sustainability
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Data Analytics

Focusing on the right data analytics

With tools like DataMosaix, engineers can centralize their data management, providing better visibility and driving improvements across key operational metrics
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Sustainability

The future is brighter than you think

Béla Lipták
Technology advances bring achieving a green energy economy closer to reality
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Data Analytics

Apparatus for data analytics

Control's monthly resources guide
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Sustainability

Oh the humanities!

Jim Montague
Facetime with partners is crucial for sustainability and other epic transitions
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Batch Management

Industrial robot fleet management

Penny Chen
Best practices for large-scale robot deployment, support and maintenance
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Data Analytics

Concierge for SaaS and containerization

Jim Montague
E Tech streamlines analytics for CPG and data center clients
Source: Société Le Nickel (SLN), part of Groupe Eramet, and Rockwell
To increase tonnage and uptime, and improve nickel ore calcination in its kilns, Groupe Eramet’s Société Le Nickel (SLN) in New Caledonia adopted Rockwell Automation’s FactoryTalk Analytics Pavilion 8 model-predictive control (MPC) software with an intelligence layer that sits on top of automation systems, continuously assesses present and predicted operations, and resets control targets to reduce variability and boost efficiency. Using MPC in its kilns, SLN reduced product temperature errors by 6%, cut temperature profile variability by 16.1%, and improved uptime from 70% to 83%.
Data Analytics

Unplugging nickel production

Jim Montague
Société Le Nickel’s mines implement Rockwell’s FactoryTalk Analytics Pavilion8 MPC software
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Optimization

Steps to take, links to add

Jim Montague
Best practices for strengthening supply-chain ties
Optimization

Ties that bind

Suppliers and distributors use analytical ordering, online education, digitalization and collaboration to rope in supply chain challenges
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Optimization

How to multiply supply-chain forces

Jim Montague
ISA and consultant National Automation reports that reshoring, automation and cooperation can bolster upstream and downstream avenues
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Optimization

Strains on the chain

Jim Montague
Identifying the supply-chain issues faced by individual organization can gauge likely impacts, and determine effective responses