Jeanne Schweder

AW Contributing Writer

In the lab at the Veramaris facility where omega-3 oil is made from marine algae.

Producing Omega-3 Oils from Marine Algae

A broad automation project, for a joint venture by Evonik and DSM, enables initial annual production to meet about 15% of the industry’s current total demand for omega-3 oils.

Bottling line at Spitz factory in Upper Austria.

Spitz Digitalizes Its Production with Manufacturing Execution System

To future-proof its operations, which produce more than 1 million products a day, Spitz turned to Siemens Simatic IT Production Suite to increase process stability and product quality while connecting its business and process control systems.

Middle River Power’s Tracy, Calif., plant.

Turbine Retrofit Reduces Hot Startup Time, Increases Revenues

Replacing legacy combustion turbine and duct burner controls with Emerson’s Ovation distributed control system technology enabled a Middle River Power plant to better adapt to fluctuations in renewable energy generation.

U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter craft. Source: GE Aviation

U.S. Air Force Looks to Fly with 3D Printed Parts

Metal additive manufacturing is being applied to the production of oil lubrication system parts for the GE F110 engine, which powers the Air Force’s F-16 jet fighter.

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A new SCADA system gives Pluspetrol greater insight into its remote operations.

Using SCADA to Monitor Jungle Field Sites

Pluspetrol replaced its aging SCADA systems with Inductive Automation’s Ignition platform to track multiple geographically dispersed sites in the Ecuadorian jungle.

Panoramic view of sawmill line.

OEM Digitally Transforms Its Business for Remote Support

BID Group, a sawmill equipment manufacturer, adopts PTC’s ThingWorx IIoT platform and Vuforia augmented reality technologies to reduce customer downtime and eliminate asset component failures.

Software Helps Consumer Goods Manufacturer Thrive Amid Pandemic Uncertainty

Skin Actives proves that digitizing production operations doesn’t necessarily require big ticket software technologies. Modern Material Requirements Planning software can address every step in the production process, from order processing to fulfillment.

With more than 1,000 disks on each sheet, disk picking by hand was extremely time-consuming.

Delta Robot Eases Encoder Disk Production

US Digital operators can focus on more important tasks while a new robotic workstation handles disk-picking duty for the company’s new optical kit encoder.

Advanced polymers, synthetic rubber, fertilizers, metallocene plastomers, polyethelenes, and engineering thermoplastics are among the products made at the Chemelot campus.

By Seeing Patterns, Analytics Software Models Improve Process Control

Translating raw data into usable information has been a difficult task for industrial companies. Using TrendMiner, a self-service industrial data analytics software, Sitech was able to overcome this problem.

MadTree Brewing Gets a One-Stop Supervisory Management System

Though outdated, many organizations continue to use spreadsheets and whiteboards to keep track of and consolidate data. MadTree Brewing Company was among those companies until they implemented the Ignition platform from Inductive Automation.

Real-time Data Gives Samtec the Edge in Improving Manufacturing Processes

Sepasoft OEE Downtime Module helped Samtec transform its manufacturing data processes to provide real-time visibility of process variables, as well as monitoring for key quality and process indicators.

Swiss machine builder Credimex deploys Beckhoff transport technology to maximize small parts production.

Modular Machine Maximizes Production With Linear Transport Technology

With modular machines making their way onto the factory floor, the Swiss machine builder and system integrator, Credimex, took advantage of linear transport technology to enhance production and create flexible and expandable processing stations.

Rever's SaaS application is configurable and not customized for each plant, reducing costs and making updates easier.

App Reinvigorates Employee Input for Continuous Improvement at Mars Petcare

How do you get frontline employees engaged in efforts for plant improve? Learn how Mars Petcare used a mobile application to reinvigorate employee input leading to continuous improvement at multiple manufacturing facilities in Mexico.