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all Editions - Siemens | Printed: 11/24/2009
all Editions - Siemens | Printed: 11/24/2009
ProcessNews, Edition 03/04
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In recognition of the strategic breakthrough achieved in terms of data accessibility and transparency, Unilever has presented its internal 2004 IT Award to its ambitious product specification management project, relying on Simatic IT Interspec technology. Simatic IT Interspec harmonizes Unilever’s material and product specifications, providing an enterprise- wide accessible single point of reference, enabling important cost savings, reduced time to market, and a faster global innovation rollout. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/04
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Technological change, progressive innovation, and the metamorphosis of the market for process automation have prompted BASF to reassess its suppliers based on a newly developed and globally applicable user requirement specification. The result of the reevaluation: due to its convincing performance, Siemens has been one of BASF’s global DCS suppliers since August 2004. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/04
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Wherever coal is stored, there is always coal dust and, therefore, the danger of ignition and even explosion – a fact that has prompted the company Arcelor to play it safe in the monitoring of its coal bunkers. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/04
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There are two basic solutions for manufacturer-independent integration of field devices in asset management and control systems: driver-based concepts such as field device tool / device type manager (FDT/DTM) technology, which represents a relatively new method, or description data–based solutions such as Electronic Device Description (EDD), which has been established on the market for quite some time. Either technology will succeed only if it has economic advantages. Siemens shares the opinion of the Profibus User Organization (PNO). According to PNO guidelines, DTM technology should be used in complex distributed devices. The description data–based variant is the more robust and lower-cost solution for regular process instrumentation devices. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/04
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Whether in a 7-series BMW with hydrogen propulsion, a hydrogen-driven forklift, or a bus that draws its energy from fuel cells, hydrogen is conquering more and more areas of application as a clean, practically CO2-neutral energy source. The increasingly widespread application of hydrogen is due in part to the hydrogen project at Munich Airport. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/04
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Controls for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) traditionally mostly consist of dedicated systems that are limited to standard functions. In the pharmaceutical sector, however, HVAC is a critical factor affecting the reliability of analysis results, experiments, and production systems. Pharmaceutical manufacturers require precise, critical control over temperature, humidity levels, and air-flow patterns. The flexibility and level of customization required to achieve this cannot be found in traditional HVAC control systems but requires an industry-specific approach such as that developed by Siemens and Janssen using Simatic technology. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/04
| Above and beyond normal service contracts, customers such as BASF expect a distributed control system (DCS) supplier to make a statement about the future maximum upgrade costs over a period of 10 to 15 years. To be able to make a reliable and acceptable estimate of these costs over such a long period, the supplier must meet the following conditions... more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/04
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From November 9 to 13, the gates to glasstec will open again in Düsseldorf. Many exciting innovations around glass products and applications, new processing machines for flat and hollow glass as well as news from the supplier industry await international visitors. This year’s glasstec offers an additional highlight: the glass technology live special event. For the first time, interior finishing and decorating with glass is the focal theme. A symposium with well-known speakers will complement the special event. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/04
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The automation of production processes in a brewery is a job for specialists. With Braumat, a process control system developed for breweries based on the Simatic technology already proven in many other industries and applications, Siemens was able to demonstrate its extensive experience in this field – winning a contract with one of the largest beer breweries in the world and installing the first system of this kind in China. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/04
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Global companies are increasingly relying on standardized processes and systems in order to exploit rationalization potential for spare parts, training, and service across all their locations. Bayer is no exception. The company-wide specifications were recently implemented with the Simatic PCS 7 process control system in the modernization of a small batch line in Thailand. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/04
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It all began with an intensive process analysis – and ended with a more than 10 percent increase in plant productivity. The Siemens project team that developed and implemented a continuous improvement project for Kodak Polychrome Graphics in Leeds left an impressive calling card for Siemens Customized Solutions. And because of this project, Siemens won a follow-up order for a new Kodak plant in China. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/04
| Siemens was ranked as the leading provider of software for plant operations on MSI Magazine’s Top 100 Software Providers List. Moreover, Siemens was able to secure a sixth place as a leading global provider on MSI’s Top 100 list of supply chain, enterprise, product life-cycle and plant operations software, next to renowned business software enterprises such as SAP, PeopleSoft and Oracle. MSI is a manufacturing and information technology magazine that uses company and license revenues as ewll as revenues outside of the Americas, to compile the list. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/04
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Orafti S.A has awarded a large contract for equipping a new Inulin extraction plant to Siemens. The plant is owned by Orafti S.A. in San Pedro, Chile. Siemens will provide the electrical power supply systems, as well as the process control system Simatic PCS 7 and the drive solutions based on Micromaster, including all related engineering and commissioning services. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/04
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The fully air-conditioned isolators from M+W Zander Products GmbH are not only of interest as stand-alone solutions for individual tasks in pharmaceutics production; they can also be combined in compact, reliably isolated production and test systems. A Simatic S7-300 controller ensures reliable control of ambient conditions. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/04
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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the first representative of a new generation of accelerators where the magnets must be cooled with liquid helium in order to achieve the required force fields. A total of 1,382 cryo-valves, controlled by a special version of the Sipart PS2 positioner, are used to distribute the refrigerated helium over the entire circuit to the individual magnets for the LHC accumulator circuit. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/04
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With experience of over a million wide-ranging field applications and nineteen patents, Sitrans Probe level transmitters provide greater functionality and superior performance in two level technologies. Using either ultrasonic or radar detection, Sitrans Probe is suited for a broad spectrum of applications. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/04
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Standards are crucial in order to use field devices as efficiently as possible in process automation. Dr. Wilfried Hartmann, level-monitoring technology officer at BASF, underlined the importance of standards in field instrumentation in a recent interview.Prior to being accepted in the harsh ambient conditions of the chemical industry, a process instrument has to pass a number of different tests – beginning with the manufacturer and continuing to the end customer or certified institutions. Dr. Wilfried Hartmann explained the development of a standard as it is practiced by many member companies of NAMUR. Devices are chosen by the technical committees of the respective companies and subjected to testing in the laboratory. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/04
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InBev is the biggest South American beverage company, with subsidiaries in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic and Ecuador. For three plants located in Brazil, Siemens will supply the process control technology using the process control system Simatic PCS 7 and Simatic Batch. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/04
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Maintaining the past, introducing the future, and integrating both future and present in a flexible and at the same time uniform concept that meets both the strict requirements of the FDA and the demands of the plant operator for maximum cost-effectiveness…The wish list for the new building control technology for the Biberach/Riss site of the German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim was long. Nevertheless, the Siemens solution provider GiA was able to meet all the requirements with an integrated solution based on Simatic technology. more |
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