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all Editions - Siemens | Printed: 11/25/2009
all Editions - Siemens | Printed: 11/25/2009
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
| Many process pump owners would like to see a great improvement in the availability of these often process-critical components. With the Sitrans DA 400 diagnostic device, Siemens has developed a solution with which the slightest leaks can be detected reliably on pumps. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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There is no room for ambiguity in the pharmaceutical industry: strict international guidelines regulate the production processes. Automation systems must go through an exhaustive validation process before they can begin operation. In modernizing the automation system of a Xian Janssen production plant in China, Siemens has once more been able to prove its expertise in the pharmaceutical industry. Redundant systems provide maximum reliability, and Siemens' extensive know-how considerably simplified validation of the systems. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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The Manila Water Company is responsible for production, treatment and distribution of water, as well as for operating the sewage system in the east zone of Manila, Philippines, a zone that has five million inhabitants. A total of twelve Sonokit ultrasonic flow meters were recently installed by Siemens for Manila Water at several points in the pipe system. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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It’s a well-known fact that a good beer should contain nothing more than water, hops, and malt. As far as the malt is concerned, Finland is one of the brewing industry’s major suppliers. The consistent quality of Finnish malt is due in part to the use of a process control system adapted especially to the brewing sector. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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Flexibility, reliability, and the ability to provide complete documentation are just some of the requirements that process control systems must meet in today’s pharmaceutical industry. In two separation systems for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in its Bergkamen plant, Schering decided to replace the existing control systems with newer technology that would make it convenient and cost-efficient for the company to define and change recipes in-house. In this project, Schering decided to continue a long and successful partnership by relying once again on the expertise of Siemens. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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Using Sipart PS2 with an external, non-contacting position sensor is beneficial especially in very critical application conditions. The magnetic non-contacting position sensor (NCS) is made up of a sensor control and a permanent magnet gives exact readings of rotary or linear angles. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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Friesland Foods Cheese produces various types of cheese that are sold under different brand names. In Bedum, the Netherlands, the company recently built a new cheese production facility with two production lines. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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One main objective of the pharmaceutical industry is to make processes standard and repeatable throughout all manufacturing facilities. Electronic batch reporting and documentation, as provided by Simatic IT, offer significant benefits over traditional paper-based solutions. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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Chiron is one of the world's largest developers of vaccines, blood testing and biopharmaceutical products. With a turnover of $1.7 billion and 5,400 people employed around the world, Chiron is a formidable force in global pharmaceutical development. As a company, they see research and innovation as keys to their success. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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The pharmaceutical industry is experiencing a period of transition and must adapt itself to a totally new market landscape. The industry must deal with pricing pressures due to health service reforms and expiring patents, drastically increasing costs for research and development, and changes in the product portfolio – moving away from blockbusters toward more targeted drugs that must be produced in smaller batches. With a wide-ranging product and service offering, process expertise, and experience from numerous other industries, Siemens offers multidisciplinary solutions with which the pharmaceutical industry can continue to be successful in this new market landscape. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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As a partner of Siemens, Mettler Toledo markets compatible product combinations for the efficient automation of weighing functions. The new product line for high-precision weighing is the result of a cooperative agreement that the two companies initiated in September 2004. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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With its unique inverse-frequency approach to capacitance technology, Pointek level monitoring instruments can reliably detect foam levels. This helps ensure the high quality of the whiskeys produced at the renowned Dufftown distillery. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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Siemens was also very successful in another Chiron project on the Marburg site: building a new filling and lyophilization plant for therapeutics and vaccines. Drug manufacturing always has high demands as far as FDA and GMP requirements are concerned. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, is nothing new. The technology which employs “smart tags” to track, trace and identify virtually every type of item – even human beings – has been around since World War II. Within the past decade, RFID has found renewed interest. The vision of a world in which complete product profiles can be called up with the push of a button has tremendous appeal to a number of industries. For the pharmaceutical industry in particular, it seems that RFID has finally come of age. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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Siemens Logistics and Assembly Systems has built a logistics center for the Merckle/ratiopharm pharmaceutical group at the company’s Ulm/Donautal location in Germany. This highly automated logistics center is setting new benchmarks in the field of pharmaceutical distribution centers, with an output of about 1,000 pallets and 170,000 picks per day. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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Two Siemens experts participated in training approximately 30 FDA Inspectors, 16 FDA Reviewers, and other FDA personnel. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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The ProfilitTM glazing system from Pilkington is rapidly moving beyond its original purely industrial function to becoming a design-oriented element in modern architecture. This development has spurred a fundamental modernization of the company’s process control system. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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Siemens has proven its project and automation expertise at the Chiron Vaccines sites in Rosia, Italy. With state-of-the-art technology and an experienced project team, Siemens implemented an integrated solution that handles all process automation tasks, including batch control, and interfaces easily with all third party packages used in the plant. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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The High Enthalpy Tunnel Göttingen (HEG) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is a wind tunnel designed to simulate high-temperature hypersonic airflows, which occur, for instance, during the reentry of space vehicles into the Earth’s atmosphere. The DLR selected Siemens solution provider Bertram Elektrotechnik GmbH to revise and modernize the overall design of the system’s control technology. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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At Courtoy, the future lies with constant evolution on the path toward improved FDA compliance. “In pharmaceutics, people, above all, want quality and reliability. This is why one of our major clients in the pharmaceutical sector insisted on us working with Siemens,” says Wouter Happaerts, chief software designer at Courtoy. In the design of a new tablet press, engineers at Courtoy greatly benefited from Totally Integrated Automation. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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The production of pharmaceuticals is subject to more stringent restrictions and requirements than in almost any other industry. Simatic WinCC flexible 2005 provides comprehensive process documentation functions to support compliance with GMP requirements such as CFR 21 Part 11, while also ensuring a maximum level of safety and transparency even at the panel level. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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Until the end of 2003, a large share of the band-aid production at BSN medical in Hamburg was packed by hand. The old packing line needed to be automated. For this project, BSN medical found a committed and competent partner in Vector Vepackungstechnik GmbH, with Siemens as the electrical installations provider. Nearly 20 machine modules were equipped with the Simotion motion control system, and could, therefore, be commissioned step by step, independently of each other – allowing even the very tight schedule for this project to be met. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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The products of Kali France are loaded onto railway wagons in Wittenheim, near Mulhouse, and dispatched for sale. A crucial criterion for the modernization of the company’s weighing system, therefore, was that the new solution had to be calibratable. That was no problem for the Siwarex FTA weighing processor, which is also convincing in day-to-day production. The smooth integration into the automation solution considerably simplifies the weighing processes. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
| Siemens and SAP are working together to coordinate their IT product lines. This strategic alliance was formed in June of this year with the objective of achieving the “real-time company” through the efficient coordination of IT processes, from business management to production. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/05
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Dogs, cats, cattle, horses – most of these animals will come into contact with Virbac products at some point in their lives, as the French company is one of the leading manufacturers of animal vaccines. In the production of these vaccines, the same strict regulations apply as in the production of human medicines. Most recently, the Simatic PCS7 process control system is ensuring that Virbac's products always comply with the pertinent regulations with regard to safety and effectiveness. more |
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