
ProcessNews, Edition 03/06
| The early and interdisciplinary cooperation between process and automation technicians will be a central topic of the ChemPharm 2007 Symposium. On February 8 and 9, 2007, experts from industry and universities will be presenting ways for faster development, control and modification of complex productions at the Lichtenberghaus in Darmstadt. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/06
| The best solutions are found whenever the right experts work together and the right partners form a team. As far as water treatment is concerned, Siemens and Hach Lange are the right partners. The two companies complement each other's expertise and are able to offer customers comprehensive and customized solutions. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/06
| When selecting a flowmeter, irrigation managers look for operating efficiency, accuracy, and reliability as well as protection against water penetration. All Siemens Sitrans F flowmeters used in irrigation applications meet these requirements. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/06
| DSM Nutritional Products introduced a new energy-saving concept at its production facility in the Swiss canton of Wallis, in which large cooling circuits were equipped with frequency-controlled drives. The new solution not only allows for more dynamic control of the system as compared to the previous valve control, but also helps save costs due to the much lower consumption of primary power. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/06
| With its uniform, integrated automation platform, Totally Integrated Automation (TIA), Siemens prepares production systems in all industry sectors for current market demands and for the future. The same applies to trainers, trainees and students: the future-oriented TIA concept was implemented for the first time in an actual training system that permits hands-on demonstration of the full range of capabilities TIA offers. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/06
| By building a new wastewater treatment system and a nitrification system, the owners of the Höchst Industrial Park, Infraserv Höchst, have responded to the changing wastewater conditions at the Höchst Industrial Park to guarantee the companies at the site safe and ecological disposal of their production wastewater. Siemens supported the implementation of this state-of-the-art wastewater treatment system in almost all phases of the project. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/06
| Not only the analyzer itself, but also the environment in which it is installed plays an important role in the successful operation of process analytics. In addition to complete shelter designs, Siemens also supplies made-to-measure solutions aligned with the overall installation environment. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/06
| Siemens Water Technologies provided an Oregon-based biopharmaceutical customer with a water treatment solution that helped them meet stringent regulatory requirements. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/06
| At the urging of the US Congress, representatives of major governmental and nongovernmental as well as industrial and regulatory organizations met in Cleveland, Ohio, to discuss the topic of a global viral pandemic. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/06
| Earth is a blue planet indeed: roughly two-thirds of its surface is covered with water. Without water, there would be no life – and the world as we know it simply would not exist. Water plays a crucial role in almost every aspect of our lives. We spoke with Roger Radke, head of the Water Technologies division at Siemens Industrial Services and Solutions, and Ralf Wegner, head of the Competence Center Water and Wastewater at Siemens Automation and Drives, about the growing significance of water technology solutions. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/06
| The next Process Management Academy will be held in Neuss from January 22 to 24, 2007. In addition to the main organizer, the ARC Advisory Group, Siemens will also be acting, for the first time, as co-sponsor and organizer of the successful series of events which is aimed at process industry specialists. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/06
| In order to provide its customers in the pharmaceutical industry worldwide optimum support for automation and process optimization solutions, Siemens exploits the expertise and local presence of specially certified and qualified partners who guarantee a high level of project management and engineering quality in their specific solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/06
| In an effort to gain better control over its rapidly expanding chemical processing business, Reagens Canada turned to Siemens as a long-trusted automation partner. At present, Reagens Canada is well into the initial Simatic IT implementation phase, and is already seeing first significant results. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/06
| “Our operation covers everything from the very harsh, quarry-like conditions during the delivery and cleaning of the beets to the point where the sugar is packaged as a pure food product,” as Heinz Nufer, who is in charge of the electrical equipment at Aarberg, describes the broad spectrum a sugar production covers. Together with his colleagues in the process control technology department, he managed to upgrade and automate the plant in a series of steps. The upgrade brought with it many advantages: improved production reliability, greater convenience for the operating personnel as well as higher production standards. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/06
| Raps, one of the leading European spice producers, has combined an electronic weighing module with a load cell for its new, flexible dosing stations which requires no adjustment, has virtually no dirty edges, and which enables a variable platform size. The functional weighing terminal fully meets the high demands of food producing companies in every respect. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/06
| The ventilation of the activation basins is one of the costliest items on the energy balance sheet of a wastewater treatment facility. The savings potential is also very high. At the wastewater treatment facility in Minden-Leteln, Germany, savings of up to 20 percent on electricity costs were achieved through the soft starting the fan turbines alone. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/06
| Pumps are typically the biggest electricity consumers in fresh water and wastewater systems. They are responsible for up to 50 percent of the electricity costs of such a system. An efficient pump control therefore plays an important role in energy management. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/06
| The central purified water system at the Höchst Industrial Park is one of the largest of its kind worldwide with a capacity of approximately 300 cubic meters per hour. Maximum availability and guaranteed water quality are decisive criteria for the system, which supplies purified water for 19 pharmaceutical operations. The Simatic PCS 7 automation solution fully meets the system requirements. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/06
| The framework agreement between Veolia, Hach Lange and Siemens was recently extended to include North America. The agreement now covers all of the countries of the world, enabling Veolia to exploit the benefits of the comprehensive offer of Hach Lange and Siemens in its North America business operations. This extension also underscores the significance of the cooperation between Hach Lange and Siemens (see article on pages 18 and 19). Together, both companies offer a comprehensive and broad process instrumentation and analytics portfolio for water technologies. more |
ProcessNews, Edition 03/06
| Technip-France has chosen Siemens to supply a produced water filtration system and a seawater injection system to Total Upstream Nigeria Limited for its Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO). This project follows the successful completion of other projects Siemens has executed for Total, including the Dalia FPSO water injection system. more |
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