November 2024: Feature Articles

• Case History 195: Unstable reboiler steam flow
• Connecting every transport node
• Digital industrial platforms and why they are important
• Local range of planetary units
• Open control system for retrofit of conveyor control system
• Young robotics team takes world title
• SAIMC: It’s not black and white
• Celebrating 65 years: rebuilding and redefining its legacy

October 2024: Feature Articles

• Integrating HACCP management in manufacturing execution systems
• Loop signature 25: Tuning part 3 - Results of tuning a particular simple self-regulating process by several different methods.
• PC-based control for advanced hydrogen storage technology
• Process control system for the entire plant lifecycle
• The time is now for systems integrators

September 2024: Feature Articles

• Case history 194: Boiler level control problem.
• Farewell to a family legacy
• Oil and gas industry shifts from fossil fuels to renewable energy
• Strategic approaches to legacy software in manufacturing
• Festo makes strides in establishing Fourth Industrial Revolution technical labs
• System integrators are a diverse market

Technews Industry Guide: Sustainable Manufacturing 2024: Feature Articles

• 2024 global energy outlook
• Control technology for energy-efficient biogas power plants
• Emission-free mobility with hydrogen
• Five steel producers taking action to decarbonise steel production
• Navigating the energy crossroads
• Revolutionary radar for distance and speed measurement
• A green hydrogen economy
• Into the future with green hydrogen

August 2024: Feature Articles

• Loop signature 23: Tuning Part 2.
• Pushing technological boundaries with Festo Electric Automation solutions
• Small-scale custom development in the information age
• Smart e-mobility solutions
• Top 10 emerging technologies
• Hack-proof measurement technology

I&C July 2024: Feature Articles

• Case History 193: The big dipper.
• Edge computing: Introducing AI into the factory
• Modularity for future scalability
• PC-based control for waterjets
• 36 years of innovation and success

June 2024: Feature Articles

• Loop signature 23: Tuning part 1.
• Plastics meets packaging for consistent and efficient process control
• The world’s greatest model railway
• Continuous corrosion resistance

May 2024: Feature Articles

• AI in manufacturing: a process engineer’s perspective
• Case History 192: Drum pressure cycling.
• Control architecture leads to faster, easier product development for refrigeration
• Step into the visual factory
• System integrator Abacus Automation is on top of its game
• The reliable flowmeters for challenging industrial processes
• Quality gearboxes for irrigation

April 2024: Feature Articles

• Advantages of wireless storage tank and container tank level monitoring
• High-performance motion control for teabag packaging machine
• Loop signature 22: How cyclical disturbances affect a control loop
• Redefining Industrial Automation with the new Festo Valve Terminal
• VEGA takes the pressure out of water pressure measurement

March 2024: Feature Articles

• Bringing Industry 4.0 to a castings foundry for heavy industries
• Navigating disruption in manufacturing
• SMOM – the future is here now
• The fascination of movement
• Iritron’s year of consolidation
• Five edge opportunities for SIs to maximise revenue in 2024
• Complete system for transparent energy monitoring

February 2024: Feature Articles

• Greenhouse gas monitoring satellites
• Level sensing, conveyor control and grid resistors
• Process instrumentation that delivers
• Thermoforming machine automation
• WEG Africa applauds energy standards for motor efficiency
• World first planetary gearbox customisation
• ABB and Gravitricity to collaborate on energy storage systems

January 2024: Feature Articles

• Valves for severe service
• Automated robot charging technology for mines
• Choosing a system integrator
• Intelligent energy recovery
• Next-generation hybrid power unit for Formula 1
• Scalable condition monitoring solution
• World’s most powerful pneumatic knocker for heavy-duty industries
• Loop signatures 21: You cannot control if your measurement is incorrect.
• Schneider Electric connects to the future