The benefits of predictive maintenance (PdM) are already well established. But how do you achieve a truly optimised sensor system? Here, Ross Turnbull, Director of Business Development and Product Engineering at ASIC design and supply company Swindon Silicon Systems explains.
Clean drinking water and sanitation are fundamental to human well-being. Despite this, it’s estimated that 30 percent of the water put into pipes is lost before it reaches consumers. Here, Barbara Hathaway, Technology Leader (Leakage Solutions), and Katie Good, Vice President, Operations, explain how Enigma acoustic leak loggers and advanced cloud-based monitoring and analytics solutions can identify and address water and wastewater management issues.
The past year and a half posed significant challenges for every aspect of the supply chain, and it was not uncommon to encounter lead times of more than 52 weeks for components like drives, PLCs, HMIs and other advanced products.
Richard Mount, Director of Sales at ASIC design and supply company Swindon Silicon Systems, breaks down the ASIC, SoC and SiP integrated circuits (ICs) integral to intelligent sensors.
“The term ‘holistic' refers to my conviction that what we are concerned with here is the fundamental interconnectedness of all things,” writes Douglas Adams in his novel, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Embracing the intrinsic interdependence of all elements is a perspective that plant managers can adopt, enabling them to transcend the limitations associated with isolated decision-making.
One predicament that could strike fear into any business is a sudden power outage, especially if the back-up system fails to spring into action. Known as the five Ps of success, proper planning really can prevent poor performance.