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Immersive technologies advance

One of our cover stories this month highlights how augmented reality (AR) is being used in industrial settings to enhance plant safety (Enhancing Plant Safety via Virtual ‘On-Site’ Visits, pp. 30–34). While AR was already gaining momentum before the pandemic…

Cybersecurity: Continuous Vigilance Required

As digitalization becomes more common and remote operations become necessary, guarding against cybersecurity breaches grows even more critical The hacking of a Florida water plant, which made headlines in February, was a poignant reminder of the dangers posed by breaches…

Upstream Oil & Gas: Automation intelligence from wellhead to distribution

BROCHURE — Automation intelligence from wellhead to distribution ABB’s wellhead monitoring solutions allow for maximized production while ensuring the safe and proper operation of the pad. This is accomplished through the gathering and processing of quality input data from various…

Recently Published Books for the CPI: January 2021

The following is a list of recently published books of potential interest for CPI professionals   Digital Transformation for the Process Industries: A Roadmap. By Osvaldo Bascur and PJ O’Rourke, CRC Press, 2021, 320 pages, $130.00. Data Science in Chemistry:…

CE Podcast: Bentley Systems’ Anne-Marie Walters Discusses Digital Twins

Listen to the latest episode of the Chemical Engineering Podcast, where I interview Anne-Marie Walters, industry marketing director for the process industries at Bentley Systems, about the use and impact of digital twins at chemical process industries (CPI) facilities.  Digital…

AI and Position-Sensing Drive Robotics Expansion

Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and improved technologies for providing robots with positional awareness have driven an expansion of robotics use in a variety of application areas across the chemical process industries (CPI) Robots have been fixtures on discrete-product manufacturing…

AI-Driven Analytics for Chemicals

During 2020 the Chemicals Industry became a highly dynamic environment increasing the need for companies to adapt to different demands and production loads. Among the top enablers to help face these uncertainties are Cloud and Artificial Intelligence. During this webinar,…

Software Powers the CPI

IIoT technologies have enabled software platforms that are more powerful than ever, but fundamental engineering principles are still at the heart of next-generation digital transformation It is clear that the emergence of industrial internet of things (IIoT) technologies has greatly…

The influence of IIoT in the dewatering process step of pigment production

Color pigments are among the most complex end products in the chemical industry because fine grinding of the pigments makes very high demands on the machine technology used when processing them. Finest and absolutely spatter-free end grain sizes, batch and…

Recently Published Books for November 2020

The following titles are recently published books of potential interest to various parts of the chemical process industries (CPI) Human Factor and Reliability Analysis to Prevent Losses in Industrial Processes: An Operational Culture Perspective. By Salvador Avila Filho, Ivone Conceicao…