PII Podcast

Recipe control is a very specialist field that applies to a wide range of industry sectors. The data collected by a well designed recipe handling process control system can give deep insights into all aspects of production. Recipe control can also function as a quality control method or more accurately risk control when the product being made has to meet defined standards and need to be as reliabl...

Unplanned downtime in industrial manufacturing causes productivity loss, timeline delays and lost revenue – estimated at around $50 billion each year. To address this tremendous market problem, PARC, a Xerox Company, recently launched Novity, a new venture to commercialise predictive maintenance technology. The technology solution uses equipment sensors and proprietary algorithms to enable industr...

In this episode Dave speak with Robert Stancombe, Business Development Manager of Veolia Mobile Water Services. Power plant operators are increasingly looking at ways to optimise the use of water in steam and cooling cycles in thermal power plants. However,  implementing new technologies can present challenges. Robert Stancombe of Mobile Water Services discusses how the use of mobile reverse osmos...

Finding new ways to solve customer problems has always been at the core of ABB Measurement & Analytics' approach to product development. With the global focus on emissions and sustainability, industries are under even more pressure to increase the agility and reliability of emissions monitoring in real time. ABB's Datalyzer is an application that has been developed to help customers respond to thi...

BEUMER Group has declared digitisation a top priority to secure its own future viability. But how can this be achieved? How can a company that has been operating mechanical engineering as its core business for around 80 years push digitisation to its full extent? To get fit for the future, BEUMER Group is relying on two spin-offs which - with the support of start-ups - are to carry digital project...

In our latest Podcast Dave speaks with GEA's Hassan Yaszdi, Senior Product Manager Digital Service, and Dr. Mark Schneeberger, Head of Development of GEA's Beer and Alcoholic Beverage Business and brewmaster, about how GEA is paving the way for breweries (and possibly other industries, too) to become more digital with their game-changing software Over the next five to ten years, more and more new...

In this final episode of our 3-part series with Siemens, Dave speaks with Ian Poulett, Business Manager - Industrial Communication, RTLS & Identification, who discusses the types of systems used to manage networks and process systems. Topics include:​ - Management and control systems - How remote access and management can be achieved - How remote access, communications, management, and control can...

In this second of our 3 part series with Siemens, Dave speaks with Dave Adams, Team Leader - Process Specialists. Drawing on his 30+ years of experience working at Siemens, Dave provides an interesting insight into how the chemical industries are adopting industry 4.0 technologies. Topics include: Understanding and implementation Industry 4.0 in the Chemical Industries Can fully automated or auton...

In the first of a 3 part Podcast series with Siemens, Dave speaks with Paul Hingley the Product Solution & Security Officer GB&I at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Cyber security is a major concern throughout industry and in this podcast Paul discusses concerns over air gapped systems in the chemical industry and alternative solutions.

In this episode, Dave speaks to data analytics software leaders from technology provider Ovarro, Alan Cunningham, subject matter expert, and Josh Britton, global product line manager. As a major supplier of monitoring and control systems to the water sector, Ovarro is fully versed in the challenges faced by global utilities today. Data and analytics, if applied correctly, can transform how water n...

In our latest Podcast, Dave speaks with Remco Bakker, Business Development Manager of Imtex Controls, who discusses the introduction a new pioneering product; the Valvescan Diagnostic Monitoring System. Remco explains how the VDMS provides a technological step-change in valve health monitoring for various process industries. With the development of the Valvescan Diagnostic Monitoring System – an-e...

You may read about digitalisation, Industry 4.0, Analytics, IIoT, Data driven decision making, and other related topics almost daily. The more you see these topics pass by, the more diffused it may have become.  In this podcast Dave and Thomas explore the basics about these topics and how operational experts can easily start with analytics without having to become data scientists.

Here Dave Howell speaks with David Clark, Senior Engineering Manager at HMD Kontro Sealless Pumps, who traces the evolution of magnetic drive sealless pumps, from their introduction 70 years ago to the very latest developments and materials that are driving the industry forward. A step-change in design, driven by technology advances and innovative materials has seen the emergence of a new level of...

Single Pair Ethernet is the technology that makes it possible to implement the Internet of Things consistently within industry, right through to field-based applications. Here, Dave speaks with Simon Seereiner, Head of Product Management for SAI and Industrial Ethernet at Weidmüller, who explains how Weidmüller are using this technology and the range of benefits it offers.

In this latest podcast, Lawrence Clark, VP Regional Sales, EMEA and Richard Porter, Senior Manager of Area Sales for EMEA, both of AspenTech, talk about how the company's predictive analytics and asset performance management solutions can drive the digital transformation of the industry by optimising assets to run safer, greener, longer and faster. Lawrence and Richard discuss how these technologi...

In this latest podcast Dave speaks with Alan Hunt, ABB Product Manager UK & IE – Electromagnetic Flow. Here Alan discusses issues around water use and water conservancy and his passion about what he calls the "Holy Trinity" of water sustainability. Water companies themselves are saddled with the burden of matching supply with demand, but we as consumers both as process industry consumers and as in...

In this latest podcast, Patrick Deruytter, Vice President of Customer Care and Large Projects at Emerson, talks about the acceleration of digital engagement and how it is changing the way we work. Patrick discusses the new reality where work is done anywhere – and how extreme collaboration, speed of interaction and "anytime – everywhere" expectations are driving this shift.

Here, Glenn discusses the exciting latest developments about how the FDT Group have launched their latest digital transformation for the industrial automation sector with its' new FDT 3.0 (FITS) standard. The new FDT IIoT ecosystem empowers scalable, skid-to-cloud solutions and innovative business models unlocking universal device integration with mobility and remote access for the new era of auto...

Learn how digital transformation can start small and scale over time: By merging pneumatics with advanced software and data analytics you can generate actionable insights, optimise and improve your process control cost and efficiency, make informed decisions and drive operational improvement

In this latest podcast, Daryl Cowlan, Printing Systems and Tools Specialist at Weidmuller UK talks about how Weidmuller's Workplace Solutions take customers through the phases of panel building, from planning to installation to operation, with optimally coordinated solutions for their workshops. He will explain how these solutions can vastly speed up work processes, and increase quality of work th...

If you want to increase yield, control product quality and reduce costs in your production process, operational excellence is most likely at the top of your wish-list. You are determined to enable data-driven decision making at each level of the organisation.

Steve Leech, Business Manager for Process Control Systems at Siemens, talks about the acquisition of operational data from existing or new installations, and the application of it to optimise plant operation and maintenance. Steve talks about the vision, the practicalities, and the technical know-how to get the most out of smart instruments now, and how this lays the foundations for a digital plan...

Discover what Freeman Technology is doing to help the powder processing industry