Spotting the invisible threat in medium voltage switchgear: Detecting partial discharge before it strikes

Credit to Author: Venanzio Ferraro| Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000

If you work in an industrial or manufacturing setting, you’re familiar with unplanned downtime. It happens on average about 15 hours every week – or 800 hours annually, and it’s more expensive than ever. In some industrial plants, a one-hour shutdown now costs up to…

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How CERN research lab uses innovative oil-filled transformer monitoring to reduce operational risks

Credit to Author: Philippe Arsonneau| Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2023 13:04:00 +0000

As I’ve mentioned previously, oil-filled transformer downtime seriously impacts multiple domains, from electrical generation to consumers. CERN, the famous European Organization for Nuclear Research, is no exception. Transformer monitoring is a priority, and they need help to analyze the health of their aging transformers, optimize…

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How to keep people comfortable more sustainably

Credit to Author: Ali Haj Fraj| Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 19:00:00 +0000

Arguably one of the most significant inventions since industrialization was the development of the first practical heat pump in 1755, which would lay the foundations for the modern HVAC and refrigeration we now take for granted in the developed world. Like so many of the…

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How to make your plant assets work harder for you

Credit to Author: Ali Haj Fraj| Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 20:00:00 +0000

Over the last few years, the world has experienced unprecedented events which have also had unprecedented impacts on business. With so many factors out of our control, it’s even more important to be on top of the things that are. One of the best places…

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After half a century today’s automation systems are adding even more business value

Credit to Author: Sophie Borgne| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 19:42:20 +0000

How a modernization project increased a plant’s production efficiency by 20% The Modicon PLC was a game changer for control system technology. It was designed in 1968 to be a… Read more »

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Where Are You on the Maintenance Modernization Spectrum?

Credit to Author: Mark Pacelle| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 06:45:00 +0000

As the Industry 4.0 digitization trend spreads its influence across global manufacturing environments, one of the areas poised to benefit the most is asset maintenance. Traditional maintenance strategies have lacked… Read more »

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Putting people at the center of technology

Credit to Author: Sophie Borgne| Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 15:27:15 +0000

Ever since the stone-age we’ve been trying to find better ways of doing things. Inventions from the wheel to computers all have one thing in common. They’re all examples of… Read more »

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How Modernizing your Automation System can Boost Overall Plant Profitability

Credit to Author: Sophie Borgne| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 12:00:54 +0000

How’s your control system performing lately? If it’s been doing its job you may not have given it much thought. But if operational efficiency is down and you want increase… Read more »

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