Ease the squeeze on profitability with effective energy management
26 August, 2014Reducing energy usage and associated greenhouse gas emission is a widely recognised business requirement for many process manufacturers and delivers tangible business benefits. However, if energy management is a significant objective with clear benefits, why are some manufacturers much better at it than others?
oneM2M invites industry input on M2M/IoT specifications
11 August, 2014oneM2M, the global organisation creating standards for communications of devices and services used M2M applications and the IoT, is inviting public comment on its initial Candidate Release of Technical Specifications.
Bentley Systems SELECTseries 4 water-system modelling software
08 August, 2014Bentley Systems has announced the availability of its SewerGEMS, SewerCAD, CivilStorm, and StormCAD V8i (SELECTseries 4) products for the analysis and design of wastewater and stormwater systems.
CD-adapco STAR-CCM+ v9.04
01 August, 2014The addition of new physics models allows users to perform increasingly realistic CFD and CAE simulations that more closely represent the real-world conditions under which the product will operate.
Rockwell Automation Safety Automation Builder software
15 July, 2014The Safety Automation Builder software tool automates the safety-selection process, and now supports 16 additional languages.
Automated root-cause analysis earns patent for Metso
08 July, 2014Metso Automation USA has received a patent from the US Patent office for Automated Determination of Root Cause. The patented method determines the most likely root cause using a "big data" technique.
A design guide: deploying Resilient Ethernet Protocol in a converged plantwide Ethernet system
27 June, 2014This CPwE-REP design guide explores deploying the Resilient Ethernet Protocol (REP) within the Converged Plantwide Ethernet (CPwE) reference architectures. REP delivers better convergence characteristics and functions as an alternative to the resiliency protocols described in the CPwE Design and Implementation Guide (DIG).
CD-adapco STAR-CCM+ with SPEED electric machine design tool
25 June, 2014SPEED performs a 2D magnetic design using both analytical equations and finite element analysis links (using PC-FEA, a 2D FE solver) for electric motors, generators, alternators and other magnetic actuators.
Honeywell Refinery and Petrochemical Modeling System (RPMS)
23 May, 2014Honeywell has announced a major enhancement to its Refinery and Petrochemical Modeling System (RPMS) that will improve model building and maintenance, case management and optimisation to help plants maximise profitability.
Aspen Technology aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain V8.5 software
13 May, 2014aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain V8.5 software provides improved collaboration across planning, scheduling, and manufacturing operations.
CD-adapco STAR-CCM+ v9.02 CFD modelling software
25 March, 2014CD-adapco has announced the release of STAR-CCM+ v9.02, the latest major release of its flagship simulation tool, focusing on increasing users' productivity and reducing simulation turnaround time.
Intergraph SmartPlant P&ID 2014
11 March, 2014SmartPlant P&ID 2014 features updated ducting and instrumentation diagram functionality and has been extended with enhancements to more efficiently support work processes for project execution and plant operations.
Aspen Technology aspenONE V8.4
18 February, 2014The V8.4 release of the aspenONE unified engineering environment features Activated Exchanger Design and Rating (EDR) and updates to Activated Energy and Activated Economics modules.
Aspen Technology aspenONE v8.3 plant modelling software
27 November, 2013The v8.3 release of aspenONE plant modelling software introduces the capability to model acid gas cleaning and pressure safety-valve sizing.
Rockwell Automation Connected Components Accelerator Toolkit and Connected Components Workbench software
26 November, 2013Rockwell Automation has enhanced its free Connected Components Accelerator Toolkit (CCAT) and Connected Components Workbench software tools to integrate the entire machine-control development process.
