PII Podcast

How analysis hardware allows process engineers to treat complex chemical parameters

Pioneering the future of Process Analysis

"Sensors are great, but they have their limitations" - that’s where analysers come in! In this episode, Paul Hamilton from Metrohm discusses simple and innovative ways for Process Engineers to perform complex chemical analysis. Metrohm is best known for producing analytical laboratory hardware and software, but Paul explains how the process analysis side of the business brings all of the typical laboratory analysis techniques and integrates them into the process plant, producing lab-qualit...

Radial Insert Ball Bearings technology

For machines in the food industry, you need special solutions. Extreme temperatures, high mechanical loads, short cycle times, round-the-clock operation, and regular cleaning cycles require very robust components. Strict food safety regulations pose as much of a challenge here as efficiency and sustainability. Whether it’s for process automation in food production, for beverage production or the packaging industry, in all cases you need food-compatible rolling bearings, plain bearings, an...

How interface measurement could transform your business

In this episode of the PII Podcast, we delve into the world of interface level measurement, concentrating on those difficult multiphase applications with dynamic emulsion layers.   The key to optimising performance in these situations is solving the emulsion factor – a hurdle that has long stood in the way of accurate and economical level detection. Traditionally, no single technology has been able to economically measure the total hydrocarbon level, the top of the emulsion (where wate...

3D level measuring technology

Cote-Shield Technology

AMETEK Drexelbrook's "Cote-Shield" technology revolutionises point level detection in tanks and vessels by effectively ignoring conductive coatings on the sensing element, ensuring a reliable, repeatable measurement and maintenance-free operation. This technology overcomes the common issue of false alarms caused by process coating buildup that can cause false alarms potentially interrupting the critical process and costing loss in profits. Cote-Shield addresses this issue by introducing ...

The importance of having an accurate and reliable calibration solution

In this podcast from Beamex, we talk about the importance of providing accurate measurements, reliable data and traceability when performing instrument calibrations. We’ll explore how the digitalisation of data helps to improve operational efficiency for optimal asset performance, with examples of industries where calibration occurs, particularly looking at how National Grid has been able to reduce costs and improve efficiency of their calibration processes.

Improving bulk material management through cloud inventory and continuous level sensors

In this podcast, BinMaster’s Regional Vice President of Sales Mike Mossage shares how processing industries can benefit from cloud inventory, the use of continuous level sensors, and the application of Industry 4.0 in making bulk material management more efficient. For more than a decade, Mike has helped industrial manufacturers across diverse industries solve their most complex bulk inventory issues and make peoples’ jobs easier.

The manufacturing industry's status and growth

The importance of robust, integrated, and secure CQV services in all industries, emphasizing pharmaceuticals. In the past three years, the global manufacturing process scale-up to support the COVID-19 vaccine development led to a complete transformation of best manufacturing practices across all industries.    In this podcast, CAI's Director of UK Operations Zagros Barazenda shares the best practices in operational readiness from his experience consulting in cGMP Biomedical, laboratory...

Celebrating 20 years of great partnerships that deliver for ABB customers

In this latest podcast Dave speaks with Scott Kirk, Industrial Sales Manager for ABB Measurement & Analytics UK & IE. Here Dave discusses with Scott the value of building strong relationships with channel partners and distributors and all of the benefits that partnership delivers for customers of ABB products up and down the country. Topics include:​ - How ABB approaches partnerships to ensure goals are achieved   - How the ABB Value Provider works and what advantages it delivers   -...

Smart recipe handling to transform manufacturing capabilities

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 reliable as possible for incorporation in to end user's finished products. In this podcast Charles ...

Seeing the future health of industrial manufacturing production assets

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 industrial manufacturers to see the future health of their production assets. The Novity TruPrognostics™...

The impact of chemical shortages on water treatment

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 osmosis assets can help streamline the implementation process and help operators who are increasingly...

How Digital Technology is Advancing Maintenance and Predictive Maintenance in the Process Industry

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 this challenge.  The solution offers enterprise grade, comprehensive, cloud-based analyser fleet ...

Digital Transformation Strategy in BEUMER Group

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 projects into the group company. As a result of extensive research, two spin-off companies to complem...

How breweries can become more digital

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 Industry 4.0 technologies will transform the production landscape of many industries - from co...

Remote access and management systems for the chemical industries

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 be applied to new digital systems - Digital transformation roadmaps - Security ...

What Industry 4.0 means to the chemical industry

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 autonomous systems be used by plant managers across the chemical sector? Does Industry 4.0 ...

Air Gap Systems and Cyber Security for the Chemical Industries

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.

Monitoring and control systems for the water sector

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 networks are managed, helping to ensure the environment is protected, regulatory targets are ...

A true IIoT solution for automated valves

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-end-to-end solution that captures data from every valve operation, analyses it and provides t...

What is self-service advanced analytics?

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.

Think Sealless Pumps

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 agility and flexibility while future-proofing products against ever-more stringent regulations.

Single Pair Ethernet

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.

Using Analytics to Accelerate the Digital Transformation of the Pharmaceuticals Industry

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 technologies can help pharmaceuticals manufacturers ensure security of supply, guaranteeing that customers...

Dave Howell talks with Alan Hunt, Electromagnetic Flow Product Manager at ABB

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 individuals all must play our part in reducing consumption and ensuring the waste we discharge i...

Dave Howell talks with Patrick Deruytter Vice President Customer Care & Large PMO Emerson Automation Solutions

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.

Dave Howell talks with Glenn Schulz, FDT Group, Managing Director

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 automation. Learn more about the enhanced offerings with FDT 3.0 by listening to this Podcast.

Dave Howell talks with Stephane Vanouche at Emerson

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

Dave Howell talks with Daryl Cowlan Sales Specialist at Weidmüller

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 through the standardisation of workplaces, intelligently combined equipment, quick identification ...

How to become a truly data-driven plant​

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.

Dave Howell talks to Steve Leech at Siemens Digital Industries

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 plant.

Dave Howell talks to Jamie Clayton at Freeman Technology

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