#AUTOMATION

Valmet and Metsä Group awarded Quality Innovation Award

Metsä Spring’s 3D fiber demo plant was announced as winner of its category in the international competition.
#automation #VMAnews

Design

Emerson Software Helps Intermountain Power Agency Deliver Carbon-Free Power

Initiative creates clean energy hub for western United States.
#automation #VMAnews

Emerson Announces New Software Portfolio for Renewable Power

The Ovation Green portfolio will help power generation companies meet the needs of customers navigating the transition to green energy generation and storage.
#automation #VMAnews

Applications

Digital Automation Technologies from Emerson Play Key Role in QatarEnergy and Chevron Phillips Chemical project

The Ras Laffan Petrochemical Complex is a $6 billion integrated polymers project, a joint venture between QatarEnergy and Chevron Phillips Chemical.
#VMAnews #automation

Design

Improving the Reliability of Valves with Embedded Features of Today’s Smart Actuators

Texas plant expansion will achieve 320 million gallons per day of treated water capacity.
#actuators #iiot #controls

VMA Welcomes FloSource

New member FloSource is a family owned and operated valve and valve automation, and steam specialty distributor.
#automation #VMAnews

Emerson Promotes Peter Zornio to CTO

Zornio was previously CTO of Automation Solutions for Emerson.
#automation #VMAnews

Caterpillar Successfully Demonstrates First Battery-Operated Mining Truck

New technology will help industry that faces big sustainability challenges to get to their goals faster.
#automation

Insights

Leading Cybersecurity Firm Predicts More Threats to Industrial Organizations in 2023

Kaspersky ICS CERT researchers share their predictions for next years’ industrial control system-focused developments as well as risks that organizations should prepare for in 2023.
#automation #iiot #controls

Design

New Valve-Based Leak Monitoring Sensor for Water Distribution

System can help utilities monitor systems to avoid catastrophic leaks, and prevent environmental damage from leaks.
#automation #VMAnews #water-wastewater

Endress+Hauser Launches New Temperature Transmitter

The iTemp TMT31 provides high measurement accuracy, flexible use and safe operation in a variety of process industries
#automation #controls

VMA Welcomes Caltrol Inc.

Caltrol, established in 1934, is an employee-owned company and Emerson Impact Partner.
#automation #VMAnews #controls

Eastern Controls, Inc., Expands its Reach as a SICK, Inc. Authorized Representative

Expansion add more territories in the northeast U.S. coverage.
#automation #actuators #VMAnews

Insights

Clearlake Capital-Backed FloWorks Acquires Flotech

Flotech is a distributor and servicer of industrial valves and automation solutions across the southeast.
#automation #maintenance-repair #pressure-relief

Education

The Future of Valve Manufacturing is Already Here

Companies in the valve and control products industry are responding to a confluence of forces that are changing the landscape of manufacturing — automation, agility and digitalization to name a few.
#basics #automation

Technical

In the Air: Wireless Trends in Smart Pneumatics

In today’s wireless world it’s no surprise that automation and manufacturing spaces have embraced—and sought out—the connectivity and convenience that wireless technologies offer.
#components #automation

Technical

Direct-Sealing Diaphragm Valves Offer Novel Approach

As modern industries such as hydrogen electrolysis and biotech make dramatic technical advances, engineers and researchers must sometimes turn to nontraditional process control systems.
#controls #automation #pressure-relief

Applications

Emerson Expands Portfolio With Acquisition of Fluxa

Emerson announces it has acquired life sciences company Fluxa, expanding its portfolio in the industry.
#automation #VMAnews

Design

Open and Shut: Smart, Reliable Thief Hatch Monitoring in Tank Batteries

A hatch left open or not fully sealed allows emissions to continuously vent out into the atmosphere. While producers once worried about lost product, the focus has shifted to environmental concerns.
#iiot #automation

Technical

Editor's Product Picks

Neles introduces valve-sizing and selection software for all intelligent automated process valves.
#automation #VMAnews #controls