Siemens Announces New R&D Collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Edited by Margo Ellis, Former Editor, Valve Magazine
CATCH will be the entry point for many manufacturers to understand how and why additive manufacturing is crucial to designing products more effectively, manufacturing them closer to the point of purchase and creating a more resilient supply chain.
#iiot #VMAnews #automation
CASE STUDY: Building the World’s Most Secure Data Center Inside a Mountain
Edited by Margo Ellis, Former Editor, Valve Magazine
Securing data is vital to a world that has come to depend on it. All options are on the table as long as they deliver added protection.
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Five Reasons Why the Right Strategy Leads to the Success of Digital Transformation Implementation
The past few years have proven that digital transformation (DT) is more than just a trend. It is becoming one of the frontrunners for ensuring business continuity through modernizing times. However, despite being an essential component for adaptability in a competitive industry, not all companies would consider their DT implementation a success.
#iiot #automation #basics
DOE Launches Cybersecurity Program to Modernize Grid
Edited by Margo Ellis, Former Editor, Valve Magazine
The U.S. Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Lab have launched the Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator to support efforts to modernize the grid and address cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
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Emerson's New Edge Solutions Simplify Creation of Advanced IIoT Applications
Contributed by Margo Ellis, Former Editor, Valve Magazine
PACSystems Edge Solutions help OEMs and end users rapidly configure and implement advanced edge computing, visualization and IIoT technology
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Flowserve Expands its RedRaven IoT Tech Suite
Edited by Margo Ellis, Former Editor, Valve Magazine
Flowserve Corp., a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, announced it has expanded its revolutionary industrial IoT service suite, RedRaven—giving companies even greater insight into the performance of their flow control systems by now offering valve-specific capabilities.
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Global Lighthouse Network Members Discuss Industry 4.0
Edited by Chris Pasion
The Global Lighthouse Network says the most viable way to turn Industry 4.0 into a reality is to put an empowered workforce at the center of digital transformation.
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Study: offshore rigs need cybersecurity improvements
A two-year study concluded that deep-water drilling rigs are not prepared in general to protect themselves against cyber attacks. Rigs need more than firewalls and antivirus software to be secure, the study found.
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Using the Internet of Things for Supply Chain Visibility
One factor I noticed was that every article on the subject of the Internet of Things (IoT) was about applications inside the factory and not within the supply chain. For example, there were articles on machine monitoring, equipment monitoring, preventive maintenance, and smaller topics.
#automation #iiot #maintenance-repair
Pneumatic Valves: New Technology for a Digital Transformation
Principles built around the Industrial Internet of Things have guided the automation industry’s rapid adoption and mainstreaming of many production systems.
#components #knowyourvalves #iiot
Innovation Across Many Industries
The digitalization revolution brought about the creation of technologies that integrate data gathered during physical processes.
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Cybersecurity in the Time of COVID-19
During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic—in addition to the health scares and the rapid economic downturn—another hazard lurks: cyberattack.
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Digital Twins: Connecting Real and Virtual Space
The Fourth Industrial Revolution has been all over the news in recent years, transforming how manufacturing and other industries function.
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Online Control Valve Diagnostics in Today’s Cybersecurity World
The topic of cybersecurity usually brings to mind data breaches that impact financial or private information, stolen intellectual property or disruption of major events such as political elections.
#iiot #controls
Implementing the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Many names have been given to the current state of technology in manufacturing including the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and Industry 4.0.
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Enhancing Maintenance with the IIoT
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) includes, among other capabilities, monitoring equipment and process parameters using sensors connected to networks.
#iiot #maintenance-repair #automation
U.S. Now Exports Crude Oil to More Places Than It Imports
As U.S. crude oil export volumes have increased to an average of 2.8 million barrels per day (b/d) in the first seven months of 2019, the number of destinations (which includes countries, territories, autonomous regions, and other administrative regions) that receive U.S. exports has also increased.
#iiot #automation
Smart Monitoring for Pipelines
Pipelines represent an efficient, safe way to transport many kinds of liquids and gases.
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Speakers Share Expertise at 2019 Knowledge Forum
Technology has been advancing at a pace that may be faster than our ability to protect it, according to Pat Toth, cybersecurity program manager with the Manufacturing Extension Partnership at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Toth was keynote speaker at the second VMA Valve Industry Knowledge Forum, April 9-11 in Birmingham, AL.
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Cybersecurity in Manufacturing: How to Keep the Threats at Bay
The Industrial IoT (Internet of Things), Industry 4.0 and other smart manufacturing initiatives have successfully increased the productivity and efficiency of valve manufacturing.
#iiot #basics