With the aim to product 3 million kilos confectionery boxes,the Finish chocolate plant in Finland looked for a solution to make production with less waste and improved energy efficiency. The factory machines have been updated and the automation rate has been improved greatly over the past decade.They realized that the root causes of the production problems didn't find out immediately. "We wan...
It is amazing that GE take a great step in making world environment better. There are four TM2500 (an aeroderivative turbine, i.e. a reconfigured jet engine) was developed by GE innovative technical solutions in California. Under that condition, nitrogen oxide (NOx) and carbon monoxide (CO) emissions reduced by more than 90%. More and more countries, such as Switzerland, has strict control on CO a...
ABB’s distributed control system provides an integrated control architecture to help PKN ORLEN S.A.maximize asset performance, manage power consumption, ensure product quality and optimize process efficiency. PKN ORLEN, one of central Europe’s leading energy and petrochemical producers, aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30 percent per ton of product at its Olefin III facility in Plock, P...
Governments and industry want to better protect nature from offshore wind development. Conservationists worry they won’t go far or fast enough. Just before New Year, offshore wind farm developer Ørsted’s 2.4-gigawatt Hornsea 3 project was given the green light by the U.K. government. But the project highlights the potential conflict between climate-change mitigation and nature ...
Industrial Automation Solutions Technology advances have blurred the boundaries between the digital and physical worlds, and given rise to the next great industrial revolution known as the Industrial Internet of Things or Industry 4.0. As a result, today’s factories require intelligent, interconnected systems linked to cloud services and big data analysis to drive greater manufacturing efficiency,...
ABB helps Italian company power water purification plantJune 23, 2020 - ABB is providing technology for the expansion of a cooperative water purification plant in Northern Italy. This project is fundamental for the protection of water quality in the rivers and lakes of one of the most industrialized areas of the Po Valley. The purification plant will treat wastewater from 26 municipalities across ...
The British government wants you: To cut lettuce from the fields, pick berries from the bushes and load boxes of fresh produce into cold storage warehouses. While many people hunker down at home, reloading the internet sites of grocery stores to secure a home delivery slot or dreading the socially distanced, masked visit to a supermarket, it's easy to lose sight of the supply chain and where that ...
Japan has recorded 10,000 infections and nearly 200 people have died with the disease. Michael Bristow reports. Two Japanese medical associations said the extra burden caused by virus infections and hospitals were now refusing to treat some patients, even though suffering from serious conditions such as strokes and heart attacks. One patient in an ambulance with a fever was turned away by 80 medic...
The Phu My project is the largest in Vietnam, comprising a series of power plants with a combined capacity of up to 3,900MW. It is located in the village of Phu My in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province in the southern part of Vietnam. The complex includes the Phu My 1, 2-1, 2-2, 3 and 4 plants. Together, they meet about 40% of the country’s energy needs. Vietnam has a severely underdeveloped electricity inf...