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Efficient Waste Management with Lidar Technology

The Scottish waste management and recycling company, Levenseat Renewable Energy, now has real-time access to material inventory figures and, as a result, efficiently manages its logistics and processing operations after implementing a Lidar-based solution for inventory tracking. read more

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Automatic Monitoring of Mobile Harbour Equipment ensures Reliability and Safety

The increasing globalisation of the world economy is pressurising ports, docks and harbours into handling ever-increasing volumes of cargo, so mobile harbour equipment has to work efficiently and reliably at all times. Tony Ingham of Sensor Technology Ltd explains how monitoring the work rate of cra…read more

Case Study

Using Level Sensors For Inventory Control

Level measurement is one of the most common parameters measured in process industries. Level sensors use various technologies to measure the level of solids in a silo or bins. The amount of material on hand is calculated using data such as the size of the storage vessel, the distance to the mat…read more

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State of the Art Hazard Monitoring for State of the Art Flour Mill

A large, state of the art flour mill was built in the Midwest to increase the company’s milling capacity and meet the growing needs of their customers. The new facility set the goal to have fully automated material handling equipment utilizing high tech Industrial Ethernet infrastructure throughou…read more

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Moisture Measurement & Control yields immediate Results: Consistent Product Quality from Lab to Line

What is worse than wasted effort? Economical losses and decreased productivity. Moisture measurement is a crucial aspect in manufacturing from the initial process to the end-product stage. Product quality and consistency are forefront with MoistTech in the development of the IR3000 sensor to accurat…read more

Case Study

New BHS Concrete Mixer for Grand Paris Express

Unibéton, a French subsidiary of the HeidelbergCement Group, is producing specific ready-mix concrete for the “Grand Paris Express” project. To optimize the production process, the company replaced a planetary mixer with a twin-shaft mixer from BHS-Sonthofen. For the first time in France, the m…read more

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BHS-Sonthofen: New BHS Concrete Mixer for Grand Paris Express

Unibéton, a French subsidiary of the HeidelbergCement Group, is producing specific ready-mix concrete for the “Grand Paris Express” project. To optimize the production process, the company replaced a planetary mixer with a twin-shaft mixer from BHS-Sonthofen. For the first time in France, the m…read more

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How to select a Continuous Level Sensor

Using a continuous level sensor to monitor the material level in your storage vessels can help your operation maintain efficiency – preventing costly process interruptions and keeping you up-to-date on your inventory level. This whitepaper is intended to help operations choose a continuous level s…read more

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3D Level Sensors can solve the toughest Food Storage Challenges

For almost a decade, 3DLevelScanners have been providing highly accurate level and volume measurement in challenging materials contained in bins, tanks, and silos. Measuring and mapping the material surface, these sensor sends pulses in a 70° beam angle, taking multiple level measurements and accou…read more

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Choosing the Point Level Sensor for Your Application

Point level indicators are an affordable, accurate tool to measure and alert to inventory high and low levels. Easy to set up and configurable to fit a wide range of application needs, point level indicators are a must-have for a safe, efficient operation. This whitepaper details what users can expe…read more

Case Study

SWR engineering: Moisture Measurement in Wood Pellet Production to ensure Material Quality

A manufacturer of wood pellets processes raw materials such as planing chips or wood chips (wood waste) to produce wood pellets. To ensure optimal adjustment of the drying process, the company uses SWR engineering's M-Sens 2 moisture sensor. The moisture is measured while the material is transporte…read more

Case Study

GKD: Sewage Treatment Plant enjoys greater Planning Reliability for its Belt Press

Sonneberg Waterworks, Germany, operate four sewage treatment plants for around 50,000 residents. The Sonneberg-Heubisch sewage treatment plant has been using a Type 1003 filter belt with integrated wear indicator from GKD Gebr. Kufferrath AG (GKD) to dewater sewage sludge since January 2016. Beside …read more

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BinMaster: Choosing the Point Level Sensor for Your Application

Inventory management is all about inventory and controlling its related costs. Your job is to figure out just how much material you have on hand and the right time to bring in more. But your inventory is most likely stored in a large, dark, and often dusty vessel. Short of x-ray vision, you have no …read more

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Belt Volume by Vision: Optical Measurement of Belt Conveyor Throughput

Belt scale accuracy is important to the efficiency and quality of processes dependent on mass flow. This article describes how non-contact, Ethernet camera technology can be used to produce an integrated volume measurement of product on a conveyor which can minimise maintenance and optimise accuracy…read more

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Case Study

Control and Management of Bristol Port Company's New Bulk Handling Terminal

Concol Systems Limited, Chesterfield, U.K., are proud to have provided the comprehensive automation and manage ment information system for the new bulk handling facility at Royal Portbury Dock, Bristol, U.K., as subcontractors to the Balfour Beatty/Birtley Joint Venture. read more

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Technical Article

Solids Mass Flow Measurement in Pneumatic Pipelines by F.M. Transducer and Microcomputer

The paper outlines the basic design of the frequency modulated capacitance transducer which has been successfully used to measure mass flow rates of materials ranging from conducting metal particles to non-conducting solids with a wide range of permittivities. The sensing electrode used offers …read more

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Technical Article

Computer Assisted Terminal Operations Management Systems

This paper describes an integrated computer facility supporting the functions and responsibilities of shift operations scheduling maintenance and management using real-time interactive techniques. The functions and responsibilities as related to coal export terminals are specifically addressed altho…read more

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Unlimited Flow of Data: Merging an I&C Planning Tool with a Process Control System

Creating the control software at the touch of a button after engineering – and now the engineering specialists of cement manufacturer Holcim have turned this dream of all process control technicians and process engineers into reality. The pilot project has been completed: now the department is wor…read more

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Technical Article

Determination of Contents in Storage Bins and Silos

Modern process plant relies heavily on control systems for reliable and efficient operation. A control system generally consists of the storage bin* a sensor or transducer and electric signal conditioning circuitry. In most applications the transducer is the most vulnerable part of the control syste…read more

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Case Study

A Review of Control Systems in Australian Grain Terminals

The four important centres of operation and control in grain terminals, i.e., receival hoppers shipping weighers shipping control room and main control room are discussed and control systems in some of the more recent terminals and terminal extensions in Australia are described. read more

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Level Controls in Solids Handling

The Bin-Dex system, continuous indication and level control equipment, a relatively new concept, is introduced. The basic philosophy leading to the original design is highlighted and actual operational constraints and equipment performance indicated. read more

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White Paper

Process Controls for Hydraulic and Pneumatic Pipeline Conveying Systems

Due to the high investment costs involved in the installation of hydraulic and pneumatic conveying systems associated control systems should have a high degree of availability. High grade open and closed-loop control and monitoring systems are a decisive prerequisite for this. This paper deals speci…read more

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Digital Weighing in Bulk Handling

A general introduction to weighing in bulk handling is given with particular reference to the various methods of weighing bulk materials during and after loading. Several case studies are outlined. read more

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Case Study

Programmable Controllers at New Pellet Terminal

Programmable Controllers are utilized extensively at the Lorain Pellet Terminal in Lorain, Ohio, USA. This facility was commissioned in August, 1980 making it the latest and most modern transshipment terminal on the Great Lakes. Several different types of iron ore pellets are received by self- unloa…read more

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Case Study

Toxic Dust Control – Bulk Bag Unloading System contains Toxic Dust in Fluoridation Plants

In water fluoridation plants different chemicals are used, including, for example, the highly toxic silicofluorid. Bulk material handling systems for this application have to meet high dust control requirements. read more

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