Maanshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (Masteel) hat am Standort Ma‘anshan, China, die Produktion auf einer neuen, von der SMS group (www.sms-group.com) gelieferten schweren Trägerstraße aufgenommen. Damit ist Masteel der einzige chinesische Hersteller, der Träger mit Abmessungen bis 1.100 Millimeter Steghöhe und 500 Millimeter Flanschbreite sowie Träger mit Flanschdicken bis 130 Millimeter herstellen kann. Das Metergewicht des schwersten auf der Anlage produzierten Trägers beträgt 1.377 Kilogramm. Das circa 300 Kilometer westlich von Schanghai gelegene Werk ist für eine Jahresproduktion von 800.000 Tonnen ausgelegt und erweitert Masteels Produktionskapazität um größere Profile. Dazu gehört auch ein neu entwickeltes Sonderprofil, das so bisher noch nicht in einem Walzprozess produziert werden konnte. Damit entfallen…
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Switch faster from painkillers to antibiotics with piFLOW®p SMART
Pharmaceutical companies and their contract fillers benefit from quick product changes. Because with Piab’s Industry 4.0-capable vacuum conveyor piFLOW®p SMART, the active ingredients and fillers to produce painkillers to antibiotics can be switched faster. With piFLOW®p SMART the changeover of tablets can be done up to six times faster than with conventional conveyors. Everyone is currently talking about the bottleneck in medication. More pharmaceutical companies are required to deliver quickly. It is important to provide both large quantities of active ingredients and fillers for a medication, e.g. headache tablets, in order to be able to produce large quantities quickly. On the one hand, substances must be filled into the mixer…
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Ready for tomorrow today
Even if the Corona pandemic crisis has side-lined the issue a little in recent months, conducting business in a climate-conscious and sustainable manner remains as important as ever and is high on the agenda of companies, organizations and end consumers. As a specialist for the development and production of polymere specific color, additive- and multifunctional masterbatches another step in the right direction already being pursued by ROWA Masterbatch is the development of sustainable products. These products, referred to as bioplastics, are differentiated between bio-based and biodegradable: Bio-based plastics are produced from renewable raw materials, such as starch or sugar. The term biodegradable refers to plastics that can be decomposed by…
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KAN setzt auf APS, MES und SCADA basierend auf der PSIasm-Plattform
Die PSI Polska Sp. z o.o. wurde von der polnischen KAN-Gruppe mit der Implementierung der Plattform PSIasm beauftragt. Diese wird zukünftig beim führenden europäischen Hersteller von Heizungs- und Sanitärsystemen die Planung, Überwachung und Steuerung der Produktionsprozesse übernehmen. KAN liefert moderne KAN-therm-Installationssysteme und produziert neben hochwertigen Rohren aus Polyethylen und Polypropylen, Formstücke, Messingarmaturen, Metallverteiler und -armaturen sowie Wärmedämmung für Fußbodenheizungen und Blechprodukte einschließlich Installationsboxen. Die hochautomatisierten Produktionsprozesse werden streng nach dem Qualitätsmanagementsystem ISO 9001 überwacht. Das schnelle Wachstum des Unternehmens erforderte für die Verbesserung der Geschäftsprozesse sowie der Produktionsplanung und Kontrolle der Auftragsvorlaufzeiten ein neues modernes Produktionsmanagementsystem. Nach Analyse der verfügbaren Marktlösungen entschied sich KEN für die Software PSIasm,…
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SES Simplifies Live Broadcast and Sports Events with new IP Switch Solution
At one point in time a major challenge in live news and sports production was to capture exciting moments and replay them in a matter of seconds. Today, the challenge has been upped. It’s not just compelling content and speed that are important, but also simplicity when managing live content and the ability to deliver it to multiple platforms. With that vision in mind, SES has taken on the challenge of upgrading the capabilities of its SES 360 live events management app. Ultimately, we wanted to make live feed management and IP distribution much easier with a new platform within the SES 360 ecosystem – SES IP Switch. SES IP Switch comes…
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Secure your electrical power supply
The new cyber-physical fault monitoring systems from the WA range guarantee you all-round monitoring of all relevant energy production and distribution data, as independent, local reporting systems and at the same time decentralised substations with a central master display. Not only do they react quickly to failures, they also prevent outages by acting preventatively via predictive maintenance using the integrated PMA4.0 software package. The following three components are available: WA 16 for 16 messages: The consistent, innovative further development of our ME series, developed in close collaboration with leading power supply companies and in use worldwide, for example at the Yangtze power plant in China. WA 40 for 40 messages:…
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Veridos sieht Melderegister als Motor für das UN-Nachhaltigkeitsziel „Identität als Menschenrecht“
In dieser Woche feiern die Vereinten Nationen ihr 75-jähriges Bestehen. Der Tag der UNO am 24. Oktober erinnert daran, den aktuellen Stand der Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung zu überprüfen, zu denen auch die Absicht gehört, allen Menschen bis 2030 eine legale Identität zu geben. Die COVID-19-Pandemie hat die Bedeutung dieses Ziels noch einmal unterstrichen, denn eine rechtliche Identität ist in der Regel die Voraussetzung für den Zugang zu Gesundheitsleistungen und staatlichen Fördermitteln. Daher besteht ein großer Bedarf an Lösungen für den Identitäts- und Geburtsnachweis, einschließlich eines vertrauenswürdigen Melderegisters, wie es Veridos, ein weltweit führender Anbieter von Identitätslösungen, anbietet. Um die Welt zu verändern, bleiben noch knapp zehn Jahre. Bis…
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BITZER adds R515B to BITZER software
With the BITZER software, customers can calculate the performance data for most BITZER products with the most diverse refrigerants and access technical information. The refrigeration and air conditioning specialist is continuously expanding its BITZER software – and has made it possible to use it with the new refrigerant R515B for its screw compressors. R515B is a non-toxic, non-flammable A1 alternative to R134a and R1234ze(E) with a low GWP factor. R515B was designed as a replacement for R134a for use in medium temperature applications, comfort air conditioning, heat pumps, process air conditioning and process heating. BITZER has now implemented the refrigerant in its BITZER software: screw compressors from the CSH series…
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Sphera Launches Cutting-Edge Software Designed to Transform Process Safety and Operational Risk Management Performance
Sphera, a leading global provider of Integrated Risk Management software, data and consulting services, today announced its Dynamic Risk Pathways solution, the industry’s first real-time, process safety management Digital Twin solution. Sphera’s Dynamic Risk Pathways is the industry’s next generation Operational Risk Management (ORM) Digital Twin technology for modeling and predicting process safety risk exposure for defined risk scenarios. By using the real-time status information from asset integrity inspections, safety critical equipment, Internet of Things (IoT) sensor data, maintenance and operational activity, and deviations from normal operating conditions, operational teams are provided with a single, shared view of the impact on Major Accident Hazard (MAH) risk scenarios. Dynamic Risk Pathways turns…
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Valicare extends GxP expertise
Valicare GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Syntegon, now offers additional services along the entire product life cycle of pharmaceutically and biotechnologically produced drugs. A new focus is on consulting services for the transition of products from the development phase to the GMP compliant manufacturing of investigational medicinal products. These services are complemented by the presentation and assessment of market-specific requirements, investigational drug management and the necessary regulatory interactions. Addition to the team To underline the extension of the service portfolio, Valicare has recruited Dr. Christin Erbach to join the expert team of engineers and scientists as a Senior GMP Consultant. Dr. Erbach has more than ten years of clinical…
