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Top 5 Plant Engineering articles: September 16-23, 2024

Top Plant Engineering articles this week covered topics including predictive analysis, MES strategies and hydraulic health

By Anna Steingruber September 23, 2024
Figure 2: While troubleshooting a critical feed gas compressor failure, a petrochemical and refining company used Seeq to quickly find the five most recent shutdowns and subsequent restarts from decades of historical process data. Using “capsules” and “chain view,” they overlaid the events to identify abnormalities in the discharge pressure profile of the two most recent startups. Courtesy: Seeq

Top Plant Engineering articles this week covered topics including predictive analysis, MES strategies and hydraulic health.

1. How to anticipate maintenance problems with predictive analytics

Process manufacturers are combining retrospective analysis with predictive tools using advanced analytics platforms, empowering them to build models, project failures, determine optimal maintenance schedules and increase uptime

2. Ways to execute, produce efficiently with an MES strategy

Manufacturing execution system (MES) implementation helps manufacturing projects excel

3. Four hydraulic health and safety tips and strategies

Hydraulic machinery plays a critical role in many manufacturing facilities. Four tips for keeping them running strong are highlighted.

4. What is the value of process piping design?

Learn about the different types of process piping projects, and how each drives the design

5. Seven security issues to address as factories evolve

As factory owners expand their operations and invest in new technologies and systems to support expanding workloads, attention must be paid to addressing novel security issues


Author Bio: Associate editor, WTWH Media and Technology