Top 5 Plant Engineering content: July 8-14, 2024

Top 5 Plant Engineering content over the past week covered hydrogen fuel cells, enhancing plant performance, May manufacturing orders. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Chris Vavra July 15, 2024
Courtesy: IDTechEx

Top 5 Plant Engineering content over the past week covered hydrogen fuel cells, enhancing plant performance, May manufacturing orders and more. Links to each article below.

1. How hydrogen fuel cells, grid upgrades are revamping EV charging

Restructuring aging utility grids that were primarily built to distribute energy and EV adoption is a major challenge, but hydrogen fuel cells can help.

2. How to enhance plant performance using controls

How bridging the gap between building utility controls and process controls enhances plant performance.

3. May manufacturing technology orders grow despite high interest rates

Orders of manufacturing technology totaled $386.7 million in May 2024 according to the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT).

4. Five manufacturing trends to accelerate sustainability progress

More than ever, manufacturing companies are forced to consider the impact of their carbon footprint. Five trends for companies to improve their sustainability efforts are highlighted.

5. Look at targeted maintenance for variable frequency drive upkeep

Return on investment on a variable frequency drive goes up if the drive lasts for a long time.

The list was developed using CFE Media’s web analytics for stories viewed on plantengineering.com, July 8-14, 2024, for articles published within the last two months.

Chris Vavra, senior editor, Plant Engineering, WTWH Media LLC, cvavra@wtwhmedia.com.


Author Bio: Chris Vavra is senior editor for WTWH Media LLC.