Top five Plant Engineering articles: October 8-14, 2024

Top Plant Engineering content this week covered topics including predictive analytics, the value of process piping design and security issues to address.

By Gary Cohen October 15, 2024
Figure 3: Plant or unit layout focus will minimize distance between tethered process and equipment, with consideration for minimizing long runs of costly high alloy pipe. Courtesy: Matrix Technologies Inc.

Top Plant Engineering content this week covered topics including predictive analytics, the value of process piping design and security issues to address.

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. What is the value of process piping design?

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

3. Navigate the challenges, tech changes in process piping systems

Process piping design is in a dynamic shift from traditional methods to innovative technologies.

4. 2024 Engineering Leader Under 40: Caidey Whatley, 27

Caidey Whatley, 27, Controls Engineer, Hargrove Controls & Automation, Mobile, AL.

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: Gary Cohen is senior editor and product manager at WTWH Media LLC.