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2021

November 2021: Feature Articles

  • ACS – complete solutions for process automation
  • ABB moves toward zero-carbon mines
  • Cybersecurity for operational technology: Part 4: Practical recommendations to reduce cybersecurity risks for OT systems
  • Digital transformation in mining
  • TwinCAT for test rig automation
  • What to do when fragmented systems get too complex


October 2021: Feature Articles

  • Totally Integrated Automation – added value in three dimensions
  • Cybersecurity for operational technology: Part 3: Third-party supplier risks to OT Systems
  • Loop Signatures 9: Digital controllers – Part 1: Introduction to the simple PID controller
  • Smart water system management


September 2021: Feature Articles

  • Tag-specific requirements in RFID systems for track and trace
  • Correct choice of diaphragm seal for a pressure gauge or transmitter
  • Security for operational technology: Part 2: How much of a cyber threat are people to OT systems and what can be done?


August 2021: Feature Articles

  • Level sensors shorten the distance from the field to supermarket shelves
  • How safe are our factories? Part 1: Cybersecurity for operational technology.
  • OT the executor, IT the overseer, IIoT the enabler
  • Ready for use anywhere


Technews Industry Guide: Sustainable Manufacturing 2021: Feature Articles

  • Cleaning machine 4.0
  • Emerson publishes ESG report
  • Manufacturing sustainability – the time for action is now
  • Remove water from factory air
  • Robotics and the potential to realise the lights-out factory dream
  • Smart solutions for digital transformation


July 2021: Feature Articles

  • Clean separation achieved at biomass dewatering plant
  • Five considerations when creating a wastewater machine monitoring plan
  • Lubrication oil filtering and monitoring with Hydrasales
  • Of gorillas and swarms – the manufacturing CIO’s new dilemma
  • Pepperl+Fuchs’ VariKont inductive sensors with Active Shielding Technology
  • The benefits of mobile robots and cobots
  • XTS transport system handles demanding packaging applications


June 2021: Feature Articles

  • Advances in pipeline leak detection
  • Memosens 2.0: simple, safe and connected for future-proof applications
  • Sensors from ifm electronic monitor industrial cooking processes


May 2021: Feature Articles

  • New devices from Endress+Hauser connect pressure measurement to the future
  • Industrial Machine Learning – it’s AI, just less artificial
  • MES, OT and the IIoT – what’s required for digitalisation?


April 2021: Feature Articles

  • Tailored technology meets responsive design with the new Festo website
  • Applying systems thinking to smart plants
  • Complete Beckhoff system for power supply, protection and energy monitoring
  • Industrial Machine Learning – it’s AI, just less artificial – Part 1: What is Machine Learning and what makes Industrial Machine Learning different?


March 2021: Feature Articles

  • New opportunities bring new threats
  • Fit for extreme applications
  • What is the current state of additive manufacturing?


February 2021: Feature Articles

  • Unlimited performance in limited spaces
  • Industrial edge controller for pipeline operations
  • Proline t-mass F/I 300/500 from Endress+Hauser
  • Three key considerations to build reliable wireless communications for AGVs


January 2021: Feature Articles

  • PMV D30 smart digital positioner from V&A
  • 2020 MESA virtual conference – if you missed it you missed out!
  • Five factors influencing the choice of industrial control hardware
  • Keeping cryopreservation cool
  • Light section sensors for many applications
  • Pepperl+Fuchs: entering the digital age
  • Smart positioners of the future
  • Using infrared thermometers in electrical maintenance
  • When not just any battery will do