In this final episode of our 3-part series with Siemens, Dave speaks with Ian Poulett, Business Manager - Industrial Communication, RTLS & Identification, who discusses the types of systems used to manage networks and process systems.

Topics include:​

- Management and control systems - How remote access and management can be achieved - How remote access, communications, management, and control can be applied to new digital systems - Digital transformation roadmaps - Security for remote access and control - How 5G will transform process management - Training and education of the digital transformation - What the future of remote access and management looks like

In this second of our 3 part series with Siemens, Dave speaks with Dave Adams, Team Leader - Process Specialists.

Drawing on his 30+ years of experience working at Siemens, Dave provides an interesting insight into how the chemical industries are adopting industry 4.0 technologies.

Topics include:

Understanding and implementation Industry 4.0 in the Chemical Industries

Can fully automated or autonomous systems be used by plant managers across the chemical sector?

Does Industry 4.0 open the door to efficiency and cost savings

Analysing data for control and predictive analytics

How businesses can create a new digital ecosystem across their processes

First steps a chemical company should take to harness IIoT, edge computing and AI (machine learning)

In the first of a 3 part Podcast series with Siemens, Dave speaks with Paul Hingley the Product Solution & Security Officer GB&I at Siemens Digital Industries Software.

Cyber security is a major concern throughout industry and in this podcast Paul discusses concerns over air gapped systems in the chemical industry and alternative solutions.

In this episode, Dave speaks to data analytics software leaders from technology provider Ovarro, Alan Cunningham, subject matter expert, and Josh Britton, global product line manager.

As a major supplier of monitoring and control systems to the water sector, Ovarro is fully versed in the challenges faced by global utilities today.

Data and analytics, if applied correctly, can transform how water networks are managed, helping to ensure the environment is protected, regulatory targets are met and company performance is improved.

Alan and Josh discuss the current data landscape for water, and the innovation behind their software products such as AlarmVision, a cloud-based dashboard that enables control rooms to manage the stream of incoming alarms in real time.

In our latest Podcast, Dave speaks with Remco Bakker, Business Development Manager of Imtex Controls, who discusses the introduction a new pioneering product; the Valvescan Diagnostic Monitoring System.

Remco explains how the VDMS provides a technological step-change in valve health monitoring for various process industries.

With the development of the Valvescan Diagnostic Monitoring System – an-end-to-end solution that captures data from every valve operation, analyses it and provides targeted alerts on the valve health without any requirement for involvement from plant personnel or any potential impact on the asset real time control integrity. It is a true IIoT solution for automated valves

You may read about digitalisation, Industry 4.0, Analytics, IIoT, Data driven decision making, and other related topics almost daily. The more you see these topics pass by, the more diffused it may have become. 

In this podcast Dave and Thomas explore the basics about these topics and how operational experts can easily start with analytics without having to become data scientists.

Here Dave Howell speaks with David Clark, Senior Engineering Manager at HMD Kontro Sealless Pumps, who traces the evolution of magnetic drive sealless pumps, from their introduction 70 years ago to the very latest developments and materials that are driving the industry forward.

A step-change in design, driven by technology advances and innovative materials has seen the emergence of a new level of agility and flexibility while future-proofing products against ever-more stringent regulations.

Single Pair Ethernet is the technology that makes it possible to implement the Internet of Things consistently within industry, right through to field-based applications. Here, Dave speaks with Simon Seereiner, Head of Product Management for SAI and Industrial Ethernet at Weidmüller, who explains how Weidmüller are using this technology and the range of benefits it offers.

In this latest podcast, Lawrence Clark, VP Regional Sales, EMEA and Richard Porter, Senior Manager of Area Sales for EMEA, both of AspenTech, talk about how the company’s predictive analytics and asset performance management solutions can drive the digital transformation of the industry by optimising assets to run safer, greener, longer and faster. Lawrence and Richard discuss how these technologies can help pharmaceuticals manufacturers ensure security of supply, guaranteeing that customers have drugs available to them when they are needed, bringing tangible operational efficiencies and helping them avoid too much time spent on data science experiments that don’t bring a business benefit.

In this latest podcast Dave speaks with Alan Hunt, ABB Product Manager UK & IE – Electromagnetic Flow. Here Alan discusses issues around water use and water conservancy and his passion about what he calls the “Holy Trinity” of water sustainability.

Water companies themselves are saddled with the burden of matching supply with demand, but we as consumers both as process industry consumers and as individuals all must play our part in reducing consumption and ensuring the waste we discharge into water courses is meets or exceeds regulatory minimum quality standards.

The holy trinity covers;

Leakage – how to reduce the 3.1billion litres of water that are lost daily from the water network

Environment – how do we collectively ensure that water we discharge into water courses is not going to pollute it. What is the impact of MCERTS

Responsibility – it is up to us all to ensure we have enough water to sustain demand. The desire to be a good neighbour/good citizen now extends to company values