Optimizing Offshore Pump Performance and Reliability
By Daniela Haldenwang, Sulzer
Asset reliability and performance are the two most important factors for the oil and gas sector but as processes change and...
Stopping Corrosion in the LNG Sector
While corrosion is a serious issue in virtually all oil, gas, pipeline, and industrial facilities, it is a particular challenge for the liquid natural...
Machine Health Check: Automating Maintenance
By Klaus Helmrich, Siemens Digital Industries
The sci-fi-sounding, near-magical benefits promised by Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) advocates are fast becoming a reality, and one...
How to Source Electronic Chips on the Open Market
Electronic chips are at the heart of virtually all sophisticated equipment today from automobiles and medical equipment to consumer electronics like smartphones. So, when...
Come Hail or High Water: Part 2 of 2
Read Part 1 here.
In last month’s introduction, we laid out how, in the face of recent record-breaking natural catastrophe claims and damage from extreme...
Keeping It Cool on Shop Floors
Greg Olson is the heavy machine shop supervisor at Washington Iron Works located in Sherman, Texas. As a supervisor of a twelve-man crew working...
Soil Sampling for VOCs: Best Practices: Part 2 of 2
As we touched on in part 1 of this series, there are some limitations to low level analysis. Low level analysis is considered to...
Choosing the Best Alternatives in Industrial Analytics: Part 2 of 2
Read Part 1 here.
We began this series reminding readers that OSIsoft would be retiring its popular data visualization tool kit, ProcessBook. Since ProcessBook’s introduction...
Key resources for renewable energy applications
Consider the following statistics from Renewable Energy World that emphasize an important trend toward renewable energy sources: 13.7 million, the number of people employed...
Electronic Water-Conditioner Keeps Boilers Scale Free
San Antonio Housing Agency (SAHA) is saving thousands of dollars a year at its Woodhill Apartments on expensive maintenance and replacement boilers every six...









