Instrumentation Monthly Test | Measurement | Control

The industrial sector always has, and always will, thrive on data. Whether it’s the simple signals shared between rudimentary control systems or performance indicators recorded by engineers to monitor system health, data plays an integral role in the continuity and improvement of industrial processes. With greater machine-to-machine connectivity, the speed, …

UrsaLeo, an enterprise software company that enables users to visualise operational data in a photorealistic 3D representation of their facility or product, and Shiratech, a world-leading specialist in Industry 4.0-based condition monitoring and predictive maintenance technologies, today announced a collaboration to offer advanced 3D Digital Twin, AI, sensor, and machine …

The Government’s planned end to the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (NDRHI) this month will leave manufacturers without a financially viable green alternative to generate heat for many crucial industrial processes. This could force businesses to seek out cheaper, non-renewable sources of energy. Here Luke Worrall, business development manager at biomass …

Dutch installation specialist, GBM Works is developing a new method to reduce the noise pollution caused by driving foundation piles for wind turbines into the seabed. This method involves fluidising the seabed with water jets, which ensures the monopiles sink much quicker – and with significantly less noise – under …

TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory today launches the UK’s first traceable hydrogen flow calibration facility for domestic gas meters. The new facility will help meter manufacturers determine if existing meter stock, and new technologies under development, are correctly measuring hydrogen flow rates. This is a crucial step to ensure that …

Siemens has launched a new free, fun, online car design simulation game to inspire children’s interest in STEM subjects. The Digital Twin Challenge puts players in the position of chief designer of a new model of car. Aimed at KS3 pupils, 11-14 year old’s, the interactive game involves designing and …

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is on the cusp of becoming an irreplaceable tool in a wide range of fields, such as working from home, avionics, telecommunications and defence. The latest frontier in this development is ruggedisation and miniaturisation. Here, Andy Conway, sales manager at embedded computing specialist Recab UK, reflects on the unpredictability …

ABB technology is being used to build the world’s largest desalination plant in Taweelah, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The USD 500 million development will have the capacity to process over 900,000 cubic meters of seawater per day, enough to meet the demands of over 350,000 households. Approximately 45 kilometers …

Contrinex’s C23 photoelectric sensor family, available from PLUS Automation, is small but powerful and so ideal for conveyor and packaging applications. An example application for the C23 is the food processing industry in biscuit production, where ‘shingling’, or overlapped layering, is a common technique for optimising space during secondary packaging …

Five new projects have been awarded a share of over £1 million of government funding to work with international partners on innovative space technology. Projects to remotely probe ice on Mars to help explorers find life below the surface, a system to warn of impacts of flood risks to infrastructure …