Processing, June 2018

n our 30th anniversary issue last October we asked industry leaders to look ahead 30 years to what they see as major trends or key developments that will continue to emerge over the next few decades It was clear from their responses that in the future process automation and digitalization will continue to revolutionize the process industries The next 30 years of automation advancement will change how workers interact with technology said Peter Zornio chief technology o cer at Emerson Automation Solutions Arti cial intelligence advanced analytics augmented reality virtual reality and cloud computing will become embedded in automation These technologies will be used to automate knowledge and best practices in areas beyond process and production control reliability safety and energy consumption for example while also spreading expertise beyond global boundaries on the path to improving our customers operational performance Hapman Vice President Greg Patterson said the most important trend his company sees is the rapid development of smart equipment and technologies whether you call it Industrial Internet of ings IIoT Industry 40 or simply smart equipment Sustainability is vitally important for most processors and the increasing use of elementary arti cial intelligence connected to their equipment is assisting them in achieving that goal Patterson said Equipment that will diagnose itself advise when more raw material is needed warn of pending issues and use analytics to determine what caused those issues is leading the advancement of this technology Soon everything in the entire process will be able to feed itself diagnose itself and change what it does based upon equipment and material availability As you can see from those predictions IIoT is more than just a buzzword If youve been wanting a general overview of what IIoT really means or to delve into the details a little more our cover series on process automation 6 Processing JUNE 2018 IIoT o ers both Kyle Till of Hapman discusses how smart technology stands to drastically improve processes in the near future and gives a rundown of how IIoT will work with material handling equipment In a nutshell three key bene ts of IIoT for the process industries are easier preventive maintenance longer lasting equipment and less unplanned downtime Read more on page 10 Every IIoT application starts with sensors which create the data needed for advanced analytics Our cover series continues on page 16 with insights from Michael Risse of Seeq Corporation on how advanced analytics can be used to improve process plant operations Next a recent study indicates Industry 40 known as Industrie 40 in Germany provides great potential for Germanys economy within the next ve years On page 20 Dr Bertolt Gärtner of TÜV SÜD ATISAE explains how the Industrie 40 Maturity Index developed by a consortium of academic and industrial research institutes provides a digital roadmap for companies that want to undergo a complete digital transformation Further Dr David Almagor of Presenso takes the IIoT discussion to the OEM with an evaluation of two models for Industry 40 the digital twin and Hardware as a Service HaaS By comparing these alternatives he explores how OEMs can play a leading role and secure their participation in this burgeoning market Read more on page 26 Our cover series concludes with an interesting Q A with the coinventor of the MQTT protocol Arlen Nipper who discusses recent developments in this technology and its uses in industrial processing settings As Patterson said in our anniversary issue Todays fastest growing industries are connected with robotics automation and arti cial intelligence With those industries expanding at such a rapid pace it is not hard to see what tomorrow will bring Sincerely Editor in chief arichardson@ endeavorbusinessmedia com @ ProcessingMag FROM THE EDITOR EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Christine Banaszek Sales Manager Charles Ross Son Company Robert J Bockserman President 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