A look at how the Finnish specialty chemicals company used decades of formulation data to revolutionize its polymer ...

If you’re charged with making small batches of many different products, ensuring consistency from batch to batch is a daunting task, one requiring precise control of every aspect of the manufacturing ...

Aim: To demonstrate the potential of in-line nanoparticle size measurements using the NanoFlowSizer (NFS) as a PAT method. To achieve real-time process control by establishing automated regulation of ...

Six times during the previous year the local utility supplying power to a large soap manufacturing plant in the Midwest suffered power outages, shutting down the plant’s production lines. Each time ...

A manufacturing execution system (MES) monitors, tracks, and documents the process of producing goods in a factory. It can also manage resource allocation, operations scheduling, process control, and ...

American agriculture has always been rooted in strength and adaptability. What’s needed now is a renewed focus on the systems ...

Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, has had a major impact on the contemporary design and production process. First developed in 1988 with the aim of allowing for rapid prototyping, ...

Imagine a fleet of submarines sitting idle on a military base in the Pacific because they contain malfunctioning or aging parts.

Industry 4.0 will have intelligent manufacturing at its core, advocate Alec M Makdessian and Fabrizio Librizzi. IoT, artificial intelligence (AI), big data, cloud computing, robotics and automation ...