Test and Measurement Feature Library

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07/11/2024 A centre of sustainability A novel sensor system has been developed to help data centres optimise the energy efficiency and sustainability of their operations. Anu Kätkä, product manager at measurement technology company Vaisala describes the technology, which has ... » Read More

02/07/2024 The influence of Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 is a major paradigm shift as the convergence of enterprise IT and operational technology enables systems and devices to exchange and interpret shared data on a global scale. Darren Hugheston-Roberts looks at the dynamic ... » Read More

31/08/2023 Real-time digital twins Germany’s International Centre for Networked Adaptive Production (ICNAP) recently explored some of the technical issues of using digital twins in real time » Read More

08/08/2023 Switching from copper landlines We’ve been making telephone calls over copper landlines since the days of plummy-voiced Post Office operators plugging cables into exchange switchboards. Now the deadline’s finally looming for the copper network’s retirement party. And ... » Read More

16/05/2023 Reducing supply chain problems The impact of supply chain issues on industry services has highlighted the importance of having an effective enterprise asset management (EAM) solution in place, writes Alan Cambridge, CEO of enterprise asset management specialist Peacock ... » Read More

29/03/2023 The promise of data interoperability Barbara Frei, Schneider Electric executive vice president, industrial automation speaks with Kaishi Zhang, former global director, product management and marketing, EcoStruxure Automation Expert » Read More

29/03/2023 Profiting from PID data At pigments and dyes manufacturer Heubach Group, Festo AX artificial intelligence provided benefits for maintenance, engineering and productivity from PID data » Read More

15/09/2022 Digitalisation workbench Information on its own is useless; it needs a context, and to be useful it needs to be translated into action. Modern storage and control systems can do wonderful things with sensor data – but that data needs to be in digital form. Here ... » Read More

19/04/2022 Inspection: screening for danger Simulants and an array of training devices are helping to prepare operatives in the battle to detect explosives, drugs, IEDs and other threats, such as the radioactive materials still inside the Fukushima and Chernobyl nuclear reactors. » Read More

19/04/2022 Digital together: project profiles Two projects supported by the UK Digital Catapult both involve reconfiguring a slow manual measurement process, recording the results digitally, and inserting that information into other digital systems. It’s a template for digitalisation ... » Read More

14/03/2022 Leading the way in digital transformation The UK’s first Schneider Electric smart factory, in Flint, Wales, provides a model for revolutionising ageing infrastructure to deliver operational effectiveness and sustainability, reports Will Dalrymple » Read More

23/02/2021 My weir runneth over An advanced computing system aims to improve utilities’ ability to detect blockages that might otherwise lead to sewage pollution incidents, reports Toby Clark » Read More

19/02/2021 The dual-channel principle Through a new approach to sensor information transfer, manufacturer Leuze explains how modern digital connectivity is changing the nature of electronics control. » Read More

05/08/2019 A Swiss summit Infor held its Third Annual EAM European Summit at CERN in June. OE’s deputy editor discovered more about asset management at the research centre, while getting up close with its first accelerator, the Synchrocyclotron » Read More

04/04/2019 Facing digital Make UK (formerly EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation) held its National Manufacturing Conference in February. A panel of speakers in one workshop spoke about their own, very different digital journeys, and warned delegates not to get ... » Read More

11/02/2013 It’s good to talk Machine-to-machine communication has seen a rapid development in recent years. Brian Tinham examines some of the changing technologies and their implications. » Read More