Engineering Magazine – June 2019

ENGINEERING JUNE 2019 3

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Managing Editor Steve Welch

Consulting Editor Ian Hamilton

Art Editor Grant Lucas

Contributors

Chris Jones, Simon Earnshaw

Stef Lievens, Stephen Hayes

David Robinson, Stephen Woodhouse

Martin Walder, Simon Kampa

John Fryer, Mark James

Mike Farish

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SENSITIVE STRUCTURES

Bridging the gap

PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS

Counting the cost

FLUID APPROACHGo with the flow

JUNE 2019

SMART MANUFACTURING : SENSORS : SOFTWARE : ENERGY MANAGEMENT

4 News

12 Building Bridges

Bridges are sensitive structures. They become

stressed by enormous forces, must withstand

heat and freezing cold temperatures, and can also

be exposed to storms and earthquakes. Often,

hidden behind these steel and concrete bridges

are impressive interiors that must deliver on their

promises

15 Sensor solutions for predictive maintenance

How precision sensor technologies are not only

proving their value during the production and testing

of wind turbines, but also in the real time condition

monitoring of operationally active onshore and

offshore wind farms

18 Industry 4.0 and the circular economy:

closing the gap

Data capture and automation can serve as a

significant enabler of more sustainable activities and

circular strategies

20 Measured approach

How compressed air technologies fit into the smart

factory transition

22 Preparing the smart factory

The fourth industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0, is

not on the horizon. It’s here now, and the landscape

of the traditional factory has already changed

dramatically.

24 The Fourth Dimension

Adopting the latest technologies across a

manufacturing operation has the potential to deliver

many different benefits

26 On a journey

Parents of the revolution: why we must start

planning for the coming digital age today

28 AI: Driving the Industry towards greater success

Manufacturers who choose to modernise will gain

increased outputs, higher quality and less wastage

on the factory floor – ultimately allowing them to

improve profitability and succeed in the industry.

30 The future of smart manufacturing

Smart factories are rapidly becoming the future of

manufacturing, offering a new level of efficiency and

productivity to those investing in them

32 Unlocking the Value of SCADA and HMI

As the manufacturing climate races to explore the

value of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT),

reliable data collection is increasingly important

34 Inventory Innovations

Laying the right foundations for efficient operations

and maintenance

37 Italian job

Organic Rankine Cycle involves a closed system

in which a ‘working fluid’ that need not be water

absorbs thermal energy though a heat exchange

system before driving a turbine to generate power

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