Delegates experiment with on-line analysis and automated mill control at an innovative workshop jointly run by Malvern Instruments and Siemens AG, Automation and Drives Solutions Process Industries (A&D SP).
A new one-day workshop developed jointly by Malvern Instruments and Siemens AG offers a unique opportunity for practical exploration of the potential of on-line particle size analysis and automated mill control. The workshop was run for the first time in April this year at the Siemens AG, (A&D SP) Industriepark Höchst in Frankfurt. The day began with presentations by experts from both companies. In a practical session – ‘live optimal milling’ – delegates were given interactive access to the Siemens plant, to investigate the exceptional control that automation delivers.
David Pugh, Process Marketing Manager for Malvern Instruments said: “Our Insitec range offers continuous real-time particle size measurement solutions for almost any process, whether wet or dry, and automated control is the best way of exploiting the potential of these systems. Siemens AG has developed with the Malvern Insitec (online particle size analyzer) a tool for process control; the company’s plant here at Frankfurt demonstrates how this tool enhances mill operation. Seeing automated control in action is a powerful way of communicating the transformational nature of a switch from off- to on-line analysis.”
During the workshop attendees investigated the response of the mill to changes in variables such as feed rate and particle size set point. With automated control, transition times are slashed and the plant runs consistently at an optimal point. This leads to increased throughput - up to 30% - reduced waste and minimised variable costs. Automated measurement and control simultaneously deliver significant reductions in manual input.
About Malvern Instruments
Malvern Instruments is a global company that develops, manufactures and markets advanced analytical systems used in characterizing a wide variety of materials, from bulk powders to the latest nanomaterials and delicate macromolecules. Innovative technologies and powerful software produce systems that deliver industrially relevant data enabling customers to make the connection between micro (eg particle size) and macro (bulk) material properties (rheology) and chemical composition (chemical imaging). Malvern laboratory, on-line and in-line solutions are proven in sectors from cement to pharmaceuticals and support the understanding, improvement and optimization of many industrial processes.
Headquartered in Malvern, UK, the company has subsidiary organizations in all major European markets, North America, China, Korea and Japan, key partnerships in India, a global distributor network and a number of applications laboratories around the world.
Malvern + Siemens
July 31 2007
Seeing is believing!
Delegates experiment with on-line analysis and automated mill control at an innovative workshop jointly run by Malvern Instruments and Siemens AG, Automation and Drives Solutions Process Industries (A&D SP).
A new one-day workshop developed jointly by Malvern Instruments and Siemens AG offers a unique opportunity for practical exploration of the potential of on-line particle size analysis and automated mill control. The workshop was run for the first time in April this year at the Siemens AG, (A&D SP) Industriepark Höchst in Frankfurt. The day began with presentations by experts from both companies. In a practical session – ‘live optimal milling’ – delegates were given interactive access to the Siemens plant, to investigate the exceptional control that automation delivers.
David Pugh, Process Marketing Manager for Malvern Instruments said: “Our Insitec range offers continuous real-time particle size measurement solutions for almost any process, whether wet or dry, and automated control is the best way of exploiting the potential of these systems. Siemens AG has developed with the Malvern Insitec (online particle size analyzer) a tool for process control; the company’s plant here at Frankfurt demonstrates how this tool enhances mill operation. Seeing automated control in action is a powerful way of communicating the transformational nature of a switch from off- to on-line analysis.”
During the workshop attendees investigated the response of the mill to changes in variables such as feed rate and particle size set point. With automated control, transition times are slashed and the plant runs consistently at an optimal point. This leads to increased throughput - up to 30% - reduced waste and minimised variable costs. Automated measurement and control simultaneously deliver significant reductions in manual input.
About Malvern Instruments
Malvern Instruments is a global company that develops, manufactures and markets advanced analytical systems used in characterizing a wide variety of materials, from bulk powders to the latest nanomaterials and delicate macromolecules. Innovative technologies and powerful software produce systems that deliver industrially relevant data enabling customers to make the connection between micro (eg particle size) and macro (bulk) material properties (rheology) and chemical composition (chemical imaging). Malvern laboratory, on-line and in-line solutions are proven in sectors from cement to pharmaceuticals and support the understanding, improvement and optimization of many industrial processes.
Headquartered in Malvern, UK, the company has subsidiary organizations in all major European markets, North America, China, Korea and Japan, key partnerships in India, a global distributor network and a number of applications laboratories around the world.
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