Chemical Engineering January 2018 - 19

An online portal for corrosion
management best practices
Impact Plus is a new platform designed
to benchmark best practices
and improve corrosion management
across many industry sectors. Built as
a tool for management professionals,
the program gives users the option
to manage their own application of
the product or use a trained navigator
with corrosion management and
consulting expertise. Navigators will
help users evaluate and compare their
current asset-management strategies
and advise them on future asset-protection
and corrosion-management
strategies.
Plus
portal include: an
Features of the Impact
integrated
platform for corrosion management
professionals; a straightforward way
for companies to identify gaps in processes
that could lead to the reduced
lifecycle of assets due to mechanical,
integrity or human error; a maturity
model that creates a roadmap of activities,
investments and best practices
that lead to higher performance
and a reference library to manage
knowledge and information collected
through all components of the portal.
- NACE International, Houston
www.nace-impact.org
A new electronics unit
for flowmeters
The KRAL Smart Solution (photo) is
a compact electronic unit to which a
Volumeter flowmeter is connected.
The Smart Solution processes the signals
that the flowmeter generates with
its integrated sensors in such a manner
that measured values are available
that can be passed on via the Modbus.
Up to 32 Smart Solution electronic
units can be switched in series
and thus save a multitude of cabling
and their installation in comparison
to conventional measured data acquisition.
The flowmeters supply very
precise measured values like the flow
quantity, the flow direction and temperature
to the Smart Solution, which
processes this information into a flow
value. - KRAL AG, Lustenau, Austria
www.kral.at
New versions of data-analytics
software launched
SIMCA is an advanced data analytics
and visualization program (photo) that
makes it possible to combine and analyze
data from all sources to isolate,
understand and act on the " hidden
gems " that hold the secret to better
decision-making and greater business
success. SIMCA's multivariate dataanalysis
engine enables companies to
swiftly detect and analyze deviations
from normal operating conditions
by modeling an idealized process.
Once this model is transferred into
SIMCA-online, it serves as a valuable
reference for users' current production.
The newly enhanced software
offers an intuitive graphical interface
and the flexibility to handle complex
data, such as reworking, splitting and
merging, and more. SIMCA projects
can be uploaded directly to an available
SIMCA-online server.- Sartorius
Stedim Biotech, Göttingen, Germany
www.sartorius.com
KRAL
Identifying licensees for new
inventions just became automated
Licensee Locator is an analysis tool
that enables users to identify and locate
potential acquirers or licensees
for patented technology. Licensee
Locator playbook takes any patent or
technology description and automatically
identifies potential acquirers or
licensees, based on objective metrics
of licensability, revealing suitable
organizations that may not otherwise
have been considered. This is made
possible by its ability to process hundreds
of millions of data points about
all possible licensees - expanding
the potential for commercialization far
beyond the patent owner's existing
network. - PatSnap, London, U.K.
www.patsnap.com
Simulation-based
operator training for separators
SmartSIM (photo) is a sophisticated
solution for efficient implementation of
new machine-control systems or optimized
training of new operators. It is
available for various models of solidliquid
separation machines and systems
with a Metris addIQ control system.
Among the benefits of SmartSIM
training are reduced downtimes, because
there are fewer operating errors
and lower maintenance costs due to
operators being highly trained. SmartCHEMICAL
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Sartorius Stedim Biotech
Andritz
http://www.sartorius.com http://www.nace-impact.org http://www.patsnap.com http://www.kral.at http://WWW.CHEMENGONLINE.COM
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