Digital transformation changes the way powder and bulk processes are designed, controlled and monitored. This is critical, not only to the way we see production, but to modern knowledge-sharing. Here, we examine closely what all this means
THE AGE OF CORONAVIRUS HAS BROUGHT NEW KEYWORDS INTO THE LEXICON - CONTACTLESS, SOCIAL DISTANCING, protective equipment. But they don’t merely relate to our current way of living. They have more precise implications for all levels of contact between plant and component manufacturers, plant operators and service providers in the powder and bulk solids industries. Grandparents and grandchildren have been leading the
way in recent times with video chats - the Internet serving as the key to information-sharing and maintaining contact. But the current crisis is also helping to drive forward the much vaunted Internet of Things. Coronavirus made it clear: it is time for the digital transformation to take the final step toward becoming a reality. How that can happen was to have been key factor in deciding the theme of this year’s exhibition, and the Special Edition, adapted as a consequence of Covid-19; one set to focus on knowledge sharing, including the role
BRIEF | THE GROWING DEPENDENCE ON AI
The move to digital has seen smart, AI-enabled products permeate all areas of life. Social media companies use AI to identify hate speech, fake news and cyberbullying. Robot vacuum cleaners use it to pinpoint obstacles and smart thermostats learn behaviour patterns to dynamically adjust the temperate. Dominos is even using them to deliver pizzas in Germany.
played by digital transformation. “Until now, we have lacked awareness of the need, and of the transformation itself,” said Dr Uwe G. Seebacher, Global Director of Marketing, Communication and Strategy at Andritz AG plant engineering group in Graz, Austria. “We’ve been overwhelmed by anxiety about what is facing us. But the monster that has everyone worried about losing control has been among us for ages, with buzzwords like IoT, Predictive Maintenance and Big Data.” He was speaking last year, long before the arrival of
Coronavirus. Gathering measured data, analysis, pattern recognition, remote diagnostics and remote process optimisation – all these fully contactless information flows were already in place.
But, as Seebacher warned: “False conclusions are being
drawn in many places regarding IoT, Big Data and Predictive Maintenance. In other words, when data-sharing happens beyond the company walls. In this situation, suppliers
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