Plant & Works Engineering April 2022

The Knowledge Hub 5th APRIL 2022 10.30 OPENING PRESENTATION BY THE HIGH VALUEMANUFACTURINGCATAPULT(HVMC) HVMC will be opening the conference programme with an overview of the current situation facing UK manufacturing. 11.15 BRINGING INTELLIGENCE TO MANUFACTURING FROM SMBTO GIGAPLANTS Asmanufacturersofallsizesseektotakeadvantageof increasing digitisation,connectivityandautomation,whattechnologies availabletodaywillhelpyoutakeadvantage? Thispanelexplores someofthemost impactfultechnologiesforsmarter manufacturingandsupplychainsandtheroleofdata insolving oldproblems innewways. Thesessionalso includesaQ&Awith DavidThrelfall,CIOofBritishvoltwhowillsooncompletethe productionoftheUK’sfirstGigaplant inNorthumberland. Andrew Kinder SVP, Industry & Solution Strategy Sales, infor David Threlfall, CIO of Britishvolt 12.30 ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION: A NEW PERSPECTIVE TheadoptionofroboticsandautomationintheUKcontinuesto lagtheprogressbeingmadeinallmajorcountriesthroughoutthe world.TheMTChasrecentlyconcludedastudywhichidentifies recommendationstoaddressthissituation.Wearenowlooking toworkwithallstakeholderstodevelopactionstoacceleratethe adoptionofrobotsolutionstoensureourfutureprosperity. Mike Wilson, Manufacturing Technology Centre Chief Automation Officer 13.15 HOWTOMINIMISEMACHINEASSETDOWN- TIMEWITHSENSOR-BASEDSOLUTIONS Asmachineshavebecomesmarterandmoreintuitiveaspartof thedigitaltransformationinitiativesinfactories,sohastheneedto accuratelymonitortheirhealth,efficiency,andperformance.Join thissessiontolearnmoreabouthowyoucanminimisemachine downtimeinyourindustrialsettingwithnewandsmartsensor- basedsolutions,whichhelpreduceoperationalcosts,increase productivity,andoptimiseperformanceinsmartfactoryand smartbuildingapplications. Martin Sime, IIOT Systems Engineering Manager, Sensata 14.00 WAKE UP TO AUTOMATION Thisseminarwillsetoutthepositiveimpactthatfutureinvestment inautomationandroboticscanhaveonUKcompetitiveness. NikeshMistry,SectorHeadfor IndustrialAutomation,GAMBICA 15.00 SAFE HUMAN ROBOT COLLABORATION Theincreased adoptionofcollaborativerobots,alsoknownascobots, isbeingdrivenpartlybythedigitalrevolution.Manyofthebenefitsof usingcobotsare similartothoseoftraditionalindustrialrobots: repeatability,accuracy,productivity,whereasthequestionofsafety requirescarefulconsiderationasnewsafetyconceptspermittingor foreseeingactualhuman-cobotcollisionhaveemerged. JamieThomasCMSE(TÜVCertifiedMachinerySafetyExpert)CECE (TÜVCertifiedExpertCEMarking),PilzAutomationTechnology 15.45 HIGH ENERGY SAVINGS IN VACUUM AND COMPRESSION RolfHilfiker,CEOofPneumofore 10.30 ASSETMANAGEMENTANDMAINTENANCE OFFIXEDPLANTITEMS-THECONVENTIONS, LEGISLATIONANDSTATUTORYDUTIES Themainfocusofthispresentationisfixedassetmanagementand maintenanceoffixedplantitems,theconventions,legislationand statutorydutiesassociatedwithproductionplantandmachinery. Aspartofthisseminar,MartinBarnes,willdiscussthemanagement systemhiscompanyusestotrackphysicalandmaintainphysical assetsacrossthreedifferentUKsitesandtheupsetincorrectdata causesduringauditsetc.Hewillalsodiscuss,thetrialsand tribulationsofpumpmaintenanceincludingtestingofpumps priortoinstallation,thetestingofhydraulicsystems,standby hydraulicpowerpackstopowerfixedproductionmachinery, standbypowergenerationandcompressedairsystems. Martin Barnes, Technical Engineer - Ambipar Response/ Society of Operation Engineers (SOE) 11.15 GOVERNMENTSUPPORTTOHELPCOMPANIES DEVELOPHIGHEFFICIENCYDRIVESUSING ADVANCEDSEMICONDUCTORS ThispresentationdescribesarecentprojecttodevelopUK supplychainsofSiCforpowerconversionapplications. It describessupportfor industryfromUKgovernment, including fundingthroughthe IndustrialStrategy,anddescribesthe Catapult’srole inhelpingcompaniesadoptnewtechnologies aspartoftheir‘NetZero’strategy. Andy Sellars, Strategic Development Director, CSA Catapult 12.00 ENERGY EFFICIENCY GAINS IN COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEMS Compressed air systems have a significant impact on the energy consumption and efficiency of manufacturing systems. BCAS, executive director,Vanda Jones will discuss the energy efficiency gains in compressed air systems. Vanda Jones, Executive Director of The British Compressed Air Society (BCAS) 12.30 UNLOCKTHEADVANTAGESOFSAFETYAND RELIABILITYSTRATEGYALIGNMENT Companies that align their safety, maintenance, and reliability strategies unlock a dynamic optimisation and cultural potential for their people and assets.This seminar looks at how organisations are successfully creating this alignment while also reducing unplanned downtime and reactive maintenance. It also looks at how are they implementing high-performing predictivemaintenance programmes that yield cost and operational optimisation. Colin Duncan, CEO, SEAM Group 13.15 USING GIT FOR PLCWORKFLOWS: NEW APPROACHES Untilnow,codedevelopmentfor industrialautomationhasnot beenabletotakeadvantageofmodernDevOpsprocessesthat havetransformedtraditionalsoftwaredevelopment,duetothe visualnatureofPLCprogrammingandthevarietyof developmentenvironments.Newsolutionsareaimingto changethis,withtoolstailor-builtforcontrolsandautomation engineers.ApplyingGitcapabilitiesdirectlytoPLCworkflows bringsseveralbenefitsthat leadto increasedROI inoperational uptime. Darren Henry, VP of Marketing, Copia Automation 14.00 ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN MOTOR DRIVEN PUMP SYSTEMS Againstthebackdropofrisingelectricitycosts,thispresentation will lookatwhysomuchenergy iswasted inmotordrivenpump systems. Itwillconsiderpoorsystemdesign, incorrectpump selection, inefficientpumpcontrolsandthe lackofregularpump &systemmaintenance.Theadditionofvariablespeeddrives,the useofhighlyefficientmotorsandwhether it isworthreplacing oldpumpswithnewerdesigns,andthe importanceofadopting acompletesystemapproach,whenassessingand improving energyefficiency,willalsobeaddressed. Gary Wilde, Technical Services Manager, BPMA 15.00 A SIMPLE GUIDETO SENSORS FOR SAFEGUARDINGOFMACHINERY With somany options on themarket to safeguardmachinery, selectingtheoptimumsolutionforbothsafetyandproductivitycan beacomplexexercise. Thisseminarwilloutlinethelatesttechnology solutions and their pros and cons for different applications. JasonReedCMSE(TÜVCertifiedMachinerySafetyExpert)CECE (TÜVCertifiedExpertCEMarking), PilzAutomationTechnology 15.45 PREDICTIVEMAINTENANCE BEST PRACTICES AND SOLUTIONS Thisseminarwill lookatPredictiveMaintenance(PM)best practicesanddive intothedifferentphasesofPMprojects. It willalsoexplainwhysomebusinessesfailandwhyothers succeedbasedonpracticalcases. Niall Sullivan, VP Marketing, Senseye 7th APRIL 2022 11.15 USING CONDITION MONITORING TO IMPROVE PLANT RELIABILITY Monitoringtheconditionofmachinerywithconditionmonitoring techniquesisanessentialpartofanycostreduction(andsafety improvement)programme.Butarewedoingenoughsimply monitoringcondition?Thisanimatedpresentationprovidesabrief overviewofvariousconditionmonitoring(CM)techniques. Dean Whittle, Senior Reliability Engineer, RMS Reliability 12.30 AUTOMATION TRENDS IN THE UK AI,roboticsandotherformsofsmartautomationhavethe potentialtobringgreateconomicbenefits,potentially contributingbillionsofPoundstotheUKeconomy.This seminarwilltalkaboutthemostsignificanttechnological achievementsoverthepastyearand illustratepromisingtrends forthefuture inthefieldofautomation. NikeshMistry,SectorHeadfor IndustrialAutomation,GAMBICA 14.00 DYNAMIC STATES OF SAFETY Traditionallyasafestateonamachineiswhenitisstoppedandthere isnomovement,however,thiscanimpedeproductivity.Whilst absolutestandstillisstillnecessaryinthemajorityofcases,wherea riskassessmentpermitsandtherequiredtechnicalmeasuresare feasible(suchassafemodeselection,safespeeddetectionetc),a casecanbemadeforallowingequipmenttorunwithoutnecessarily stoppingitduringhuman-machineinterventions(suchasmachine settingupandfault-finding). Thisseminarwilldescribethevarious safetyfunctionsdesignatedinIEC61800-5-2andsomeofthe technologiesavailabletorealisethemtotheadequatesafetylevel. AlexBryceCMSE(TÜVCertifiedMachinerySafetyExpert)CECE(TÜV CertifiedExpertCEMarking),PilzAutomationTechnology The KnowledgeHub will bring together a wide range of case studies and practical seminars from leading industry experts. The programme will have a strong emphasis on technological developments, covering the wide range of topic areas of the co-location of events. Sponsored by 5-7 April 2022 | NEC Birmingham 6th APRIL 2022