The culture of innovation at Endress+Hauser goes far beyond research and development.
Beginnings are always hard – and so it is with the circular economy. Michael Sinz, director of strategic business, explains how it can become a reality for the process industry and how Endress+Hauser is making headway with its implementation.
It’s time to rethink our linear economic model: the consequences of all that taking, making and wasting are getting harder and harder to ignore. But as yet we seem to lack that initial impetus, that spark, needed to set the circular economy in motion.
How much oil is in the storage tank? In international trade, only calibrated measuring devices can deliver an acceptable answer. Calibration can be done laboriously on site or directly at the factory, as Endress+Hauser does. And this is all thanks to a unique calibration rig.
Procurement offers great leverage towards achieving climate neutrality. That’s because with high production volumes – of instrument housings, for example – even small material savings can make a difference.
From purchasing to logistics, Endress+Hauser already utilizes AI in many areas to create transparency and optimize processes. One application specifically helps to monitor product quality in the field.
Rapid assessment of measurements at water treatment plants is possible thanks to the experience of the operators. In the future, machine learning could help spot the need for action. Endress+Hauser is working on this kind of assistance system for liquid analysis.
AI could be the key to really exploiting the potential of digitalization. Endress+Hauser is working together with customers and partners in a step-by-step exploration of these new technologies – and in doing so is underlining their true added value.
Supplying water is a mammoth task in the Philippine mega-metropolis of Manila. Maynilad tackles this challenge with intelligent data models and steady digitalization of its infrastructure.
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