Food & Beverage

The food and beverage industry must produce safe, high-quality foods and beverages for consumers. In addition to quality control, the manufacturing processes include many challenges such as managing ingredients, improving efficiency, and handling global environmental issues. As a trusted partner, Yokogawa offers our expertise derived from decades of service to the industry. Discover where Yokogawa devices are used.

Yokogawa in the Food and Beverage Industry

Industry Challenges. Yokogawa Solutions.

Quality Assurance

High-quality food or beverage products start with high-quality instrumentation. Process repeatability is critical to protecting your reputation and brand.

Quality Assurance

Cost Pressure

In order to control costs and maximize profit, F&B manufacturers must reduce waste, optimize production, and reduce downtime.

Cost Pressure

Regulatory Compliance

Meet global hygienic, sanitary, and data integrity requirements for food safety with high-quality instrumentation designed for the Food and Beverage industry.

Regulatory Compliance

 

Food and Beverage Segments

From quality and compliance to maximizing production and increasing reliability, the food and beverage industry has no shortage of challenges. Yokogawa’s innovative solutions across the many applications in the food and beverage industry enable our customers to meet increasingly complex market demands.

Dairy Production

From raw milk delivery to pasteurization to finished product, trust Yokogawa at every step of the process.

Dairy Production

Clean-in-Place

Ensure process equipment and piping are adequately cleaned, sanitized, and ready for the next production cycle.

Clean-in-Place

Beverage Processing

When it comes to beer, quality matters. Brewers must be able to make real-time process decisions that affect the end product.

Beverage Processing

 

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Flow Meter Solutions

Food and Beverage Flowmeter Solutions

Food and Beverage Industry: Start Your Digital Transformation Journey and Simplify Compliance

Smarter more accurate measurement devices with less need for physical contact are in-demand. That is why Yokogawa has co-innovated with the food & beverage industry to develop flowmeters that exceed customer expectations. Discover how other customers use our magnetic and Coriolis flowmeters in their operations.

< Explore the benefits of Yokogawa's next-generation smart flow meters

Animal Feed Mill Brewery Batch and Mixing Flow Control Raw Milk Delivery by Tanker Processing Lavender Essential Oil

Animal Feed
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Brewery Batch and
Mixing Flow Control

Raw Milk
Tanker Measurements

Processing Lavender
Essential Oil

 

EJA565E and EJA564E

Flow Meters - Magnetic 3-A CertifiedEthernet/IP

ADMAG TI AXG
The ADMAG Total Insight (TI) AXG® is an electromagnetic flow meter featuring enhanced settings for customized setups, pre-defined trend views, and multiple configuration sets for fast changeover through a micro SD card. In the ADMAG TI AXG®, standard, built-in verification reduces the total cost of ownership.
ROTAMASS TI - Prime

Flow Meters - Coriolis 3-A Certified

ROTAMASS TI Hygienic
ROTAMASS TI Hygienic is specifically designed for food and beverage, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical applications, it is 3-A and EHEDG certified. Optimized to work within the daily constraints of hygienic processes, ROTAMASS TI ensures continuous product quality while minimizing losses.

 

IIoT Plant Asset Management Solutions

A wireless solution for the industrial IoT

Food and Beverage Industry: Start Your Digital Transformation Journey and Simplify Compliance

Plant managers are amidst a fast-changing business environment. Trends of Industry 4.0, advanced technologies of Industrial IoT (IIoT) & artificial intelligence(AI), and the rise of the energy-saving society and aging population have huge impacts on production activities. Under this situation, they must consider how to improve productivity and safety, train and sustain experienced operators, and cut operation costs all at the same time. 

< Explore how Yokogawa enhances facility maintenance

Wireless solutions for Industrial IIoT Wireless Vibration monitoring  
The Solution to Plant Asset Health Monitoring Wireless Vibration Sensor  

 

IIoT Plant Asset Management

IIoT Plant Asset Management

Sushi Sensors and GA10 AI Software
Upgrade from periodic operator rounds to automated data collection and analysis for rotating equipment in food and beverage facilities. Monitor vibration of rotating equipment like compressors and pumps to get real-time equipment health status, detect abnormal conditions sooner, predict failures, and schedule maintenance to reduce downtime.

Hygienic & Sanitary Pressure Transmitters Solutions

Food and Beverage Transmitters Solutions

Food and Beverage Industry: The ideal blend of performance and compliance

Smarter more accurate measurement devices with less need for physical contact are in-demand. That is why Yokogawa has co-innovated to develop high-performance hygienic & sanitary transmitters for pressure and level applications requiring compliance with Food & Beverage and Pharmaceutical industry regulations that exceed customer expectations. Discover how other customers use our gauge pressure and tank level transmitters in their operations.

< Discover the ideal transmitter for pressure and level

Animal Feed Mill Milk Processing Balance Tanks Whirlpool Vessel Level Measurement
Milk Receiving Storage Silos Milk Processing Balance Tanks Stable Level Measurement Improve Brewing

EJA565E and EJA564E

Hygienic and Sanitary Pressure Transmitters 3-A Certified

EJA565E / EJA564E
High-performance hygienic & sanitary transmitter for pressure and level applications requiring compliance with Food & Beverage and Pharmaceutical industry regulations.

Data Acquisition Solutions

SMARTDac+ Paperless Recorder Brouchure

Food and Beverage Industry: Paperless solutions and 21 CFR Part 11 compliance

Chart recorders are a day of the past. Paperless operations based on electronic recording functions that meet the requirements of Part 11, and are not affected by the same cybersecurity threats that Windows operating systems ease the mind and ensure the integrity of manufacturing data. Secure electronic signatures can be added to the stored data, and Yokogawa can offer complete installations with all essential validation documents. Discover how other customers use our paperless recorders and wireless solutions in their operations.

< Discover what SMARTDAC+ has to offer

Animal Feed Mill Advanced security feature brouchure Eliminate risks of chart recorders white paper
Advanced Security Functions White Paper Advanced Security Function Reduce Risk by Eliminating Paper Chart Recorders

 

SMARTDAC+ Paperless Recorders

Data Recorders FDA 21 CFR PART 11 ComplianceEtherNet/IP

SMARTDAC+ Paperless Recorders
SMARTDAC+ Paperless Recorders are FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliant and enable secure electronic records, signatures, and data transfers. Features include intuitive user operation, dust and waterproof displays, a range of communication protocols, and AI functionality.

Distributed Control System and Controller Solutions

control system selection key criteria

Food and Beverage Industry: DCS, PLC, SCADA, and Future Technologies

From simple unit processes to critical infrastructure “megaprojects,” Yokogawa’s control system portfolio provides an optimal solution across all architecture requirements and selection criteria with proven solutions including distributed control systems, process controllers, and safety instrumented systems. 

< Discover which system best fits your goals

Animal Feed Mill Real-Time Production Organizer Digital Transformation eBook
Digital Indicating Program Controllers Real-Time Production Organizer Arc Report Digital Transformation in Process Industries

 

Control Systems

Control Systems

Distributed Control Systems | Controllers
Whether the application requires a Distributed Control System (DCS), Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), single-loop controller, or any combination, Yokogawa has the experience to build the right solution.

Analytical Solutions

Food and Beverage Analytical Solutions

Yokogawa's best-in-class digital smart sensors designed for food and beverage applications

For today’s wide variety of applications, there is no “one size fits all” sensor. That is why Yokogawa has co-innovated with the food & beverage industry to develop the SENCOM 4.0 Digital Smart Sensor Platform. SENCOM 4.0 provides an integrated "hot swap" and "plug and play" functions to significantly decrease downtime in pH and conductivity measurements.

 < Discover how Yokogawa's sensors are solving common challenges

Liquid Analyzer Measurements for Reverse Osmosis pH Control in Sugar Refineries pH in Fish Farming
pH ORP Measurements for Reverse Osmosis pH Control in Sugar Refineries pH in Fish Farming
https://www.yokogawa.com/us/library/resources/application-notes/ph-orp-measurement-for-reverse-osmosis/ Liquid Analyzer Measurements for Pure Water pH pH Quick Tips and Best Practices Infographic

Dairy Waste Water Processing

Liquid Analyzer Measurements for Pure Water pH ph Quick Tips and Best Practices Infographic

 

Process Analyzers

Process Analyzers

pH | ORP | Conductivity | Gas/Dissolved Oxygen
Yokogawa’s diagnostic-based analytical instrumentation offers the flexibility to meet a wide range of individual requirements. Producing the best quality food and beverage products requires precise monitoring and control of pH, ORP, conductivity, and gas / dissolved oxygen levels throughout the process.

 

Process Analyzers

Gas Analytical Solutions

Improving the operation, reliability, and credibility of online process analyzers
This Oxygen concentration and humidity measurements are used in various applications, from crucial humidity control measurements for final product quality to oxygen measurements on package boilers for combustion control. Yokogawa's zirconia gas analyzer solution is equipped with a long-life, and highly reliable zirconia sensor with digital communication and data log functions.

It is easy to maintain and reduce operating costs by self-diagnosing sensor deterioration (without using calibration gas )and replacing the heater assembly on site.

Importance of Oxygen Control During Bottling Measurement of Oxygen Concentration in Package Boiler Flue Gases

Importance of Humidity Control During Drying

 

Excellence in the Clean-in-Place (CIP) Process

In the food and beverage industry, cleaning, and sterilizing equipment between batches of product is critical to continued safe and sanitary conditions. The clean-in-place (CIP) process disinfects the piping system and any equipment that comes in contact with the product.

Well-designed instrumentation used effectively enables the CIP process to complete tasks efficiently and accurately while meeting safety and quality goals.

< Explore the best-in-class instrumentation practices to avoid incidents and find savings

Efficient clean in place cip with low maintenance Cut Clean-In-Place (CIP) Time in Half measuring the electric conductivity by use of clean-in-place cip system
Efficient Clean-in-Place (CIP) with Low Maintenance  Cut Clean-in-Place (CIP) Time in Half Conductivity Measurements for Clean-in-Place (CIP) Systems
Percent Concentration Control with Conductivity    
Percent Concentration Control with Conductivity     

Beer Brewing Process

Brewery Process with Field Instrument Locations

Food and Beverage Transmitters Solutions

Brewery Solutions

From quality and compliance to maximizing production and increasing reliability, there is no shortage of challenges in the brewing industry. Yokogawa’s innovative solutions across the many applications enable our customers to meet increasingly complex market demands.

< Explore brewery solutions and applications

Liquid Analyzer Measurements in Breweries Flowmeter Brewery Batch and Mixing Flow Control Brewing/Distilling Control System
Liquid Analyzer Measurements Brewery Batch and Mixing Flow Control Brewing/Distilling Control Systems

 

Sugar Production Process Diagram

Sugar Production Process Diagram

Sugar Production Applications

Yokogawa helps leading-edge Sugar Production plants through automation solutions that enable plant-wide integration and lifecycle optimization. Here is a quick list of Sugar Production units and applications for which Yokogawa has a global network of experts at your service, providing comprehensive automation solutions.

Raw Sugar Affiniated Sugar Melt
Weighing Control
Affination

Purification
Carbonation
Filter Machine Control
Ionic Exchange Resin Control
Decolourization

Concentrate and Crystallization
Concentration
Vacuum Pan Control
Centrifuge Control

Centrifugal
Drying Control

Packaging
Packaging Management

More Capability

Yokogawa has a wealth of experience within all areas of the Food and Beverage industry. We can work with you to find the perfect solution for your needs from beer to chocolate production.

More Food and Beverage Capability

Beverage
Sake Brewing
Whisky Brewing
Spirits and Wine Production
Carbonated / Non-Carbonated Beverage Production
Orange Juice

Food
Dairy Products
Chocolate Blending
Sugar
Baked Goods
Edible Oils
Condiments
Isomerized Sugar Process Control
Flour Milling Process Control

Regulatory Compliance
EU 178/2002
US Bioterrorism Act
Hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP)

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Overview:

Shree Renuka Sugars Limited (SRSL) is a global agribusiness and bio-energy corporation. The company is one of the world’s largest sugar producers and refiners.

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Yokogawa provided Mewah, one of the largest vegetable oil processors, with a structured Smart Manufacturing Assessment Workshop.
The company's Industry 4.0 roadmap was clarified through the Smart Industry Readiness Index (SIRI) based workshop.

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NISSIN FOOD PRODUCTS selected Yokogawa as a partner to realize a next-generation smart factory.
An integrated MES solution helps fully automate the large-scale food factory in Japan.

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  • Yokogawa provided control solutions for expansion project in sugar and bio-energy plant.
  • Consolidated central control room was designed for safe, comfortable, and efficient work environment.
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Success Story:

CENTUM VP Cuts Clean-in-place (CIP) Time by 50% and Improves Productivity

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S&B Sankyo uses the GX20 Paperless Recorder to monitor temperature and pressure in a food processing plant's sterilization process.

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Rousselot Ghent won Belgium Factory of the Future Award. Yokogawa has supported Rousselot with automation systems since 1993.

Data of 20,000 tags gathered by Exaquantum helped to find the ideal production parameters.

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Kyowa Hakko Bio monitors vibration trends with Yokogawa's Sushi Sensors to prevent unexpected equipment failures.
By using eServ, sensor data and maintenance information are shared with everyone involved in manufacturing.

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The Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO) is a set of standards and requirements that regulate aspects of dairy plants producing Grade “A” products. It is the “dairy bible” that dairy producers, manufacturers, and balancing plants must follow to verify food safety. Discover how Yokogawa recorders (PMO compliant) are helping Michigan milk producers.

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The TC series of temperature controllers is perfect for controlling the heating temperature of sealing parts and the temperature of sealing rolls (pre-heating) in a variety of different wrapping machinery.

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During MSG manufacturing it is crucial to control flow during the neutralization process. Unfortunately, traditional magnetic flowmeters encounter accuracy issues due to coating on electrodes from liquids like crystal, slurry, and high-viscosity fluids. Learn how our innovative technology ensures stable measurements even with challenging fluids. Don't miss out on improved accuracy and reduced maintenance downtime.

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Trappist monks, brewers of the infamous Trappist beer, leverage the precise and reliable measurement of the Rotamass TI Prime Mass Flow Meter.

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Ensure the preservation of milk quality and prevent degradation.

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Yokogawa’s Touchscreen GX10 Paperless Recorder eliminates the cost and labor associated with paper-based data recording.

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Improving customer satisfaction and protecting brand value requires a relentless commitment to quality. Understanding the status of beer yeast is key to improving quality and manufacturing products that taste the same. 

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High-capacity memory, network, and part 11 compliant paperless data recorders greatly increase work efficiency while eliminating data recording errors.

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  • For remote monitoring (of temperature, pressure, and flow volume), installing the SMARTDAC+ GM in the plant and the SMARTDAC+ GX in the office provides for a scalable, pc-free on-site data monitoring solution.
  • You can centralize management of large quantities of data by automatically transferring acquired data to a FTP server.
Application Note
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Challenge: The customer's existing measurement device was disturbed by vibration and could not be compensated or corrected by the product that was installed.

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Temperature is essential to the pasteurization process in beer manufacturing. Yokogawa’s fiber optic temperature sensor DTSX provides precise temperature measurements throughout the tunnel, eliminating blind spots.

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Questionable flow and conductivity measurements during CIP could raise questions about food quality and safety.

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SMARTDAC+ GX series records the clean room temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, door openings and closings, etc.

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Yokogawa's Paperless Recorder series offers a multi-point touch panel to improve intuitive operator control with predictive monitoring for early detection during sake production and managing brewery wastewater. 

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Risk management is crucial when expanding your business.

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Milk should be processed within 4 to 6 hours of production to make it fit for human consumption. Temperature is a very important parameter which has to be monitored at different stages of milk processing.

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In the plants of food and beverage manufacturers, there are times when monitoring and recording of production equipment is necessary inside clean rooms. This is an introduction to monitoring and recording in clean rooms using paperless recorders.

Application Note
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Yokogawa's ceramic liner can offer the customer superior resistance to thermal shock and the failure that can occur due to liner cracking. This is due to Yokogawa's use of 99.9% pure Al2O3 for the liner.

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The paperless recorder DX series automatically calculate the Fo value from the heating temperature and are useful in managing the sterilization process by displaying and recording the value together with the heating temperature.

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In the food industry, the control of concentrations on the production line is critical to product quality, determining, among other things, how good the food tastes. One such procedure for doing this involves taking a sample from the production process and measuring its specific gravity (density) with a hydrometer. 

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By using the Multibatch function (an option added with SMARTDAC+), you can efficiently record data from multiple devices onto a single SMARTDAC+.

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Using the custom display function that comes standard with DXAdvanced means that you can combine the recorders, displays, and switches used in various kinds of equipment.

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Tank level measurements must be simple and accurate in order to maintain the milk quality, reduce waste and clean-up costs, and enable facility profitability.

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Using the batch name + lot number system, past measured data can be recalled for reference by batch name.

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  • Universal inputs provide support for thermocouple, RTD, voltage, and a variety of other input signals.
  • Lineup of models for up to 450 inputs.
    Allows multipoint monitoring and recording on a single unit.
  • Easily enables network-based data management. 
    file transfers, Web monitoring, and alarm e-mail
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By using the computation function of the SMARTDAC+ series Paperless recorder GX/GP, computation option computes the "F-value," or sterilizing value for the sterilization process, so that the computation results can be recorded in the form of data.

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With industrial and economic development comes increasingly large and advanced power plants and factories. Nevertheless, we find many cases where the original cables, cable tunnels, and other components of the power infrastructure have languished under continuous operation.

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The sterilization temperature prior to the filling process is monitored in the field or office. The temperature data is recorded in an external storage medium.

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Difficulties in measurement and monitoring can arise, however, when the recycled milk from the pasteurization process is introduced to the balance tank.

Application Note
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  • Temperature monitoring at a tank farm
  • Temperature and pressure monitoring in tank jungles, three vertical monitoring points.
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To defray energy costs, many industrial plants have their own boilers to generate steam to produce a portion of their energy needs. In addition to generating power, the steam may also be used directly in plant processes or indirectly via heat exchangers or steam jacketed vessels. 

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Temperature plays a key role in storage of Molasses to maintain the chemical properties of molasses. When temperature rises over 40.5 degree C, destruction of structure in sugar occurs, which results in losing the feeding property of molasses. There is also a safety concern that a rise in temperature can lead to a rise in storage tank pressure leading to an explosion of the tank.

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Heat exchangers are devices that provide the flow of thermal energy between two or more fluids at different temperatures. Heat exchangers are used in a wide variety of applications. These include power production; process, chemical and food industries; electronics; environmental engineering; waste heat recovery; manufacturing industry; and air-conditioning, refrigeration, and space applications. Yokogawa offers a means to control heat exchanger leakage and prevent costly maintenance, repair and downtime with an easy-to-use, virtually maintenance-free condensate conductivity measurement method.

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Ion Exchange is a method for the exchange of ions between two electrolytes or between an electrolyte solution and a complex molecule. In most cases the term is used to denote the processes of purification, separation, and decontamination of aqueous and other ion-containing solutions with solid polymeric or mineralic ion exchangers.

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Yokogawa's best-in-class panel mount paperless recorders are fully integrated data acquisition and display stations with secure, built-in data storage and network connectivity. Panel-mount solutions are NEMA compliant and integrate the data acquisition equipment into a control panel. Yokogawa's paperless recorder lineup meets rigorous industry standards such as PMO, HTST, and FDA 21 CFR Part 11.

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Dairy wastewater is a mixture of organic compounds, suspended solids, fats, and bacteria that can produce a film or coating on equipment in the process. 

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Optimizing four key factors will decrease pH sensor costs and optimize process control and overall plant efficiency.

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This eBook explains why implementing IIoT based digital operator monitoring solutions for autonomous anomaly detection enhances operations.

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In this Yokogawa RAP Best Practices eBook, you’ll discover how our wealth of knowledge about Integrated Safe Systems and Control of Work is available to help you and your teams design and implement a system that best suits your needs.

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This technical white paper will discuss Yokogawa's CENTUM VP DCS (Distributed Control System) product, hereafter referred to as "CENTUM VP", and the extent of its compliance with Part 11 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, (21 CFR Part 11), the Electronic Records / Electronic Signatures Rule.

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Sugar and alcohol market are increasing, due humanity needs to find alternatives for fossil fuels dependence. Brazil joins climactic and technologic features to place itself at the forefront of this industry.

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Get Connected: Advancing Workers and Capabilities
In this whitepaper by Shahzad Khan, you will learn how to use collaborative, integrated, optimized, and autonomous operations to integrate your systems and emerging performance metrics.

By downloading this whitepaper you will learn how to:

  • Connect operations, systems, processes, maintenance, and goals
  • Empower employees digitally, to improve their decision-making skills
  • Gain access to immediate improvements to production efficiency
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The worlds of process automation and production management have been converging for some time. What once used to be islands of automation and production management functionality connected through highly proprietary integration schemes that were costly to maintain have developed into integrated platforms that provide seamless data exchange between the world of automation and the plant floor, the functions of production and operations management, and integration with business level systems.

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The world of process automation is governed by procedures. While we like to refer to the process industries as being largely "continuous", this could not be further from the truth. Process manufacturing is constantly in flux.

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This document describes the operation and data flow of the Yokogawa Print Wave software using the DX-P Reporter. It will provide a detailed explanation of the Advanced Alarm Reporter functions. The functions described in this paper were first released in Print Wave version 5.5.

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Discovering your Baseline with OT Security Risk Assessment

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Discovering your Baseline with OT Security Risk Assessment

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The whitepaper discusses the importance of safety culture in achieving a smarter and safer working environment. It highlights statistics on work-related accidents and diseases, the cost of poor safety culture, and the need for a true safety culture achieved through company leadership.

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On-site digital champions can drive your operation towards data integration and a more aligned way of working.

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Digital twins are dynamic digital representations that enable companies to understand, predict and radically reorient their business processes.

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Honeywell and Yokogawa have both been producing Distributed Control System (DCS) platforms for decades, and both are very active in this area. In 1975, Honeywell introduced its TDC2000 platform and Yokogawa brought out CENTUM. These two competing systems emerged from a similar place, oil refining and petrochemical industries, so they started out with similar basic concepts and use cases in mind. 

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Thanks to a two year upgrade project, Foster's Yatala brewery is now one of the country's most efficient integrated brewing and packaging operations. More than 1,100 measurement and control devices from instrument manufacturer Yokogawa Australia will help keep it that way.

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ROTAMASS is the integral and remote type Coriolis Mass Flow Meter. Both types have highly refined digital signal processing electronics, so that accurate and stable mass flow measurement is achieved.

It is the most technologically advanced mass flow meter yet. By combining the superior design of the application specific flow sensor and transmitters with the Total Insight philosophy and functionality, the flexibility of the ROTAMASS to adapt to changing  requirements guarantees performance throughout the lifecycle of the process measurement.

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Discover how to achieve industrial autonomy step by step through one of the 75+ inspiring presentations.

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This workshop provided by industry partners Yokogawa and ThreatConnect will show you a way to strategically manage cyber risk within an industrial environment. Learn how to transition from the “break/fix” model of industrial cybersecurity to a business risk management strategy through cyber risk quantification, return on investment (ROI) for industrial cybersecurity solutions calculations, and cyber risk identification.

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