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EPA Issues Final Rules for Boilers

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports that more than 200,000 boilers, process heaters and incinerators will be impacted by a set of Clean Air Act regulations issued on February 21, 2011. Since EPA first proposed the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) rules in April 2010, several industry sectors have argued the costs of implementing the rules would pose an unreasonable burden on businesses. In response to this criticism, EPA revised the rules in a manner that it believes cuts the cost of implementation by about 50%. Read more..

Case Study: Full Process Plant Conversion

EPIC Systems completed a production plant project for a batch mixing/batch reactor system by reducing cost and project timeline through modular design/build. Read more...

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8 Steps to Debug Your Process Control System

From this month’s installment of Plant Engineering, we’ve consolidated this eight-step plan to help you to discover and debug your process control system which can be developed and applied as time goes by. Starting with nothing more than a pencil and paper and with the help of some commonly available tools, you’ll gain the right focus on a single system or process. Read more..

The Process of Designing and Building a Sanitary Modular Plant:

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3D Machine Vision on your iPhone?

3D machine vision technology is certainly not a new concept, but holding it in the palm of your hand is. A new iPhone App allows users to detect patterns of light reflected off a face to build a true 3-D model. Though it’s not quite machine vision, it certainly is the first step in the direction of having machine vision applications on your Smartphone. Read more...

Machine Vision Achieves Ingredient-Barcode-Lotcode-Verification in a Single Application

This video explains how machine vision inspection achieves ingredient verification, barcode verification, and lotcode verification in one application with read rates up to 300 parts/min.

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Why Breaking Down the Wall Between Process and Packaging is Good

Processing and packaging have long been treated as two different worlds, walled off from each other by the obvious differences in the two functions. However, a growing number of industry professionals contend that, given the demands of today's business and regulatory environment, this wall has outlived its usefulness. Read more..

Applying the Principles of Automation to Monitor and Control Rising Flood Waters

Located in St. Louis, Missouri, the Earth City Levee is located less than a mile west of the busiest major highway intersection in the entire state of Missouri. Because the levee is located so close to important St. Louis business development, the levee district and computerized control system integrated by EPIC Systems protects over a billion dollars worth of St. Louis development from flooding each year. Read more...

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The Cost of the Wrong Automation Solution and How to Avoid It

In the current issue of Automation.com, leading manufacturing journalist Thomas R. Cutler authored a feature article regarding the challenge of Automation Solution Selection Objectivity: The Reason for Hiring a Project Manager. According to Cutler, “The cost of the wrong automation solution in material handling is often upwards of ten million dollars. Material handling professionals are selecting capital equipment with the intent of improving margins and customer satisfaction. Sales of automation and material handling equipment, is dramatically improving.” Read more...

Medical Device Assembly Machine by EPIC Systems, Inc

EPIC designed, built and automated a custom turnkey medical device assembly machine for a medical client. Read more..

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