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    Phillips 66, headquartered in Houston, operates nine refineries and initially set out to pursue full lifecycle digitalization when it began its digital journey over five years ago.
    Greg Rankin
    June 6, 2025
    Phillips 66 charts a clear path for downstream and processing operations looking to turn decades of data into actionable, digital insights for safety, operations and uptime.

    Process Control & Automation

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    Figure 1: A universal signal conditioner like the AutomationDirect ProSense series provides versatile options for designers to convert, transmit, scale and isolate a variety of signal input to control systems.
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    Scatter plot overlaying process and quality data.
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    La Huerta's VERYX optical sorter for IQF vegetables.
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    A Mettler-Toledo X37 x-ray system inspecting canned products at Keystone Meats.
    Cat McBride
    Jan. 24, 2025
    Driven by their commitment to excellence, this fourth-generation family business recently installed a new state-of-the-art X37 x-ray inspection system from Mettler-Toledo Product...
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    Artificial intelligence-driven vision inspection systems offer enhanced detection capabilities and operational efficiencies that meet the challenges of modern production environments.
    Andy Dambeck
    Jan. 15, 2025
    With increasing customer demands and labor that are difficult to maintain, food processors turn to emerging inspection technologies with machine-learning capabilities to protect...
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    Bruce Bookbinder
    Jan. 7, 2025
    Digital threads allow for a comprehensive approach to tracking every element of process manufacturing.
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    Aaron Merkin
    Jan. 3, 2025
    Harnessing AI and predictive technologies will drive resilience in an era of connectivity for manufacturers.
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    Mariana Sandin
    Dec. 26, 2024
    The mining sector can mitigate the retiring workforce void by embracing AI tools, which generate and provide insights to users, enabling them to optimize operations.