Instruments provide the foundation of industry’s digital transformation and also hold the key to helping industrial operators make their plants more environmentally sustainable.
“You can’t manage what you don’t measure” – it’s a well-worn phrase, but one that plant operators are taking to heart even more so today. As well as managing their process performance, industries are also increasingly putting their environmental performance under the spotlight as they seek to become greener and improve their sustainability.
When people think about measuring the impact of industrial activities on the environment, they may envisage masses of data on air and water quality captured by analytical instruments – many of them produced and supplied by ABB.
Of course, these devices are invaluable on the journey to building better environmental performance, but they are only a part of the story. Equally, if not more important, is the role played by the thousands of different field instruments used in industrial plants around the globe. Away from the obvious goals of breathable air and life sustaining water, there is also the need to measure and manage flow, pressure, temperature, and level within the production processes. Thousands of unheralded field instruments quietly measure these key parameters every day to ensure we can meet our everyday needs.
Giving accurate data about these criteria helps make processes more efficient, ensuring that precious materials and energy aren’t wasted.