ABB Measurement & Analytics company News and Trends items

The acquisition enhances ABB’s offering in continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMS) and bolsters its competitiveness in technology and innovation. Through the acquisition, ABB will widen its portfolio to meet customers’ most demanding measurement challenges. Födisch Group reported about €50 million in revenue and approximately 250 employees in 2023. The transaction ...

With this launch, ABB streamlines its product portfolio, converging on two highly versatile and advanced products – ProcessMaster and AquaMaster. The products combine high performance, modularity and IoT connectivity.

ABB has announced its first instrumentation product with an Environmental Product Declaration, demonstrating its continued commitment to circularity and sustainability. The PGS300, an all-rounder gauge pressure transmitter, is used for measuring liquid, gas and steam pressure, and is key for the safety and efficiency in industries such as chemicals, oil & gas, and hydrog...

ABB has integrated its AquaMaster4 Mobile Comms flowmeter with the Topkapi SCADA system, enhancing water conservation efforts around the world. AREAL, publisher of the Topkapi software platform, recently released a communication driver which allowed AquaMaster4 Mobile Comms to communicate directly with Topkapi through 4G and the FTP/FTPS protocol.

Greenfield plants navigate unchartered waters and face new challenges as the chemical sector is undergoing deep transformation on its journey to reduce emissions, adopt low-carbon technologies, and maintain competitiveness and profitability.

The cement industry has seen an immense increase in alternative fuels in recent decades. This has benefits for energy efficiency and environmental impact but also presents new challenges that have implications for the kiln inlet measurement in addition to the process.

In 2024 the EU announced its first law aimed at restricting methane emissions. The EU Methane Regulation obligates suppliers of coal, oil, and gas to measure and report their emissions and take actions where necessary to reduce them.

In January 2024, Osaka Gas Network received the Prime Minister's Award at the 7th Infrastructure Maintenance Awards in Japan. The award highlights the dedication of Osaka Gas Network to improving their gas leak detection practices. A key factor in their success is the strategic adoption of ABB technology.

ABB is bringing the benefits of Ethernet communications to flow measurement with the integration of Ethernet-APL (Advanced Physical Layer) connectivity in its flowmeters for the first time. The new FSS400 Swirl and FSV400 Vortex flowmeters now offer possibilities for simplified connectivity and high-speed collection and analysis of a wealth of process and diagnostic data...

Following a comprehensive series of tests, FieldComm Group, the global standards-based organization, has awarded Ethernet-APL physical-layer conformity certification to ABB’s first vortex flowmeter (VortexMaster FSV400) and swirl flowmeter (SwirlMaster FSS400) with Ethernet-APL communication interface. Vortex and Swirl flowmeters are widely used in process industries.

ABB has launched an enhanced version of its NINVA™ TSP341-N non-invasive temperature sensor, delivering safer and simpler temperature measurements for applications in the chemical, oil and gas industries. The new NINVA is the first SIL2-certified non-invasive temperature transmitter, making it the safest non-invasive temperature measurement sensor on the market.

ABB, Imperial College London and innovative computer vision company Unleash live will leverage AI-powered video analytics in a new project that aims to help industrial companies improve safety, productivity and efficiency. The project will explore ways AI-powered video analytics can amplify human potential and help to avoid human errors in industrial plants. It is part ...

A vineyard in Austria is using an ABB Coriolis flowmeter with ABB's DensiMass software integrated to obtain accurate measurements of the sugar content of its wine must and an RVG200 data recorder to record all data along the process. This will allow the winemaker to accurately control the final alcohol content of its finished wine.

ABB’s AquaMaster electromagnetic flowmeters were first introduced in India 20 years ago with the first installation in the city of Bengaluru. Today, there are approximately 500 units in operation in the city, helping the water utility with accurate flow measurement. ABB has supplied the AquaMaster to 15 cities spread across 8 states. Over the years, the association that ...

Operational excellence in any industry relies on many factors, one of which is an efficient and reliable maintenance strategy. Whether you are self-reliant and apply self-maintenance activities or rely on a service partner to actively run your service activities, there comes a time during the lifecycle of your installed base where you require more than spare parts to kee...

Eren Enerji, also known as Zonguldak Eren Thermal Power Plant, located in Zonguldak province in the Black Sea region of Türkiye, is the biggest thermal power plant operating in the country. The power plant consists of units with a total installed power of 2,790 MW: 1*160 MWe with Fluidized Bed technology, 2*615 MWe with Super Critical Pulverized Coal, and 2*700 MWe. ...

Watercare, New Zealand's largest water and wastewater utility company, engaged ABB and Water Engineers Limited to install and commission ABB Aztec AFM631 Fluoride Analyzers in their Auckland water treatment plants. The ABB Aztec AFM631 Fluoride Analyzer is an effective safeguard in achieving safe fluoridation of drinking water through continuous, reliable, and accurate ...

ABB has launched ProcessMaster FEW630, a new robust and easy to use electromagnetic flowmeter for municipal and industrial water and wastewater flow measurement. With this launch, ABB simplifies the selection, operation, maintenance and servicing of its electromagnetic flowmeters in response to the evolving needs of the water and wastewater industry.

ABB’s Sensi+™ natural gas analyzer has been awarded “Most competitive innovation product” at the 19th China Automation Industry Awards, held as part of the 2024 China Automation Industry Annual Conference. After more than three months of industry recommendations, expert reviews, and online voting, Sensi+ was recognized for innovation in technology, and for high performan...

ABB is marking the 30th anniversary of the first multi-component turnkey emission monitoring system using fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. With FTIR technology under the hood – a technique used to obtain an infrared spectrum of gas emissions – the gas analyzer measures up to 15 components simultaneously with the highest levels of accuracy and reliability.

From a manual activity to fully automated warehouse operations, ABB has completed the transformation of the logistics operation at its instrumentation factory on Lake Como in Italy. The upgrade was aimed at improving logistics and achieving overall operational efficiency.

What if we could use water in a way that waste and pollution were never created in the first place? This is what the Circular Water Economy (CWE) is about, a concept with huge potential impact on water sustainability compared to the Traditional Water Economy. The Circular Water Economy is built on the so-called six Rs: "Reduce," "Reuse," "Recycle," "Reclaim," "Recover...

As one of the most widely measured parameters, temperature needs to be accurately and reliably measured at all times to ensure that a process is being maintained at the highest levels of efficiency and safety. Selection of the correct device is therefore key to ensure safe and reliable long-term operation, even under the most arduous conditions. ABB temperature transm...

Did you know that some 80 percent of world trade is conveyed by shipping? While air cargo transports over US $6 trillion worth of goods annually (Source: IATA), shipping remains the most effective way of transporting bulk goods such as mineral ores, fuels, and cereals, while also carrying a vast range of goods for consumers and manufacturers. To reduce pollution by ocea...

ABB has begun the construction of a new 12,000-square-foot calibration hall in the industrial park adjacent to its existing ∼200,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The investment will strengthen the company’s calibration capabilities and provide customers with high levels of quality and accuracy in ABB’s full range of flowmeters. It will al...

ABB’s service center in Danbury, Connecticut has unveiled new capabilities that allow its service team to assess force measurement sensors such as the Pressductor® rolling mill force sensor under extremely demanding conditions. By integrating a roll force load cell hydraulic press in the center, ABB can support North American customers with load cell testing in a more ti...

Servicios de Agua y Drenaje de Monterrey is responsible for supplying safe and healthy drinking water to its 5.6 million inhabitants in the Monterrey area of Mexico. Monterrey’s metropolitan area suffered a 6-year drought with two out of three dams reaching near depletion. The forecast indicated a gap of close to 20 percent between the demand for water in the city and th...

ABB in the UK saw a 50 percent increase in the sales of its Aztec 600 water quality analyzers in 2023 compared to the previous year as British water utilities worked to ensure more sustainable management of potable and wastewater supplies, as well as compliance with water quality and environmental regulations. Shifting weather patterns and the need for regulatory complia...

ABB today announced that it has agreed to acquire Canadian company Real Tech, a leading supplier of innovative optical sensor technology that enables real-time water monitoring and testing. Through the acquisition, ABB will expand its strong presence in the water segment and complement its product portfolio with optical technology critical for smart water management. Fin...

The chemical industry is one of the most important industries in the world with many manufacturing and construction industries depending on it. Its successful transformation is vital not only for the chemical companies themselves, but for the entire value chain of interlinked industries. As important as it is, the chemical industry faces many challenges that affect all i...

ABB has received significant funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to design an Integrated Methane Monitoring Platform that will advance the development of new and innovative methane measurement, monitoring and mitigation technologies in the United States. The to...

ABB has announced a partnership with ODS Metering Systems, an independent manufacturer of custody transfer flow measurement solutions, that will see ABB’s Flow-X computers support an increasing number of oil and gas customers with an accurate and reliable automation platform for custody transfer.

ABB is marking the 50th anniversary of its Quebec Measurement & Analytics factory which today manufactures market-leading products for industrial analytical measurement and is one of the largest suppliers of optical sensors for detecting greenhouse gas emissions from space.

Amina Hamidi, Managing Director of ABB’s Instrumentation Business Line within the Measurement & Analytics Division, was named Industry Personality of the Year at this year’s Instrumentation Excellence Awards. The award was presented at a ceremony in London organized by Instrumentation Monthly publisher Datateam Business Media.

ABB has launched ABB Ability™ SmartMaster, a comprehensive asset performance management platform for verification and condition monitoring of instrumentation and field devices in the water, wastewater, chemical, oil & gas, and other industries. SmartMaster gathers, analyzes and verifies diagnostic data from instruments remotely, without interrupting current measurement t...

ABB has earned this year’s Frost & Sullivan Company of the Year Award in the global emissions monitoring systems industry. Frost & Sullivan’s global team of Growth Pipeline experts chose ABB based on its visionary understanding of future world challenges, the deployment of best practices and strategic analytics, as well as innovation and technical expertise in emissions ...