Pioneering the future of Process Analysis

"Sensors are great, but they have their limitations" - that’s where analysers come in! In this episode, Paul Hamilton from Metrohm discusses simple and innovative ways for Process Engineers to perform complex chemical analysis. Metrohm is best known for producing analytical laboratory hardware and software, but Paul explains how the process analysis side of the business brings all of the typical laboratory analysis techniques and integrates them into the process plant, producing lab-quality data in the plant, fully automated. Compared to some other countries, the UK is behind when it comes to the process industry, but there is a shift happening, and now is the time to innovate and automate. There are countless ways in which a process can be automated, and most people don’t even realise it! A lot of companies are reliant on intermittent data from a lab, and that creates a bottleneck. Whereas automating your process provides real-time detailed data, which allows you to be proactive and make fast and accurate decisions; this, in turn, eliminates downtime, reduces costs, and raises efficiency. Paul discusses real-life examples of companies and industries that have embraced automating their process and the results they have seen... often automation is much simpler than people think! Paul talks about how you can retrofit an analyser into your process, and how surprisingly easy that can be. Lastly, Paul talks over what’s next for the process industry... spectroscopy?... Don’t miss this insightful and eye-opening episode!