The News Review:
- Intergraph Releases SmartPlant® Enterprise for wner perators (SP)
- Bloomberg.com: Investment Tools
- Microsystems Technology
Intergraph Releases SmartPlant® Enterprise for wner perators (SP)
WebWire – WebWire (press release) – Jan 31, 2008
Designed as an out-of-the-box configuration with predefined integrated work processes SP enables owner operators to manage their plant engineering design basis and synchronize it with operations and maintenance needs to increase interoperability throughout the plant life cycle and ensures fast-track implementation. SP supports leading integration technologies like SAP® NetWeaver and Microsoft® SharePoint. It is positioned to leverage the plant engineering design basis for enterprise asset management (EAM) systems such as SAP reliability management systems such as Meridium plant maintenance systems such as Maximo distribution control systems (DCS) and enterprise content management (ECM) systems. SP’s integration with SAP has been awarded “Powered by NetWeaver®” certification status by SAP. Accessing and managing cross-functional and cross-organizational engineering information via one common role-based Web portal allows the various owner operators teams (management engineering operations and maintenance) to collaborate seamlessly and to substantially reduce data discovery time while benefiting from significantly improved information quality and consistency. Pre-configured work processes and a powerful workflow engine ensure that processes are undertaken consistently and provide auditable traceability to demonstrate regulatory compliance. The SP portfolio is made up of three solutions SP Core SP perating Plant and SP Capital Project Execution.
Bloomberg.com: Investment Tools
Bloomberg – Jan 31, 2008
LHL is one of Australia's largest and most highly regarded construction and mining contractors. The FPLS contracts are executed in US dollars ensuring that Leighton is responsible for any currency movements under their scope of work. Lycopodium commenced detailed plant design during the previous quarter which enabled preliminary earth works on site to commence prior to the execution date. Masbate Project Construction General Site Layout:… 0 Mtpa in years 3 to 6. The six year schedule includes a period of three (3) months prior to process plant commissioning. Tailings Dam FRC commissioned GHD Engineering ("GHD") a Perth based engineering company specialising in tailings dam hydrology and infrastructure with an office in Manila to carry out detailed engineering and design of an appropriate tailings storage facility at the Masbate Site. As of 31 December GHD had issued general arrangement drawings and the necessary engineering parameters to allow the Manila office to carry out the detailed design. Exploration During the quarter a diamond drill and a reverse circulation drill were mobilised to site to initially carry out geotechnical and sterilisation investigations at the process plant and tailings dam sites. The rigs have subsequently been used to test the prospectivity of some areas in the immediate vicinity of known resources at Masbate. Initially the Boston area to the south of the planned Main Vein pit was investigated.
Microsystems Technology
Bundesministerium für Bildung und… – Jan 31, 2008
Technical dynamic three-dimensional viewing creates new perspectives in the area of automation and robotics. New production and integration processes enable compact hybrid systems. The mechanical and plant engineering industry which is important for Germany needs innovation impetus which MST can provide. MobilityMicrosystems technology makes technology flows of goods and people mobile. The miniaturized energy supply with micro fuel cells makes technical systems independent of grids and thus mobile. The “Internet of Things” (envisaged initially for the area of logistics) becomes feasible with systems with self-sufficient energy supply and low-cost RFID labels. Assistance systems for car drivers increase safety on roads… Applicants are threatened with a bottleneck in industrial production because the concepts known from microelectronics precision mechanics and material analysis can only be applied to microsystems technology to a limited extent. The BMBF supports industrially led collaborative projects for the development of innovative solutions for microsystems. Computer-aided tools for the design and simulation of microsystems technology: The development of efficient microsystems technology products is a complex process because many different microtechnologies and physical principles must be aligned. Computer-aided development tools and methods are an indispensable precondition. The BMBF supports small and medium-sized enterprises when they introduce such tools for the first time in order to strengthen their competitiveness. Smart label applications in logistics: Smart labels provide the core branches of German industry i.