Nowadays, several pieces of equipment are running over their expected life-time. An equipment rev...amping could solve the situation, but, it is often not possible for economical reasons, regulatory constraints, etc..
The Human Factors contribution in the scope of the industrial process optimization presented in t...his case study had to deal with considerations regarding the physical and mental workload requirements of different workstations and the capabilities of the operators assigned to them. The scope was to provide the industrial management with a better way to allocate human resources to tasks requiring different operational skills.
Nowadays several plants have aging problem. This type of problem occurs because the whole plant o...r some pieces of equipment are still in operation well beyond their design expected life, due e.g. to economical reason, regulatory constrain, or other issues.
Data on occupational accidents are usually stored in large databases by worker compensation autho...rities, and by the safety and prevention teams of companies. An analysis of these databases can play an important role in the prevention of accidents and the reduction of risks, but it can be a complex procedure because of the dimensions and complexity of such databases.
This paper analyses the impact of the most recent Italian safety national regulation (Dlgs. 81/08...) on the occupational accidents frequency and severity in Food and Drink Industry. Food and Drink Industry (FDI) is a branch of manufacturing sector with a relevant role in European Union and Italian economy. Far away from the common way of thinking, the FDI sector has an accident frequency comparable to those of other manufacturing sectors.
With constant pressure to reduce maintenance costs as well as short-term budget constraints in a ...changing market environment, asset managers are compelled to continue operating aging assets while deferring maintenance and investment.
Design documentation, safety and security analysis, environmental studies, studies on organizatio...nal factors, product characterization, etc., constitute the knowledge base each process plant, with a higher or lower detail, uses for plant management.
When the historical archives are concerned, usually closed and controlled environment are
consid...ered, protected from the threats from ambient conditions, fires and different kind of pest. What
is becoming evident by the historical events is that archives are vulnerable to the acute events, as
Process industry is characterized by the existence of several, usually competitive, technical sol...utions that can be used to achieve a certain result. In this paper competing technologies for the treatment of lean VOC-air mixtures are compared on the basis of more relevant operational parameters: the energy consumption, the out-of-service time and monetary risk.