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Emerson (NYSE:EMR) has launched its new Clean In Place (CIP) Utilities and Automated Reporting Analytics package on its PACEdge and Movicon platforms on an industrial edge control device.The food and beverage, and pharmaceutical industries use the clean- and steam-in-place method to clean fittings, vessels, filters, pipes and other internal surfaces without disassembly.
According to the company, the software can help industrial companies digitally transform manual and semi-automated systems by reducing utility consumption and energy use while also generating automated reports to enhance operations. The software can also help optimize process manufacturing by benchmarking against known cycles. In addition, it can help process manufacturers forecast energy use as well as water and resource consumption.
The new software is also designed to provide actionable data and an…