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In a changing energy landscape, the digitalization of your electrical infrastructure is as important as digitalizing your IT and OT. We are joined by Marc Elliott, Eaton’s marketing director for process industries of mining, metals, pulp, and paper. Marc will answer 10 questions in 10 minutes on current trends in intelligent power management and some common use cases for digitalizing electrical assets with Industry 4.0 technology.
Question 1: What are some of the operational issues driving digital transformation for process industries, and why is digitalization of electrical technology as important as the digitalization of IT and OT?
Question 2: Machine learning and AI now support some highly skilled processes like assessing the characteristics of molten steel during a pour. How can this be applied to electrical technology?
Question 3: Electrical equipment is a long-term investment. Talk about how to get started with digitalization of what may be decades old equipment.
Question 4: What are the risks that hold process industries back from embracing digitalization, and what advice would you give them?
Question 5: Safety remains a top priority within industrial operations. How does digitalization help companies improve worker safety?
Question 6: Efficiency and productivity are key in maximizing ROI, and often times, can be heavily affected by manual processes. How can companies digitalize their systems and use those tools to shift from reactive to conditional maintenance?
Question 7: Industrial companies are highly focused on ESG goals. How does digitalization of electrical technologies help them meet those goals and support compliance?
Question 8: The skilled worker shortage is something nearly every process industry contends with. How can digitalization help with this issue?
Question 9: How can process industries apply concepts like OEE to electrical technology? Could you talk about this in terms of value?
Question 10: You’ve helped us understand the concept of digitalization of electrical infrastructure. Let’s close our conversation today with how industrial companies are implementing this?
Marc has over 25 years of experience with Eaton serving in roles of increasing responsibilities including sales engineer, product manager, engineering manager, regional sales manager and plant manager before being appointed to his current role as Marketing Director – Mining, Metals & Minerals and Pulp, Paper & Wood of Eaton’s electrical business. Marc has a broad range of experience with industry solutions related to power distribution, energy management, motor control and factory automation serving the process industries, OEMs, and institutions. He is involved in a variety of global industry standards and presently serves as an active member of the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) Cement Industry Committee, the IEEE IAS Pulp and Paper Industry Committee, the Association of Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) Electrical Applications Technical Committee and the AIST Digital Transformation Committee. Marc has been published in various periodicals such as the IEEE IAS magazine and World Cement. He received a B.S.M.E. from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. from Seattle University.
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