Top Engineer magazine

We encourage our experts to share their invaluable insights. In Top Engineer magazine, they delve into contemporary phenomena and pioneering innovations spanning various industries. Our purpose is to inspire you with novel solutions and ensure you stay up to date with the prospects of the green transition.

Top Engineer 2/2023

Towards the twin transition

Twin transition is gradually becoming a standard phrase. We all know it stands for simultaneous digital and green transitions. However, do we ever consider what that means for all of us?

Digital development has created fantastic tools for zero-delay number processing, fact finding and analyses; in general, learning from the past. At the same time, we know what is sustainable and have all the opportunities to choose a lifestyle in which we are on board with the twin transition, starting today.

First, we need to replace fossil materials and energy sources with renewables, look for opportunities to reuse materials and minimize consumption. It is essential to eliminate process fluctuations and leakages and avoid overdoing anything in overcapacity.

This is where the utilization of digital opportunities comes into the picture. As a simple first step, for example, industrial processes must aim for more optimized production schemes to meet the true product demands in terms of both quality and quantity. In other words, we should deliver products that “do the job” in sufficient quantities. Additionally, efficient utilization of historical data and learning from it should be the key objective for digitalization opportunities in the industrial context. Our personal choices to prioritize renewable materials are crucial to support the green transition and have extensive impacts on industrial production.

In line with our mission, we at Elomatic are committed to creating solutions that support the green transition. We strive for excellence in expertise, aiming to be top professionals in our selected fields. This commitment is ingrained in our company’s DNA, the very essence of where it all began. Yet, we aspire to achieve even more. Armed with the right people and the right mindset, we are poised to perform miracles!

As the new editor-in-chief, I’m pleased to announce that, moving forward, we will only publish a digital edition of this magazine. This way, we can reach even more of our customers, save the environment, and offer fresh reading experiences, including video content.

Tom Lind
CEO
tom.lind@elomatic.com

Artificial intelligence is here

Artificial intelligence is here – Can your company harness it?

Reading time: 8 min

Industry’s interest in artificial intelligence (AI) has surged dramatically with the emergence of generative AI and the popularity of large language model based tools, such as ChatGPT. However, we are far from seeing AI’s full potential. World-class AI experts from Silo AI advise companies to direct AI investments towards their core business to generate real and enduring value – as a technology, AI benefits significantly from economies of scale.

Striving towards Industry 5.0

Striving towards Industry 5.0 – What does the future factory look like?

Reading time: 9 min

Many associate industrial activities with smokestacks, water pollution, and reports of factories closing due to unprofitability. In reality, industrial operations are currently undergoing a significant transformation. Digitalization is playing an increasingly prominent role in manufacturing, and clean production technologies are becoming mainstream. Innovation, especially in the fields of bioeconomy and circular economy, is thriving as raw materials and materials are utilized across industry boundaries.

Visionary: Tom Lind

Visionary: Tom Lind

Reading time: 8 min

According to Elomatic’s new CEO Tom Lind, one of his main ambitions is to internationalize all sectors of Elomatic. The company’s sharpened focus will encompass various aspects of the green transition, aligning with the company’s commitment to designing solutions that increase the wellbeing of people and the environment.

Significant savings with mobile scanning:

Significant savings with mobile scanning: Infinited Fiber Company virtualized its factory spaces quickly and cost-effectively

Reading time: 4 min

Infinited Fiber Company is constructing a large recycled fiber plant in Kemi within the premises of an old paper mill. The company required precise information about the space for equipment placement and commissioned both indoor and outdoor mobile scanning from Elomatic. This approach resulted in substantial savings in both time and money.

What happens when gray and green merge?

What happens when gray and green merge? In the new era, sustainability and technological development go hand in hand

Reading time: 6 min

Throughout history, technological innovations have marked significant milestones, but today, we face perhaps the greatest challenge and opportunity of all: combining sustainable development with technological progress. These two realms – the green and the gray – are often treated and managed as separate domains, although combining them can set us on a path towards growth.

A New Era in Maritime Maintenance Management – Navigating Elomatic’s Manta APM

Reading time: 7 min

In the journey towards green shipping, energy efficiency and decarbonization continue to stand out as critical factors. To ensure the maritime industry plays its part in achieving sustainability and complies with IMO and EU rules and regulations, efficient maintenance management is imperative. Elomatic has taken a significant step forward with the development of Manta Asset Performance Management (APM) system, which promises tools to improve operational efficiency, reduce downtime, and enhance sustainability.

Insight: What do you think are the most fascinating opportunities of digitalization in your field?

Insight: What do you think are the most fascinating opportunities of digitalization in your field?

Reading time: 5 min

Explore the insights of our experts into the possibilities of digitalization. Managing Director Guido Schulte provides reflections from the perspective of the maritime industry, Design Manager Kaisa Tuomilehto delves into automation systems, and Portfolio Manager Kaj Rosing addresses the issue through the lens of the pharmaceutical industry.

Join the Newsletter!

Be ahead of the curve! Subscribe for updates on the latest releases from Top Engineer magazine – the go-to source for engineers and others interested in the green transition.

You’ll receive cutting-edge expertise directly to your mailbox six times a year, featuring the latest innovations and best practices in the engineering world, with a focus on sustainable practices and the green transition.

Download our latest issues

You can download and read our previous Top Engineer magazines in PDF format.

Explore the latest insights and innovations in each magazine.

Read the magazines

Top Engineer articles

28/11/2023

New ways to estimate and predict our health – improving the treatment of brain aneurysm with computational methods

22/11/2023

Insight: What significant changes do you see in your field in the near future?

21/11/2023

Visionary: Teemu Turunen

25/10/2023

Significant savings with mobile scanning: Infinited Fiber Company virtualized its factory spaces quickly and cost-effectively

03/10/2023

The circular economy is a game changer in the machinery industry – what should happen in the supply chain?

15/09/2023

Biolan’s new Biofiber Factory produces ecological wood fiber to replace peat in substrate and bulking products

14/08/2023

District heating – an advanced driver of the green transition

03/08/2023

Electrification of industry is necessary for reducing carbon dioxide emissions

22/06/2023

How to benefit from a digital twin – real-life cases

21/06/2023

Energy efficiency in cleanrooms – Dangers of overdesign or under-design

15/06/2023

How to remove barriers to offshore wind power?

07/06/2023

Saving energy by reducing weight—advantages of structural analysis using modeling

25/05/2023

Designing a future-proof solution – being prepared for the carbon-free marine fuel

02/03/2023

Green ammonia from Finland – a synergy of water, wind and land

02/02/2023

Energy crisis or growing pains?

03/01/2023

Can carbon neutrality be achieved in food production?

01/12/2022

Finding the full potential of CFD

29/09/2022

Green Ammonia – the needed solution to combat climate change?

19/08/2022

How secure is our energy supply?

21/06/2022

The end of combustion – a happy ending?

09/06/2022

Fast developing 3D printing is one solution to component shortage

02/06/2022

Biogas is a climate friendly solution that Finland now needs

02/06/2022

How to improve the profitability of biogas projects?

11/01/2022

Ammonia fuel for carbon-free shipping?

10/01/2022

Ship simulation in rough seas

10/01/2022

iReality3D: Mobile scanning – digitizing industry

10/01/2022

Pathways to sustainable innovations

09/01/2022

Elogrid first piloting

05/01/2022

Virtual Mill: New opportunities for plant design, training and maintenance with virtual models

09/08/2021

Biogas – renewable energy at its best

09/08/2021

Financing the Green Transition

09/08/2021

Looking for a silver bullet, or, how to make the world carbon neutral by 2050?

09/08/2021

Technology for recycled, customized equipment or machinery

09/08/2021

One’s waste is another’s resource

28/07/2021

Challenges in renewables scaling

26/07/2021

Hydrogen Fuel in Maritime Use

26/07/2021

Stopping offshore lifting

14/01/2021

With wind power towards zero-emission maritime traffic

14/01/2021

Tool for developing the operations of industry and energy companies — Managing the energy future™

14/01/2021

Getting rid of coal

14/01/2021

Determining the least-cost district heating alternatives

14/01/2021

Is the hydrogen future here already?

14/01/2021

Online CO2 calculation in the pursuit of carbon neutrality in production

12/08/2020

Ventilation simulation

11/08/2020

CADMATIC global work sharing

11/08/2020

Remote control

11/08/2020

Improving ship hull hydrodynamics

11/08/2020

Covid-19 sparks medical device boom – sheds light on device requirements

11/08/2020

Protecting the vulnerable against infectious diseases

10/08/2020

Ensuring availability of critical goods

10/08/2020

Remote Work

31/12/2019

Data analytics and AI technologies: Tools for technical consultancy

31/12/2019

XR Technologies – Bold steps to new realities

31/12/2019

Data collection and analyses in the marine environment

12/12/2019

Enterprise Production Management and digitalisation of upper level automation

05/12/2019

Leveraging the benefits of digitalisation

24/10/2019

Using games to enhance learning

24/10/2019

Flexibility and efficiency in industrial automation

24/10/2019

Reducing food waste a matter of urgency