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Continuous Condition Monitoring Cuts Costs

Jim Cahill

In an article in the AFPM Summit Conference News, Emerson’s Jacob Swafford makes the case for continuous versus intermittent condition monitoring. I don’t think I have ever met a maintenance manager who said that condition monitoring is a waste of time. They agree it’s important but most shrug and say, “I wish we could do more, but we don’t have the resources.” Refineries and chemical plants that don’t monitor the…
- 2 Oct 2020
Continuous Condition Monitoring Cuts Costs

Jim Cahill

In an article in the AFPM Summit Conference News, Emerson’s Jacob Swafford makes the case for continuous versus intermittent condition monitoring. I don’t think I have ever met a maintenance manager who said that condition monitoring is a waste of time. They agree it’s important but most shrug and say, “I wish we could do more, but we don’t have the resources.” Refineries and chemical plants that don’t monitor the…
- 2 Oct 2020
Plantweb Optics Augmented Reality Helps Experts Prepare a New Generation of Plant Personnel

Jim Cahill

Augmented reality (AR) is no longer science fiction. Organizations are using AR tools to transform the way they perform operations and maintenance, ultimately delivering better performance and greater reliability. Emerson’s Anna Velena and Vineesh Kapoor shared their thoughts in a Control Engineering article on how plants are utilizing AR as part of their digital transformation—upskilling the workforce to close the skills…
- 3 Sep 2020
Plantweb Optics Augmented Reality Helps Experts Prepare a New Generation of Plant Personnel

Jim Cahill

Augmented reality (AR) is no longer science fiction. Organizations are using AR tools to transform the way they perform operations and maintenance, ultimately delivering better performance and greater reliability. Emerson’s Anna Velena and Vineesh Kapoor shared their thoughts in a Control Engineering article on how plants are utilizing AR as part of their digital transformation—upskilling the workforce to close the skills…
- 3 Sep 2020
Plantweb Optics Augmented Reality Helps Experts Prepare a New Generation of Plant Personnel

Jim Cahill

Augmented reality (AR) is no longer science fiction. Organizations are using AR tools to transform the way they perform operations and maintenance, ultimately delivering better performance and greater reliability. Emerson’s Anna Velena and Vineesh Kapoor shared their thoughts in a Control Engineering article on how plants are utilizing AR as part of their digital transformation—upskilling the workforce to close the skills…
- 3 Sep 2020
Plantweb Optics Augmented Reality Helps Experts Prepare a New Generation of Plant Personnel

Jim Cahill

Augmented reality (AR) is no longer science fiction. Organizations are using AR tools to transform the way they perform operations and maintenance, ultimately delivering better performance and greater reliability. Emerson’s Anna Velena and Vineesh Kapoor shared their thoughts in a Control Engineering article on how plants are utilizing AR as part of their digital transformation—upskilling the workforce to close the skills…
- 3 Sep 2020
Building Digital Transformation, One Step at a Time

Jim Cahill

In a Flow Control magazine article, Seven Digital Transformation Myths Exposed, Emerson’s Brian Joe offers advice on starting a digital transformation program. When we talk to companies about digital transformation, especially companies that have yet to launch a program, we frequently hear two kinds of responses representing two extremes. Either they don’t think the technologies work, or they have inflated expectations…
- 31 Aug 2020
Building Digital Transformation, One Step at a Time

Jim Cahill

In a Flow Control magazine article, Seven Digital Transformation Myths Exposed, Emerson’s Brian Joe offers advice on starting a digital transformation program. When we talk to companies about digital transformation, especially companies that have yet to launch a program, we frequently hear two kinds of responses representing two extremes. Either they don’t think the technologies work, or they have inflated expectations…
- 31 Aug 2020
Building Digital Transformation, One Step at a Time

Jim Cahill

In a Flow Control magazine article, Seven Digital Transformation Myths Exposed, Emerson’s Brian Joe offers advice on starting a digital transformation program. When we talk to companies about digital transformation, especially companies that have yet to launch a program, we frequently hear two kinds of responses representing two extremes. Either they don’t think the technologies work, or they have inflated expectations…
- 31 Aug 2020
Building Digital Transformation, One Step at a Time

Jim Cahill

In a Flow Control magazine article, Seven Digital Transformation Myths Exposed, Emerson’s Brian Joe offers advice on starting a digital transformation program. When we talk to companies about digital transformation, especially companies that have yet to launch a program, we frequently hear two kinds of responses representing two extremes. Either they don’t think the technologies work, or they have inflated expectations…
- 31 Aug 2020
Improving Maintenance Program Effectiveness

Jim Cahill

The mobile devices we use each day continue to advance in power and capabilities. This trend is also true for mobile devices used in manufacturing and production facilities. In an Efficient Plant article, Handhelds Enhance Field Functions , Emerson’s Alessea Lane & Jose Verdugo highlight these advancements in handheld devices monitoring equipment in the process. They open: Today’s handheld devices have advanced from…
- 24 Jun 2020
Improving Maintenance Program Effectiveness

Jim Cahill

The mobile devices we use each day continue to advance in power and capabilities. This trend is also true for mobile devices used in manufacturing and production facilities. In an Efficient Plant article, Handhelds Enhance Field Functions , Emerson’s Alessea Lane & Jose Verdugo highlight these advancements in handheld devices monitoring equipment in the process. They open: Today’s handheld devices have advanced from…
- 24 Jun 2020
Improving Maintenance Program Effectiveness

Jim Cahill

The mobile devices we use each day continue to advance in power and capabilities. This trend is also true for mobile devices used in manufacturing and production facilities. In an Efficient Plant article, Handhelds Enhance Field Functions , Emerson’s Alessea Lane & Jose Verdugo highlight these advancements in handheld devices monitoring equipment in the process. They open: Today’s handheld devices have advanced from…
- 24 Jun 2020
Improving Maintenance Program Effectiveness

Jim Cahill

The mobile devices we use each day continue to advance in power and capabilities. This trend is also true for mobile devices used in manufacturing and production facilities. In an Efficient Plant article, Handhelds Enhance Field Functions , Emerson’s Alessea Lane & Jose Verdugo highlight these advancements in handheld devices monitoring equipment in the process. They open: Today’s handheld devices have advanced from…
- 24 Jun 2020
Driving Improved Pump Performance

Jim Cahill

Pumps do the heavy lifting of moving liquids through the production process. They consume more energy more than most types of plant assets and are subject to quite a bit of wear and tear. Online continuous monitoring enables operational performance improvements in terms of both reliability and energy consumption. A whitepaper, 3 Innovative Ways to Improve Pump Reliability , highlights value improvement practices your…
- 7 Feb 2020
Driving Improved Pump Performance

Jim Cahill

Pumps do the heavy lifting of moving liquids through the production process. They consume more energy more than most types of plant assets and are subject to quite a bit of wear and tear. Online continuous monitoring enables operational performance improvements in terms of both reliability and energy consumption. A whitepaper, 3 Innovative Ways to Improve Pump Reliability , highlights value improvement practices your…
- 7 Feb 2020
Driving Improved Pump Performance

Jim Cahill

Pumps do the heavy lifting of moving liquids through the production process. They consume more energy more than most types of plant assets and are subject to quite a bit of wear and tear. Online continuous monitoring enables operational performance improvements in terms of both reliability and energy consumption. A whitepaper, 3 Innovative Ways to Improve Pump Reliability , highlights value improvement practices your…
- 7 Feb 2020
Driving Improved Pump Performance

Jim Cahill

Pumps do the heavy lifting of moving liquids through the production process. They consume more energy more than most types of plant assets and are subject to quite a bit of wear and tear. Online continuous monitoring enables operational performance improvements in terms of both reliability and energy consumption. A whitepaper, 3 Innovative Ways to Improve Pump Reliability , highlights value improvement practices your…
- 7 Feb 2020
Improving Reliability with Impact Detection Analytics

Jim Cahill

Operational analytics are used to help improve safety, reliability, energy & emissions, and production. From a reliability perspective, one example is PeakVue impact detection analytics which provides early warning for problems such as rotating equipment bearing failures. You may recall an announcement from last year about PeakVue Plus : …a technology enhancement that brings prescriptive analytics to the field to help…
- 3 Feb 2020
Improving Reliability with Impact Detection Analytics

Jim Cahill

Operational analytics are used to help improve safety, reliability, energy & emissions, and production. From a reliability perspective, one example is PeakVue impact detection analytics which provides early warning for problems such as rotating equipment bearing failures. You may recall an announcement from last year about PeakVue Plus : …a technology enhancement that brings prescriptive analytics to the field to help…
- 3 Feb 2020
Improving Reliability with Impact Detection Analytics

Jim Cahill

Operational analytics are used to help improve safety, reliability, energy & emissions, and production. From a reliability perspective, one example is PeakVue impact detection analytics which provides early warning for problems such as rotating equipment bearing failures. You may recall an announcement from last year about PeakVue Plus : …a technology enhancement that brings prescriptive analytics to the field to help…
- 3 Feb 2020
Improving Reliability with Impact Detection Analytics

Jim Cahill

Operational analytics are used to help improve safety, reliability, energy & emissions, and production. From a reliability perspective, one example is PeakVue impact detection analytics which provides early warning for problems such as rotating equipment bearing failures. You may recall an announcement from last year about PeakVue Plus : …a technology enhancement that brings prescriptive analytics to the field to help…
- 3 Feb 2020
Improving Reliability with Impact Detection Analytics

Jim Cahill

Operational analytics are used to help improve safety, reliability, energy & emissions, and production. From a reliability perspective, one example is PeakVue impact detection analytics which provides early warning for problems such as rotating equipment bearing failures. You may recall an announcement from last year about PeakVue Plus : …a technology enhancement that brings prescriptive analytics to the field to help…
- 3 Feb 2020
Closing the Loop Driving Reliability, Safety and Energy Improvements

Jim Cahill

Emerson’s Brian Joe and Ben Skal presented on Plantweb technologies and how they help facilitate digital transformation initiatives. Brian opened noting that process control is all based on the See-Decide-Act closed-loop model. Typically it is an open-loop process for managing reliability, safety and energy efficiency. By closing the loop improvements can be made in these areas to improve operational performance. One…
- 25 Sep 2019
Closing the Loop Driving Reliability, Safety and Energy Improvements

Jim Cahill

Emerson’s Brian Joe and Ben Skal presented on Plantweb technologies and how they help facilitate digital transformation initiatives. Brian opened noting that process control is all based on the See-Decide-Act closed-loop model. Typically it is an open-loop process for managing reliability, safety and energy efficiency. By closing the loop improvements can be made in these areas to improve operational performance. One…
- 25 Sep 2019