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Conveyers: Don’t Get Pinched By Your Pinch-Points
Jim Cahill
In today’s guest post, Emerson’s Dan Nower, a member of the Asset Optimization and Metals & Mining industry team, shares his thoughts on ways to combat “pinch-points” in mining operations. In recent blog posts, we have discussed how world markets are...
12 Dec 2011
The Peaks Provide the Early Warning in Machinery Protection
Jim Cahill
I was in Knoxville this week visiting our Machinery Health Management team. They are the team behind the Emerson CSI Technologies machinery monitoring and analysis products. I had the chance to sit down and connect with Emerson’s Robert Skeirik, who leads...
8 Dec 2011
Underground Mining with Robots
Jim Cahill
Emerson’s Juan Carlos Bravo, a member of the metals and mining industry team, provides perspective on the recent Mine Site Automation & Communication Africa Summit. On September 19th and 20th, I attended the Mine Site Automation & Communication Africa...
31 Oct 2011
If it Moves—Monitor it!
Jim Cahill
Emerson’s Dan Nower, a member of the machinery health management team, provides his thoughts on the importance of monitoring mechanical assets in mining operations: As pointed out by Emerson’s Michael Pearson last week, the supply of copper is expected...
17 Oct 2011
Simplifying Access to Abnormal Condition Detection Diagnostics
Jim Cahill
I’m always in the hunt for stories to tell, and had a chance hallway meeting with Emerson’s Tom Wallace when he was in town a few weeks back. You may recall Tom from some of our posts on HART, Foundation fieldbus, EDDL, and FDT. Some of these posts generated...
20 Sep 2011
Pump Reliability and Safety Webinar
Jim Cahill
I saw an inside-the-firewall blog post from Emerson’s Tim Olsen about an upcoming, no charge, HART Energy Webinar. The title of the webinar is Reliability and Safety Improvements with Pump Health Monitoring. It will be held September 28th at 10:00am CDT...
19 Sep 2011
Managing Intelligent Device Revisions
Jim Cahill
My RSS subscription to the Fieldbus Foundation blog alerted me to a device revision management whitepaper over at the EDDL.org (Electronic Device Description Language) site. The whitepaper, Device Revision and Lifecycle Management Guide: How to keep systems...
17 Aug 2011
Wirelessly Monitoring Essential Assets
Jim Cahill
We’re entering that time of year where draft presentations have been developed and submitted to the Emerson Exchange organizers. The 2011 event will be held October 24-28 in Nashville, Tennessee USA. A few weeks ago, I caught up with Emerson’s Pete Sharpe...
13 Jul 2011
Asset Performance Management Conference–In Person or via Social Media
Jim Cahill
At the upcoming Meridium conference, May 2-6 in Roanoke, Virginia USA, three Emerson presenters will be on the agenda: Stuart Harris, Augie Di Giovanni, and Mike Boudreaux. The AMS Suite: Asset Performance Management software is built upon Meridium’s...
13 Apr 2011
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