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  • Operations Management Blog: Reducing Communications Problems during Shift Changeovers

    Jim Cahill
    Sources of unplanned downtime can be many including equipment failures and human error. For downtime resulting from operator interactions, one major source of errors is the communications breakdown that sometimes happens during a shift change. If not told or seen in captured notes and observations, the incoming operators may lack visibility to the key tasks and priorities to keep the process operating in a stable manner…

  • Operations Management Blog: Reducing Communications Problems during Shift Changeovers

    Jim Cahill
    Sources of unplanned downtime can be many including equipment failures and human error. For downtime resulting from operator interactions, one major source of errors is the communications breakdown that sometimes happens during a shift change. If not told or seen in captured notes and observations, the incoming operators may lack visibility to the key tasks and priorities to keep the process operating in a stable manner…

  • Operations Management Blog: Reducing Communications Problems during Shift Changeovers

    Jim Cahill
    Sources of unplanned downtime can be many including equipment failures and human error. For downtime resulting from operator interactions, one major source of errors is the communications breakdown that sometimes happens during a shift change. If not told or seen in captured notes and observations, the incoming operators may lack visibility to the key tasks and priorities to keep the process operating in a stable manner…

  • Operations Management Blog: Reducing Communications Problems during Shift Changeovers

    Jim Cahill
    Sources of unplanned downtime can be many including equipment failures and human error. For downtime resulting from operator interactions, one major source of errors is the communications breakdown that sometimes happens during a shift change. If not told or seen in captured notes and observations, the incoming operators may lack visibility to the key tasks and priorities to keep the process operating in a stable manner…

  • Operations Management Blog: Reducing Communications Problems during Shift Changeovers

    Jim Cahill
    Sources of unplanned downtime can be many including equipment failures and human error. For downtime resulting from operator interactions, one major source of errors is the communications breakdown that sometimes happens during a shift change. If not told or seen in captured notes and observations, the incoming operators may lack visibility to the key tasks and priorities to keep the process operating in a stable manner…

  • DeltaV Blog: Big Data at AIChE Spring Meeting

    Jim Cahill
    Austin, Texas, already a hotbed for technology as recently recognized by Forbes magazine , will host a gathering of chemical engineering professionals later this month. The AIChE is hosting the 2015 Spring Meeting and 11th Global Congress on Process Safety here on April 26-30. If you’re planning to attend, make sure to catch some of the “Big Data” sessions to see how this data is being applied in our world of process…

  • DeltaV Blog: E+H Micropilot FMR5X Rev 1 and 2 – DeltaV 7.4 Interoperability Test

    Larry Griffin
    In Emerson’s continuing commitment to open and interoperable standards, the E+H Micropilot FMR5X Rev 1 and 2 have passed the rigorous and comprehensive testing of the DeltaV Stress Test labs. Using the Device Installation Kits for Emerson Products website at  http://www2.emersonprocess.com/en-US/documentation/deviceinstallkits/Pages/deviceinstallkitsearch.aspx , these fieldbus device files are now available for use.

  • DeltaV Blog: Honeywell ST3000 Rev 9 – DeltaV and AMS Interoperability Test

    Larry Griffin
    In Emerson’s continuing commitment to open and interoperable standards, the Honeywell ST3000 Rev 9 has passed the rigorous and comprehensive testing of the DeltaV Stress Test labs. Using the Device Installation Kits for Emerson Products website at  http://www2.emersonprocess.com/en-US/documentation/deviceinstallkits/Pages/deviceinstallkitsearch.aspx , these fieldbus device files are now available for use.

  • DeltaV Blog: DeletePicture.tbx Operator Graphic – Detail/Display/Faceplate Tool in the Application Exchange

    Larry Griffin
    Joma Bathan shares a new item in the DeltaV Application Exchange . The DeletePicture.tbx Operator Graphic – Detail/Display/Faceplate Tool can be used to delete graphics permanently from the working directory and the Yellowpages on all Workstations from one single workstation. Thanks for sharing Joma!

  • Ovation Blog: Different Approaches for Managing DCSs and Enterprise Systems

    Jim Cahill
    Author: Dennis Tkacs Why do computer driven systems fail? It’s a subject I want to develop over the next few blog posts. And by fail I don’t mean technically, but rather why do they fail to meet the business cases under which their procurement was initially justified? There are multiple reasons and none have to do with technology. Rather, it has to do with governance and to fully understand the implications we have…

  • Safety Instrumented Systems Blog: Control Valve Suitability in Safety Applications

    Jim Cahill
    Sometimes an email exchange turns up something developed years ago that still has great value. So is this case with an article I received as an attachment on final control elements and their suitability in safety instrumented functions (SIFs) , a.k.a. safety loops. The article, When SIL suitability is required for final control elements , was written by Emerson’s Riyaz Ali back in 2011 for EngineerIT magazine. The…

  • PAC Systems & Industrial Computing Blog: Welcome to Emerson Automation Experts Podcasts

    Jim Cahill
    Visit our podcast subscription page to subscribe with your favorite podcast player. The post Welcome to Emerson Automation Experts Podcasts appeared first on the Emerson Automation Experts blog.

  • DeltaV Blog: New Bolster Security Whitepaper

    Larry Griffin
    Bolster security for your legacy OPC server. Learn more in our new whitepaper . (web page)

  • DeltaV Blog: New Chinese Variation of the Electronic Marshalling Overview Whitepaper

    Larry Griffin
    Electronic Marshalling is an innovative design for connecting field devices to a DeltaV™ Process Automation System. This document provides a detailed overview of what Electronic Marshalling is, as well as describes the benefits that it provides. Learn more in our Chinese variation of our whitepaper . (417KB PDF)

  • Safety Instrumented Systems Blog: Managing the Safety Lifecycle

    Jim Cahill
    The post Managing the Safety Lifecycle appeared first on the Emerson Process Experts blog. Process safety revolves around managing the risks of your production process throughout the life of your plant, mill or production facility. The international safety standard, IEC 61511 (Functional safety – Safety instrumented systems for the process industry sector) : …sets out practices in the engineering of systems that…

  • DeltaV Blog: Exploring Dubai

    Terry Blevins
    When I traveled to Dubai in November, 2014 to teach the Control Loop Foundation classes (see Februry 16th, 2015 post) it was my first time to visit Dubai. To say the least, I was quite impressed by the city layout, planning and quality of construction. It is by far the most modern city I have visited – surpassing anything I have seen in other world areas. Some of the city is shown in the video below which I took from…

  • Operations Management Blog: Prototype Manufacturing Operations Management Projects

    Jim Cahill
    The post Prototype Manufacturing Operations Management Projects appeared first on the Emerson Process Experts blog. The ANSI/ISA-95 standard defines models for the information flows between the instrumentation and automation layers up to the enterprise information layers for process manufacturers and producers. Moving up the levels increases the need for people, processes and workflows. Click to enlarge . At the…

  • Operations Management Blog: Prototype Manufacturing Operations Management Projects

    Jim Cahill
    The ANSI/ISA-95 standard defines models for the information flows between the instrumentation and automation layers up to the enterprise information layers for process manufacturers and producers. Moving up the levels increases the need for people, processes and workflows. Click to enlarge . At the base, level 1 involves the instrumentation and final control elements that drive the process. Level 2 includes monitoring…

  • Operations Management Blog: Prototype Manufacturing Operations Management Projects

    Jim Cahill
    The ANSI/ISA-95 standard defines models for the information flows between the instrumentation and automation layers up to the enterprise information layers for process manufacturers and producers. Moving up the levels increases the need for people, processes and workflows. Click to enlarge . At the base, level 1 involves the instrumentation and final control elements that drive the process. Level 2 includes monitoring…

  • Operations Management Blog: Prototype Manufacturing Operations Management Projects

    Jim Cahill
    The ANSI/ISA-95 standard defines models for the information flows between the instrumentation and automation layers up to the enterprise information layers for process manufacturers and producers. Moving up the levels increases the need for people, processes and workflows. Click to enlarge . At the base, level 1 involves the instrumentation and final control elements that drive the process. Level 2 includes monitoring…

  • Operations Management Blog: Prototype Manufacturing Operations Management Projects

    Jim Cahill
    The ANSI/ISA-95 standard defines models for the information flows between the instrumentation and automation layers up to the enterprise information layers for process manufacturers and producers. Moving up the levels increases the need for people, processes and workflows. Click to enlarge . At the base, level 1 involves the instrumentation and final control elements that drive the process. Level 2 includes monitoring…

  • DeltaV Blog: Control Classes – Dubai

    Terry Blevins
    In late November, 2014 I traveled to Dubai to teach the Control Loop Foundation class . This class is based on the book Control Loop Foundation – Batch and Continuous Processes and is a standard class offered by Emerson’s education department. In this class the students used the book’s web site to perform the workshops that are part of the class. Also, while in Dubai I taught for the first time a wireless control class…

  • DeltaV Blog: New Russian Variation of the PlantWeb Experience Product Data Sheet

    Larry Griffin
    The PlantWeb Experience offers a small, simplified, and competitively priced offering composed of a DeltaV system and AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager. Learn more in our Russian variation of our product data sheet . (417KB PDF)

  • DeltaV Blog: New Russian Variation of the DeltaV Bulk Power Supply Product Data Sheet

    Larry Griffin
    The 24 V Bulk Power Supply provides a centralized power supply and distributes power to system power supplies and also can provide power for field devices. Learn more in our Russian variation of our product data sheet . (510KB PDF)

  • Operations Management Blog: Continued Process Verification in the Process Validation Lifecycle

    Jim Cahill
    The post Continued Process Verification in the Process Validation Lifecycle appeared first on the Emerson Process Experts blog. In 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Guidance for Industry – Process Validation: General Principles and Practices . It highlighted a third validation stage goal of continued process verification (CPV) for: …continual assurance that the process remains in a state…

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