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DeltaV Blog:
Mobile Information Accessibility Benefits
Jim Cahill
Mariana Dionisio One of the critical elements in Digital Transformation initiatives is mobile access to information. Mobility enables improvements, collaboration and issue resolution to improve overall operational performance. In a Control Engineering article, Seven benefits to using mobile software in your organization , Emerson’s Mariana Dionisio describes how this mobility helps organizations drive business performance…
8 May 2020
Safety Instrumented Systems Blog:
Cybersecurity Considerations for Automation Architectures
Jim Cahill
Automation architectures extend beyond the instrumentation and control systems to safety instrumented systems, asset management systems, manufacturing execution systems, and more. All these systems and devices must be considered in managing strong cyber defenses. In an Industrial Safety and Security Source article, Considerations in Choosing a Defendable Safety System Architecture , Emerson’s Sergio Diaz and Alexandre…
30 Apr 2020
Safety Instrumented Systems Blog:
Cybersecurity Considerations for Automation Architectures
Jim Cahill
Sergio Diaz Alexandre Peixoto Automation architectures extend beyond the instrumentation and control systems to safety instrumented systems, asset management systems, manufacturing execution systems, and more. All these systems and devices must be considered in managing strong cyber defenses. In an Industrial Safety and Security Source article, Considerations in Choosing a Defendable Safety System Architecture …
30 Apr 2020
DeltaV Blog:
Cybersecurity Considerations for Automation Architectures
Jim Cahill
Sergio Diaz Alexandre Peixoto Automation architectures extend beyond the instrumentation and control systems to safety instrumented systems, asset management systems, manufacturing execution systems, and more. All these systems and devices must be considered in managing strong cyber defenses. In an Industrial Safety and Security Source article, Considerations in Choosing a Defendable Safety System Architecture …
30 Apr 2020
DeltaV Blog:
Driving a Mobile Human Machine Interface Strategy
Jim Cahill
Danny Strinden Mariana Dionisio In a recent post, Key Criteria for Mobile HMIs , I shared a recap of an article of things to consider in mobile device displays of control system human machine interfaces (HMIs). Having a strategy for deploying this technology is also key. Changing and streamlining work practices is at the heart of digital transformation initiatives. In a Control Engineering article, A mobile HMI…
16 Apr 2020
DeltaV Blog:
Key Criteria for Mobile HMIs
Jim Cahill
Mariana Dionisio Camilo Fadul Cindy Scott Smart phones and tablets have been a revolution for connecting us to other people and information more quickly, efficiently, and effectively than was possible prior to their arrival. For manufacturers and producers, one example is the control system human machine interfaces (HMIs) that have arrived in this mobile environment. In a Control Engineering article, Five essential…
9 Apr 2020
DeltaV Blog:
Upgrading Boiler Burner Management and Combustion Control Systems
Jim Cahill
Bob Sabin Peter Kline Authors: Bob Sabin , Peter Kline The Emerson Industrial Energy consulting team assisted a Northeastern U.S. specialty chemical manufacturer with modernizing the controls on two 1960’s vintage Combustion Engineering “D” Type process steam boilers. These units are critical to site operation as they supply steam to a common header that feeds processes throughout the production facility. For…
2 Apr 2020
DeltaV Blog:
Upgrading Boiler Burner Management and Combustion Control Systems
Jim Cahill
Bob Sabin Peter Kline Authors: Bob Sabin , Peter Kline The Emerson Industrial Energy consulting team assisted a Northeastern U.S. specialty chemical manufacturer with modernizing the controls on two 1960’s vintage Combustion Engineering “D” Type process steam boilers. These units are critical to site operation as they supply steam to a common header that feeds processes throughout the production facility. For…
2 Apr 2020
Operations Management Blog:
Real-Time Adaptive Scheduling in Life Science Manufacturing
Jim Cahill
Pharmaceutical & Biopharmaceutical manufacturers face the continued challenge of how to achieve maximum capacity in their facilities. Often a facility does not achieve maximum design capacity due to hidden operational bottlenecks. One way to drive performance gains is to identify the causes behind this situation and operate as close to design specifications as is possible. At the Biomanufacturing World Summit, Emerson…
10 Mar 2020
Operations Management Blog:
Real-Time Adaptive Scheduling in Life Science Manufacturing
Jim Cahill
Pharmaceutical & Biopharmaceutical manufacturers face the continued challenge of how to achieve maximum capacity in their facilities. Often a facility does not achieve maximum design capacity due to hidden operational bottlenecks. One way to drive performance gains is to identify the causes behind this situation and operate as close to design specifications as is possible. At the Biomanufacturing World Summit, Emerson…
10 Mar 2020
Operations Management Blog:
Real-Time Adaptive Scheduling in Life Science Manufacturing
Jim Cahill
Pharmaceutical & Biopharmaceutical manufacturers face the continued challenge of how to achieve maximum capacity in their facilities. Often a facility does not achieve maximum design capacity due to hidden operational bottlenecks. One way to drive performance gains is to identify the causes behind this situation and operate as close to design specifications as is possible. At the Biomanufacturing World Summit, Emerson…
10 Mar 2020
Operations Management Blog:
Real-Time Adaptive Scheduling in Life Science Manufacturing
Jim Cahill
Pharmaceutical & Biopharmaceutical manufacturers face the continued challenge of how to achieve maximum capacity in their facilities. Often a facility does not achieve maximum design capacity due to hidden operational bottlenecks. One way to drive performance gains is to identify the causes behind this situation and operate as close to design specifications as is possible. At the Biomanufacturing World Summit, Emerson…
10 Mar 2020
Safety Instrumented Systems Blog:
Safety Shower and Location Awareness Wireless Monitoring
Jim Cahill
Marcio Donnangelo In an earlier post, How Digital Transformation Can Impact Compliance for Environmental and Safety Regulation , I shared some safety examples. Emerson’s Marcio Donnangelo explored specific examples more deeply in his 2020 4C HSE conference presentation, Safety Showers and Location Awareness – Improving Safety with Wireless Monitoring. Marcio opened describing three ways to help create a safe environment…
21 Feb 2020
DeltaV Blog:
ISASecure Family of Certifications Builds Foundation for Automation Cybersecurity
Jim Cahill
Alexandre Peixoto Andre Ristaino Authors: Emerson’s Alexandre Peixoto , International Society of Automation (ISA)’s Andre Ristaino Selecting, engineering, implementing, and operating a control system is a significant, long-term investment. Applying a defense-in-depth strategy to protect the process from cybersecurity risks is another significant, long-term investment that can be made more complicated if the inherent…
11 Feb 2020
DeltaV Blog:
Compressor Anti-Surge Control Value Improvement Practice
Jim Cahill
Pete Sharpe Author: Pete Sharpe An ethylene plant has a number of very large, very critical compressors which will cause the entire plant to shutdown if they ever trip. The cracked gas compressor increases the entire cold-side feed from around 3 psig to ~475 psig, typically through 5 stages. The two refrigeration compressors are the next biggest compressors that can also shut down the entire plant if they trip.…
6 Feb 2020
DeltaV Blog:
Modernization of DCS and PLC with Electronic Marshalling
Jim Cahill
Scott Ross Now, with many control systems being 30+ years old, most of these legacy systems have been placed in to end of life or retired lifecycle status. This means no further factory support is available. I caught up with Emerson’s Scott Ross about some of the choices that must be considered moving forward. Manufacturers and producers face options whether to modernize to a newer family of distributed control systems…
4 Feb 2020
Safety Instrumented Systems Blog:
Self-Contained Hydraulic Emergency Shutdown System
Jim Cahill
Sergio Vaz Lopes A safety instrumented function (SIF) in a safety instrumented system (SIS) contains a sensor, logic solver and final element. All must function properly in the event of a safety demand to take the process into a safe state in coordination with other SIFs. The final element consists of several parts including the isolation valve, actuator, pressure pilots, test valves and other components as required…
21 Jan 2020
Safety Instrumented Systems Blog:
Self-Contained Hydraulic Emergency Shutdown System
Jim Cahill
Sergio Vaz Lopes A safety instrumented function (SIF) in a safety instrumented system (SIS) contains a sensor, logic solver and final element. All must function properly in the event of a safety demand to take the process into a safe state in coordination with other SIFs. The final element consists of several parts including the isolation valve, actuator, pressure pilots, test valves and other components as required…
21 Jan 2020
Safety Instrumented Systems Blog:
Self-Contained Hydraulic Emergency Shutdown System
Jim Cahill
Sergio Vaz Lopes A safety instrumented function (SIF) in a safety instrumented system (SIS) contains a sensor, logic solver and final element. All must function properly in the event of a safety demand to take the process into a safe state in coordination with other SIFs. The final element consists of several parts including the isolation valve, actuator, pressure pilots, test valves and other components as required…
21 Jan 2020
Safety Instrumented Systems Blog:
Non-contacting Radar for Automatic Tank Gauging and Overfill Prevention Systems
Jim Cahill
Bulk liquid storage tanks often contain fluids that are hazardous, flammable and/or explosive. These tanks require not only a control system to control levels but and overfill prevention system (OPS) as layer of protection beyond the control system. This basic process control system (BPCS) is commonly referred to as an automatic tank gauging (ATG) system and the OPS is the safety instrumented system (SIS). A Fluid Handling…
20 Jan 2020
Safety Instrumented Systems Blog:
Non-contacting Radar for Automatic Tank Gauging and Overfill Prevention Systems
Jim Cahill
Bulk liquid storage tanks often contain fluids that are hazardous, flammable and/or explosive. These tanks require not only a control system to control levels but and overfill prevention system (OPS) as layer of protection beyond the control system. This basic process control system (BPCS) is commonly referred to as an automatic tank gauging (ATG) system and the OPS is the safety instrumented system (SIS). A Fluid Handling…
20 Jan 2020
Safety Instrumented Systems Blog:
Non-contacting Radar for Automatic Tank Gauging and Overfill Prevention Systems
Jim Cahill
Bulk liquid storage tanks often contain fluids that are hazardous, flammable and/or explosive. These tanks require not only a control system to control levels but and overfill prevention system (OPS) as layer of protection beyond the control system. This basic process control system (BPCS) is commonly referred to as an automatic tank gauging (ATG) system and the OPS is the safety instrumented system (SIS). A Fluid Handling…
20 Jan 2020
Safety Instrumented Systems Blog:
Understanding Functional Safety Concepts and Final Element Suitability
Jim Cahill
Riyaz Ali The world of functional safety has its own tribal language and acronyms, e.g. safety instrumented systems (SISs), safety instrumented functions (SIFs), logic solvers, final elements (FEs), safety integrity level (SIL), probability of failure on demand (PFD), etc. In a Hydrocarbon Engineering article, Keep in the Safety Loop , Emerson’s Riyaz Ali does an excellent job of defining and demystifying these phrases…
8 Jan 2020
PAC Systems & Industrial Computing Blog:
Real-Time and Edge-Computing Virtualization
Jim Cahill
Vibhoosh Gupta Virtualization of servers and PCs have come a long way in just a few years. It’s use in Operational Technology (OT)-based applications continues to grow. In a Control Engineering article, Industrial virtualization heads to the plant...
12 Dec 2019
PAC Systems & Industrial Computing Blog:
Real-Time and Edge-Computing Virtualization
Jim Cahill
Vibhoosh Gupta Virtualization of servers and PCs have come a long way in just a few years. It’s use in Operational Technology (OT)-based applications continues to grow. In a Control Engineering article, Industrial virtualization heads to the pl...
12 Dec 2019
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