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Event Highlights & Feature Sessions

  • Transmitter Diagnostics and AMS Prevent Shutdowns at LyondellBasell

    Emerson Exchange News
    by Paul Studebaker Most plants are familiar with the cost of what some might call a lost profit opportunity (LPO)—when an unplanned unit shuts down and production is lost. “We define another kind of opportunity—a loss avoidance opportunity (LAO)—when proper use of smart instruments and AMS prevents an LPO,” said Ben Krueger, instrumentation engineer at LyondellBasell’s Channelview, Texas plant. “The object is to increase…

  • Emerson Exchange Music Jam

    Emerson Exchange News
    A longtime venue for original music, Austin’s renowned 6th Street was the scene of some truly unique performances Tuesday night when engineers and professionals in the process industries took a little time to blow off some steam at the third annual Emerson Exchange Music Jam. The event, which was held at the Palm Door on 6th Street, featured attendees of the Emerson Global Users Exchange Conference taking stage…

  • When Conditions Get Tough, the Tough Get Modular

    Emerson Exchange News
    The snow-swept valleys of northern Wyoming during the winter months are some of the toughest environments that oil and gas crews face anywhere. Iced-over roads, punishing winds, and sub-zero wind-chill temperatures make nearly every aspect of operation more costly and complex. Investing in technology that can save time and manpower in extreme conditions like these doesn’t just make good business sense—it can be potentially…

  • Energy Harvesting for Wireless Device Power

    Jim Cahill
    At the Emerson Exchange conference in Austin, Emerson’s Josh Hernandez and Perpetua’s Andy Zaremba presented, Energy Harvesting Application- Anything is Possible. Their abstract: Wireless instrumentation allows companies to add points of measurement quickly and inexpensively, but battery-powered wireless transmitters present problems. Fast data rates deplete battery life and cold weather cuts battery life, and replacing…

  • Energy Harvesting for Wireless Device Power

    Jim Cahill
    At the Emerson Exchange conference in Austin, Emerson’s Josh Hernandez and Perpetua’s Andy Zaremba presented, Energy Harvesting Application- Anything is Possible. Their abstract: Wireless instrumentation allows companies to add points of measurement quickly and inexpensively, but battery-powered wireless transmitters present problems. Fast data rates deplete battery life and cold weather cuts battery life, and replacing…

  • Energy Harvesting for Wireless Device Power

    Jim Cahill
    At the Emerson Exchange conference in Austin, Emerson’s Josh Hernandez and Perpetua’s Andy Zaremba presented, Energy Harvesting Application- Anything is Possible. Their abstract: Wireless instrumentation allows companies to add points of measurement quickly and inexpensively, but battery-powered wireless transmitters present problems. Fast data rates deplete battery life and cold weather cuts battery life, and replacing…

  • Selecting the Right Valve

    Jim Cahill
    At the Emerson Exchange conference in Austin, Emerson’s Tony Foster and Leah Stanley and Vinson Supply’s Robert Lange presented, Selecting the Right Valve for Your Application to Reduce Cost and Increase Performance. Their abstract: Selecting the optimum valve for the application can sometimes be a daunting task, even with a “simple” on/off valve, especially when the process operates at high or low temperatures and…

  • Selecting the Right Valve

    Jim Cahill
    At the Emerson Exchange conference in Austin, Emerson’s Tony Foster and Leah Stanley and Vinson Supply’s Robert Lange presented, Selecting the Right Valve for Your Application to Reduce Cost and Increase Performance. Their abstract: Selecting the optimum valve for the application can sometimes be a daunting task, even with a “simple” on/off valve, especially when the process operates at high or low temperatures and…

  • Selecting the Right Valve

    Jim Cahill
    At the Emerson Exchange conference in Austin, Emerson’s Tony Foster and Leah Stanley and Vinson Supply’s Robert Lange presented, Selecting the Right Valve for Your Application to Reduce Cost and Increase Performance. Their abstract: Selecting the optimum valve for the application can sometimes be a daunting task, even with a “simple” on/off valve, especially when the process operates at high or low temperatures and…

  • Driving Maintenance Workflows with Condition Monitoring

    Jim Cahill
    At the Emerson Exchange conference in Austin, Emerson’s Will Goetz presented, Best Practices for Using Condition Monitoring to Drive Maintenance Workflows. His abstract: A well designed condition monitoring system can find the early warning signs of failures but what happens next is equally important. This session will explore real world failures to develop the best practice model for using condition information…

  • Driving Maintenance Workflows with Condition Monitoring

    Jim Cahill
    At the Emerson Exchange conference in Austin, Emerson’s Will Goetz presented, Best Practices for Using Condition Monitoring to Drive Maintenance Workflows. His abstract: A well designed condition monitoring system can find the early warning signs of failures but what happens next is equally important. This session will explore real world failures to develop the best practice model for using condition information…

  • Driving Maintenance Workflows with Condition Monitoring

    Jim Cahill
    At the Emerson Exchange conference in Austin, Emerson’s Will Goetz presented, Best Practices for Using Condition Monitoring to Drive Maintenance Workflows. His abstract: A well designed condition monitoring system can find the early warning signs of failures but what happens next is equally important. This session will explore real world failures to develop the best practice model for using condition information to…

  • Wireless for High Temperature Electric Arc Furnace Control

    Jim Cahill
    A key part of the Industrial Internet of Things is the sensors that provide the measurements that feed decisions and actions. At the Emerson Exchange conference in Austin, Emerson’s Cheng Vue presented, When the Heat is On, Control with Wireless. His abstract: Many measurement challenges exist when monitoring high temperature assets such as arc furnaces. These challenges include high temperature, moving platforms…

  • Wireless for High Temperature Electric Arc Furnace Control

    Jim Cahill
    A key part of the Industrial Internet of Things is the sensors that provide the measurements that feed decisions and actions. At the Emerson Exchange conference in Austin, Emerson’s Cheng Vue presented, When the Heat is On, Control with Wireless. His abstract: Many measurement challenges exist when monitoring high temperature assets such as arc furnaces. These challenges include high temperature, moving platforms…

  • Wireless for High Temperature Electric Arc Furnace Control

    Jim Cahill
    A key part of the Industrial Internet of Things is the sensors that provide the measurements that feed decisions and actions. At the Emerson Exchange conference in Austin, Emerson’s Cheng Vue presented, When the Heat is On, Control with Wireless. His abstract: Many measurement challenges exist when monitoring high temperature assets such as arc furnaces. These challenges include high temperature, moving platforms…

  • Renewable Energy Powering Gas Wells and Pipelines

    Jim Cahill
    At the Emerson Exchange conference in Austin, an oil and gas producer shared a story of automating natural gas wells and pipelines with renewable power sources. The presenter opened describing some of the choices for renewable energy including solar panels and wind turbines. Based the latitude of the production fields, there was barely enough sunlight for the solar panels to collect and created electrical energy. They…

  • Renewable Energy Powering Gas Wells and Pipelines

    Jim Cahill
    At the Emerson Exchange conference in Austin, an oil and gas producer shared a story of automating natural gas wells and pipelines with renewable power sources. The presenter opened describing some of the choices for renewable energy including solar panels and wind turbines. Based the latitude of the production fields, there was barely enough sunlight for the solar panels to collect and created electrical energy. They…

  • Wireless for High Temperature Electric Arc Furnace Control

    Jim Cahill
    A key part of the Industrial Internet of Things is the sensors that provide the measurements that feed decisions and actions. At the Emerson Exchange conference in Austin, Emerson’s Cheng Vue presented, When the Heat is On, Control with Wireless. His abstract: Many measurement challenges exist when monitoring high temperature assets such as arc furnaces. These challenges include high temperature, moving platforms…

  • Hunt Refining Warms to Wireless

    Emerson Exchange News
    by Jim Montague Some of the best relationships grow slowly and get warmer over time, even if they experience some bumps along the way. Such is the case with Hunt Refining Co., which cautiously adopted wireless for maintenance about six years ago, and came to appreciate it in a variety of monitoring, reliability, optimization and safety applications. "It's been a long journey since 2007, but from early adoption of…

  • Plantweb Insight: Low-barrier Entry to IIoT Analytics

    Emerson Exchange News
    by Dave Perkon Emerson’s Plantweb Insight applications build on the company’s Pervasive Sensing and Secure First Mile offerings, and help users instantly make sense of plant data to drive overall enterprise profitability. “It’s a single, lightweight, easy-to-install web-based platform that automatically and strategically interprets plant data through a scalable suite of applications,” said Melissa Stiegler, director…

  • Show Me the Money: How to Justify Automation Projects

    Emerson Exchange News
    By Paul Studebaker Developing the financial case for an automation project requires a perspective that goes beyond the system itself and considers potential gains from improvements in operations. “Expanding your view beyond the control system often lets you see significant opportunities for financial gains you can use to justify more and better automation,” said John Dolenc, P.E., principal consulting engineer, Emerson…

  • Plantweb Advisor: Suite Helps Drive Operational Certainty

    Emerson Exchange News
    By Paul Studebaker Leveraging the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) begins with generating continuous, in-depth, quality data on a plant’s assets. However, transforming that vast amount of data into actionable information requires powerful analytics that provide plant personnel with the specific information they need to ensure reliability and efficiency. “In a typical organization, data flows are very complex due…

  • Always Mobile: Actionable Information in Relevant Time

    Emerson Exchange News
    by Mike Bacidore A manufacturing organization has a lot of different players, and all of them need different information—some urgently, some less so. “All of the information that’s incoming needs to be distributed in a secure and timely manner,” said Duncan Schleiss, Emerson vice president of business development, Process Systems and Solutions. Schleiss delivered the news of his company’s “Always Mobile” solution at…

  • Connected Services Tie End Users to Experts

    Emerson Exchange News
    by Jim Montague Like any good help, capable process control and automation experts can be hard to find. To compensate for the double whammy of accelerating retirements and galloping technical advances, Emerson Automation Solutions introduced its new Connected Services program this week in a press conference at the Emerson Global Users Exchange. Connected Services is an essential element of the company’s Plantweb digital…

  • ‘Secure First Mile’ Delivers Data Safely

    Emerson Exchange News
    by Jim Montague The best information isn't worth anything if you can't get it where it needs to go. But how are you supposed to deliver process data from sensors, instruments and applications in the field without making them and their networks vulnerable to outside probes, intrusions and potential cyber attacks? So, to help ensure the secure and reliable transmission of data from Emerson’s Pervasive Sensing technologies…

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