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  • The Roadmap to the Future of Discrete Automation

    Jim Cahill
    The next generation of discrete automation is here, and the future is even more exciting. At the Emerson Users Exchange Live 2021 Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) , Emerson’s Derek Thomas and Vibhoosh Gupta provided an overview of Emerson’s PACSystems controllers and industrial PC solutions, outlining recent developments and what to expect in the near future. Here’s how they described their exciting Roadmap presentation…

  • Seven ways to use WirelessHART for applications other than conventional process variable monitoring

    Jim Cahill
    In a Hydrocarbon Processing article, Emerson’s Andrew Cureton looks at a variety of ways Wireless HART can support asset management strategies. If we go back in time to Emerson’s introduction of its first Wireless HART enabled instruments, they were all process instruments, such as temperature and pressure transmitters. But it didn’t take long for users to recognize that there were many more ways to use Wireless HART…

  • Seven ways to use WirelessHART for applications other than conventional process variable monitoring

    Jim Cahill
    In a Hydrocarbon Processing article, Emerson’s Andrew Cureton looks at a variety of ways Wireless HART can support asset management strategies. If we go back in time to Emerson’s introduction of its first Wireless HART enabled instruments, they were all process instruments, such as temperature and pressure transmitters. But it didn’t take long for users to recognize that there were many more ways to use Wireless HART…

  • Control System Strategy is Key to Meeting Long-Term Operational Goals

    Jim Cahill
    Organizations have come to expect that their control systems will operate for many years and often anticipate using the same systems for decades. New improvements in cloud computing coupled with rapid advancement of control system technology has many people wondering if these control system trends will change. Sean Sims , vice president for Emerson’s DeltaV platform, recently spoke with Control Engineering Europe to…

  • Making Medicine Personal with Flexible Automation Solutions

    Jim Cahill
    Personalized medicine manufacturers are rapidly changing their manufacturing platforms to provide a new scale of production. In the Emerson Exchange Virtual Series, life sciences experts held an open Q&A on the trajectory of cell and gene therapies, and how a different approach to automation helps enable a brave new world of therapeutics. Cell and gene therapies disrupt manufacturing Kelsey Hill , Emerson’s life…

  • Manufacturers Driving Digital Transformation with IIoT

    Jim Cahill
    Manufacturers face increased pressures from many areas—generational transition, a global pandemic, and increasing competition and regulations—to name a few. In a Fluid Power Journal article , Bring It On: Digital Transformation in the ‘New Normal’ , Emerson’s Shaun Taylor , President of Emerson’s Global Machine Automation, Fluid Motion and Control for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, describes how these manufacturers…

  • Manufacturers Driving Digital Transformation with IIoT

    Jim Cahill
    Manufacturers face increased pressures from many areas—generational transition, a global pandemic, and increasing competition and regulations—to name a few. In a Fluid Power Journal article , Bring It On: Digital Transformation in the ‘New Normal’ , Emerson’s Shaun Taylor , President of Emerson’s Global Machine Automation, Fluid Motion and Control for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, describes how these manufacturers…

  • Manufacturers Driving Digital Transformation with IIoT

    Jim Cahill
    Manufacturers face increased pressures from many areas—generational transition, a global pandemic, and increasing competition and regulations—to name a few. In a Fluid Power Journal article , Bring It On: Digital Transformation in the ‘New Normal’ , Emerson’s Shaun Taylor , President of Emerson’s Global Machine Automation, Fluid Motion and Control for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, describes how these manufacturers…

  • INVISTA Improves Uptime with State Based Control

    Jim Cahill
    Operators are the heart of any process. Experience, skill, and attentiveness give the best operators an intuitive feel for processes that helps ensure uptime, safety, repeatability, and quality—even in the most infrequent process situations. But with a major shortage of skilled personnel, plants find themselves needing to maintain exceptional performance and safety while simultaneously helping new operators gain experience…

  • INVISTA Improves Uptime with State Based Control

    Jim Cahill
    Operators are the heart of any process. Experience, skill, and attentiveness give the best operators an intuitive feel for processes that helps ensure uptime, safety, repeatability, and quality—even in the most infrequent process situations. But with a major shortage of skilled personnel, plants find themselves needing to maintain exceptional performance and safety while simultaneously helping new operators gain experience…

  • INVISTA Improves Uptime with State Based Control

    Jim Cahill
    Operators are the heart of any process. Experience, skill, and attentiveness give the best operators an intuitive feel for processes that helps ensure uptime, safety, repeatability, and quality—even in the most infrequent process situations. But with a major shortage of skilled personnel, plants find themselves needing to maintain exceptional performance and safety while simultaneously helping new operators gain experience…

  • Exploring the Future of the Control System

    Jim Cahill
    Control systems have been a stable foundation for operational excellence and reliable, repeatable performance in manufacturing for decades. However, just as needs have changed across those decades, so too have control systems themselves, evolving to meet the ever-changing requirements of the modern plant and enterprise. In a recent article in Control Engineering magazine , Sean Sims , Emerson’s vice president for the…

  • Exploring the Future of the Control System

    Jim Cahill
    Control systems have been a stable foundation for operational excellence and reliable, repeatable performance in manufacturing for decades. However, just as needs have changed across those decades, so too have control systems themselves, evolving to meet the ever-changing requirements of the modern plant and enterprise. In a recent article in Control Engineering magazine , Sean Sims , Emerson’s vice president for the…

  • Exploring the Future of the Control System

    Jim Cahill
    Control systems have been a stable foundation for operational excellence and reliable, repeatable performance in manufacturing for decades. However, just as needs have changed across those decades, so too have control systems themselves, evolving to meet the ever-changing requirements of the modern plant and enterprise. In a recent article in Control Engineering magazine , Sean Sims , Emerson’s vice president for the…

  • Future Proof Your Remote Asset Monitoring

    Jim Cahill
    One of the many problems associated with the COVID-19 pandemic has been the even greater stress it has put on process manufacturing companies related to personnel. When things started shutting down in March last year, many companies were already struggling to maintain adequate plant staffing, and the pandemic made things worse. When we talk to customers and prospects, the situation has made the case for automating manual…

  • Augmented Reality Brings Real Benefits to Manufacturing

    Jim Cahill
    Augmented reality (AR) has come a long way since it first made a worldwide splash in mobile video games. No longer considered just a toy or novelty, AR is being implemented for real-world applications that are changing the way we work and learn. One area where AR is taking off quickly is in manufacturing. In a recent article with Automation World entitled, How Augmented Reality Became a Serious Tool for Manufacturing…

  • Augmented Reality Brings Real Benefits to Manufacturing

    Jim Cahill
    Augmented reality (AR) has come a long way since it first made a worldwide splash in mobile video games. No longer considered just a toy or novelty, AR is being implemented for real-world applications that are changing the way we work and learn. One area where AR is taking off quickly is in manufacturing. In a recent article with Automation World entitled, How Augmented Reality Became a Serious Tool for Manufacturing…

  • Augmented Reality Brings Real Benefits to Manufacturing

    Jim Cahill
    Augmented reality (AR) has come a long way since it first made a worldwide splash in mobile video games. No longer considered just a toy or novelty, AR is being implemented for real-world applications that are changing the way we work and learn. One area where AR is taking off quickly is in manufacturing. In a recent article with Automation World entitled, How Augmented Reality Became a Serious Tool for Manufacturing…

  • Digital Twin Technology for Green Hydrogen Production

    Jim Cahill
    Hydrogen, as a sustainable carbon-free energy source, has been growing in interest and in the news. Electrolysis is the process of using direct current electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen components. The U.S. Department of Energy in its Hydrogen Fuel Basics page, describes the electrolysis process. Electrolytic processes take place in an electrolyzer, which functions much like a fuel cell in reverse…

  • Modular Plug and Play, MTP Will Enable More Flexible Life Sciences Manufacturing

    Jim Cahill
    Modular facilities are a key enabler of speed to market in life sciences. As organizations try to bring new therapies to market faster, those therapies require a wide variety of equipment—many of which are new to the process. These new machines must not only work together, but also must integrate seamlessly with existing process equipment and systems to keep production nimble. In the recent Emerson Exchange Virtual…

  • Driving Top Quartile Storage Terminal Performance

    Jim Cahill
    Storage terminal play a key role in the supply chain of hydrocarbons from producers to consumers. The opportunity to improve operations through digital transformation initiatives is great. In an Industrial Automation Asia article, Digital Transformation: Tanks and Terminals , Emerson’s Loren Sjoquist and Manuel Arroyo described some ways these tank farm facilities can drive improved operations. When asked, “How can…

  • Simplified Spare Parts Lookup and Ordering

    Jim Cahill
    QR codes have been around a while, but they’ve really come into their own in the COVID era as many restaurants have moved to QR codes pointing to their online menus. This saves the need to disinfect traditional menus. These QR codes are also proving to be quite valuable in automation used in manufacturing and production. This quick 25-second video show how these codes, when affixed to instrumentation, can simplify operations…

  • Empowering the Workforce in a Digitally Transformed Refinery

    Jim Cahill
    It’s no secret that the refining business has a people problem. Like manufacturers in other industries who rely heavily on technology to stay competitive, refiners understand the need to transform their operations by extending the Industrial Internet of Things and other digital innovations across a wider range of possibilities. What many managers struggle with is how to integrate these changes into their workforce while…

  • Empowering the Workforce in a Digitally Transformed Refinery

    Jim Cahill
    It’s no secret that the refining business has a people problem. Like manufacturers in other industries who rely heavily on technology to stay competitive, refiners understand the need to transform their operations by extending the Industrial Internet of Things and other digital innovations across a wider range of possibilities. What many managers struggle with is how to integrate these changes into their workforce while…

  • Empowering the Workforce in a Digitally Transformed Refinery

    Jim Cahill
    It’s no secret that the refining business has a people problem. Like manufacturers in other industries who rely heavily on technology to stay competitive, refiners understand the need to transform their operations by extending the Industrial Internet of Things and other digital innovations across a wider range of possibilities. What many managers struggle with is how to integrate these changes into their workforce while…

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