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Online Wireless Field Network Planning Tool

Jim Cahill

If you have wireless field devices in your plant, you may be already familiar with the planning tool, AMS Wireless SNAP-ON application. It helps you plan your IEC 62591 WirelessHART network and compare the plan to best design practices. And once the network...
- 26 Jun 2012
Wireless Monitoring of Safety Showers and Cooling Tower Fan Vibration

Jim Cahill

Emerson’s Anil Ajith presented a case study on the use of wireless technology in safety shower and cooling tower applications. The Middle East petrochemical manufacturer wanted an alarm on the plant’s automation system operator workstations whenever the...
- 31 May 2012
Chilean Copper Producer Need for Improved Raw Material Flow Measurement

Jim Cahill

Emerson’s Michael Pearson, part of the metals and mining industry team from a Rosemount measurement perspective, shares a story of a Chilean copper producer. This producer needed a way to improve monitoring the flow of raw material inputs in their production...
- 18 May 2012
PID Advances in Process Control

Jim Cahill

At the IFAC Conference on Advances in PID Control (IFAC PID’12), Emerson’s Terry Blevins presented PID Advances in Industrial Control. This conference: …aims at gathering academic and industrial experts in the field in order to present the recent research...
- 16 Apr 2012
Wireless Discrete Control Applications

Jim Cahill

Last week in a post, Wireless Device-Based Control Loops, we highlighted PID control with wireless field devices. PID is not the only type of control that can be done across a wireless field network. I caught up with Emerson’s Tracy Niebeling, who manages...
- 10 Apr 2012
Wireless Device-Based Control Loops

Jim Cahill

ControlGlobal.com has a great article, Addressing Control Applications Using Wireless Devices—How Wired and Wireless Transmitter Installations Differ in Closed-Loop Control Applications and What Changes Are Required in the PID, by Emerson’s Terry Blevins...
- 5 Apr 2012
Diagnostics in Vibrating Fork Level Switches

Jim Cahill

An Emerson Exchange 365 community post, How Level Switches with Built–In Diagnostics Reduce Maintenance Costs, alerted me to a Process Worldwide article with the same title by Emerson’s Kevin Cullen. Kevin describes the advanced diagnostics available...
- 29 Mar 2012
Ending Pump and Motor Unplanned Downtime

Jim Cahill

Emerson’s Michael Pearson, a member of the Rosemount measurement business unit, describes how wireless field devices and networks can help end pump and motor downtime in mining applications. Pumps and motors exist in every process environment. Mining...
- 26 Mar 2012
The Story behind Wireless Device Closed PID Loop Control

Jim Cahill

Emerson’s Terry Blevins has a series of ModelingAndControl.com posts going on the subject of control with IEC 62591 wireless field devices. Posts to date include: Control Using Wireless Devices – Part 1 Control Using Wireless Devices – Namur’s Interest...
- 20 Mar 2012
User Requirements in the IEC 62591 WirelessHART Standard

Jim Cahill

The NAMUR organization is an international user association of automation technology in the process industries. They are involved in setting user requirements for many areas of process automation including: measurement systems process analytics process...
- 14 Mar 2012
Improve Your Project Commission Time

Anonymous

Now that you have your Reliability Strategy for 2012 and will be using Advanced Diagnostics , Best Practices and New Technology to improve you reliability, it’s time for a [...] Read the full text.
- 7 Mar 2012
Reliability with Wireless Technology

Anonymous

Wireless technology can have a huge impact on your process reliability. When a company develops a Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) program, it must first understand the current status of its reliability. It must also formulate the desired status...
- 28 Feb 2012
Power Module Life Calculator Now Available

James Schmidt

The Power Module Life Estimator is a web-based tool available to the public for the estimation of power module life of any Emerson Smart Wireless field transmitters. This exciting new tool allows the user to: Quickly obtain a power module life estimate for a given device and operating conditions. Identify the trade-off between “fast” update rates and power module life. Plan a wireless installation that provides…
- 24 Feb 2012
Spotting Bearing Failure in Time before Complete Fan Failure

Jim Cahill

In a prior post, The Peaks Provide the Early Warning in Machinery Protection, I highlighted how using high-speed, PeakVue digital sampling of machinery vibration could help spot mechanical defects long before traditional vibration monitors could. I received...
- 15 Feb 2012
Tips and Tricks in Deploying Wireless Field Networks

Jim Cahill

Since the WirelessHART standard was ratified in 2007 and approved as the global IEC 62591 standard in 2010, its use among process manufacturers has continued to grow. A release from last fall noted: IMS Research reports that worldwide shipments of industrial...
- 31 Jan 2012
Choosing Wireless Sensor Networks

Jim Cahill

Proprietary wireless sensor networks have been with us for more than a decade. The standards-based wireless network, IEC 62591 WirelessHART has now been available for more than 4 years. In an Industrial Automation Asia article, Choose Wireless Wisely...
- 29 Nov 2011
When the Heat is on, Control with Wireless

Jim Cahill

Emerson’s Michael Pearson, a member of the Rosemount Temperature team, provides today’s guest post and highlights how wireless instrumentation can avoid issues with process-caused damaged wiring and other causes. Many temperature measurement challenges...
- 21 Nov 2011
Coriolis and Wireless Measurement in Pipeline Leak Detection

Jim Cahill

In September, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) Pipeline Leak Detection Technology Conference gathered to: …provide vendors, scientists, and research and development entities, the opportunity to describe the status of existing...
- 16 Nov 2011
2011 Emerson Exchange – Wireless Field Networks are Secure

Jim Cahill

The abstract of the workshop, Wireless Field Networks are Secure, is: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) required more than economic justification for wireless implementation in their plant. An intense three day test of wireless hardware integrated...
- 25 Oct 2011
2011 Emerson Exchange – Wireless Relief Valve Monitoring is Now Possible

Jim Cahill

Wireless devices are finding their way into more and more applications. The abstract from this session is: Monitoring of relief valves is a challenge, detecting when they are “simmering”, or have lifted-off, or if after a lift-off did they re-seat fully...
- 25 Oct 2011
Copper Miner Monitors Flow of Sulfuric Acid

Jim Cahill

In today's Emerson Process Experts guest blog post, Riding the Copper Rollercoaster , Michael Pearson shares how Barrick Gold Corporation: "... retrofitted their copper leach pads with WirelessHART flow transmitters . By monitoring the flow of sulfuric acid throughout the pad, Barrick was able to increase copper production by 7%. Additionally, they reduced their sulfuric acid content by 14%, which translates to $140…
- 10 Oct 2011
High Density Temperature Measurement on Reactors

Anonymous

High density temperature transmitters have many applications in process plants. These are commonly found on distillation columns to monitor the temperature profile. The advantage is that multiple temperature measurements can be achieved through one...
- 7 Oct 2011
Industrial Gas Flow Using Wireless Technology

Anonymous

Industrial gas is used in many applications in a process plant. Nitrogen is used for tank blanketing or to eliminate oxygen in a combustible environment. Oxygen can be used in a process reaction or in waste water treatment to eliminate organic compounds...
- 7 Sep 2011
Wireless Transmitters and Rotating Equipment

Anonymous

When a piece of process equipment rotates as part of its normal operation, it becomes challenging to obtain any type of measurement on the rotating part. Rotary calcination equipment, kilns and liquid filling machines can all benefit from process measurement...
- 3 Aug 2011
Use a Wireless Transmitter to Monitor Safety Systems

Anonymous

One of the largest challenges for the Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) group is knowing when an event occurs. Keeping track of people within a process unit is challenging enough. Finding out when someone needs medical attention is critical. There...
- 1 Aug 2011