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Copper Winding OEM Enhances Customer Experience and Flexibility with Movicon™︎ HMI/SCADA – Case Study

Jim Cahill

When buying hardware and software for their systems, OEMs need to consider not just which products will do the job, but also those that will make life easiest for their end-user customers. This was the case for copper-winding OEM, Sipro, a winding and assembly solutions manufacturer in Italy. For Sipro, it was critical to make its machines as fast, intuitive and accurate as possible for its end users to operate. The HMI…
- 27 Jul 2023
Better Grid Reliability Starts with Analytics

Jim Cahill

As electrical grids get more complex, so too does the task of keeping them online. Grid operators have long had reliability programs, as they are essential to safe operation, but the most effective plants are updating those programs with modern technologies as they are forced to do more with less in the face of changing global market dynamics. At the 2023 Ovation Users’ Group conference , Emerson’s Brian Overton shared…
- 26 Jul 2023
Expanding Monitoring with Wireless Sensors

Jim Cahill

Emerson’s Shane Hale presented Using Wireless Sensors to Expand Monitoring without Expanding I/O and Junction Boxes at the 2023 Ovation Users Group Conference. Here is his presentation abstract. Many end-users want to free up operators and maintenance personnel from manual checks that provide little immediate value and want to increase the monitoring of assets to mitigate unplanned shutdowns. However, the cost of wiring…
- 26 Jul 2023
See How This Metro Rail Agency Used PLCs to Transform Ventilation, Control and Energy Management

Jim Cahill

While historically, PLCs might have been thought of as “simple machine control,” today’s complex applications speak to the increasing sophistication of PLC/PAC technology as well the rapid growth in the discrete and hybrid marketplace. One such example is the use of over 300 Emerson PACSystems controllers in the tunnel ventilation, building management and energy reduction of 21 underground stations for a metro rail system…
- 18 Jul 2023
See How This Metro Rail Agency Used PLCs to Transform Ventilation, Control and Energy Management

Jim Cahill

While historically, PLCs might have been thought of as “simple machine control,” today’s complex applications speak to the increasing sophistication of PLC/PAC technology as well the rapid growth in the discrete and hybrid marketplace. One such example is the use of over 300 Emerson PACSystems controllers in the tunnel ventilation, building management and energy reduction of 21 underground stations for a metro rail system…
- 18 Jul 2023
See How This Metro Rail Agency Used PLCs to Transform Ventilation, Control and Energy Management

Jim Cahill

While historically, PLCs might have been thought of as “simple machine control,” today’s complex applications speak to the increasing sophistication of PLC/PAC technology as well the rapid growth in the discrete and hybrid marketplace. One such example is the use of over 300 Emerson PACSystems controllers in the tunnel ventilation, building management and energy reduction of 21 underground stations for a metro rail system…
- 18 Jul 2023
See How This Metro Rail Agency Used PLCs to Transform Ventilation, Control and Energy Management

Jim Cahill

While historically, PLCs might have been thought of as “simple machine control,” today’s complex applications speak to the increasing sophistication of PLC/PAC technology as well the rapid growth in the discrete and hybrid marketplace. One such example is the use of over 300 Emerson PACSystems controllers in the tunnel ventilation, building management and energy reduction of 21 underground stations for a metro rail system…
- 18 Jul 2023
AMS Device Manager Data Server | Extended Intelligent Field Device Analytics Without the Aggravation

Jim Cahill

As process manufacturing scope and capabilities have grown over the decades, so, too, has the need to carefully deploy and monitor dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of automation assets. Plant personnel rely on measurement and analytical instrumentation, digital valve controllers, wireless devices, and more to help them ensure processes are optimized and to keep operations safe, efficient, and effective. As plant…
- 12 Jul 2023
AMS Device Manager Data Server | Extended Intelligent Field Device Analytics Without the Aggravation

Jim Cahill

As process manufacturing scope and capabilities have grown over the decades, so, too, has the need to carefully deploy and monitor dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of automation assets. Plant personnel rely on measurement and analytical instrumentation, digital valve controllers, wireless devices, and more to help them ensure processes are optimized and to keep operations safe, efficient, and effective. As plant…
- 12 Jul 2023
Designing & Specifying Process Automation Parameters to Drive Performance

Jim Cahill

A plant’s performance can be optimized at the intersection of capital equipment, production processes, and people. Done correctly from the start through the selection of technologies and how they are deployed can lead to higher levels of productivity, reliability, safety, and sustainability. The Industrial Impact of Process Automation Process automation has become more and more important as the bar is getting progressively…
- 3 Jul 2023
Unshackle Innovation with One Click Tech Transfer

Jim Cahill

Most people have heard the adage that, “COVID changed everything.” However, few people, when presented with that idea, think that any of those changes were positive. But we often forget that in the span of eight short months, the world saw a wide array of innovators and manufacturers come together to deliver a vaccine—a process that typically takes upwards of 15 years. In his recent article in Industry Week magazine…
- 28 Jun 2023
Food and Beverage Manufacturer Integrates Islands of Automation with Connext™︎ Platform

Jim Cahill

Connecting highly disparate machines that exist in separate operating entities in a manufacturing plant could save many companies substantial time and money, but pressing production schedules and the status quo of existing procedures often hold them back. A large food and beverage production facility in Italy was faced with these “islands of automation,” with 32 machines that were all essential to the process and that…
- 27 Jun 2023
Food and Beverage Manufacturer Integrates Islands of Automation with Connext™︎ Platform

Jim Cahill

Connecting highly disparate machines that exist in separate operating entities in a manufacturing plant could save many companies substantial time and money, but pressing production schedules and the status quo of existing procedures often hold them back. A large food and beverage production facility in Italy was faced with these “islands of automation,” with 32 machines that were all essential to the process and that…
- 27 Jun 2023
Food and Beverage Manufacturer Integrates Islands of Automation with Connext™︎ Platform

Jim Cahill

Connecting highly disparate machines that exist in separate operating entities in a manufacturing plant could save many companies substantial time and money, but pressing production schedules and the status quo of existing procedures often hold them back. A large food and beverage production facility in Italy was faced with these “islands of automation,” with 32 machines that were all essential to the process and that…
- 27 Jun 2023
Food and Beverage Manufacturer Integrates Islands of Automation with Connext™︎ Platform

Jim Cahill

Connecting highly disparate machines that exist in separate operating entities in a manufacturing plant could save many companies substantial time and money, but pressing production schedules and the status quo of existing procedures often hold them back. A large food and beverage production facility in Italy was faced with these “islands of automation,” with 32 machines that were all essential to the process and that…
- 27 Jun 2023
Life Sciences Digital Maturity – Know Where You Are to Know Where You Can Go

Jim Cahill

To know where you’re going, you have to know where you are, and operating a life sciences manufacturing facility is no exception. Pharmaceutical processors regularly have to take stock of their technological capacity to keep a finger on the pulse of the four main drivers of operational excellence: Pipeline acceleration – the capability to quickly bring new products to market. Flexible manufacturing – maintaining…
- 26 Jun 2023
Modern Automation Will Power the New Hydrogen Economy

Jim Cahill

The rapid shift to more sustainable industrial operations has dramatically impacted the hydrocarbon processing industry. It seems like almost overnight, operations teams are looking at entirely new processes focused on manufacturing new, greener alternative products such as hydrogen. In fact, moving to hydrogen manufacturing makes a lot of sense for many companies, as much of the infrastructure they need is likely already…
- 22 Jun 2023
Prototype Sensing Technologies are at the Forefront of Innovation

Jim Cahill

On June 4-7, experts in process analytical technology (PAT) gathered for the 2023 IFPAC conference . While there, they discussed the latest developments in PAT , quality by design, and overall process monitoring and control within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food, chemical, petrochemical, and related industries. Once again, Emerson experts were in attendance. Ye Lin and Ben Arriola presented new technologies…
- 21 Jun 2023
Better Data Access Keeps the Lights On

Jim Cahill

As power producers begin the shift to more renewable sources of energy, one primary concern resurfaces over and over: availability. Utilities are adding solar, wind, battery, and other renewable assets to their already wide array of power generation tools, and as they do, extreme weather conditions increase the potential for brownouts, rolling blackouts, or even total power outages. Fortunately, as Emerson’s Thomas…
- 20 Jun 2023
AI Takes the Mystery out of Modernization

Jim Cahill

Modernization projects are something of a catch-22. As more plants reach two, three, or even four decades of operation, they need to update their automation to increase efficiency and drive the most value out of every second of operation. That efficiency directly translates into financial gains. However, modernization projects are often seen as expensive, time consuming, and complicated . We all know there are situations…
- 14 Jun 2023
Reduce Energy Consumption and Achieve Net Zero Goals with Multimedia Utilities Monitoring – Start Small and Scale Up

Jim Cahill

Driven by the need to both cut resource costs and minimize their environmental impact, companies across all industries are targeting net-zero strategies and sustainability goals. Monitoring utilities such as compressed air, water, electricity, steam and other gases are important areas to examine for process improvement. Digital resource monitoring with automated technologies allows facilities to maximize energy usage…
- 8 Jun 2023
Reduce Energy Consumption and Achieve Net Zero Goals with Multimedia Utilities Monitoring – Start Small and Scale Up

Jim Cahill

Driven by the need to both cut resource costs and minimize their environmental impact, companies across all industries are targeting net-zero strategies and sustainability goals. Monitoring utilities such as compressed air, water, electricity, steam and other gases are important areas to examine for process improvement. Digital resource monitoring with automated technologies allows facilities to maximize energy usage…
- 8 Jun 2023
Reduce Energy Consumption and Achieve Net Zero Goals with Multimedia Utilities Monitoring – Start Small and Scale Up

Jim Cahill

Driven by the need to both cut resource costs and minimize their environmental impact, companies across all industries are targeting net-zero strategies and sustainability goals. Monitoring utilities such as compressed air, water, electricity, steam and other gases are important areas to examine for process improvement. Digital resource monitoring with automated technologies allows facilities to maximize energy usage…
- 8 Jun 2023
Reduce Energy Consumption and Achieve Net Zero Goals with Multimedia Utilities Monitoring – Start Small and Scale Up

Jim Cahill

Driven by the need to both cut resource costs and minimize their environmental impact, companies across all industries are targeting net-zero strategies and sustainability goals. Monitoring utilities such as compressed air, water, electricity, steam and other gases are important areas to examine for process improvement. Digital resource monitoring with automated technologies allows facilities to maximize energy usage…
- 8 Jun 2023
Ready the Plant for a New Era of Automation

Jim Cahill

Boundless automation is creating a new paradigm for enterprise control and automation. It didn’t take long for the rise of the internet to upend the way process manufacturers do business. Over the span of just a few years, plants went from prioritizing a rigid, isolated control system structure to needing ways to integrate across the enterprise to optimize operations. While it still makes sense to ensure each plant…
- 2 Jun 2023