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  • Modern Control Systems Enable Step Change Improvements for Life Sciences

    Jim Cahill
    Despite the challenges involved, the opportunity to make step change operational improvements is encouraging life sciences companies to embark on control system modernisation projects well before parts become hard to source and the system impacts productivity (usually the prerequisites). We speak with Emerson’s Rob Spilsbury and Albina Pace about how modern control systems support improved traceability, compliance and…

  • Modern Control Systems Enable Step Change Improvements for Life Sciences

    Jim Cahill
    Despite the challenges involved, the opportunity to make step change operational improvements is encouraging life sciences companies to embark on control system modernisation projects well before parts become hard to source and the system impacts productivity (usually the prerequisites). We speak with Emerson’s Rob Spilsbury and Albina Pace about how modern control systems support improved traceability, compliance and…

  • Trends, Challenges and Solutions in the Life Sciences Industry Podcast

    Jim Cahill
    The Life Sciences industry has undergone significant changes over the past several years. From responses to a global pandemic to the advancement of personal therapies, the need for automation and effective data management has never been greater. In this Emerson Automation Experts podcast, Dave Imming joins me to highlight some of these trends, the challenges they have introduced, and technology’s role in addressing…

  • Trends, Challenges and Solutions in the Life Sciences Industry Podcast

    Jim Cahill
    The Life Sciences industry has undergone significant changes over the past several years. From responses to a global pandemic to the advancement of personal therapies, the need for automation and effective data management has never been greater. In this Emerson Automation Experts podcast, Dave Imming joins me to highlight some of these trends, the challenges they have introduced, and technology’s role in addressing…

  • Tools for Solving Compressible Fluid Flow Challenges with Today’s DP Technologies

    Jim Cahill
    In an automation.com article, Emerson’s Michael Flesch explains how advances in DP flow metering technology solve measurement challenges of compressible fluids. One of the perpetual instrumentation challenges that engineering students and working technicians face is measuring the flow of a gas, or worse, steam. The main problems emerge due to the compressible nature of such fluids, resulting in far more variables entering…

  • Tools for Solving Compressible Fluid Flow Challenges with Today’s DP Technologies

    Jim Cahill
    In an automation.com article, Emerson’s Michael Flesch explains how advances in DP flow metering technology solve measurement challenges of compressible fluids. One of the perpetual instrumentation challenges that engineering students and working technicians face is measuring the flow of a gas, or worse, steam. The main problems emerge due to the compressible nature of such fluids, resulting in far more variables entering…

  • Tools for Solving Compressible Fluid Flow Challenges with Today’s DP Technologies

    Jim Cahill
    In an automation.com article, Emerson’s Michael Flesch explains how advances in DP flow metering technology solve measurement challenges of compressible fluids. One of the perpetual instrumentation challenges that engineering students and working technicians face is measuring the flow of a gas, or worse, steam. The main problems emerge due to the compressible nature of such fluids, resulting in far more variables entering…

  • How to Understand and Use a Great Tool: Instrumentation Diagnostics

    Jim Cahill
    In a Process Instrumentation article, Emerson’s Kelly Albano looks at a powerful but often underutilized tool, instrumentation diagnostics, and shows how you can use them to improve operations. Recently, while loading some software onto my computer, I saw a message at the end: Software Installed Successfully! Maybe this doesn’t sound like much, but it’s always reassuring when something has worked as it’s supposed to…

  • How to Understand and Use a Great Tool: Instrumentation Diagnostics

    Jim Cahill
    In a Process Instrumentation article, Emerson’s Kelly Albano looks at a powerful but often underutilized tool, instrumentation diagnostics, and shows how you can use them to improve operations. Recently, while loading some software onto my computer, I saw a message at the end: Software Installed Successfully! Maybe this doesn’t sound like much, but it’s always reassuring when something has worked as it’s supposed to…

  • How to Understand and Use a Great Tool: Instrumentation Diagnostics

    Jim Cahill
    In a Process Instrumentation article, Emerson’s Kelly Albano looks at a powerful but often underutilized tool, instrumentation diagnostics, and shows how you can use them to improve operations. Recently, while loading some software onto my computer, I saw a message at the end: Software Installed Successfully! Maybe this doesn’t sound like much, but it’s always reassuring when something has worked as it’s supposed to…

  • DeltaV Spectral PAT for Life Sciences Podcast

    Jim Cahill
    Process Analytical Technology, or PAT , was introduced by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration back in 2004. The purpose of this guidance was: …to describe a regulatory framework (Process Analytical Technology, (PAT) that will encourage the voluntary development and implementation of innovative pharmaceutical development, manufacturing, and quality assurance. Raman spectrometers perform spectral analysis to enable…

  • DeltaV Spectral PAT for Life Sciences Podcast

    Jim Cahill
    Process Analytical Technology, or PAT , was introduced by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration back in 2004. The purpose of this guidance was: …to describe a regulatory framework (Process Analytical Technology, (PAT) that will encourage the voluntary development and implementation of innovative pharmaceutical development, manufacturing, and quality assurance. Raman spectrometers perform spectral analysis to enable…

  • Micro Motion™︎ G-Series: Precision in a Compact Package

    Jim Cahill
    Over many years working with end users who are trying to solve challenging flow measurement problems, I’ve often suggested that a Coriolis mass flow meter is exactly the technology solution needed, but in some cases an alternative is preferred for a variety of reasons. Just to review, let’s mention a few of the reasons why Micro Motion Coriolis Mass Flow Meters are so versatile in many straightforward and difficult…

  • Micro Motion™︎ G-Series: Precision in a Compact Package

    Jim Cahill
    Over many years working with end users who are trying to solve challenging flow measurement problems, I’ve often suggested that a Coriolis mass flow meter is exactly the technology solution needed, but in some cases an alternative is preferred for a variety of reasons. Just to review, let’s mention a few of the reasons why Micro Motion Coriolis Mass Flow Meters are so versatile in many straightforward and difficult…

  • Micro Motion™︎ G-Series: Precision in a Compact Package

    Jim Cahill
    Over many years working with end users who are trying to solve challenging flow measurement problems, I’ve often suggested that a Coriolis mass flow meter is exactly the technology solution needed, but in some cases an alternative is preferred for a variety of reasons. Just to review, let’s mention a few of the reasons why Micro Motion Coriolis Mass Flow Meters are so versatile in many straightforward and difficult…

  • Ultrasonic Innovation: The Story of IrriFlex®︎

    Jim Cahill
    Have you ever wondered what goes into making a root canal procedure as safe and effective as possible? For dentists, a key tool is the irrigation cannula, a small tube that delivers cleaning solutions during the procedure. While traditionally, metal cannulas have been used to this purpose, a Swiss company, Produits Dentaire SA ( PD-Dental ), envisioned a better way: a flexible plastic cannula named IrriFlex that could…

  • Ultrasonic Innovation: The Story of IrriFlex®︎

    Jim Cahill
    Have you ever wondered what goes into making a root canal procedure as safe and effective as possible? For dentists, a key tool is the irrigation cannula, a small tube that delivers cleaning solutions during the procedure. While traditionally, metal cannulas have been used to this purpose, a Swiss company, Produits Dentaire SA ( PD-Dental ), envisioned a better way: a flexible plastic cannula named IrriFlex that could…

  • Ultrasonic Innovation: The Story of IrriFlex®︎

    Jim Cahill
    Have you ever wondered what goes into making a root canal procedure as safe and effective as possible? For dentists, a key tool is the irrigation cannula, a small tube that delivers cleaning solutions during the procedure. While traditionally, metal cannulas have been used to this purpose, a Swiss company, Produits Dentaire SA ( PD-Dental ), envisioned a better way: a flexible plastic cannula named IrriFlex that could…

  • Ultrasonic Innovation: The Story of IrriFlex®︎

    Jim Cahill
    Have you ever wondered what goes into making a root canal procedure as safe and effective as possible? For dentists, a key tool is the irrigation cannula, a small tube that delivers cleaning solutions during the procedure. While traditionally, metal cannulas have been used to this purpose, a Swiss company, Produits Dentaire SA ( PD-Dental ), envisioned a better way: a flexible plastic cannula named IrriFlex that could…

  • Smaller Batches Still Have Big Needs

    Jim Cahill
    There’s no question that today’s life sciences landscape is changing dramatically. As new personalized medicine solutions emerge, companies are rapidly changing scale to include more multi-product manufacturing facilities. Many of these facilities are manufacturing treatments in much smaller batches. While many of the requirements around developing smaller-batch treatments are the same, the market does have its own…

  • Smaller Batches Still Have Big Needs

    Jim Cahill
    There’s no question that today’s life sciences landscape is changing dramatically. As new personalized medicine solutions emerge, companies are rapidly changing scale to include more multi-product manufacturing facilities. Many of these facilities are manufacturing treatments in much smaller batches. While many of the requirements around developing smaller-batch treatments are the same, the market does have its own…

  • Data Integrity in Life Sciences Podcast

    Jim Cahill
    For pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturers, the data that accompanies the production is as critical as what is being produced. The integrity of this data is paramount for the successful release of the products for sale that comply with all regulatory requirements. In this Emerson Automation Experts podcast , Michalle Adkins and Hilary Mills-Baker join me to discuss the challenges of achieving the required…

  • Data Integrity in Life Sciences Podcast

    Jim Cahill
    For pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturers, the data that accompanies the production is as critical as what is being produced. The integrity of this data is paramount for the successful release of the products for sale that comply with all regulatory requirements. In this Emerson Automation Experts podcast , Michalle Adkins and Hilary Mills-Baker join me to discuss the challenges of achieving the required…

  • Retrofitting a New Transmitter to an Existing Micro Motion™︎ Coriolis Flow Meter Adds New Capabilities

    Jim Cahill
    Most of us know someone who carries a really old smartphone, or maybe just a cellphone. Some people do this deliberately as a statement, but others just can’t be bothered with doing an upgrade. Everybody doesn’t need the latest whiz-bang technology, but many truly useful capabilities don’t work on old platforms. Such can be the reality in many industrial environments, where the pinnacle of achievement for some is still…

  • Retrofitting a New Transmitter to an Existing Micro Motion™︎ Coriolis Flow Meter Adds New Capabilities

    Jim Cahill
    Most of us know someone who carries a really old smartphone, or maybe just a cellphone. Some people do this deliberately as a statement, but others just can’t be bothered with doing an upgrade. Everybody doesn’t need the latest whiz-bang technology, but many truly useful capabilities don’t work on old platforms. Such can be the reality in many industrial environments, where the pinnacle of achievement for some is still…

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