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Jim Cahill
- 19 Jun 2019
Safety Instrumented Systems Blog: Cybersecurity Considerations in Safety Instrumented System Architectures

Sergio Diaz Alexandre Peixoto Safety instrumented systems (SIS), which are designed to take the process to a safe state in trip conditions, come in several architectures with the basic process control system (BPCS). The SIS and BPCS can be totally separate, interfaced or integrated, yet separate. While the debate on which approach is best has been going on for a long time, what are they cybersecurity considerations...
Jim Cahill
- 13 Jun 2019
Analytical Experts Blog: Conductivity Measurement for Optimized Clean-in-Place Operations

Common in the Life Sciences and Food & Beverage industries are clean-in-place (CIP) operations to effectively clean the interior surfaces of production process piping, vessels and other inline assets before the next batch is run. This short, 2:10 YouTube video, Effective Conductivity Measurement in Clean-in-Place Applications , highlights the importance of extremely tight measurement and control to avoid costly waste...
Jim Cahill
- 12 Jun 2019
Valves Blog: Advancing RFID-Based Productivity in Process Manufacturing

New technologies usually become more broadly adopted as multiple suppliers adopt the technology and provide interoperability. Standards efforts help to define common requirements into a specification for suppliers to follow in their technology development programs. Shannon Jelken Today, industries such as warehouses, airlines and others employ radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology for increased productivity...
Jim Cahill
- 5 Jun 2019
Analytical Experts Blog: Accurately Monitoring Gas and Smoke in Difficult Locations

Ryan Bowlds Josh Hernandez Gas and smoke aspirator systems monitor for smoke or gas ingress where installing detectors are not feasible. These aspirator systems work by having the sample being measured by a probe pulled in to the aspirator system under an adjustable vacuum created by an air-driven educator and then measured by the gas detector. In this short 2:20 YouTube video, Gas & Smoke Aspirator System , Emerson...
Jim Cahill
- 4 Jun 2019
Fluid Control & Pneumatics Blog: Valves for Analytical and Medical In-Vitro Instruments

Tony Gaglio Final control is where controlling a manufacturing or production process happens. It’s the valves in the line or vessel inlets and outlets that keep the process operating in its intended range. Often we think of large industrial valves, but...
Maggie Schmidt
- 4 Jun 2019
The Current: Flow Solutions Blog: How Does the 4200 2-Wire Coriolis Transmitter Help Retrofit Unreliable 2-wire Flow Points?

The New 4200 2-Wire Transmitter Many oil and gas, and chemical plants are struggling with aging infrastructure and need to upgrade much of their legacy equipment. Until recently, when considering upgrading aging 2-wire measurement devices, their options...
Emerson Flow Expert
- 4 Jun 2019
Flow Blog: How Does the 4200 2-Wire Coriolis Transmitter Help Retrofit Unreliable 2-wire Flow Points?

The New 4200 2-Wire Transmitter Many oil and gas, and chemical plants are struggling with aging infrastructure and need to upgrade much of their legacy equipment. Until recently, when considering upgrading aging 2-wire measurement devices, their options... Read the full text.
Jim Cahill
- 3 Jun 2019
Fluid Control & Pneumatics Blog: IIoT and Smart Pneumatics

Mark Densley Many posts here have explored Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technologies used in process manufacturing to improve safety, reliability, efficiency & emissions, and production. But what about discrete manufacturing applications such...
Jim Cahill
- 28 May 2019
Ovation Blog: Improved Steam Temperature Control Strategies

As electrical power producers and cogeneration facilities must handle the load swings produced on the supply and demand side. Optimizing steam temperature control is one key way to improve the reliability of on boilers and heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) caused by load swings. Jeffery Williams I caught up with Emerson’s Jeffery Williams who shared the details of a steam temperature optimization project with...
Jim Cahill
- 23 May 2019
Level Blog: Non-Contacting Radar Level Measurement in Pulp Mills

A pulp mill : …converts wood chips or other plant fibre source into a thick fibre board which can be shipped to a paper mill for further processing. Ingemar Serneby Level measurements can be challenging in pulp manufacturing process. In a Pulp-paperworld article, Radar Technology Overcomes the Toughest Level Measurement Challenges , Emerson’s Ingemar Serneby shares his expertise on how non-contacting radar level...