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The Future is Virtually Here

Gregory K McMillan

What's leading to virtualization? The IT Industry Looked for Ways to Manage Costs, and Came Up With the Idea of "Server Farms" Read the full text.
- 17 Mar 2011
Tricking out Aliases, Part 2

Bruce Greenwald

Scott Thompson's commnet to my last post was a good one. He couldn't include a screenshot example in his comment, so I'll share it with y'all: Did you know that you can also use multiple aliases in a single line of code? In the last action example...
- 10 Mar 2011
Tricking Out Aliases

Bruce Greenwald

I’ve been delinquent in blog entries, and while I’ve had several topics floating around in my head, finding the time to get something posted has been tough. I’m not making excuses, but it’s been really busy around here lately. So it took the above video...
- 7 Mar 2011
Operators Unleashed

Gregory K McMillan

If the People On the Front Line Have an Understanding of the Process Relationships, the Result Can Be Truly Remarkable Read the full text.
- 15 Feb 2011
The Virtual Plant - Better than the Real Thing

Gregory K McMillan

When the Virtual Plant Came, the Window to the Future Opened Read the full text.
- 14 Jan 2011
The Final Word on Instrument Upgrade Projects

Gregory K McMillan

A Wrap Up of Measurements and Actuators, Valuable Advice for Projects, and an Amusing, Insightful List of "Things You Don't Want to Hear on Start-up" Read the full text.
- 8 Dec 2010
$IDLE_TIME is the Blue Devils Playground

Bruce Greenwald

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is a hot topic these days, and again shows the interactions going on between levels 0, 1, 2 and level 3 of the S95 model. Folks are exploiting the features and functions of DCS platforms to provide intelligence towards...
- 3 Dec 2010
Retrofit Projects - Getting Flows Right

Gregory K McMillan

What Are the Biggest Problems With Getting the Right Control Valves? Read the full text.
- 12 Nov 2010
The Wide World of Wireless

Bruce Greenwald

We had a full house last week here in Charlotte, as we played host to a large group from the Savannah River Site. The focus of the three days was Wireless HART (WiHART) networks, and we had extensive, hands-on sessions. Security was a primary focus...
- 9 Nov 2010
Genentech ECP-1 Award Winner

Bruce Greenwald

We’ve all heard the expression – “Good things come to those who wait” and I guess executing some project work during the winter of 2007/2008 and seeing the positive results almost 3 years later would aptly qualify. Genentech’s ECP-1 facility in Tuas,...
- 26 Oct 2010
Successful Retrofit and Automation Projects

Gregory K McMillan

Discussing Control System Design and Implementation for Retrofit and Automation Projects. What Are the Challenges in Meeting Plant and Corporate Requirements? Read the full text.
- 14 Oct 2010
Update: Prime Time Batch Analytics

Bruce Greenwald

I thought it was worth mentioning that at the Awards Luncheon last Thursday at Emerson Exchange, Steve Sonnenberg, President Emerson Process Management, awarded the PlantWeb Excellence Award to The Lubrizol Corporation and Robert Wojewodka’s paper entitled...
- 4 Oct 2010
Prime Time Batch Analytics

Bruce Greenwald

I mentioned last week that I was helping out at the Emerson Exchange during the technology exhibits for DeltaV Batch. And while we had good traffic from customers (despite my tag as a booth babe), the two areas on either side of us were packed. To the...
- 30 Sep 2010
You Say You Want a (Revo)Solution

Bruce Greenwald

Greeting from San Antonio and the 2010 Emerson Exchange. After two very busy days, I thought I’d share one of the best ideas I’ve seen from Emerson. Spread around the technology exhibits are “Solution” areas. These areas showcase the coming together of...
- 29 Sep 2010
Process Performance Improvement-Part 3

Gregory K McMillan

McMilland and Weiner Concluding Their Interview with Mike Brown. It Focused on the Bottom-Line Performance of Process Control Tools Read the full text.
- 2 Sep 2010
Hot Topic for Emerson Exchange?

Bruce Greenwald

I’ve been following a very interesting discussion thread out on LinkedIn. It’s in the Process Analytical Technology group and it’s entitled “Dangling a Carrot: Should PAT Be Mandated, or Incentivized?” The discussion was started by Paul Thomas, Senior...
- 24 Aug 2010
Process Performance Improvement - Part 2

Gregory K McMillan

Continuation of the Interview with Mike Brown on Performance of Process Control Tools Read the full text.
- 10 Aug 2010
A Lot Less Blood, Sweat, and Tears for the Spinning Wheel

Bruce Greenwald

OK, I really stretched on the title of today’s post, but I feel like I’ve got some added pressure because of Jim Cahill’s blog yesterday on Emerson Process Experts . Yesterday I told you about the new capabilities built right into the DO CHARM in version...
- 21 Jul 2010
Roadrunner Fast

Bruce Greenwald

Awhile back, I wrote about some of the new configuration features I found in version 11.3 DeltaV associated with Emerson’s electronic marshalling and discrete CHARMs. Once we got a hold of our hardware, I started testing out some of these features to...
- 20 Jul 2010
Process Performance Improvement - Part 1

Gregory K McMillan

Gaining a Perspective on Tools and Metrics for Process Performance Read the full text.
- 12 Jul 2010
Remote Terminal, V11, the ProPlus, and Server 2008

Bruce Greenwald

Back from vacation (they are never long enough) and I was checking out a new video from Emerson on Human Centered Design in version 11 of DetlaV starring Juan Carlos Bravo. I wanted to look at one of the features he mentioned (friendly names for modules...
- 28 Jun 2010
Securing IE for Alarm Response Procedures

Bruce Greenwald

I got a very thoughtful call the other day from David Stokes at Eli Lilly. Dave had found my Alarm Response Procedure video out on my YouTube channel. Eli Lilly is a big user of the DCA (Document Control and Archiving) module of Syncade and they had talked...
- 11 Jun 2010
WBF 2010 Conference

Bruce Greenwald

I’ve spent the last few days in Austin attending the WBF 2010 Conference. This is my 4th WBF Conference, and my first impressions were is was a shame there were not more folks in attendance and the imbalance between suppliers (vendors and integrators...
- 27 May 2010
2010 UGOC Wrap Up

Bruce Greenwald

Well, it’s been a busy couple of days at the 2010 User Group of the Carolinas. We had a pretty packed house and several of the presentations were standing room only. Mark Moore, our Site Services manager, gave a great talk on the comparisons between the...
- 14 May 2010
UGOC, 2010 Version

Bruce Greenwald

Final touches were being made this evening for the 2010 version of RE Mason’s User Group of the Carolinas (UGOC), which starts tomorrow afternoon and runs through Friday, May 14th. Over 100 participants from throughout the Carolinas have registered for...
- 12 May 2010

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