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  • The Future is Virtually Here

    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.
  • Tricking out Aliases, Part 2

    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...
  • Tricking Out Aliases

    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...
  • Operators Unleashed

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

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

    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.
  • $IDLE_TIME is the Blue Devils Playground

    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...
  • Retrofit Projects - Getting Flows Right

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

    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...
  • Genentech ECP-1 Award Winner

    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,...
  • Successful Retrofit and Automation Projects

    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.
  • Update: Prime Time Batch Analytics

    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...
  • Prime Time Batch Analytics

    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...
  • You Say You Want a (Revo)Solution

    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...
  • Process Performance Improvement-Part 3

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

    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...
  • Process Performance Improvement - Part 2

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

    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...
  • Roadrunner Fast

    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...
  • Process Performance Improvement - Part 1

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

    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...
  • Securing IE for Alarm Response Procedures

    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...
  • WBF 2010 Conference

    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...
  • 2010 UGOC Wrap Up

    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...
  • UGOC, 2010 Version

    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...