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Emerson Automation Experts:
Centrifugal and Axial Compressor Control – Freely Available Educational Resource
Jim Cahill
We continue with our free educational book offerings today. The publication rights have been officially returned from Momentum Press to the author, Gregory K. McMillan , who has decided to make the book available for free to help advance knowledge and achievement in process control. The first post in our series of three, Freely Available Educational Resource—Process Control Case Histories , proved to be hugely popular…
10 May 2024
Emerson Automation Experts:
Control Valve Repairing, Why?
Jim Cahill
Welcome to our latest blog post. This time, we focus on common control valve repairing reasons businesses have and why successful ones have chosen to invest in proactive maintenance programs for control valves. As we dive deeper into the topic, we explore professional advice on the signs of a failing control valve, providing a helpful guide for those invested in and newbies curious about the mechanics and maintenance…
8 Apr 2024
Emerson Automation Experts:
Enhancing the Competency of KIPIC Maintenance Engineers
Jim Cahill
Whether your maintenance team need to configure and calibrate valves, predict machinery faults, or repair and replace problematic instrumentation, Emerson Educational Services can create suitable training to assist in attaining your specific goals. Emerson is a learning partner that can provide ongoing competency development to drive safe and efficient operations. To create a competency development program, Emerson follows…
8 Apr 2024
Implement & Build Blog:
Planning the Projects on Path to Net Zero
Jim Cahill
The journey to Net Zero is a significant challenge for many manufacturers and producers. Emerson’s Marcelo Carugo and Pete Sharpe write in a Hydrocarbon Processing article, Planning a practical path to net-zero : Many companies around the world and across the size spectrum have committed to aggressive carbon-neutral targets and are now looking to their production sites for practical plans on how to achieve these goals…
1 Apr 2024
Emerson Automation Experts:
Part V: Platform for Product Support and Lifecycle Management
Jim Cahill
We conclude our series on the 5P’s of Control System Reliability and Performance with this final P – Platform for Product Support and Lifecycle Management . A platform that combines product knowledge base, technical support, software updates, and asset lifecycle information can help you keep your control system running smoothly and reduce risk in several ways: Information sharing enables risk mitigation. A vendor…
14 Mar 2024
Emerson Automation Experts:
Mitigating Shutdown, Turnaround, and Outage Issues
Jim Cahill
Plant shutdowns, turnarounds, and outages (STOs) have never been simple, but in recent years they have become even more challenging due to labor shortages and difficulties procuring parts. My article in Processing , titled “ Rethinking shutdown, turnaround, and outage planning ,” discusses the impacts of these challenges on STO planning and execution, and it offers strategies to minimize their effects. Increasingly…
19 Dec 2023
Emerson Automation Experts:
5Ps of Control System Reliability and Performance–Part 4: Parts & Extended Warranty
Jim Cahill
The next P in our 5P’s series is Parts & Extended Warranty . This topic is often underestimated or even ignored, but effective Spare Parts management involves various factors that must inform your parts inventory decisions, as they can significantly affect your operating costs and uptime. We will examine these drivers and explore an integrated approach to optimize your spares. FACTORS TO CONSIDER Cost of Downtime…
15 Dec 2023
Emerson Automation Experts:
Quality in Emerson Education Services Podcast
Jim Cahill
Modern digital technologies are vital in driving manufacturing and production performance improvements. Getting the most out of these technologies requires the knowledge and skills specific to their use. Educational courses help in upskilling personnel. The quality of that education helps determine how successfully the learned skills will be applied. Emerson’s Sandra Schwarz joins me in this podcast to discuss how quality…
30 Nov 2023
Implement & Build Blog:
Ethernet-APL and Fieldbus Migration
Jim Cahill
Emerson’s Klaus Erni and a staff member from a leading pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturer teamed up to present How Latest Ethernet Technology Helped in a Fieldbus Migration Project at the 2023 Emerson Exchange Immerse Conference. Here is their presentation abstract. Ever thought of upgrading your existing 2-wire Profibus PA Fieldbus Installation to the next level to be able to either expand the existing…
3 Nov 2023
Emerson Automation Experts:
Maximizing Workforce Performance Podcast
Jim Cahill
Getting the most out of your instrumentation and automation technologies requires a skilled workforce. Emerson Education Services has developed MyTraining , which provides courses that hone critical thinking skills and help ensure your staff keeps pace with industry innovations. The training is geared toward specific teams within your workforce and founded on rigorous IACET (International Accreditation for Continuing…
23 Oct 2023
Emerson Automation Experts:
5Ps of Control System Reliability and Performance–Part 3: Predictive Maintenance
Jim Cahill
In Part 2 of this series, we briefly mentioned the concept of Predictive Maintenance . We continue here with a deeper examination of its benefits, components, and considerations for its implementation. Monitoring the health of your industrial control system is vital to ensure its reliability and performance. Continuous, or at least frequent, periodic monitoring leads to early detection of potential failure points and…
17 Oct 2023
Emerson Automation Experts:
Improving Control System Reliability
Jim Cahill
Emerson’s Venkat Sekar and Emerson Impact Partner Puffer-Sweiven ’s Gary Rhodes presented Increasing System Reliability Through Consistent System Management via Guardian at the 2023 Emerson Exchange Immerse Conference. Here is their session abstract: Reliability is one of the main goals of every enterprise with production control systems. In order to reach that goal, one must identify the possible risks that can affect…
10 Oct 2023
Emerson Automation Experts:
Training for New Employees and Upskilling Existing People Calls for Classroom and Hands-On Experience. Here’s How Emerson Provides It.
Jim Cahill
I suspect that when many parents are teaching teenagers to drive, they wish for an environment where the novice can drive an actual car but without other traffic. Simulators are great, but they aren’t real cars, so what’s needed is a safe driving area where accidents can’t happen. Many process plant managers want the same thing: a training environment where classroom instruction is supplemented with actual pumps,…
6 Oct 2023
Emerson Automation Experts:
Workforce Development as a Strategic Lever
Jim Cahill
In case you missed the earlier post, Emerson Education Services Overview Podcast , here is the YouTube version of my discussion with Emerson’s Adelina Decean . We focused our discussion on the benefits of improving the skills and knowledge of your workforce to take full advantage of the automation technologies and solutions you have deployed. Give the podcast a listen and visit the Education Services section on Emerson…
29 Sep 2023
Emerson Automation Experts:
Careful Valve Material Selection Prevents Premature Failures
Jim Cahill
In refineries and petrochemical plants, frequent contact with process media can result in premature corrosion of valves and related components. To help prevent this, vendors can provide expert advice and, in some cases, lab testing to verify compatibility between wetted parts and process media. Below is a summary of our article in the August 2023 issue of Hydrocarbon Processing, titled “Select the Appropriate Construction…
25 Sep 2023
Emerson Automation Experts:
Advice for Choosing a Valve Repair Company for Your Next Outage
Jim Cahill
Choosing a valve maintenance company that you can trust is difficult. During a shutdown or outage, you want your plant back up and running as quickly and safely as possible , while staying within budget and completing reliable repairs. Here are some tips from an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) on what kind of provider you should choose to protect your assets. Tip 1 – Investigate their “valve service expertise…
22 Sep 2023
Emerson Automation Experts:
Emerson Education Services Overview Podcast
Jim Cahill
Technology advances at a breathtaking pace. This advancement includes our world of automation and instrumentation. To take full advantage of the capabilities introduced by these technologies, upskilling personnel is paramount. In this Emerson Automation Experts podcast, Adelina Decean joins me to discuss the importance of this workforce development and the benefits it can deliver in improving operational performance…
15 Sep 2023
Emerson Automation Experts:
Spare Parts Ordering Made Easy
Jim Cahill
MyEmerson is a personalized digital experience that allows customers instant access to dedicated digital content and resources for their organization. Learn more about how to use order spare parts with MyAssets to efficiently manage your plant. Visit www.emerson.com/myemerson for more information or to register for an account. Here is a quick 1:12 YouTube video, Ordering Spare Parts with MyEmerson , demonstrating the…
21 Aug 2023
Emerson Automation Experts:
5Ps of Control System Reliability and Performance–Part 2: Preventive Maintenance
Jim Cahill
We began exploring the key elements (5P’s) of Control System reliability and performance by looking at the considerations and recommendations around Protection with Cybersecurity . Here, we continue our examination of the 5P’s with: Part II – Preventive Maintenance Preventive Maintenance sets the foundation for the availability and peak performance of industrial control systems. Establishing processes and a regular…
20 Jul 2023
Emerson Automation Experts:
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
Emerson Automation Experts:
Three Steps to Maximize Your Next Outage with a Data-Driven Valve Maintenance Strategy
Jim Cahill
Are you asking yourself why we prioritize the same valve list over and over again for every outage? When you started as a reliability or maintenance engineer, your manager handed you a list of valves to service during each outage. You’ve been using that list repeatedly at this point and you may occasionally discover that certain valves don’t require maintenance during the outage. If you are creating your own valve list…
27 Jun 2023
Emerson Automation Experts:
The 5 P’s of Control System Reliability and Performance
Jim Cahill
Many factors contribute to maintaining a reliable and optimally performing control system. This series will explore five essential P ’s: P rotection with Cybersecurity, P reventive Maintenance, P redictive Maintenance, P arts and Extended Warranty, and a P latform for Support and Lifecycle Updates. Collectively, these elements form a simple but powerful framework to help safeguard your control system against downtime…
9 Jun 2023
Emerson Automation Experts:
Future of Automation and Control
Jim Cahill
Over at the ISA Interchange blog , an interesting set of questions about the future appeared from the ISA Mentor Program: What do you see as changes occurring now and in the future? Today, is working from home better or worse than driving across town to a factory or office? Does that kind of change affect cost, availability, quality, schedule, stability, marketability, or some other factors? Are these changes positive…
6 Jun 2023
Emerson Automation Experts:
Better Cybersecurity Increases Confidence to Outsource Data Analysis
Jim Cahill
Plantwide digital ecosystems, such as Emerson’s Plantweb , are now enabling process and manufacturing organizations to gather more data than ever before relating to the performance, health, and status of their equipment and automation systems. However, analyzing potentially complex data can be difficult, especially if there is a lack of suitably skilled resources on-site. Many companies have therefore turned to automation…
30 May 2023
Emerson Automation Experts:
The Top 4 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to Improve Your Next Outage
Jim Cahill
You just completed your outage. You are ordering pizza for the team and starting to get back to a normal shift schedule. As you’re getting back to business-as-usual, you are finishing up open items and making sure there are no issues with any of the units that were brought down for maintenance. Now, it’s been a few weeks, a month after the units are all up and running and it’s time for the post-outage review. Capturing…
25 May 2023
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