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Emerson Automation Experts: Upskilling for Increased Manufacturing Productivity

Jim Cahill

How many times have you used a high technology device such as a smart phone or watch, only to discover a much easier/better way to do something after being shown how? This productivity improvement could have come from someone showing you, coming upon a write up or video, or formal training. Steve Tooley For those new to manufacturing and production or those more seasoned coming upon new automation technology, training…
- 6 Nov 2019
Improve & Modernize Blog: MyEmerson Personalized Digital Experience

Jim Cahill

Last month at the Emerson Exchange conference in Nashville, I shared notes in a real-time blog post about the MyEmerson personalized digital experience for our customers. Here is a quick, less than 2-minute YouTube video, MyEmerson: A Personalized Digital Experience . It is an interconnected digital experience that includes everything from software to documentation, engineering tools, and commerce. Connect people and…
- 4 Nov 2019
Emerson Automation Experts: MyEmerson Personalized Digital Experience

Jim Cahill

Last month at the Emerson Exchange conference in Nashville, I shared notes in a real-time blog post about the MyEmerson personalized digital experience for our customers. Here is a quick, less than 2-minute YouTube video, MyEmerson: A Personalized Digital Experience . It is an interconnected digital experience that includes everything from software to documentation, engineering tools, and commerce. Connect people and…
- 4 Nov 2019
Emerson Automation Experts: MyEmerson Personalized Digital Experience

Jim Cahill

Last month at the Emerson Exchange conference in Nashville, I shared notes in a real-time blog post about the MyEmerson personalized digital experience for our customers. Here is a quick, less than 2-minute YouTube video, MyEmerson: A Personalized Digital Experience . It is an interconnected digital experience that includes everything from software to documentation, engineering tools, and commerce. Connect people and…
- 4 Nov 2019
Emerson Automation Experts: Migrating Legacy PLC-5s to DeltaV

Jim Cahill

Way back in the mid-1980’s, when I was a newly-minted engineer working oil & gas production projects offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, a new series of PLCs came on the scene to replace the Allen-Bradley PLC-2’s we had been using. They were the PLC-5 series. Javier DeLuna Now, more than 30 years old, the CPUs used in these PLCs were placed into end of life status which meant no further factory support for the CPUs as…
- 31 Oct 2019
Emerson Automation Experts: Migrating Legacy PLC-5s to DeltaV

Jim Cahill

Way back in the mid-1980’s, when I was a newly-minted engineer working oil & gas production projects offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, a new series of PLCs came on the scene to replace the Allen-Bradley PLC-2’s we had been using. They were the PLC-5 series. Javier DeLuna Now, more than 30 years old, the CPUs used in these PLCs were placed into end of life status which meant no further factory support for the CPUs as…
- 31 Oct 2019
Emerson Automation Experts: Optimizing Energy Consumption and Overall Reliability

Jim Cahill

Sam Thiara I heard a great story from Emerson’s Sam Thiara of a polymer producer in the Middle East region that was looking to improve energy efficiency across the facility’s steam system. They wanted to reduce energy costs and their carbon footprint, while also improving the stability and reliability of the process. The plant staff worked with Emerson industrial energy consultants to benchmark existing operations…
- 30 Oct 2019
Emerson Automation Experts: Optimizing Energy Consumption and Overall Reliability

Jim Cahill

Sam Thiara I heard a great story from Emerson’s Sam Thiara of a polymer producer in the Middle East region that was looking to improve energy efficiency across the facility’s steam system. They wanted to reduce energy costs and their carbon footprint, while also improving the stability and reliability of the process. The plant staff worked with Emerson industrial energy consultants to benchmark existing operations…
- 30 Oct 2019
Emerson Automation Experts: State-based Control Case Study at AFPM Summit

Jim Cahill

Dustin Beebe At the 2019 AFPM Operations & Technology Summit , Emerson’s Dustin Beebe teamed with a professional with a global chemical producer. Their presentation was case study was on applying state-based control on one of their production processes. Procedural automation addresses the various states in which a continuous process resides. Some examples include startup, upset recovery, planned shutdown, and emergency…
- 15 Oct 2019
Emerson Automation Experts: Navigating your Career with the 5 V’s

Jim Cahill

The transition continues across many industries as Baby Boomers retire and new professionals come into the manufacturing & production industries. That’s true for refiners and petrochemical producers. Here in San Antonio, Texas, at the AFPM Operations & Process Technology Summit , an Emerging Leaders panel explored the issues surrounding this transition. Emerson’s Meha Jha joined this panel with other young leaders from…
- 14 Oct 2019
Emerson Automation Experts: Navigating your Career with the 5 V’s

Jim Cahill

The transition continues across many industries as Baby Boomers retire and new professionals come into the manufacturing & production industries. That’s true for refiners and petrochemical producers. Here in San Antonio, Texas, at the AFPM Operations & Process Technology Summit , an Emerging Leaders panel explored the issues surrounding this transition. Emerson’s Meha Jha joined this panel with other young leaders from…
- 14 Oct 2019
Emerson Automation Experts: Cloud-based Air Separation Plant Monitoring

Jim Cahill

Pete Sharpe At the AFPM Operations & Process Technology Summit , Emerson’s Pete Sharpe teamed with an air separation plant company leader on a presentation, Bringing Smart Manufacturing to the Masses. Here’s their abstract: The Smart Manufacturing Institute has won a $70M grant from the Department of Energy to build a prototype of the Smart Manufacturing (SM) Platform and implement a number of test bed projects. The…
- 14 Oct 2019
Tips for New Process Automation Folks: Webinar Recording: Lessons Learned During the Migration to a New DCS

Gregory K McMillan

The post Webinar Recording: Lessons Learned During the Migration to a New DCS first appeared on the ISA Interchange blog site. This educational ISA webinar was presented by Greg McMillan . Greg is an industry consultant, author of numerous process control books, 2010 ISA Life Achievement Award recipient and retired Senior Fellow from Solutia Inc. (now Eastman Chemical ). …
- 2 Oct 2019
Emerson Automation Experts: Cost of DCS Modernization?

Jim Cahill

Emerson’s Laurie Ben and Aaron Crews presented DCS Modernization—What Does it Cost?, at the 2019 Emerson Exchange conference. Laurie opened sharing the facts that over 5800 modernization projects have been performed since the 21 st century began. Emerson provides pre-Front End Engineering Design (FEED) through commissioning and startup services for these projects. The earlier planning begins, low the costs and risks…
- 26 Sep 2019
Emerson Automation Experts: Case Study in Carbon Black Process Optimization

Jim Cahill

Emerson’s Dr. Tiffany Tang presented Novel Idea of Model Predictive Control on Fast Process! First Application at the 2019 Emerson Exchange conference. Here is Tiffany’s abstract: Carbon black formation reaction is a fast process in the order of seconds. An application of model predictive control (MPC) on such a fast process was recommended. MPC was proposed to close the loop on product quality, Iodine number, and oil…
- 25 Sep 2019
Improve & Modernize Blog: MyEmerson Digital Tools

Jim Cahill

Emerson’s Brad Budde , Lisa Nelson and Allison Sterling presented on the topic of MyEmerson Digital Tools. Digital technology is widely affecting the way we live. US Adults spent 6.3 hours/day on average consuming digital media. Engineers work with CAD drawings, engineering tools, procurement tools and asset information that they get online to do their jobs more productively. Recently announced is the MyEmerson Personalized…
- 24 Sep 2019
Emerson Automation Experts: MyEmerson Digital Tools

Jim Cahill

Emerson’s Brad Budde , Lisa Nelson and Allison Sterling presented on the topic of MyEmerson Digital Tools. Digital technology is widely affecting the way we live. US Adults spent 6.3 hours/day on average consuming digital media. Engineers work with CAD drawings, engineering tools, procurement tools and asset information that they get online to do their jobs more productively. Recently announced is the MyEmerson Personalized…
- 24 Sep 2019
Implement & Build Blog: Digital Twin Solutions across Industries

Jim Cahill

When you hear “digital twin,” think of this as a digital replica of physical assets such as pumps and compressors, processes, people, places, systems and devices. Through these replicas, the operation of these things are modeled and simulated through their lifecycles. For these simulations to be effective, they must represent reality. To this end, feedback to the model is important for keeping it up to date and realistic…
- 19 Sep 2019
Implement & Build Blog: Digital Twin Solutions across Industries

Jim Cahill

When you hear “digital twin,” think of this as a digital replica of physical assets such as pumps and compressors, processes, people, places, systems and devices. Through these replicas, the operation of these things are modeled and simulated through their lifecycles. For these simulations to be effective, they must represent reality. To this end, feedback to the model is important for keeping it up to date and realistic…
- 19 Sep 2019
Implement & Build Blog: Digital Twin Solutions across Industries

Jim Cahill

When you hear “digital twin,” think of this as a digital replica of physical assets such as pumps and compressors, processes, people, places, systems and devices. Through these replicas, the operation of these things are modeled and simulated through their lifecycles. For these simulations to be effective, they must represent reality. To this end, feedback to the model is important for keeping it up to date and realistic…
- 19 Sep 2019
Implement & Build Blog: Digital Twin Solutions across Industries

Jim Cahill

When you hear “digital twin,” think of this as a digital replica of physical assets such as pumps and compressors, processes, people, places, systems and devices. Through these replicas, the operation of these things are modeled and simulated through their lifecycles. For these simulations to be effective, they must represent reality. To this end, feedback to the model is important for keeping it up to date and realistic…
- 19 Sep 2019
Emerson Automation Experts: Successfully Implementing State-Based Procedure Automation

Jim Cahill

Continuous processes still must go through startups, planned and unplanned shutdowns, upset recovery and other events. These operations have traditionally been performed manually. Eddie Lane At the October 14-16, 2019 AFPM Operations & Process Technology Summit in San Antonio, Texas, Emerson’s Courtney E. (Eddie) Lane will present with a Global Process Automation Technology Leader for a major chemical manufacturer…
- 16 Sep 2019
Tips for New Process Automation Folks: Missed Opportunities in Process Control - Part 6

Gregory K McMillan

The post, Missed Opportunities in Process Control - Part 6 , first appeared on the ControlGlobal.com Control Talk blog. Here is the Sixth part of a point blank decisive comprehensive list of what we really need to know in a detailed attempt to reduce the disparity between theory and practice. Please read, think and take to heart the opportunities to increase the performance and recognized value of our profession. The…
- 1 Aug 2019
Emerson Automation Experts: Globe Valve Basics

Jim Cahill

If you’re new to the process industries and have responsibilities including a safe, reliable and efficient production process, then you likely need to understand how control valves work. And, one of the best sources for learning is the Control Valve Handbook . For instance, if you need to learn about globe valves, section 3.1.1 of the handbook includes information on single-port valve bodies, post- and port-guided valve…
- 18 Jul 2019
Emerson Automation Experts: Globe Valve Basics

Jim Cahill

If you’re new to the process industries and have responsibilities including a safe, reliable and efficient production process, then you likely need to understand how control valves work. And, one of the best sources for learning is the Control Valve Handbook . For instance, if you need to learn about globe valves, section 3.1.1 of the handbook includes information on single-port valve bodies, post- and port-guided valve…
- 18 Jul 2019