Battery manufacturing operates at scale, where even rare defects can have an outsized impact. A single faulty cell can compromise an entire pack, leading to safety risks, recalls, and warranty costs. Traditional end-of-line testing methods often lack the resolution needed to detect these anomalies in high-volume production
Most devices are smart, but the data is often stranded in the device. What is usually missing is written instructions, carried through procurement and design, that say which data comes out, where it lands, and what someone does with it. Without the instructions, the asset management software ships uninstalled or installed but not utilized, the input/output cards get ordered without HART capability, and the plant starts up with 4-20 milliamp signals and nothing else.
Emerson’s Mark Nixon has collaborated with Flint Hills Resources’ Ike Brackin and COP founder and Chief Human Factors Engineer at Beville, Dave Strobhar, on a new book titled Data-to-Information Handbook: Building Effective Display Systems for Refining Processes.
The Guardian™ Digital Platform is a unified digital platform for AI-enabled enterprise operations. It connects enterprise insights, software applications, and digital solutions, bringing together the systems, data, and expertise teams use every day.
At a recent Ovation Users’ Group session, Matt Pizarchik, Excitation Engineer at Emerson, covered how voltage regulators work regardless of manufacturer, the most common failure modes in the field, and the diagnostics built into Ovation excitation controls.
PRVs are the last line of defense against overpressure in ethylene plants. They protect equipment and pipelines carrying flammable hydrocarbons through extreme temperature swings, high pressures, and corrosive service. When a valve leaks during normal operation, fails to reseat after relief, or suffers a bellows rupture, the consequences extend to emissions, product loss, and personnel safety.
See how Emerson supports its customers in navigating increasingly complex offshore oil and gas projects by delivering value across the entire project lifecycle. Combining its deep industry expertise with integrated lifecycle services, Emerson provides end-to-end global project execution – from consulting and design through to start-up, operations and ongoing support.
A purpose-built industrial data fabric centralizes connectivity and delivery in a single layer, scaling from one site to a global enterprise. The result is a more defensible architecture and a faster path from data to decision.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping infrastructure well beyond the data center, and its first pressure point is often the plant. In a keynote to the Ovation Users’ Group, one industry veteran made the case that power, water, and wastewater operators are already living inside that shift, whether they realize it or not.
Power and water demand is growing at a pace the industry has not seen before, and every fuel source is on the table to meet it. Delivering a control system and walking away no longer fits that reality.
Rick Kephart, technology leader for Emerson’s power and water solutions business, framed the challenge around two forces, rising complexity and the people component, with the people side ranking first. The platform’s job is to add flexibility and intelligence, so a human operator stays effective as the landscape shifts.
Technology, markets, and customer needs continue to evolve across the power and water industries. In his keynote presentation at the Ovation Users’ Group conference, Bob Yeager, President of Emerson’s Power and Water Solutions business, discussed how staying relevant requires continuous transformation, close customer collaboration, and a willingness to embrace new technologies.
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