A rapid decrease in the cost of sensing equipment has driven many reliability teams to implement even more automated condition monitoring across their facilities. A wide variety of new technologies are both easy to implement and full of robust features to increase...
Digital Transformation
Digitally Transform Corrosion Monitoring in Refining Applications
Monitoring corrosion risk provides early warnings to process conditions that may harm plant assets, allowing for better and faster mitigation responses. At the same time, it provides valuable data to optimize process parameters and support feedstock management.
Faster Tech Transfer Unlocks Speed to Market
The rapid development of the COVID-19 vaccine has created a dramatic shift in the way the public and life sciences organizations view the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals. In a recent Q&A with Pharma Manufacturing, Nathan Pettus, president of Emerson’s process...
Ready to Own your Virtualization Infrastructure?
Over the last decade or so we’ve seen rack after rack of servers disappear as organizations have embraced virtualization technology. Not only does moving to a virtualized backbone reduce equipment footprint, but it also dramatically reduces energy usage to help plants...
Anytime, Anywhere Simulation and Engineering via the Cloud
In the last five years, simulation technologies have been a critical tool used to drive digital transformation of automated processes. In simulated environments, organizations can provide comprehensive training for personnel and test new control configurations without...
Digital Transformation for Shutdowns, Turnarounds, Outages
In a Chemical Processing article, Maintenance: Turnarounds Get A New Spin, Emerson’s John Sanders and Aaron Crews join a KBC senior leader to share their perspectives on optimizing STOs [shutdowns, turnarounds, outages].
Remote Monitoring Lays the Foundation for Lights-Out Manufacturing
It isn’t news that the global pandemic upended the way we operate our plants. When social distancing trapped our most valuable personnel outside the facilities we rely on, it suddenly meant finding new ways to get critical work done. But the reality is, those changes...
Process Alarm and Event Data in Non-Traditional Cloud-Based Applications
Plant network load balancing, cybersecurity, single-port firewall traversals, and other networking, data transport and storage challenges have constrained organizations in the ability to access these data sets at the scale desired. Growing volumes of data from operating plants is finding its way to enterprise IT networks including cloud platforms and is being leveraged in large numbers of use cases.
Make the most of your reliability workforce
Today’s plants frequently have limited personnel but still need to find ways to do more work and meet increasing goals and quotas. This dichotomy frequently causes a problem when it comes to asset monitoring, which is traditionally performed by technicians manually...
How Industrial Facilities Are Prioritizing Safety with Advanced Location Technology
Enabled by WirelessHART® technology, advanced location technology offers an added level of safety for at-work employees, visitors, and contractors. Learn how a site-specific location solution streamlines safety processes while addressing up to 70% of recordable injuries.
MTP Unlocks Faster Integration for Smoother Capital Projects
Because automation is typically on the critical path of any capital project, delays in integration can have significant impacts on project timelines and costs. One of the most common areas where integrating equipment can delay project completion and startup is with...
Cloud-based Operational Technology
In a Digital Energy Journal article, Moving industrial plant computing to the cloud, Emerson Chief Technology Officer Peter Zornio shares how this trend has extended into industrial automation applications.
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