Now, with many control systems being 30+ years old, most of these legacy systems have been placed in to end of life or retired lifecycle status. This means no further factory support is available. I caught up with Emerson's Scott Ross about some of the choices that...
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Modern Process Control Imperative for Digitalization
For chemical manufacturers, what business performance improvements are possible by executing a digitalization strategy? In a Chemical Engineering article, Digitalization Founded in Modern Process Control Strengthens Chemical Operations, Emerson's John Dolenc shares...
Ethylene Furnace Automation, Control & Optimization
Cracking furnaces are one of the most crucial parts of an ethylene complex. They set the production and yield for the entire plant. For furnace-limited plants, when a furnace is down, whether for maintenance or decoking, production is lost.
Successful Project Management Leadership Skills
The best laid plans do not always guarantee a successful project. But strong project management leadership can help identify the issues and help the project team address these issues earlier before they might lead to delays and additional costs. In a...
Adding Experts in Valve Condition Monitoring
Data available in manufacturing and production facilities is growing faster than people can process. In a Process Industry Informer article, How Valve Condition Monitoring Reduces Plant Downtime, Emerson's Fabrice Hoenig highlights this challenge: The vast amount of...
Podcasts Popular in 2019 Posts
As we enter this new decade of the 2020s, I wanted to do a quick look back at 2019 to share the 10 most popular posts in terms of total views. It's quite interesting to see that half of the top 10 are posts with embedded podcasts. What's interesting is that you can...
Digital Valve Services for Improved Operational Performance
This short 3-minute video, Digital Valve Services, highlights a portfolio of tools that provide operational data that is supplemented by OEM expert support to help keep valves operating as expected.
Migrating Legacy DCS/PLCs to DeltaV DCS using FlexConnect Solutions
Here in the Austin, Texas area, our Control System Modernization & Migration team recently opened a new Modernization Center. I caught up with Emerson's Scott Ross about the numerous ways to modernize a system based on the business objectives of the facility. In...
Encouraging Greater STEM Career Participation
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) careers are common here at Emerson. Our company published a study this year that found: …that 6 out of 10 Americans are interested in pursuing STEM careers – but fewer than 4 in 10 (39%) have felt encouraged to do so....
A Strategic Partnership Driving Valve Operational Performance Improvement
Manufacturer and producer reliability teams focus much of their efforts around the large plant assets including pumps, compressors, and control systems to maintain efficient and reliable operations. Valves, actuators and regulators often don't get this same attention....
Agile Project Methodology for the Right Types of Projects
The concept of Agile for managing software projects began in the 1990 in software development under early forerunners such as "…Scrum, DSDM, Application Development and Extreme Programming". The waterfall project management method was causing growing lead times and...
Migrating Legacy Control Systems and PLCs with FlexConnect Solutions
Now, with these control systems being more than 30+ years old, most of these legacy systems have been placed in to end of life or retired lifecycle status which means no further factory support is available. I caught up with Emerson's Scott Ross about the choices that...
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