One path in digital transformation programs is to drive reliability improvements of plant assets by moving from reactive maintenance to condition based maintenance of the equipment. I caught up with Emerson's Saurabh Pathak who shared a case study with me of a large,...
Why all this talk about digital transformation? It really boils down to the pressure manufacturers and producers are under to remain profitable, yet do so ever more safely, efficiently, and reliably. This pressure coupled with amazing technology advancements in just...
An Emerson local business partner's Evelyn Rosales presented with a petrochemical producer, Maximize your Turnaround Efficiency using Connected Services at the 2019 Emerson Exchange conference. This petrochemical producer began valve condition monitoring a year ago on...
The costs and difficulties associated with wiring and terminations have historically limited the sensors used in manufacturing and production processes to only the most essential measurements. Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)-based wireless devices have...
There is much talk this week at CERAWeek 2019 about the need to get data from Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) sensors and final control devices "out to the cloud" for collaboration. But how? IIoT technologies provide the opportunity to expand monitoring beyond...
The phrase digital transformation can conjure up an image of massive changes over a short timeframe. But the reality is that we've been undergoing a digital transformation in our personal lives for decades. Things like remote control devices, wireless communications,...
Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) play an important role in capital projects by providing modular equipment and processes. They deliver engineered solutions to manufacturers to meet a variety of project requirements, and after commissioning their equipment,...
Jonas Berge shares practical steps in improving reliability and performance by incorporating the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) with valve diagnostics
Jonas Berge describes how electric utilities can apply the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to increase energy efficiency, reduce emissions & more
One of the byproducts of control and safety systems is the accumulation of Big Data. By itself, this data is not useful, unless as ControlGlobal.com editor Jim Montague explains in an article, Alternate paths from the field to cloud, you are: …moving production data...
If you keep up with news in the world of automation, you've likely heard about IT (information technology) and OT (operational technology) coming ever closer together due to the potential value of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications. For many...
As the Internet of Things and the Industrial Internet of Things technologies continue to advance, opportunities to run plants more safely, reliably and efficiently advance as well. At the Dell EMC World conference next week in Las Vegas, Emerson's Mike Boudreaux will...
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