In this Emerson Automation Experts podcast, Jim Cahill speaks with Emerson’s Aaron Crews who leads the modernization team. Aaron discusses a new application, REVAMP which is a groundbreaking, cloud-based, advanced software solution that helps manage the transition of legacy applications to optimal control.
control system migration
Modernization of DCS and PLC with Electronic Marshalling
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...
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...
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...
Migrating Legacy PLC-5s to DeltaV
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. Now,...
Plan for PID Control Differences in Control System Migration Projects
The typical lives of industrial control systems (ICSs) are measured in decades. Even so, the time comes when reliability and securing replacement parts becomes nearly impossible given the rapid advancement of technology. There is much to plan and do when the time...
5 Questions for Control System Modernization Consultant MC Chow
Let's continue our 5 Questions for an Emerson Expert podcast series with MC Chow. MC has more than two decades of experience in process automation and safety. He works with process manufacturers and producers to modernize their control and safety systems in order to...
Inputs for Developing Control System Migration Strategies
Author: Scott Turner When considering replacing your existing control system with a new control system it is important to plan the project up front. At Emerson on a typical Greenfield project, we would write a Project Execution Strategy. This is pretty standard...
Front End Planning for Control System Modernization Projects
Sometimes getting a project's capital budget approved is tougher than executing the project itself. That can be even truer for brownfield sites trying to modernize an aging control system. Trying to justify that "something might break and we won't quickly be able to...
Increasing Project Efficiencies in Control System Modernizations
As members of the "baby boom" generation retire and remove their deep experience from process manufacturers and producers, sometimes the remaining staff knows little of the inner workings of the control systems. Many of these distributed control systems and PLCs that...
Projects, Optimization and Risk Analysis at AIChE Spring Meeting
In an earlier post, we previewed some of the Big Data presentations which will take place at the upcoming April 26-30 2015 AIChE Spring Meeting here in Austin, Texas. There are several other presentation by Emerson folks I wanted to highlight. Laurie Ben will be...
Control System Migrations Gone Wild! Best Practices & Lessons Learned
Emerson's Laurie Ben, director of control system modernization, shared some tips on how to manage your control system modernization projects. Laurie opened with what a migration project looks like when it goes wild. A common issue the wrong form of PID control being...
Keep Up to Date With the Latest News and Updates
Follow Us
We invite you to follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube to stay up to date on the latest news, events and innovations that will help you face and solve your toughest challenges.
Do you want to reuse or translate content?
Just post a link to the entry and send us a quick note so we can share your work. Thank you very much.
Our Global Community
Emerson Exchange 365
The opinions expressed here are the personal opinions of the authors. Content published here is not read or approved by Emerson before it is posted and does not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Emerson.