In my automation-related blogs RSS feed, I discovered a Foundation Fieldbus blog post, Good Article on Benefits of Control in the Field. The Fieldbus Foundation (FF)'s Larry O'Brien points to an article, Control-in-the-field provides control & reliability written...
I saw the news from the Fieldbus Foundation of automation systems or "hosts" being registered incorporating the Host Profile "61b". It is described: In the Foundation fieldbus automation infrastructure, hosts can include configuration tools, recording devices, alarm...
I caught wind of a Foundation fieldbus free seminar series beginning in Carson, California on May 24. Additionally, there is a session the following day for automation suppliers. The end user and engineering contractor session is described as being: …designed for...
Online communities continue to grow and prosper in our world of process automation because they provide a peer-to-peer environment for problem solving. The DeltaV LinkedIn group is one that has had a steady growth in membership. In this group, a question was recently...
I received a note from Emerson's Jonas Berge of a recent Foundation fieldbus (FF) General Assembly meeting in Mumbai, India. It was their largest gathering of process automation professionals to date. Jonas shared with me that India has an ever-increasing process...
Emerson's Jonas Berge alerted me to a series of Asia Pacific region seminars on Foundation fieldbus. The Singapore Fieldbus Foundation site has links to the presentations given for the seminars held in Malaysia, Taiwan, and one in Singapore for the water/waste water...
As 2010 was winding down, I did a post Digital Busses Team Up for Successful Results in which I referenced a book Catching the Process Fieldbus--An Introduction to Profibus for Process Automation. Over the holidays, I received an email from Emerson's Jonas Berge, whom...
Update: The ControlLoopFoundation.com site is no longer operational. Universities around the world provide great foundational engineering educations. But how does one become a true expert in our world of process automation? The answer is that unlike ever before, there...
Those that read this blog regularly know that I rarely delve into controversial topics. The focus is much more about connecting readers with the experts we have all around Emerson Process Management. One of the few posts that caused a dust up was Response to...
You may have heard about the focus on Human Centered Design (HCD) approaches across Emerson Process Management. The importance of this trend was highlighted in a recent Sound Off! blog post on Human Factors Engineering. This HCD focus over the past several years has...
I wanted to welcome a new blogger to the family of Emerson Process Management bloggers. Emerson's Mark Nixon joins Terry Blevins and Greg McMillan over at the Modeling and Control blog. You may recall Mark from some earlier posts on this blog. I've known Mark for many...
Whether controlling pumps, fans, blowers, conveyors, compressors, extruders, mixers, agitators, chippers, etc., AC variable speed drives can be found in most plants and mills. Emerson's Jonas Berge, whom you may recall from earlier digital communications-related...
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