In recent weeks, there have been third party reports regarding security vulnerabilities of WirelessHART® systems. Emerson's security experts have investigated and evaluated these claims. There are no known instances of successful security breaches in a customer...
Trade associations play an important role in setting standards for their industry. A great example is the American Petroleum Institute (API). Just a sampling of important standards we've discussed here on the blog includes API 670 – Machinery Protection, API 682 –...
For batch-based processes, the "golden batch" is term often used to describe the ideal batch against which all other batches are compared. In a Control magazine article, Data Analytics in Batch Operations, it is defined: …as the time-based profile of the measurement...
As the global supply of oil exceeds demand, not only do we continue to see falling prices, but also tank storage facilities with increasing inventories. From a process automation and management standpoint, having safe and reliable overfill prevention systems are...
Author: Douglas Morris Back in the 1990s, the Robert Redford film "Sneakers" was a story about cryptography, hackers, and a government plot. It's not an Oscar-worthy movie, but it was interesting back in the day. Anyway, during one of the final scenes, Ben Kingsley's...
Articles such as Oil & Gas iQ's Five Deadliest Onshore Oil & Gas Blasts remind us of the critical importance and focus that is required for process and personnel safety. I lived in New Orleans at the time of one of the five mentioned. The accident occurred...
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) or Industrie 4.0 depending on where you live remains a lively topic of discussion in our industry. A Control Engineering magazine series of articles, Industrial Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 brought together six articles...
Given the important role that process automation plays in the products that process manufacturers and producers bring to the world, it's important to have continuity in leadership. Each year, Control Engineering and Plant Engineering magazines recognize Engineering...
A recent Top Quartile post, The Path to (Energy) Recovery: Reduce Waste to Boost the Bottom Line, shared a statistic from the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy: …the energy used by U.S. manufacturing plants costs the nation an additional $180 billion...
While I'm traveling through Asia this week, I'll keep this post short by highlighting a new animated YouTube video (3:09) on Marine Fuel Consumption Measurement using Micro Motion mass flow and density measurement technology. The Micro Motion Fuel Consumption Solution...
As the ubiquity of communications and the underlying hardware and software continue to advance, so do opportunities to apply the Industrial Internet of Things, a.k.a. Industrie 4.0, solutions. In a CIO Review article, IIoT Business Drivers and Investment Priorities,...
Emerson's Hampus Regnér and Christoffer Widahl presented Increase Safety and Efficiency With New Proof Test Method at the Denver Emerson Exchange conference. Here is their presentation abstract: A functional proof test of a high level alarm (HLA) is required as a key...
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