In a recent Automation World column, The Future is Attainable with Today's Automation, Emerson Process Management's former president, John Berra, noted: The number one issue in process plants is the disruptive cost of an unplanned shutdown. And the number one cause of...
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Rotating Equipment Monitoring and Protection
I discovered a great article, The Signs of Failure, in the fall edition of Resource Engineering & Maintenance magazine. Emerson's Dan Nower, a member of the Machinery Health Management team wrote the article. Dan shares the thought that most rotating machinery...
Getting Plant Alarms under Control
I discovered this post yesterday, Alarming Links & Resources from the Harold in Control blog. It included a link to a DeltaV whitepaper on Alarm Rationalization. It also pointed to a LinkedIn discussion in the Alarm Management group, Alarm Rationalisation Success...
Control Valves in Process Uptime
OK, the folks in Emerson's Fisher valve division get pretty excited about control valves, but do you? Control valves, after all, have been around for a while: The concept of a control valve goes at least as far back as the bronze plug cocks used by the Romans in their...
Roadmapping Efficiency Improvements
Utilities Middle East magazine had a recent interview with Emerson's Jeff Householder. Jeff is based in Dubai and leads the Systems and Solutions efforts for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. This Q&A article explores Jeff views on the outlook for the power...
A High-Speed, Statistical View for Better Decision Making
You might recall Emerson's Bill Zhou from a quick, Rosemount transmitter demo video done at the Emerson Exchange a few weeks ago. I asked Bill if I could get a copy of his and Andrew Klosinski's recent National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA)...
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