In a Flow Control magazine article, Seven Digital Transformation Myths Exposed, Emerson’s Brian Joe offers advice on starting a digital transformation program. When we talk to companies about digital transformation, especially companies that have yet to launch a...
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Prevent 4 Common Pressure Gauge Failures and Safety Risks
Process environments such as extreme temperatures, corrosion, vibration, and overpressure can cause mechanical pressure gauges to fail, leading to process downtime or safety incidents. Learn how to prevent these risks using advanced pressure gauge technology.
Overcoming Challenging Temperature Measurements
Unlike pressure and flow measurement, temperature measurement can be much more complex given what is being measured. Fluids have thermal inertia characteristics which determine their temperature rate of change. In a Process Heating article, Instrumentation Solves...
WirelessHART—Digital Transformation-Enabling Technology
The FieldComm Group: …is a global standards-based non-profit member organization consisting of leading process end users, manufacturers, universities and research organizations that work together to direct the development, incorporation and implementation of...
Wirelessly Monitoring Tank Thief Hatches to Avoid Regulatory Fines
I shared a great case study from the oil patch yesterday with time savings with wireless pressure monitoring at the well head. Today, let's continue with another great case study from the oil patch with a Control magazine article, Use wireless to monitor thief...
Wireless Measurements for Increased Well Workover Productivity
ScienceDirect defines an oil and gas well workover as: …any kind of oil and gas well intervention involving invasive techniques, such as wireline, coiled tubing, or snubbing. It is an expensive process of pulling and replacing a well completion to repair an existing...
Cisco and Emerson Collaboration for Heavy Duty Networking Solution
Yesterday Cisco announced the Cisco Catalyst IW6300 Heavy Duty Series Access Points. The release highlighted the collaboration with Emerson to include connectivity with field device wireless networks. Emerson's Bob Karschnia is quoted: "By integrating the new Cisco...
IIoT and MultiVariable Instrumentation
When you hear discussions about "the cloud" you often also hear about "the edge" where higher resolution processing can be performed. For manufacturers and producers, this edge may extend to the instrumentation itself measuring and controlling the process. In a...
Easier Installation and Ongoing Operation with 2-Wire Coriolis Transmitter
There are many flow measurement technologies from which to choose. We discussed the advantages of Coriolis flow and density measurement technology in many applications in earlier posts. A short 3:23 YouTube video, 4200 2-Wire Coriolis Transmitter shares how this...
Specification Requirements for Corrosion Monitoring Systems
Process manufacturing involves moving fluids through pipes and vessels. A major concern in many industries is the corrosion and erosion that may occur inside the pipe walls. Corrosion monitoring systems are designed to track this degradation process. In a Flow Control...
IIoT and Device-Level Network Design
Wireless instrumentation has been available for manufacturers for more than a decade. Sensors have expanded beyond traditional measurements such as pressure, temperature, level and flow to measurements such as acoustic, vibration, conductivity and more. These easily...
Gas Production Corrosion Mitigation
As an oil & gas reservoir ages, the composition of the production often changes. For gas wells, this change is often from dry gas to a wetter gas. The wet components can be quite acidic due to CO2 and organic acids contained in this liquid phase. In an Oilfield...
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