Instrumentation and electrical professionals know the challenge in connecting wired devices in the field. These connections must be suitable for the hazardous location classification and environmental conditions. The engineering effort includes not only the selection...
Austin, Texas, already a hotbed for technology as recently recognized by Forbes magazine, will host a gathering of chemical engineering professionals later this month. The AIChE is hosting the 2015 Spring Meeting and 11th Global Congress on Process Safety here on...
Author: Dennis Tkacs Why do computer driven systems fail? It's a subject I want to develop over the next few blog posts. And by fail I don't mean technically, but rather why do they fail to meet the business cases under which their procurement was initially justified?...
Author: Robert Ferris, Ph.D. As nanomaterial production increases, so does the need for quality assurance. Here, we cover the common challenges with nanomaterial scale-up and how some companies are ensuring product performance for their customers. As nanomaterials...
In a recent post we highlighted diagnostics to identify wiring corrosion. But what about corrosion in the process piping? I recently received a whitepaper, Solutions for Corrosion Monitoring in Refineries, written by Emerson's Kjell Wold and Hallgeir Jenssen. They...
Author: Robert Ferris, Ph.D. 3D printing is taking the manufacturing world by storm; this article covers what nanotechnology is delivering in the world of additive manufacturing. We have all heard of the revolutionary capabilities of additive manufacturing / 3D...
Author: Robert Ferris, Ph.D. Nanotechnology-enabled products are offering real value in equipment reliability Reliability is the hot-topic in the automation world right now. Nearly every major company, ranging from BHP Billiton, BP, or BASF, has identified process...
Author: Robert Ferris, Ph.D. Nanotechnology-enabled products is offering real value in the oil & gas industry This piece will focus on the customers in the oil & gas industry. Oil & gas producers have been an early adopter of nanotechnology. Fundamentally,...
Author: Robert Ferris, Ph.D. With the burgeoning selection of nanotechnology-enabled products, we are simultaneously watching the creative destruction process at work. A company's success or failure depend on a number of factors, including market dynamics, technology,...
Flow is a key measurement for most process manufacturers. In this quick, 1:38 YouTube video, How Multivariable Transmitters Work, Emerson's team who manages the Rosemount brand of products give an explanation of how multivariable pressure transmitters work and how...
A blog by Robert Ferris, Ph.D. Nanomanufacturing is the next industrial revolution The term nanomanufacturing has emerged as industry adopts nanotechnology. Nanomanufacturing indicates the various methods companies are using to a make the advanced materials and...
A blog by Robert Ferris, Ph.D. Regulation of Nanotechnology The nanotechnology regulatory environment is fraught with convolution, controversy, and confusion; here is why. As it stands today, the production of engineered nanotechnology-based products are not subject...
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