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Products - Configuration and diagnostics tool for Coriolis flow and density meters 18/01/2012
Emerson Process Management has announced the release of Micro Motion ProLink III, a Microsoft Windows-based configuration and service tool for Micro Motion Coriolis flow and density transmitters.
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Case Studies - Wireless level gauging solution for refinery 03/01/2012
The state-owned Tüpras refinery in Izmir, Turkey, has placed an order with Emerson Process Management for a tank gauging system that includes 85 wireless TankRadar Rex radar level gauges.
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Case Studies - Emerson announces Smart Energy Initiative 21/11/2011
Emerson Process Management has announced the ‘Smart Energy Initiative’, a global programme designed to combine its industrial energy expertise with advanced energy management technologies.
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Features - Emerson announces Smart Energy Initiative 21/11/2011
Emerson Process Management has announced the ‘Smart Energy Initiative’, a global programme designed to combine its industrial energy expertise with advanced energy management technologies.
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News - Emerson announces Smart Energy Initiative 21/11/2011
Emerson Process Management has announced the ‘Smart Energy Initiative’, a global programme designed to combine its industrial energy expertise with advanced energy management technologies.
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Case Studies - Wireless conductivity transmitters help prevent chemical discharge 16/11/2011
Korsnäs Gävle is using Emerson Process Management’s Smart Wireless conductivity and temperature transmitters to collect critical leak-detection monitoring data at its board and paper production unit at Gävlebukten, Sweden, enabling it to verify its compliance with environmental monitoring legislation.
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Features - Wireless conductivity transmitters help prevent chemical discharge 16/11/2011
Korsnäs Gävle is using Emerson Process Management’s Smart Wireless conductivity and temperature transmitters to collect critical leak-detection monitoring data at its board and paper production unit at Gävlebukten, Sweden, enabling it to verify its compliance with environmental monitoring legislation.
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Products - Wireless conductivity transmitters help prevent chemical discharge 16/11/2011
Korsnäs Gävle is using Emerson Process Management’s Smart Wireless conductivity and temperature transmitters to collect critical leak-detection monitoring data at its board and paper production unit at Gävlebukten, Sweden, enabling it to verify its compliance with environmental monitoring legislation.
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Features - Switching to wireless level detection 08/11/2011
New developments in wireless communications offer a solution for level monitoring without the need for cabling or the associated risk of damaging the existing installation, and enabling configuration and troubleshooting from a central location.
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Products - Switching to wireless level detection 08/11/2011
New developments in wireless communications offer a solution for level monitoring without the need for cabling or the associated risk of damaging the existing installation, and enabling configuration and troubleshooting from a central location.
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Features - Wireless transformation in global industrial facilities 01/11/2011
IMS Research reports that worldwide shipments of industrial products that are wireless-enabled are set to grow from an estimated 1.2 million in 2009 to more than 3 million in 2015, at an average annual growth rate of 18%. Since WirelessHART was approved in 2010 as the first international wireless communication standard, it has been validated and accepted globally by industry.
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Sponsored content - Emerson extends Quick Ship programme 27/09/2011
The Emerson Process Management Quick Ship programme has now been extended to cover selected Fisher® valves, assemblies and parts, providing customers with reduced lead times.
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Sponsored content - Multi-purpose industrial regulators designed to improve flow performance 13/09/2011
Emerson Process Management has released new Fisher regulators that are ideal for demanding applications where large flow and a fast response are required.
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Case Studies - Decrease energy costs with steam trap monitoring 06/09/2011
Emerson Process Management is helping processing plants significantly reduce their energy costs with the Rosemount® 708 Wireless Acoustic Transmitter, an industry-leading combination of temperature measurement with acoustic “listening” that gives customers unparalleled visibility into the state of their steam trap.
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Features - Digital plant architecture provides flexibility and reliability for complex laboratory processes 06/09/2011
The Gran Sasso National Laboratories in the Abruzzo region of central Italy are situated around 1400 m below the summit of the Gran Sasso mountain. Owned by the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), the laboratories have been created to carry out experiments in a setting with a low radioactivity level. The rocks above the laboratories act as a shield against cosmic radiations and make it possible to measure very weak radioactive signals from materials being tested.
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Features - Chemical plant replaces outdated PLCs with a digital automation system 01/08/2011
AkzoNobel Functional Chemicals is modernising its production facility in Herkenbosch, in The Netherlands, using Emerson Process Management's DeltaV digital automation system Version 11.
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Features - Magnetic flowmeters can contribute more 19/07/2011
Klaus Brockman of Emerson Process Management explains how the latest generation magnetic flowmeters, with built in diagnostics and integrated meter verification, can help to better manage the production process.
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Case Studies - Unique temperature module added to CSI 6500 Machinery Health Monitor 12/07/2011
A new A6630 temperature module from Emerson has been added to the CSI 6500 that delivers critical bearing temperature measurements in addition to vibration monitoring.
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Features - Density meter reduces costs and improves quality at paper mill 05/07/2011
Cartiere del Garda is using a Micro Motion density meter from Emerson Process Management to measure the concentration of kaolin and other additives in the coating process at its paper mill in Italy.
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News - Asset Management solution in French language version 24/05/2011
Emerson Process Management has released AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager v11.1.1 in a French language version.
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Case Studies - Emerson introduces Fisher Fieldbus digital level controller 24/05/2011
Fisher FIELDVUE DLC3020f fieldbus digital level controller provides easy access to information that enables accurate control with less downtime, to help users improve operations.
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Features - Machinery health management solution for Romanian power plant 17/05/2011
S.C. Complexul Energetic Rovinari has selected Emerson Process Management to supply its CSI 6500 Machinery Health Monitor for continuous protection and prediction monitoring of critical machinery at the Rovinari Power Plant in Romania.
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Case Studies - Emerson extends Machinery Health Monitor range 10/05/2011
The new compact CSI 6500 Machinery Health Monitor delivers predictive diagnostics in remote applications.
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Products - Emerson introduces digital valve controller with linkage-less, non-contact feedback technology 01/03/2011
The FIELDVUE DVC6200 is designed for applications that experience high levels of vibration, corrosion, or material entrapment.
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Products - Emerson’s WirelessHART® Fisher® position monitor extends safety and performance gains 22/02/2011
The monitor is a linkage-less device that provides accurate feedback from valves previously unconnected to the control system.
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Features - Electronic marshalling improves project success 15/02/2011
International chemical and plastics maker Solvay has selected Emerson Process Management’s DeltaV digital automation system Version 11 with electronic marshalling and Characterization Modules (CHARMS) to improve control of a strategic PVC polymerisation process at its plant in France.
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News - DeltaV SIS Process Safety System gains BMS compliance 24/01/2011
Emerson Process Management’s DeltaV SIS process safety system has proven compliance with three burner management system (BMS) standards.
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Features - Butterfly valves help reduce process variability by 5% 24/01/2011
INEOS Chlor, a producer of chlor-alkali and chlorine derivatives, has succeeded in reducing process variability by 5% at its Runcorn plant in the UK.
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Features - Smart Wireless Gateway is independently certified 13/12/2010
Emerson Process Management has been awarded independent, Achilles certification for its Smart Wireless Gateway.
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Features - European Process Automation Users discuss ‘Electronic Marshalling’ at Emerson Conference 06/12/2010
Introduced one year ago, the ‘I/O on Demand’ concept is still under discussion, and a few end users have decided to introduce pilot projects to test the technology. They reported their first experiences at a conference in Berlin.
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News - ABB bows out of Chloride bidding war 02/07/2010
ABB says it will not match Emerson’s offer of around £1 billion for UK UPS specialist Chloride Group. Emerson had hit back against ABB’s offer of £860 million, which looked to have scuppered Emerson’s original £723 million takeover bid.
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News - ABB and Emerson battle for Chloride 29/06/2010
The battle for UK company Chloride continues as Emerson launches an offer to counter ABB’s previously accepted £860 million take-over bid. Emerson has pushed its offer up to just under £1 billion (€1.2 billion), causing Chloride shares to rocket.
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News - Gas analyser offers Web interface 17/02/2010
Complex, sophisticated, and highly automated are the best words to describe the latest industrial gas analysers on the market. And yet, it’s getting harder to find the right people to take care of them. Technicians with gas analyser experience, says Daniel Benitez, VP of Rosemount Analytical in Houston, are becoming a rare species.
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News - Human Centred Design Drives Emerson’s New Technology Development 06/02/2010
Five years ago Emerson Process Automation established a research institute to design its next generation automation and control systems. The emphasis was placed on driving simplifications that are badly needed if automation systems are to adapt to the demographics of future users. Peter Zornio, Emerson’s chief strategic officer, described the vision at his company’s office in Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
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Features - Analyser placement in ammonia plants 12/11/2009
Effective selection and placement of online gas analysers can improve product quality and production efficiency at ammonia plants.
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Features - Effective management 15/09/2009
As plant communications advance and diagnostic information becomes evermore accessible, the idea of implementing asset management systems has spread and the systems themselves provide increasing benefits. Anna Mitchell caught up with Emerson’s Johan Claassen, business development manager of PlantWeb Services for Europe the Middle East and Africa.
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Features - Ethernet Enthusiasm: Will it Saturate the Plant? 26/08/2009
Zealous Ethernet champions see the day when all instruments, actuators, and controllers are connected in one vast harmonious plant network—and, by natural extension, to the Internet. Never mind Profibus, serial communications, or 4-20 mA: they will all fade away.
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News - The ‘next-generation’ handheld communicator 13/07/2009
The 475 Field Communicator is the latest version of Emerson Process Management’s line of handheld instruments, which include the previous 275 and 375 models. The new version adds a full-colour graphical user interface, Bluetooth® communication, advanced field diagnostics, and extended battery life.
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News - Butterfly Valve with Double the Control Range 07/07/2009
The Fisher® Control-Disk™ valve’s wide control range is twice that of traditional butterfly valves for better adherence to set point. This improved capability allows control closer to the target set point, regardless of process disturbances, which results in a reduction in process variability.
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Features - Trends and technology developments in level instrumentation 22/06/2009
The need for accurate measurement and reliable level alarms—while meeting ever more stringent health and safety regulations—continues to push equipment manufacturers to provide better performing instrumentation.
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News - Emerson unveils updated application guide 11/06/2009
Emerson Process Management has updated its Natural Gas Application Guide in a bid to help its customers select the right pressure regulator, whether it be for a well head or residential application. The Regulator Technologies division of Emerson Process Management published Edition VI.
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News - Emerson expands into upstream oil and gas automation 08/06/2009
Emerson Process Management announced it has acquired the Norwegian company Roxar ASA. The acquisition, says Emerson, "creates the world’s first integrated automation solutions company whose products span from subsea oil and gas reservoirs, to platform and floating production, to transmission, and ultimately through refining and production of goods."
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Features - Recession is no excuse 15/05/2009
In times of economic uncertainty, companies may focus on cost-cutting at the expense of environmental concerns and initiatives. Peter Ward, MCERTS Inspector and senior product manager at Emerson Process Management, Mobrey Measurement Division, warns against putting environmental priorities on hold.
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Features - Three power generators upgrade control, simulation platforms 08/05/2009
Combined-cycle, nuclear, and coal-fired plants each weigh options for system upgrades, seeking efficiency, lower costs.
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Features - The Transparency of Wireless 23/04/2009
Wireless networking and device manufacturers have gone to great lengths to create products that are secure, easy to work with, and operationally indistinguishable from wired equivalents.
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Features - The Practice of Safe Sensing 15/04/2009
Safety-certified sensors promise to cut costs and boost performance. But the tradeoffs must be carefully considered.
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News - Internet network group grows 50%; interoperability test event planned in March 10/02/2009
Texas Instruments, National Instruments, Landis+Gyr join others in promoting use of Internet Protocol (IP) for sensor-equipped smart objects. The IP for Smart Objects (IPSO) Alliance has grown its membership by more than 50 per cent since its formation by 25 founding companies in September 2008, adding Texas Instruments, National Instruments, Landis+Gyr/Cellnet and 10 other new members.
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News - New podcast: Audio tutorial examines integration platforms, EDDL and FDT/DTM 26/01/2009
Competing platforms share much functionality but differ on implementation. Which is best for you?
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News - BP selects SIS for UK deployment 08/01/2009
BP's fuel storage and distribution sites in the UK will use a common overspill protection system. BP has selected Emerson’s Delta V SIS (safety instrumented system) for use in its overspill protection systems throughout the UK, following an evaluation program by Trident Engineering Consultants.
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Features - Doing more than flow 30/11/2008
To compensate for fluctuations in pressure, temperature, viscosity, and density, flowmeters are taking extra sensors on board.
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News - Wireless under discussion as Frost & Sullivan announce workshop 24/11/2008
Frost & Sullivan will host a one-day event on the Adoption of Wireless in Industrial Automation to discuss the latest trends in the industry. The workshop will be held on February 5, 2009 at the Moevenpick Hotel, Frankfurt, Germany.
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News - Emerson videos boost education 24/11/2008
Emerson Process Management is using YouTube style videos to provide information and education for its customers. The company’s Online Video Centre aims to provide technology, application and industry information in three to five minute length videos.
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Features - Tutorial: Instrumentation / DCS integration languages, EDDL 24/11/2008
One of the tools that can help you get more from your instrumentation and other process control devices are integration languages, such as EDDL and FDT.
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News - FDI achievement result of co-operation with process control suppliers 14/11/2008
The FDI (Field Device Integration) team has completed the draft architecture and inventory of use case analysis, describing the achievements as a milestone. The Steering Committee of the EDDL Co-operation Team has worked closely with the FDT Group to advance a common solution for field device integration.
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News - Largest ever ELITE Coriolis meter 30/10/2008
As the price of crude oil climbs to record levels, users have a new urgency to conduct fiscal transfers with the highest possible precision and reliability.
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Features - Short Tutorial: Differential pressure flowmeters 01/10/2008
While electronic technologies are displacing traditional approaches to flow metering, differential pressure (DP) based devices continue to be among the top five most popular flowmeters.
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Features - Integrating Asset Management and Maintenance 11/09/2008
A goal of 80 per cent planned maintenance is attainable when a plant asset management platform is integrated with maintenance strategy during engineering design. Bill Broussard, global marketing manager, PlantWeb Services, for Emerson Process Management, explains.
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Features - Indonesian power plant automates with Emerson 08/08/2008
Chengda Engineering Corporation of China will digitally automate the PLTU 2 Banten-Labuan power plant with equipment from Emerson Process Management.
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News - Fieldbus Foundation: Better Device Descriptions, Device Coupler Test Spec, board member 08/08/2008
Fieldbus Foundation has streamlined fieldbus development for device and system suppliers by enhancing its Device Descriptions (DD). In separate announcements, the organisation released the final Device Coupler Test Specification and named a DuPont executive to its board.
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News - Fieldbus heads for Wembley 04/08/2008
Fieldbus Foundation is to host its next UK roadshow at Wembley Stadium, London, UK, following similar events in Reading, Manchester and Middlesbrough. Presentations and practical demonstrations will aim to demonstrate how Foundation fieldbus technology can be used as part of a single plant-wide solution.
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News - Emerson Acquires TopWorx 08/07/2008
Emerson announced, on July 8, 2008, it has acquired TopWorx (www.topworx.com). Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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News - First SIL 3 certified control valves 10/06/2008
Emerson Process Management says it is the first control valve manufacturer to have achieved SIL 3 certification of several ranges of its Fisher® valves to IEC 61508 standards.
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White papers - Installing Fieldbus - Part Three 04/06/2008
Many automation engineers are coming face to face with real fieldbus applications for the first time. Fieldbus (the use of digital communications networks for distributed instrumentation & control) is a wonderful technology with many benefits, but fieldbus installation requires some additional considerations over and above normal 4-20mA projects. In this article, we will discuss some of those issues, and show you how to deal with them.
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News - Emerson joins forces with Cisco 02/04/2008
Emerson Process Management is working with Cisco to boost reliability for its plant management applications. The process automation and IT specialists claim their collaboration will advance the use of wireless technology in manufacturing.
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News - Universal controller for common transmitters 31/03/2008
The Rosemount 3490 Series of Universal Control Units is designed to provide comprehensive control functionality when used with any 4-20mA or HART compatible transmitter. The units configure transmitters and provide display, calculations, logging and control outputs. The controller performs a variety of calculations on the signal received from the transmitter, for example, translating level into volume or flow.
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Features - Analytical instruments for the process industries 31/03/2008
When there is a need to monitor a process variable that extends beyond pressure, flow, temperature, and level, some type of process analyser is involved. There are four categories of analytical instrumentation
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Features - Fundamentals of Self-Tuning Control 31/03/2008
Although proportional-integral-derivative controllers or ‘PID loops’ have been the de facto standard of industrial feedback control for more than 65 years, they’re not always easy to use. For PID loops to perform up to their potential, they must first be tuned to fit each application, then periodically re-tuned to maintain the desired closed-loop behaviour.
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Features - StatoilHydro wireless install 27/03/2008
Monitoring pressures on wellheads often requires daily visits, which are both impractical and hazardous. Now, StatoilHydro claims to have found a solution that, it claims not only eliminates the need for daily visits, but enables continuous monitoring.
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News - Emerson takes ‘first’ orders for WirelessHART 25/03/2008
Emerson Process Management claims to be the first process automation supplier to begin taking orders for WirelessHART-enabled products. These are products based on the recently approved open standard, which specifies use of open wireless communications for process measurement and control applications. The products are available as part of the company’s Smart Wireless plant automation solutions portfolio.
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Features - PPG praises ‘plug and play’ wireless solution 19/03/2008
PPG Industries has backed up its primary radar level measurement with eight wireless Rosemount transmitters. The instruments were purchased as part of a wider installation, of Emerson Process Management’s Smart Wireless solution, at the company’s Chemical Division facility in Louisiana, USA.
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News - Wireless podcast: What’s the killer application for your plant? 03/03/2008
Unless you love technology for its own sake, you probably won’t use wireless in your plant until you have a specific purpose in mind. In a new podcast, Peter Zornio and Bob Karschnia from Emerson Process Management look at wireless “killer applications” that could give you new ideas.
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Features - Tutorial: Conductivity sensors 20/02/2008
There are three liquid characteristics that are often thought of together, although they are different and use different sensor technology. Conductivity, ORP, and pH all have to do with specific chemical characteristics, but measuring each in a process stream requires its own approach. Control Engineering explains...
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Features - Wireless Networking moves from Instruments to Infrastructure 01/02/2008
Three major wireless providers, Honeywell, Emerson, and Invensys are pursuing widely different approaches—with specific benefits and weaknesses—but have clearly articulated long-term strategies and resources to achieve their goals.
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News - Emerson sells Brooks Instrument 08/01/2008
Emerson sold its Brooks Instrument unit on December 21, 2007, to American Industrial Partners Capital Fund IV, L.P. (AIP), for approximately $100 million (€70 million or £50 million) in cash.
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Features - Making pH sensors more durable 01/11/2007
Manufacturers have learned how to make accurate pH sensors, and keep them in calibration. The trouble is, in harsh conditions they don’t last very long—sometimes, only a few hours.
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Features - Condition Monitoring: Some Economic Issues 01/09/2007
New ways to gather information, such as wireless networking, plus information integration are helping users avoid costly downtime on their equipment.
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News - Hazenberg calls for survey participants 22/08/2007
MBA researcher, Willem Hazenberg, from Newport International University has undertaken a research project titled, ‘Selection and decision-making criteria for a Distributed Control System in the process industry’.
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News - Emerson scoops $27 million contract 24/07/2007
Emerson Process Management will upgrade a Polish power plant in a deal worth $27 million (approximately €20 million or £13 million).
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News - Emerson Opens Flow Centre in The Netherlands 03/07/2007
In late June, Emerson managers joined with employees, customers, local families, and members of the trade press to open their newly-built 8,700 square metre European Flow Centre near Utrecht.
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Features - New Ways to Power Instrumentation 01/06/2007
With the increased use of wireless networks and remote instrumentation, engineers are looking for non-traditional ways to supply electricity to their devices.
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Features - Standards for Device Integration: EDDL 01/04/2007
In this article and in the following issue (June 2007) we will present in more detail the device integration technologies currently spread in the process industry: EDDL and FDT/DTM.
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Features - Wireless networking in Process Automation: Building new applications in 2007 01/02/2007
Control system vendors are driving their stakes in the ground for the biggest new technology thrust in 30 years.
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Features - The vicious circle turns virtuous for process automation vendors 01/02/2007
With process automation technology seen as offering solutions for many of the process industries most pressing problems, instrument and control vendors are more optimistic than for many years, with the prospect of groundbreaking new technology adding further to already bright prospects, writes Andrew Bond
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News - Amarinth ramps up sales force 08/01/2007
Amarinth, pump design and manufacturing company, announced the addition of Carolyn Hepburn to its sales force for the north of the UK. Hepburn joined the company from Emerson Process Management and has previously worked for Costain.
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Features - Management and process control: a permanently open loop? 01/11/2006
Process control engineers need to raise their visibility in the plants where they work.
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Features - In-plant wireless joins the mainstream 01/11/2006
Europe will have to wait until January but Emerson has launched its Smart Wireless technology in the US despite the absence of agreement in the relevant standards committees, writes Andrew Bond
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Features - Field-mounted in-line process analysers add new measurement capabilities 01/02/2006
Today’s process gas chromatographs are an advanced combination of technology and rugged instrumentation. The trend in engineering staff downsizing means instrument technicians have more to do in less time, so instrument makers know they have to make their products more reliable and easier to use than ever before.
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Features - As fieldbus market narrows, user experience widens 01/02/2006
Confidence in fieldbuses is growing; many users say they are planning to implement projects in the near future.
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