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February 23, 2005
Another Viewpoint from Control Magazine: "13th Annual Readers' Choice Awards" (548KB PDF)
Control Magazine readers name the best suppliers in the Process Control and Automation Industry.
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February 21, 2005
Duncan@Play Slideshow: Duncan's South East Asia Adventure
Michael & Amy Bright tour Thailand and Cambodia with our fun-loving spokesnonperson and share Duncan's South East Asia Adventure.
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Press Release: Emerson's smart SIS is named one of "the Best Products of 2004" by Control Engineering
AUSTIN, Texas (February 21, 2005) — Emerson's smart Safety Instrumented System (SIS), an extension of the proven PlantWeb® digital plant architecture, earned Control Engineering magazine's Editors' Choice Award in the Process Control and Instrumentation category. Products are selected by Control Engineering's editors as representing exceptional market impact, technological achievement, and service to the automation industry.
The smart SIS system was selected for this honor based on its use of digital intelligence and diagnostics from sensor to logic solver to final control, resulting in an integrated complete safety loop approach that offers automated safety-loop testing and other features that increase system availability, while reducing life-cycle costs and easing regulatory compliance.
"I'm gratified that our smart SIS system has received such outstanding recognition by the editors of Control Engineering," said Duncan Schleiss, vice president of marketing, Emerson Process Management, Process Systems and Solutions division. "Our solution delivers the same ease of use and efficiencies for safety in process facilities as the proven PlantWeb architecture does for mainstream process automation. Control Engineering's editors' selection is proof that our smart SIS system will deliver exceptional value to our customers."
The Control Engineering Editors' Choice awards are given out annually in recognition of innovative products "based on technological advancement, impact on the market, and service to the industry. This year, only 40 products out of thousands of products were chosen from all automation categories.
The smart SIS system components include:
- Emerson's Rosemount, Micro Motion, and Brooks certified and proven-in-use devices that go beyond detecting component failures to provide both transmitter and process diagnostics
- The DeltaV SIS system, rated for SIL 1-3 applications, which includes the scalable DeltaV SLS 1508 logic solver; integrated, easy-to-use configuration software; and embedded digital communications
- FIELDVUE digital valve controller instruments that provide automated performance monitoring and testing, enabling remote partial-stroke testing while the safety valve is online
- SIL-PAC final control solutions that use the FIELDVUE DVC6000 ESD to operate the valve. The actuators include Bettis G and CBA-series Scotch Yoke actuators and the Hytork rack-and-pinion actuator currently used in many ESD-type applications
- AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager software that documents and archives system configuration and all changes, as well as system health information and alarms.
For more on the smart SIS system visit www.EmersonProcess.com/SIS.
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Valtek Control Products Logix 1400 rev 6 Fieldbus Device Files
Valtek Control Products Logix 1400 rev 6 has passed the rigorous testing of the DeltaV interoperability labs and the Fieldbus Device Files for use with the DeltaV system are now available in the Fieldbus Device Downloads utility.
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February 20, 2005
Rosemount 3144 rev 1 Fieldbus Device Files
Rosemount 3144 rev 1 has passed the rigorous testing of the DeltaV interoperability labs and the Fieldbus Device Files for use with the DeltaV system are now available in the Fieldbus Device Downloads utility.
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February 19, 2005
Magnetrol Eclipse 705 rev 1 Fieldbus Device Files
Magnetrol Eclipse 705 rev 1 has passed the rigorous testing of the DeltaV interoperability labs and the Fieldbus Device Files for use with the DeltaV system are now available in the Fieldbus Device Downloads utility.
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February 18, 2005
DeltaV Training Solutions
Many courses are available for engineers, technicians, operators, and anyone else who needs to get their hands on a DeltaV system.
Order the 2005 Educational Services North America Course Catalog for complete course schedules, locations, and pricing.
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February 16, 2005
Press Release: Emerson voted best supplier of process management technologies and services by industry professionals worldwide
AUSTIN, TEXAS (February 16, 2005) – Emerson Process Management, an Emerson business (NYSE: EMR), has been voted the best supplier of process management technologies and services in CONTROL magazine's Annual Readers' Choice Awards. For 12 years, Emerson has dominated the awards by consistently winning the most product and services categories, including the coveted "best process control automation system" for four consecutive years.
Emerson was acknowledged for delivering the best in customer service, receiving high marks for excellence in 38 service categories, more than three times the nearest competitor in relevant categories.
Emerson products and software received 28 first place awards, more than nine times the nearest competitor in relevant categories, and placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in a total of 41 categories, more than three times the nearest competitor.
Emerson technologies and services recognized by CONTROL readers power the company's industry-leading PlantWeb digital plant architecture — an open, standards-based digital automation solution that improves operating efficiency by delivering asset management, process automation and management execution. PlantWeb enables manufacturers to avoid costly, unexpected downtime by establishing a predictive maintenance environment, anchored by smart field devices that digitally monitor instrumentation and equipment condition.
"Our readers base their choices on first-hand experience with how these products function in the plant environment and the level of service they receive from suppliers," said CONTROL Editor-in-Chief Walt Boyes. "They clearly believe that Emerson is committed to delivering outstanding customer service and to providing quality products."
Emerson's sweep of first place wins includes Emerson DeltaV digital automation systems, Emerson AMS Suite software; Fisher control valves, float/displacer level gauges and pneumatic valve actuators; Brooks positive displacement and variable area flowmeters; Daniel turbine flowmeters; Micro Motion Coriolis mass flowmeters and density/concentration analyzers; Rosemount pressure and temperature transmitters, flowmeters and level gauges; and Rosemount Analytical ph/ORP/conductivity and stack gas analyzers.
"The CONTROL awards are special because they're voted on by process automation users and give clear, positive feedback that Emerson is meeting real needs with our products and services," said John Berra, president of Emerson Process Management. "We are never standing still. Rather, we're always listening to our customer needs, anticipating future requirements, introducing new product offerings and improving our service capabilities."
CONTROL magazine is a leading industry publication and online source for engineering, operations and management professionals worldwide, who are focused on automation, control and instrumentation in the process industry.
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February 15, 2005
Press Release: Emerson's PlantWeb delivers 2% availability improvement for new chemical waste treatment plant
AUSTIN, TEXAS (February 15, 2004) – When SICIT 2000 of Vicenza, Italy, planned automation of their new $30 million plant for the production of protein hydrolyzates, they chose PlantWeb® digital plant architecture from Emerson Process Management. After 10 months of operation, the plant reported a 2% increase in plant uptime and a 5% improvement in operating efficiency, exceeding predictions and guaranteed results.
The plant uses proprietary expertise and experience developed over many years to process 400 tons per day of animal waste from local tannery operations in Vicenza into useful and valuable products. The fat is separated into products used for soap manufacture. The remaining protein-rich amino acid material is hydrolyzed in reactors at 140°C and 3.6bar to produce a solid of peptides and calcium sulphate, used as a fertilizer, and a protein-rich liquid. High in nitrogen and carbon, this is a valuable fertilizer material and is supplied as a raw material to both the tanning and building plaster industries.
Essential factors in the choice of PlantWeb architecture were the increased plant availability enabled by using the AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager to process online diagnostic information from intelligent field devices, and the ability to improve product uniformity by using DeltaV digital automation system advanced control products.
Plant flexibility, availability and reliability are essential to SICIT 2000. The PlantWeb field-based approach supplied by Emerson included the DeltaV system networked to Micro Motion Coriolis flowmeters, Rosemount temperature and pressure measurement transmitters, and other intelligent field devices. Within the DeltaV system, the AMS Device Manager software delivers information from device diagnostics to enable plant personnel to predict issues and take remedial action before they interrupt plant operations. Another DeltaV product, DeltaV Tune, quickly and easily tunes PID and Fuzzy control blocks and simulates process response to recommended tuning.
As a commercial organization, operational plant efficiency and control of material costs were important aspects too. Emerson predicted and guaranteed economic benefits that would be delivered by the technology of the PlantWeb digital architecture.
Benefits at Vicenza were first demonstrated in the project phase, and operational benefits followed as soon as the plant started up.
In the project phase, use of PlantWeb resulted in 5% savings. Many factors contributed: the use of FOUNDATION fieldbus technology led to 30% savings in plant wiring; and during commissioning and start-up, plug and play technology was estimated to save 60% in time and effort. The simplicity and ease of use of the DeltaV system with AMS Device Manager facilitated these savings.
Operational savings were established when the plant was online using the new systems. SICIT 2000 had noted that the DeltaV auto-tuning techniques helped reduce the loop tuning time by 90%; better loop performance immediately improved product quality and homogeneity.
More significantly, the quantity of the different reactant materials required was reduced with DeltaV tune, producing operational savings. The solids mixing time was reduced 30% through tighter control of the material proportions; the result was an increased yield of the protein liquor by 30%, and a 2% improvement in thermal energy efficiency per ton of output.
SICIT 2000 calculates that overall equipment effectiveness, a measure of operating efficiency, has increased by a full 5%, meeting and exceeding the initial predictions of the Emerson engineers in their performance guarantee.
The new plant has already increased the plant availability by 2% compared to the old plant, even during the initial period after installation. SICIT 2000 has found the DeltaV Historian reports to be a major help in complying with the necessary HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) rules, and these have also enabled quicker plant performance analysis, saving an estimated 30% of engineering time.
The benefits to future plant operation from more efficient performance analysis, and from predictive diagnostics information feeding into maintenance planning, will be significant. Emerson's technologies and services will help ensure that an efficient and high availability by-product treatment and recycling system helps the tanning industry continue to flourish in Vicenza.
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February 14, 2005
Another Viewpoint from Control Magazine: "The Control Top 50" (468KB PDF)
Control's Top 50 Advisory Board lists and ranks the 50 largest process automation companies in North America.
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February 3, 2005
DeltaV Service Guide Update
DeltaV Service Guide is an overview of support and services available for your DeltaV System. (240KB PDF)
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February 2, 2005
Foundation Support Services Data Sheet Update
Learn the specifics of Foundation Support - the base element for every Emerson automation system service agreement from Emerson Process Management.
Foundation Support provides direct technical telephone support, remote system diagnosis, software updates, and access to online service information. (139KB PDF)
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February 1, 2005
Application Enrichment Services Data Sheet Update
Application Enrichment Services provide a convenient flexible consultation service to assist you with planning and implementation of DeltaV application configurations, network design, system interfaces and more. (147KB PDF)
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