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Correcting Control Network Communications
Reliability is a broad topic for process manufacturers. It encompasses plant equipment, the production process, reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) programs, overall equipment effectiveness...
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Adding Asset Performance Management for Refinery Reliability
Emerson’s Richard Barnes provides perspectives on an asset reliability project on which he’s working with a European refinery’s project team. A week ago, I had the pleasure of sitting by the beach, on...
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Portable Vibration Analyzer-Human Centered Design Style
You may have seen the news of a next generation of portable vibration analyzer, the CSI 2140 Machinery Health Analyzer. Portable vibration analyzers are great for providing advance warning of machinery...
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Gaining Back Some of That 20 Percent Capacity
“According to the ARC Advisory Group of Boston, plants in the process industries ‘typically operate 20% below full operational capacity,’ and equipment reliability issues have been identified as one...
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Monitoring Cooling Towers to Avoid Unplanned Downtime
Reliability of plant assets and process operations remains near the top of every manufacturer’s list of concerns. According to the ARC Advisory Group: The global process industries lose $20 billion, or...
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Monitoring Plant Asset and Automation System Health
As process manufacturers lose experienced automation professionals to retirement and/or turnover, the need to maintain reliable operations remains. Emerson’s Tinh Phan provides a look at system health...
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Industrial Energy Team Peels Reliability like Onion!
Having reliable process manufacturing operations begins with reliable components and reliable control strategies to handle changing conditions. Emerson’s Jennifer Sandstrom, a senior industrial energy...
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Essential Asset Monitoring Sessions at Emerson Exchange
If you’ll be joining us at the September 30-October 4 Emerson Exchange conference in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area, and asset reliability is on your list of things to learn more about, I suggest a...
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Managing Asset Performance and Collaborating in the Life Science Industry
In two very different industries, I have some updates to share from Emerson consultants. On the reliability front, when we last checked in with Emerson’s Richard Barnes, a Senior Asset Optimization...
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2013 Reliability Program of the Year
One of the events to take place at the September 30-October 4 Emerson Exchange conference in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area, is the Reliability Program of the Year. Emerson’s Augie DiGiovanni, whom...
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Offshore Oil & Gas Platform Machinery Protection and Prediction Systems Results
The harsh, corrosive environment found on offshore oil & gas platforms can lead to unplanned downtime and lost production when equipment fails. A Scandinavian Oil-Gas magazine article, Upgraded...
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Adding Asset Performance Management for Refinery Reliability
Emerson’s Richard Barnes provides perspectives on an asset reliability project on which he’s working with a European refinery’s project team. A week ago, I had the pleasure of sitting by the beach, on...
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Portable Vibration Analyzer-Human Centered Design Style
You may have seen the news of a next generation of portable vibration analyzer, the CSI 2140 Machinery Health Analyzer. Portable vibration analyzers are great for providing advance warning of machinery...
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Gaining Back Some of That 20 Percent Capacity
“According to the ARC Advisory Group of Boston, plants in the process industries ‘typically operate 20% below full operational capacity,’ and equipment reliability issues have been identified as one...
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Monitoring Cooling Towers to Avoid Unplanned Downtime
Update: See a recorded version of the Cooling Tower webinar. Reliability of plant assets and process operations remains near the top of every manufacturer’s list of concerns. According to the ARC...
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Monitoring Plant Asset and Automation System Health
As process manufacturers lose experienced automation professionals to retirement and/or turnover, the need to maintain reliable operations remains. Emerson’s Tinh Phan provides a look at system health...
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Optimizing Steam Usage in Oil and Gas Processing Complexes
Utility management is a large part of the oil and gas industry and boiler management and steam balancing is often an overlooked factor for upstream and downstream processing. Steam optimization helps...
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Industrial Energy Team Peels Reliability like an Onion-Part II
Emerson’s Jennifer Sandstrom explores reliable combustion air flow in today’s post. Last time, we started to talk about how Emerson’s Industrial Energy group deconstructs a problem to create a reliable...
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Users Discussing Portable Vibration Analyzer Experiences Webinar Series
If you’re a maintenance professional or have responsibility for the reliability of your plant assets, I want to share that the Asset Optimization team is conducting a series of “Ask the Expert”...
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As Simple as a Fuel Gauge
Emerson’s Craig Abbott provides the analogy of your car’s fuel gauge to think about how to manage your plant assets. If you asked a large group of people “How often do you refuel your car?” almost...
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