Wireless technology helps boost safety (1st March 2008)

Emerson Process Management has successfully applied a Smart Wireless solution to the problem of monitoring rising temperatures in railway tank wagons containing chemicals at Croda Inc, an international speciality che

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  Conductivity sensor (1st January 2008)

Emerson Process Management has introduced the Rosemount Analytical PUR-Sense Model 410VP conductivity sensor, a fourelectrode contacting sensor designed for sanitary applications in the food & beverage and life science

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  Online course on vibration (1st January 2008)

An internet training course introduced by Emerson Process Management gives convenient access to best practices for using vibration monitoring and analysis to maintain rotating machinery at highest performance levels.

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  Plant of the year award (1st January 2008)

The HART Communication Foundation announced at the 2007 PowerGen Show in New Orleans, USA, that Emerson Process Management's user, StatoilHydro, has won the 2007 HART Plant of the Year award for its project at the Or

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Emerson extends PlantWeb to smart machinery health management for Turbomachinery (10th December 2007)

Emerson Process Management has announced the European release of its new CSI 6000 Machinery Health Monitor that extends its online PlantWeb smart machinery health monitoring capabilities to include API 670 protection for turbomachinery...

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  Field communicator (1st November 2007)

Emerson Process Management has launched its 375 Field Communicator 2.0. By decreasing the startup time and increasing the battery life through improved power management, the 375 Field Communicator is ready for immediate use i

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  LONG LIFE pH SENSOR (1st November 2007)

Available from Emerson Process Management, the Rosemount Analytical PERpH-X 3500 is the company's latest high performance sensor. It includes advanced technologies for longer life in difficult processing applications.

Featur

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  MCERTS approval (1st September 2007)

Emerson Process Management has gained UK MCERTS approval for its Rosemount Analytical range of pH analysers and sensors, used to monitor process conditions and discharges to rivers, smaller watercourses and the sea in

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  Flameproof analyser (1st September 2007)

Emerson Process Management has unveiled the Rosemount Analytical X-STREAM flameproof process gas analyser, which can be installed in Class I, Zone 1, Group IIB+H2 hazardous areas requiring ATEX or CSA-C/US certificatio

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  New software (1st September 2007)

New from Emerson Process Management is version 5.0 of the company's AMS Suite: Machinery Health Manager software. It provides users of CSI vibration data collectors with continuous, online monitoring and infrared thermo

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  Keeping on the level (1st July 2007)

Emerson Process Management has expanded its range of level measurement instrumentation with the introduction of the Rosemount 3100 Series Ultrasonic Level Transmitters. The 3100 series transmitters are suitable for monitoring liquid level in tanks and open air applications where long maintenance intervals are a key requisite. The non-contact sensor in the 3100 is made from an inert material offering corrosion resistance and low maintenance requirements. The integral or remote mounted temperature sensor enables automatic corrections where temperature changes in the tank free space could otherwise result in an inaccurate reading.

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  IR analysis tools (1st July 2007)

Emerson Process Management, a business of Emerson, has included new infrared analysis tools with its AMS Suite software.

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  Data collector (1st May 2007)

The CSI 2130 machinery health collector is the latest member of Emerson Process Management's family of portable route-based vibration data collection devices.

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  Portable and multi-channel (1st May 2007)

Emerson Process Management has introduced a portable multi-channel monitor for continuous online data collection. The CSI XP32 can be carried into the field and attached to turbo machinery for continuous monitoring on

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  Asset portal (1st March 2007)

Version 2.5 of Emerson Process Management's AMS Suite: Asset Portal software lets users customise enterprise-wide asset information, including filtering and reporting alerts, polling on demand, and viewing graphical asset hea

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  Helps optimise loop tuning (1st March 2007)

Emerson Process Management has introduced the DeltaV InSight integrated control performance software as part of its DeltaV version 9.3 release.

DeltaV InSight is an integrated application used to monitor, analyse, diagnose a

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  Approvals for analysers (1st March 2007)

Emerson Process Management has gained TÜV and MCERTS approvals for its Rosemount Analytical Oxymitter zirconia analyser.

Performance certification for continuous emission monitoring applications is now a requirement for oper

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  Remote automation division created (1st March 2007)

Emerson has announced that it has created a new division to better serve the remote measurement and control needs of the oil, gas, water, and wastewater treatment industries.

The new Remote Automation Solutions division comb

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  Smart Wireless plant (1st January 2007)

Emerson Process Management has launched 2.4 GHz in-plant Smart Wireless solutions, enabling European mainstream manufacturing to move to the next level of reliability and operational performance. Emerson's 900 MHz Smart Wirel

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  Increased plant visibility (1st January 2007)

Emerson Process Management has completed a major automation upgrade at the Silane unit in the REC Silicon plant in Moses Lake, Washington, USA, migrating the company's Provox control system to a DeltaV digital automation syst

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  Predictive asset information (1st January 2007)

Emerson Process Management and Mtelligence Corporation have formed an alliance giving users effective integration between Emerson's PlantWeb digital plant architecture with AMS Suite and enterprise asset management (EAM) syst

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  Free wireless training (1st January 2007)

Emerson Process Management is offering 19 new online training course on various aspects of wireless for process automation.

Designed for anyone who uses automation to improve plant performance, the new courses are available

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  Technology leadership winner (1st January 2007)

Frost & Sullivan has selected Emerson Process Management, as the recipient of a 2006 Technology Leadership Award for the company's introduction and continuing development of Micro Motion Coriolis advanced flow and density mea

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  Enhanced pump monitoring (1st November 2006)

Based on enhancements to the international standard Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL), Emerson has introduced EDDL enhancements into its motorpump monitoring technology, the CSI 9210 Machinery Health Transmitter.

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  Work at heat (1st November 2006)

Increased sensor life and greater performance in elevated temperature applications can be expected from Emerson Process Management's new generation of high temperature sensors.The new Rosemount Analytical Model 3300HT and 340

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  500, 000th meter delivered (1st November 2006)

Emerson Process Management has announced the delivery of the company's 500,000th Micro Motion meter to Anheuser-Busch.

From its introduction of Coriolis meters in 1977, Emerson says that it has continuously enhanced Micro Mo

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  Flowmeter enhanced (1st September 2006)

The latest MVD (multivariable digital) technology from Emerson Process Management is said to boost Micro Motion Coriolis flowmeter performance to the industry's highest ever levels of mass flow and volume flow, and is said to

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  Keeps workers off the stack (1st September 2006)

Emerson Process Management has introduced Rosemount Analytical's SPS 4001B, IMPS 4000 and MPS 3000 self-triggering autocalibration systems for in-situ oxygen analysers.

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  Analyses machinery health (1st September 2006)

Emerson Process Management's machinery health management technologies have enabled BASF Antwerp to maximise plant output and reduce costs through the introduction of a maintenance strategy based on predictive intelligence.

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  Vibration monitoring in hazardous areas (1st September 2006)

Emerson Process Management has made vibration monitoring of rotating equipment possible in the hazardous areas of chemical and petrochemical process plants and refineries. Two new safety-rated versions of the CSI 2130 Machine

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  Gas analyser (1st July 2006)

Emerson Process Management has introduced a special configuration of the Rosemount Analytical CAT 100 continuous gas analyser transmitter to meet all measurement requirements for hydrogen cooled turbine generators in electrical power plants. <br

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  Fan behaviour (1st July 2006)

Emerson Process Management has significantly reduced the number of unplanned shutdowns at the Mondi Business Papers' Richards Bay Mill in South Africa, using Emerson's CSI 4500 Machinery Health Monitor.

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  Ultra-for-Flow technology (1st July 2006)

Emerson Process Management's Ultra for Flow technology is now available on Rosemount 3095 MultiVariable transmitters with MODBUS protocol.

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  ATEX valve controller (1st May 2006)

The Fisher DVC2000 series digital valve controller, from Emerson Process Management, now has ATEX Certification to EEx ia 11C T4/T5, making it suitable for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.

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  Analysers give real-time control (1st May 2006)

Available from Emerson Process Management, the Rosemount Analytical X-Stream series of process gas analysers use appropriate non-dispersive infrared, ultraviolet and visible spectroscopy. Sensors are selected to use thermal conductivity measurements

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  Prevents Euro1.5m loss (1st May 2006)

Britain's largest coal supplier, UK Coal has implemented a Reliability Based Maintenance (RBM) programme utilising Emerson Process Management's machinery Health management technologies.

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Emerson buys Babcock (23rd March 2006)

Emerson has this month acquired measurement and control specialist Bristol Babcock for $121m.

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  Latest control valve (1st March 2006)

Emerson Process Management has completed a $500K PlantWeb digital plant architecture project at the Gedeon Richter tank farm in Budapest.

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  Free training (1st March 2006)

Emerson Process Management now offers courses on safety instrumented systems at its PlantWeb University online learning centre.

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  Dual vortex flow meters (1st January 2006)

Vortex flowmeters from Emerson Process Management have improved the reliability of steam measurement for the Shell Chemicals ethylene plant in The Netherlands.

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Predict the future (1st January 2006)

At Maintec Emerson will be showing the latest Version 7.0 of its AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager, together with a new application for the CSI 4500 Machinery Health Monitor.

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Compact triaxial accelerometer (1st November 2005)

Emersion Process Management has introduced a triaxial accelerometer with integral magnet that, it says, breaks new ground in monitoring rotating equipment.

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  FLOW METER ACCURACY (1st September 2005)

Emerson Process Management believes its new Rosemount 3051S Ultra for Flow sets new standards for performance in DP flow applications. It can support up to 14:1 flow turndown with better than a 0.5% of reading accuracy Benefits claimed include lower

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  DUAL TRANSMITTER (1st September 2005)

Emerson Process Management has introduced an oxygen and combustibles transmitter for analysing flue gases at temperatures to 1427°C.

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Diagnostic services cut cost of valve maintenance (1st September 2005)

Valve diagnostic services from Emerson Process Management are used to predict impending problems and initiate efficient repairs at Dow Corning’s Barry plant.

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Asset care (1st September 2005)

Emerson Process Management has announced the initiation of an asset optimisation improvement programme at the Huntsman Holland plant near Rotterdam.

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  Achieving greater control (1st July 2005)

The Cognis plant at Hythe has achieved tighter control and greater consistency since opting for a DeltaV digital automation system from Emerson Process Management.

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  Cost saving transmitter has radar echonomics (1st July 2005)

The Rosemount 5400 from Emerson Process Management is said to be the first radar transmitter to offer peak performance in all three areas vital to radar level measurement: echosensitivity, the ability to detect weak radar echoes reliably; echodynamic

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  Techniques ebb and flow meter (1st July 2005)

Mark Dutton, Emerson Process Management’s measurement sales director for the UK and Ireland, reviews current flowmetering techniques In reviewing current flowmetering techniques, it might have been expected that modern microelectronics would finally

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  Control valves (1st May 2005)

The Fisher NotchFlo DST control

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  Advanced maintenance tool (1st March 2005)

Available from Emerson Process Management, the 375 Field Communicator now supports 82 extra Foundation fieldbus devices and 50 more HART instruments for maintenance purposes.

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  Heat tolerant (1st March 2005)

Emerson Process Management has enhanced its Rosemount Analytical Oxymitter to provide accurate oxygen measurements during the annealing of cold rolled metal products. Product quality may be greatly compromised if oxidation occurs, so accurate measure

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  Health check (1st January 2005)

Emerson Process Management will be sharing a stand at MAINTEC with its newly appointed distributors.

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  Its good to share (1st January 2005)

Predictive maintenance is not new but is an increasingly popular tool in the armoury of people striving for asset effectiveness. Often the predictive maintenance function is compartmentalised and the only data that is shared is a request for downtime

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  TENCEL – relaxed yet sophisticated (1st September 2004)

Ian Clay, editor of IP&E visited Tencel’s manufacturing facility in Grimsby to find out how its use of condition monitoring products, software and services has helped the RBM department maintain high productivity and reduce the costs associated with

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  Plant in the best of health (1st September 2004)

Towards efficient maintenance by integrating predictive technologies within the CMMS

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  Changing the way you perform maintenance (1st September 2004)

Emerson Process Management has collaborated with Kimberly-Clark to implement an efficient migration from the mills current DCS to PlantWeb digital plant architecture. Implementing a changeover to DeltaV system I/O on tissue machine 1 has enabled KC t

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  TANK RADAR GAUGE (1st September 2004)

The Rosemount 5600 radar gauge from Emerson Process Management is said to give reliable performance in the stickiest of applications through its use of advanced signal processing and smart echo tracking features.

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  Oxygen monitoring technology (1st September 2004)

Scottish Power Generation (Generation UK) has ordered more Rosemount Analytical Oxymitter 4000 oxygen analysers from Emerson Process Management, who installed 16 units in a previous refurbishment of the 2400MW power station.

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  Digital plant architecture helps boost efficiency (1st July 2004)

Danish food processor Aarhus United uses PlantWeb digital plant architecture for its new vegetable oil plant.

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  Analysers boost safety at Scottish sludge plant (1st July 2004)

Oxygen analysers from Emerson Process Management have been installed to monitor oxygen levels within ovens at the Daldowie sludge drying plant near Glasgow.

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  RELIABILITY AND COST SAVINGS (1st May 2004)

Available from Emerson Process Management, the new Rosemount 951 dry gas differential pressure transmitter is said to deliver superior performance and cost savings for dry gas applications.

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  IN CONTROL (1st March 2004)

A new Fisher control valve and actuator has been introduced by Emerson Process Management for the European market. The new design GX is a compact and rugged globe-style valve system that can control a wide range of process liquids, gases and vapours.

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  Cost effective temperature profiling of 200+ points (1st March 2004)

A Rosemount 3420 Fieldbus Interface Module from Emerson Process Management has enabled BP to add fieldbus technology to its existing plant and traditional DCS control system on its Hull chemicals plant, saving installation time and cost. BP required

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  First integrated intelligent safety management solution (1st March 2004)

Emerson Process Management has extended its digital PlantWeb architecture with the launch of its Smart SIS solution that offers users safer plants, increased availability, lower lifecycle cost and simplified regulatory compliance. At the formal launc

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  New PlantWeb website (1st November 2003)

Emerson Process Management now has a new PlantWeb website that provides a wealth of information that the company says can help manufacturers achieve an improvement of more than 2% in the efficiency of their operations and save more than 30% on projec

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