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MIT Team Demonstrates Wireless Power Transfer Imagine a future in which wireless power transfer is feasible. A team from MITs Department of Physics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies experimentally demonstrated an important step toward accomplishing this vision of the future. |
11/16/2007 |
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Many users dont trust an industrial wireless network solution. Some concerns are real. Most are ethereal. Its important to know the differences. |
11/16/2007 |
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Go beyond condition monitoring Despite condition monitoring, unplanned outages continue to be an issue, significantly impacting financial performance through lost production and extra repair costs. |
10/18/2007 |
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Improve control loop performance Specification of control valves doesnt adequately emphasize the very basic requirement that valve position respond in a timely manner or even at all leading to process variability. |
10/18/2007 |
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More chemical plants are expected to go wireless with the introduction of the new wireless protocol for HART devices. |
09/06/2007 |
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Wireless: A Field Guide to Industrial Wireless No other technology has been written about, trumpeted by vendors and snipped by critics like the use of wireless communications in the process industry. |
08/28/2007 |
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Chemical Processing's Equipment & Services feature provides a variety of production equipment, supplier services and parts. |
08/22/2007 |
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SP100 Committee Listens to WirelessHART The ISA SP100 standards committee was presented with WirelessHART specificationas that were voted on by the HART Communications Foundations membership in June 2007. |
08/01/2007 |
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Properly protect control systems Integrated digital field networks are increasingly popular but pose particular safety and security risks. Fortunately, a number of parallel activities are underway to make integration between automation and business systems effective, safe and secure. |
06/14/2007 |
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A lively discussion of the current role of wireless in online condition monitoring. |
06/01/2007 |
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For maintenance and condition-monitoring, wireless technology offers much more than just reducing or eliminating costs. However, wireless also requires an integrated infrastructure approach rather than independent, proprietary point solutions. |
05/27/2007 |
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Plug it in?: The decision to integrate condition monitoring Efforts to tighten communications of condition-monitoring instrumentation and data analysis software with CMMS and automation infrastructure, combined with the proliferation of wireless sensor systems and the drive to reduce manpower skill and time requirements, are bringing implementation costs down and drawing much attention to this approach. But should you implement it? |
05/27/2007 |
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What Works: Wireless PCs streamline warehouse operations The basic principles of Lean Manufacturing date back at least to the 18th century. In Poor Richard's Almanack, Benjamin Franklin wrote, He that idly loses 5s. [shillings] worth of time, loses 5s., and might as prudently throw 5s. into the river. He that loses 5s not only loses that sum, but all the other advantages that might be made by turning it in dealing, which, by the time a young man becomes old, amounts to a comfortable bag of money. |
05/27/2007 |
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Gamma scanning seeks an inside edge Many companies decide not to build up certain capabilities in-house mainly because they dont have sufficient regular demand for them. Gamma scanning of distillation columns is a case in point, but on-site scanning specialists may be the wave of the future. |
05/08/2007 |
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Whats in the air for continuous emissions monitoring? More attention to mercury and increased acceptance of predictive approaches is emerging. Such monitoring not only can keep plants on the right side of regulators but also can help provide insights for optimizing operation of equipment. |
04/13/2007 |
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Wireless technology conquers industry conservatism Potential applications at chemical plants just grow and grow, says Mike Spear, editor at large, in his End Point column. |
03/28/2007 |
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Get full value from partial stroking There are two main drivers for partial stroking of valves in safety systems: the desire to extend manual test intervals to as long as possible; and to reduce the amount of redundant hardware required for higher safety integrity levels. Like most things in life, it all boils down to one thing: trying to save money. |
03/20/2007 |
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Remember the basics of maintenance Despite the buzz about asset management systems dont forget the oilers, advises Mike Spear, in this month's End Point column. |
03/01/2007 |
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Plants get help in boosting reliability More and more companies are placing greater emphasis on maintenance and seeking help from vendors to boost the effectiveness of their efforts, as some recent major investment decisions demonstrate. Many automation companies now are benefiting by building up asset management services alongside process control capabilities. |
02/26/2007 |
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More attention to steam systems and trap monitoring provides big benefits. At most chemical plants, plant management and operators face increasing pressures to improve the energy efficiency of their processes, so they should see how they can save on steam. |
01/30/2007 |
