Spartan News - January 2010
With the launch of its new website, Spartan News is back, with exciting new developments outlined below. Click on the article title for the full story.
Emerson announces DeltaV S-Series
The new S-series platform featuring “I/O on demand” and Electronic Marshalling resulted from an intense focus on Human Centered Design. The S-series headlines Emerson's wide-ranging innovative technologies in the v11 release of the DeltaV digital automation system. The new DeltaV S-series platform sets the industry standard for usability and flexibility.
Emerson releases THUM Adapter for WirelessHART, Enabling Wireless Transmission of Measurement and Diagnostic Information
The THUM Adapter is a WirelessHART device that can retrofit on almost any two- or four-wire HART device, without special power requirements, to enable wireless transmission of measurement and diagnostic information. Devices with the THUM Adapter operate as components of Emerson’s Smart Wireless self-organizing field networks, delivering field intelligence to enable improvements in quality, safety, availability, operations and maintenance costs.
Smart Meter Verification Enhancements Improve Safety and Process Availability
Reduced maintenance costs; improved availability; improved Safety, Health & Environment; reduced waste & rework.
Emerson introduces Device Dashboards - displays to boost usability & productivity
Emerson Process Management introduces a unique family of more than 50 device dashboards, intuitively designed interfaces that provide a clear view of everything users need to evaluate, diagnose and configure a field device. Each has embedded expert guidance to streamline the most important and frequent tasks performed by plant operations, engineering, and maintenance personnel.
TankRadar Rex Addresses the Weak Links in Your Safety Chain...
Many conventional overfill alarm sensors will have one major weakness: You can never be sure they will function after a long period of inactivity.
Find out how the Rosemount TankRadar REX from Emerson offers a better solution...
Winter's here - How are your buildings and enclosures?
Protect your equipment from the elements with winterization solutions ranging from full “as-built” CAD to “red-lined” customer supplied equivalents.
Miratech's Catalyst Substrates - NEXT and VORTEX - More Efficient and Durable Than Traditional Industrial Engine Catalyst Substrates
The Miratech NEXT is a revolutionary substrate with multiple cascading turbulent zones. This design creates an element that is more efficient and durable than traditional open-foil catalysts. Both give end users two important category improvements - industrial engineers get greater catalyst element strength, durability and resistance to telescoping, as well as increased catalyst performance and efficiency.
Hardy Shakers - new and available exclusively from Metrix - test and calibrate your vibration monitoring instrumentation
Hardy portable vibration shakers are designed to be used in the field or shop to verify the performance of vibration transducers, connectors, cabling, instruments or permanently installed condition monitoring systems. Simply attach the transducer to the shaker head (displacement probes require a mounting fixture and target), set the shaker to a known vibration reference level, and verify readings.
Emerson Boosts Electric Actuator Offerings With Acquisition of EIM Controls
Emerson Process Management has acquired Texas-based EIM Controls Inc., a manufacturer of high-quality valve actuators. EIM Controls will join the company’s Valve Automation division, expanding Emerson’s electric actuator portfolio while strengthening the company’s applications for FOUNDATION Fieldbus and other major bus protocols.
DeltaV Integrates with Machinery Health
Out-of-the-box machinery health diagnostics for operators; complete machinery monitoring for protection, prediction, and performance monitoring.