Tom Varney and Mike Krampe from Siemens and I engaged in an interesting exercise yesterday. The exercise was to name an instumentation or automation product or system or service that Siemens doesn't provide. Couldn't think of any. Can you? Walt Boyes BlackBerry service provided by Nextel … [Read more...] about From the department of "what don't they make…"
from the department of "okay, vendors, show off a little!"
Liz Patronella, of the HART Communication Foundation, has asked me to help improve the number of entries the "HART Plant of the Year Award" committee sees. If you're an end user, join the HART USER GROUP, and submit what you've done with your HART enabled products. Who knows, you might win Plant of the Year. Since HART is only in the infant stages of organizing the USER GROUP, … [Read more...] about from the department of "okay, vendors, show off a little!"
from the department of "invest in America…"
I got to see something really neat this afternoon. I got to see the first new large flowmeter manufacturing plant and calibration center built in the US in quite a number of years. I got a tour of the construction site which will be Endress+Hauser's new magnetic flowmeter manufacturing facility in Greenwood, Indiana. When complete, they will be able to manufacture and assemble … [Read more...] about from the department of "invest in America…"
from the department of "what's coming up?"…Control's April issue preview
April Preview • In April’s CONTROL Magazine: Editorial The Beauty of Simplicity Process automation end users are tired of buying stuff they have to be rocket scientists to put together. CONTROL’s Walt Boyes explores the building block approach to automation. Cover Story Training CONTROL’s Dan Hebert talks about the state of the art in training for the automation profession. … [Read more...] about from the department of "what's coming up?"…Control's April issue preview
from the department of "here's a freebie from us to you…"
In the February issue of Control, I wrote a tutorial on selecting level transmitters. I used a graphic I call "the level measurement continuum." I've used similar charts for at least two decades, most recently in the new edition of the Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, 11th Edition for which I wrote a chapter. The Level Measurement Continuum I've found, in over … [Read more...] about from the department of "here's a freebie from us to you…"
