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…"
Walt Boyes' Blog
from the department of "something scarey this way comes…"
Global Recession Coming-- Watch Out! According to MoneyNews.com, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said in a speech in Hong Kong today that there is a likely recession coming by year end. Greenspan focused on a US recession, but it is in fact more likely to start in China, and spread to the US like a dose of Asian flu. Several economists of my acquaintance have been predicting … [Read more...] about from the department of "something scarey this way comes…"
this isn't really Honeywell day…it just looks like it!
Here's a press release from Honeywell. What's important about this press release is bolded in the text below. Honeywell continues to be the only supplier to support HART 6.0 natively in its I/O. HART 6.0 would make the coming HART Wireless specification even more powerful, so why don't other vendors support it? End users have been asking for it for years now...they all say … [Read more...] about this isn't really Honeywell day…it just looks like it!
Here's something I wrote for a Honeywell newsletter…
Honeywell asked me to contribute an article on Lifecycle Management to their in-house newsletter, "Insight." The shortened piece appears here. I thought I'd put the original, unedited piece here for everybody's edification: The Reality Behind the Buzzword: Lifecycle Management By Walt Boyes, Editor in Chief, Control magazine "It’s a bird, it's a plane! No, it's a buzzword! It's … [Read more...] about Here's something I wrote for a Honeywell newsletter…
from the department of "Datsun is Nissan…"
This just in...Emerson is dropping the Saab name from their TankRadar product...it will be forevermore known as Rosemount TankRadar. This brings up a lesson in branding. Emerson is the only automation company to ever do a 'Datsun-is-Nissan' type corporate re-branding exercise and have not missed a quarter's sales or profit target...and as far as I know, this applies outside the … [Read more...] about from the department of "Datsun is Nissan…"
