Harking back to 1969, when Rosemount supplied the Apollo 11 mission to the moon with wireless temperature transmitters, Emerson Process Management president John Berra, along with Rosemount president Steve Sonnenberg, and director of technology Bob Karshnia, presented Emerson Smart Wireless at a press conference today during the 2006 Emerson Global Users … [Read more...] about Emerson Announces the Start of Wireless Made Easy
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Brother Beckman Puts It All Together For Us.
Retired Emerson executive and full-time Presbyterian minister Dave Beckman began his keynote address to the Emerson Exchange this morning by telling a story. The moral of the story, the preacher noted, "If the reward is big enough, nearly anything is possible and it sure helps to have the right priorities." Beckman went through an economic and social review of the issues facing … [Read more...] about Brother Beckman Puts It All Together For Us.
Former Temple-Inland Chief Outlines Challenges to Industry at Emerson Exchange
“Today, I’m going to wander around in the trees and hopefully end up with a picture of a forest,” said Willis Potts, retired vice president and general manager of paper-maker Temple-Inland, as he embarked on an engaging, wide-ranging view of the challenges faced by today’s increasingly global industrial marketplace. Speaking from the measured perspective of retirement, he … [Read more...] about Former Temple-Inland Chief Outlines Challenges to Industry at Emerson Exchange
An aside…here's a blog post from Dan Hebert
Walt, This is a great example of how we help our end user readers. 1. (Vendor X)gave me (name-withheld)'s name as an end user who could provide input for the Jan 07 migration cover story. 2. (name withheld) sent input to me and cc'ed (somebody) at (Vendor X). The input included this statement: "System Alarms – these are diagnostic alarms which come up on the Operator screen to … [Read more...] about An aside…here's a blog post from Dan Hebert
The Climax: John Berra on the wireless future
Wireless "There have been technical obstacles," Berra said, "to implementation of wireless-- those obstacles are starting to fall, and no wires means no limits." Wireless promises to enable us to put more monitoring in the plant, at one-tenth the cost of wired technology. Side by side, wired and wireless sensors and instruments and controls will work together giving us our eyes … [Read more...] about The Climax: John Berra on the wireless future
