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6 | 7
Forward Thinking
a n d p e r c e p t i v e p l a n n i n g
Emerson has always prided itself in developing forward-
thinking technologies to help customers stay ahead of the
curve, whether in immediate response to their needs or as a
result of ongoing research and development programs that
look farther ahead.
One of the biggest innovations to come out of Emerson
is the wireless technology for the process industries from
Emerson Process Management, led by John Berra. A far cry
from the wireless Internet access commonly found in coffee
shops and public libraries, this wireless technology was
developed specically for the challenging world of reneries,
power plants, and other large-scale industrial operations.
The rst and largest challenge Emerson engineers needed
to overcome was how to deliver a wireless signal within the
“canyons of metal,” where ordinary wireless technology
is useless. We overcame that challenge by converging the
technologies of self-organizing networks, multiple pathways,
and “channel hopping” to deliver a consistent, reliable, and
robust network.
The biggest benet for customers comes from more cost-
effective installation of sensors. The dramatically lower
costs of wireless installation enable operators and engineers
to gather more and richer information from around the
facility and to use that data with Emerson control systems to
increase eld intelligence and improve plant efciency.
Looking ahead, we see that this technology will have a
signicant impact on both new and existing facilities,
reducing installation costs by as much as 90 percent. This
technology will allow plant operators to roam the plant with
a portable or hand-held computer, carrying all the data
they’d normally access only from the control room.
Overall, Emerson Process Management is meeting the
demands of the energy world with better quality, expanded
capacity, and improved efciency and safety.
Emerson Storage Solutions, led by Pat Sly, has applied
innovative engineering expertise in a similar way, identifying
where new technologies and customer needs intersect in the
health care industry.
“overall,emersonprocessmanagementismeetingthedemands
oftheenergyworldwithbetterquality,expandedcapacity,
andimprovedefficiencyandsafety.”
johnberra