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The cost of adding one 
is  that of a traditional
hard-wired solution.
Emerson’s ability to apply wireless technology
in a process operating environment is a great
example of new-to-the-world solutions. Emerson
Process Management engineers understood that
being wireless is not just about replacing wires –
it is something much bigger.
Freed from the limitations and complexity of
wire, customers can deploy Emerson’s PlantWeb
capabilities to assets previously out of physical
or economic reach. Today, Emerson’s Smart
Wireless solution offers the exceptional benets
of seeing, knowing and controlling things plant
managers could never know or afford to know
before, such as detecting leaks along miles of
pipeline, gathering data from movable equip-
ment in exible manufacturing environments
and tracking assets and people throughout
the plant. Increasing this eld intelligence and
predictive power makes customers more ef-
cient and competitive.
Our breakthrough was an application of self-
organizing mesh networks that deliver a reliable,
robust and secure solution in even the most
challenging process environments. This is truly
an amazing feat of engineering. Each wireless
device is a router for other nearby devices,
passing messages along until they reach
their destination. If there is an obstruction,
transmissions are automatically rerouted until
a clear path is found.
Emerson’s Smart Wireless technology is a game-
changer for the process industry, eliminating
physical, economic and technical obstacles that
engineers had encountered on a daily basis.
Customers are seeing far-reaching benets in
operations, performance and safety, as well
as signicant cost savings. In fact, the cost of
adding one wireless sensor is one-tenth that of a
traditional hard-wired solution and takes far less
time to implement. We are excited about the
limitless potential for this solution – within and
beyond process environments – as it continues
to unlock the imagination of engineers across
the globe.
[ 06 ] Emerson 2008