
The Control Amplified podcast offers in-depth interviews and discussions with industry experts about important topics in the process control and automation field, exploring underlying issues affecting users, system integrators, suppliers and others in these industries.
Episodes

Sep 21, 2021
Sep 21, 2021
20 min
Jim Smith set the bar for innovation sky high from the very start when in 1977 he led the team that brought the first mass flowmeter based on the Coriolis effect to the industrial market. Since that time, as Micro Motion and now as part of Emerson, Emerson, the organization has continued to break new ground. To talk about how Emerson has responded to changing industry demands, and what trends are likely to shape the company’s portfolio in the future, Keith Larson chats with Patrick Zimmer, director of product marketing for the company’s Coriolis portfolio.
Learn more about Emerson's Micro Motion Flowmeters: https://www.emerson.com/en-us/automation/micro-motion
Read the transcript: https://www.controlglobal.com/podcasts/control-amplified/the-evolving-capabilities-of-coriolis-technology

Sep 3, 2021
Sep 3, 2021
30 min
Keith Larson, editor of Control magazine and ControlGlobal.com talks about Ethernet-APL and what it means for the future of field communications in the process industries is Paul Sereiko, director of marketing and product strategy the FieldComm Group.
Learn more about FieldComm Group at https://www.fieldcommgroup.org/
Learn more about our sponsor Emerson at https://www.emerson.com/en-us
Read the transcript at https://www.controlglobal.com/podcasts/control-amplified/ethernet-apl-industrys-path-forward

Aug 17, 2021
Aug 17, 2021
27 min
As in other industrial sectors, the past 30 years have seen substantial consolidation among suppliers serving the process automation marketplace. Indeed, the last burst of entrepreneurial spirit seemed to have left the market when the late 1990s dot-com bubble burst. Today, of the top 25 suppliers to the U.S. market that Control magazine identified in 1990, a full two thirds of that “old guard” no longer exist as independent entities, with much of the global market presence accruing to a relative handful of primary platform providers.
Keith Larson, editor of Control magazine and ControlGlobal.com, explores today’s process automation mergers and acquisitions (M&A) landscape with Gene Bazemore, managing director in the Dallas office of Founders Advisors.
Learn more about Founders Advisors: https://foundersib.com/
Read the transcript: https://www.controlglobal.com/podcasts/control-amplified/process-automation-the-m-and-a-landscape-in-2021

Jul 26, 2021
Jul 26, 2021
26 min
While the COVID-19 pandemic may have turned nice-to-have technologies into must-have technologies seemingly overnight, the benefits of these implementations can reach far beyond the ability to avoid virus transmission among personnel. In this podcast, Keith Larson is joined by Arnold "Marty" Martin, director of process control technology for Air Liquide's Center of Technical Expertise, to discuss the benefits he's realized from Air Liquide's remote solutions.
Learn more about Air Liquide: https://www.airliquide.com/
Learn more about our sponsor, Honeywell: https://www.honeywell.com/
Read the transcript: https://www.controlglobal.com/podcasts/control-amplified/remote-solutions-benefits-stretch-beyond-covid
Reach out to Marty Martin: Office/Cell: (281) 883 - 3997 or email: arnold.martin@airliquide.com

Jun 29, 2021
Jun 29, 2021
22 min
Industrial autonomy goes beyond automation by adding layers of smart sensing and machine cognition to anticipate and respond to unforeseen circumstances, ultimately culminating in systems responsible for all aspects of operation, from startup, through safe shutdown. In this episode, Keith Larson and ARC Advisory Group's Mark Sen Gupta discuss the process industry's path to autonomous operations.
Learn more about Honeywell: https://www.honeywell.com/us/en
Learn more about ARC Advisory Group: https://www.arcweb.com/
Read the transcript: https://www.controlglobal.com/podcasts/control-amplified/the-rise-of-industrial-autonomy

Jun 18, 2021
Jun 18, 2021
18 min
Today’s smart instruments boast an array of functions and features beyond the nominal process variable (PV) that can make life better in myriad ways...or not, if you don’t take them into account. To talk about those other intangible deliverables that today’s smart level instruments can deliver, Keith Larson is joined by Scott Peterson, national product manager, level, and Keith Riley, national product manager, temperature and pressure, both of Endress+Hauser’s U.S. operations.
Read the transcript: https://www.controlglobal.com/podcasts/control-amplified/solutions-spotlight-level-measurement-think-past-the-pv

Jun 9, 2021
Jun 9, 2021
26 min
While Beckhoff Automation is known traditionally as an automation supplier to discrete manufacturing industries, in recent years it's been steadily building credibility and relevance to the process industry's automation needs. Keith Larson and Jesse Hill, process industry manager for Beckhoff Automation, discuss the company's growing footprint in the process automation realm.
Read the full transcript: https://www.controlglobal.com/podcasts/control-amplified/solutions-spotlight-beckhoff-building-process-cred

May 21, 2021
May 21, 2021
19 min
Griffin Open Systems was founded in 2013 to bring to market a graphical programming toolkit for rapid application development and deployment of real-time solutions. In this episode, Keith Larson is joined by Griffin co-founder Brad Radl to discuss the delayed adoption of digitalization technologies like data analytics, artificial intelligence and Industry 4.0, and how Griffin's system-agnostic fourth-generation AI toolkit aims to help overcome the barriers to further digital transformation.
Learn more about Griffin Open Systems: https://www.griffinopensystems.com/
Read the full transcript: https://www.controlglobal.com/podcasts/control-amplified/solutions-spotlight-no-code-approach-lowers-ai-roadblocks

May 14, 2021
May 14, 2021
30 min
Michael Risse, VP and CMO for Seeq, and J.P. Bauman, principal at Altira, a venture capital fund that focuses on venture growth equity stage companies serving the energy and broader industrial space, join Keith Larson to share some best practices when buying innovative new technologies, software, or services from a company that may not have quite the track record of an Emerson, a Honeywell, or Rockwell, or Siemens. How can you make sure you're not left holding the bag?
Learn more about Seeq: https://www.seeq.com/
Learn more about Altira: https://www.altiragroup.com/
Read the full transcript: https://www.controlglobal.com/podcasts/control-amplified/solutions-spotlight-how-to-buy-from-a-start-up-without-getting-burned

May 6, 2021
May 6, 2021
27 min
When it comes to instrument calibration, people don't always understand what terms mean, and terms don't always mean what people understand them to mean. In this episode, editor in chief Keith Larson is joined by Robert Jennings, repair and calibration manager at Endress+Hauser's Gulf Coast Campus, for an in-depth discussion of the key points of calibration.
Learn more about Endress+Hauser: https://www.endress.com/en
Read the full transcript: https://www.controlglobal.com/podcasts/control-amplified/solutions-spotlight-calibration-requirements-demystified
