Control Amplified: The process automation podcast

Solutions Spotlight: Connecting the world of process automation

In this special edition of Control Amplified: The Process Automation Podcast, we bring you an interview from the Remaking Industry podcast from Smart Industry magazine. In this guest episode, Smart Industry editor in chief Chris McNamara is joined by Paul Sereiko, director of marketing, FieldComm Group, to discuss the impacts of digitalization and some of the organization's latest collaborations to create standards that encourage interoperability.

Learn more about FieldComm Group: https://www.fieldcommgroup.org/ 

Read the transcript: https://controlglobal.com/21439148 

Automation without boundaries

It’s been some three decades since the Purdue model first formalized the seven-layer pyramid for “computer-integrated manufacturing." While the model’s intent was primarily functional, form often follows function, and the intervening decades have left us with complex strata and siloes of isolated data that is difficult to integrate and contextualize. Peter Zornio, chief technology officer for Emerson’s Automation Solutions business, joins Keith Larson to discuss a new vision of a flatter, software-based architecture for process automation that democratizes data and enables optimization without all the former hurdles.
Learn more about Emerson Automation Solutions: https://www.emerson.com/en-us/automation/home
Read the transcript: https://controlglobal.com/21438713

The touch panel emerges as industry’s essential edge device

The touch panel has a long and storied history in the industrial automation arena. To better understand the changing roles and capabilities of the not-so-humble touch panel in today's production environments, Keith Larson is joined by John Wozniak, product manager for digital automation projects with Wago.

Read the transcript: https://controlglobal.com/21438616 

Coriolis technology tackling green hydrogen extremes

Green hydrogen can decarbonize applications where renewable electrons simply can't go, but does bring with it some challenges, notably the very high pressures and low temperatures needed to contain it. To talk more about the challenges posed and opportunities presented by green hydrogen in transportation applications, Keith Larson is joined by Genny Fultz, product manager, Marc Buttler, director of application innovation, both with Emerson.

Read the transcript: https://controlglobal.com/21438386

Ultrasonic technology takes on hydrogen, natural gas blends

While green hydrogen promises to play a significant role in the decarbonization of our energy infrastructure, it won't be as simple as throwing a switch. One key avenue for it is to leverage the existing natural gas distribution networks to deliver a blend of green hydrogen and traditional natural gas to the homes, buildings and industries that currently rely on natural gas in full. In this episode, Keith Larson, publisher of Control magazine and ControlGlobal.com, and Duane Harris, market product manager for Sick, discuss some of the unique challenges posed by blending hydrogen into our natural gas systems and some of the technologies can address these challenges in a cost-effective way.

Learn more about Sick Sensor Intelligence: https://www.sick.com/us/en/ 

Read the transcript: https://controlglobal.com/21438217 

Asset-specific insights to transform service workflows

The digital transformation of industry doesn't only apply to the real time control and optimization of industrial processes. It also applies the documentation, the supply chains, and context-specific workflows that support industrial assets across their entire lifespan. To better understand how, when it comes to industrial automation, digital technology at our disposal can make online retailers estimated delivery times a little more than entry stakes, Keith Larson is  joined by Brian Fretschel, director of digital customer experience for Emerson.

Read the transcript: https://controlglobal.com/21438009 

Analytics enabling next-generation OEE

As the digital transformation of the process industries advances, innovative solutions are easing OEE pain points and making way for more flexible methods of applying OEE on an enterprise level. To learn more about how digital transformation is allowing manufacturers to extract new value from this tried and true metric, Keith Larson is joined by Joe Reckamp, principal analytics engineer for Seeq. 

Read the transcript: https://controlglobal.com/21437418 

Industry accelerates its journey to Industrial Autonomy

Today's current events have ratcheted up uncertainty among industrial enterprises around the world. One result has been an increased sense of urgency to implement digital transformation strategies at scale, including those advancing the realization of industrial autonomy. To provide a status report on our collective journey from Industrial Automation to Industrial Autonomy, or IA2IA in Yokogawa shorthand, Keith Larson, publisher of Control magazine and ControlGlobal.com, is joined by Tom Fiske, Principal Technology Strategist, Yokogawa US Technology Center, Yokogawa Corporation of America.

Learn more about Yokogawa: https://www.yokogawa.com/solutions/featured-topics/ia2ia/

Read the transcript: https://controlglobal.com/21436754 

How instrumentation is transforming water/wastewater operations

Industry is among the largest consumers of fresh water, and many global manufacturers have identified water scarcity as a significant risk factor to continuing operations. To answer this challenge operators of both municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment systems are in the midst of their own transformations. To discuss the ongoing transformation of our water/wastewater infrastructure Keith Larson speaks with Endress+Hauser’s Nick Hanson, national industry manager for water and wastewater.
Learn more about Endress+Hauser: https://www.us.endress.com/
Read the transcript: https://controlglobal.com/21435291

Food & beverage processors embracing Coriolis technology

When Coriolis flow measurement technology first debuted back in the 1970s, food and beverage companies were among the earliest adopters. To learn more how Emerson’s Coriolis pioneers continue to tailor their portfolio to align with the needs of today’s F&B makers, Keith Larson speaks with Melissa Stiegler, director, food & beverage industry for Emerson.

 

Learn more about Emerson: https://www.emerson.com/en-us 

 

Read the transcript: https://www.controlglobal.com/podcasts/control-amplified/food-and-beverage-processor-embracing-coriolis-technology