WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY FEATURE
IMPACT OF WIRELESS on industrial performance
Emerson predicts that the next 10 years will see exponential growth in the adoption of wireless technologies that help companies maximise safety and reliability and enable IoT strategies
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Emerson predicts the next 10 years will see exponential growth in the adoption of wireless and pervasive sensing applications that help companies maximise safety and reliability, optimise production and enable Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) strategies. A key technology of Emerson’s Plantweb digital ecosystem, wireless products have transformed industrial facilities around the world. As many technologies of the past decade have accelerated and improved information at people’s fingertips, industrial wireless has given manufacturers the digital technology to access essential data to make better decisions and improve operational performance.
MOST IMPACTFUL TECHNOLOGY “Wireless is arguably the most impactful technology for industrial manufacturers since the introduction of digital instrumentation more than three decades ago,” says Bob Karschnia, vice president and general manager, wireless, Emerson Automation Solutions. “Over the past 10 years, industrial wireless combined with smart sensors has provided the foundation that will support cloud-based applications, remote monitoring and other Industrial IoT programmes over the next decade.” By collaborating with customers on early installations, Emerson helped introduce
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the world’s first industrial wireless automation standard in 2007. Since then, the company has surpassed 10 billion hours of wireless operations across more than 32,000 networks, proving its reliability, robustness and security. While initial adoption focused on harsh,
remote and difficult to reach environments, wireless has expanded customers’ automation ecosystems from core functions to new applications such as acoustic monitoring, corrosion detection and power consumption monitoring. New plant construction is leveraging
wireless technology for other enterprise- wide applications including equipment health monitoring and energy management with upward of 20% wireless infrastructure.
POWERFUL WIRELESS AND BATTERY-LESS LIMIT SWITCH
The new OsiSenseTM XCKW range from Telemecanique Sensors brings easy connectivity to machine configurations where cabling is difficult, expensive or unwanted. The range of wireless, battery-less limit switches is designed to serve a vast number of industries from hoisting, elevators and escalators to mills, foundries, process machinery and handling and packaging. The new limit switch range is offered in out-of- the-box compatible packs comprising an OsiSense XCKW limit switch and a receiver. OsiSense XCKW limit switches simplify machine connectivity. Planning a wireless machine solution doesn't involve cables, which significantly reduces the cost of the system. Furthermore, a wireless solution doesn't use contacts so maintenance costs
are reduced. OsiSense XCKW switches come in a plug-and-play kit so only electro-mechanical skills are needed to install it. It's equally easy to replace an earlier-generation limit switch because the OsiSense XCKW is 100% compatible with XCKS and XCKM switches. OsiSense XCKW has a wireless range of up to 100 m. The range can be doubled using an active antenna offered by Schneider Electric. OsiSense XCKW is self-powered so there is no
need to worry about battery replacement or battery recycling costs. Schneider Electric’s optimised design and production process has reduced the amount of raw material used per device, making it even more environmentally friendly.
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Wireless non-intrusive piping corrosion
monitoring systems use permanently mounted ultrasonic sensors to deliver continuous wall thickness measurements of the highest quality, directly to engineers’ desks
the intense focus on getting more value from existing assets, companies are increasingly turning to wireless as a cost- effective and highly efficient technology for fleet-wide performance optimisation. “In the next 15 years there could be 100% wireless plants, just as many homes today have cut the cord on wired telephone service,” says Karschnia. The Emerson wireless portfolio of gateways and devices supports Emerson’s Plantweb digital ecosystem that harnesses Industrial IoT to expand digital intelligence to the entire manufacturing enterprise, while providing an architecture for either on- or off-premise monitoring. Providing the communications network
for Industrial IoT, wireless is helping customers collaborate with Emerson’s experts through remote monitoring and other cloud-based services.
PLANT INFORMATION ON-DEMAND Emerson wireless technologies, based on the internationally recognised WirelessHART standard approved by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in 2010, are widely implemented in refineries, oil fields, offshore platforms, chemical plants and other industrial facilities around the world. With them, manufacturing personnel obtain plant information on-demand to achieve operational certainty including greater reliability, worker and plant safety, reduced emissions and lower risk of environmental impacts. Emerson recently announced its new
dual-mode wireless gateway which helps customers establish a robust and flexible wireless plant infrastructure, supporting both WirelessHART and ISA100 industrial wireless communications standards. To help manufacturers minimise potentially negative impacts on their operations, Emerson recently introduced technologies for advanced wireless detection of piping corrosion, steam and gas leaks, as well as wireless monitoring of power consumption.
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