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A Control Amplified podcast with John Wozniak, product manager for automation digital products at Wago Corporation.
Mar 28, 2023•24 min•Ep. 67
Control Amplified: The Process Automation Podcast
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.
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How Coriolis technology is making hydrogen dispensing safer, efficient
Hydrogen is a sustainable fuel solution that is quickly gaining traction in the global marketplace. Despite it being an efficient and sustainable energy source, hydrogen dispensing requires the utmost safety parameters to ensure risk are mitigated. That is especially true for one of green hydrogen’s primary potential uses – vehicles such as trucks and tank cars. Emerson Automation Solutions is on the forefront of solving the safety risks present in hydrogen dispensing thanks to one of its newest...
Feb 13, 2023•8 min•Ep. 66
Industrial automation in the era of the cloud
It’s been more than 10 years now since Marc Andreesen proclaimed that “software is eating the world.” To discuss the rise of software in the automation sector and other salient issues facing the industrial enterprise, Keith Larson is joined by Robin Saitz, chief marketing office for Rockwell Automation on this latest episode of Control Amplified: The Process Automation Podcast. Read the transcript: https://controlglobal.com/33000054...
Feb 10, 2023•21 min•Ep. 65
Supporting the automation supply chain through turbulent times
When faced with challenges, having a little help can make the biggest difference. In this episode of Control Amplified: The Process Automation Podcast, Keith Larson is joined by Skip Tierno, chairman, and Teresa Sebring, president, Measurement Control & Automation Association (MCAA) , to learn how the association is assisting its members and partners in dealing with the challenges brought on by the COVID pandemic, the worker shortage, and more. Read the transcript: https://controlglobal.com/...
Feb 09, 2023•15 min•Ep. 64
Solutions spotlight: Integrating process and turbomachinery control
In November 2021, Compressor Controls Corporation (CCC) and Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced a partnership for a jointly developed integrated solution for process and turbomachinery control called CCC Inside. Just a couple of months ago, they released enhancements to their solution with additional function blocks. Historically, CCC is famous for turbomachinery controls and Yokogawa for process control. Now, they bring the two pieces together. Control Editor in Chief Len Vermillion is join...
Jan 25, 2023•15 min•Ep. 63
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.fi...
Dec 21, 2022•22 min•Ep. 62
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, softwa...
Dec 14, 2022•21 min•Ep. 61
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
Dec 07, 2022•25 min•Ep. 60
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/2143838...
Nov 30, 2022•12 min•Ep. 59
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 produ...
Nov 23, 2022•20 min•Ep. 58
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, d...
Nov 16, 2022•9 min•Ep. 57
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...
Nov 09, 2022•17 min•Ep. 56
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, ...
Oct 25, 2022•22 min•Ep. 55
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 wa...
Sep 21, 2022•19 min•Ep. 54
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/fo...
Aug 10, 2022•11 min•Ep. 53
A shift in focus: Create a virtuous cycle to advance sustainability
Despite a deluge of pledges from companies to reduce their environmental impact, the evolving sustainability space and growing regulatory investor and social pressures have left many organizations questioning where to begin. In this episode, Chris Hamlin, Seeq Corp.'s capability development lead, shares his seasoned perspective on the issue. Learn more about Seeq: https://www.seeq.com/ Read the transcript: https://www.controlglobal.com/podcasts/control-amplified/a-shift-in-focus-create-a-virtuou...
Jun 24, 2022•21 min•Ep. 52
Toward autonomous, Net Zero operations
In this episode of Control Amplified: The Process Automation Podcast, Keith Larson is joined by John Colpo, global manager, marketing strategy, oil & gas, at Honeywell Process Solutions. In their discussion live from Honeywell Users Group Americas 2022, they discuss the synergies between the pursuit of sustainability goals and autonomous operations. Learn more about Honeywell Process Solutions: https://process.honeywell.com/ Read the transcript: https://www.controlglobal.com/podcasts/control...
Jun 17, 2022•24 min•Ep. 51
The case for in situ CEMS analysis
Keith Larson talks about the range of CEMS technologies now available and how to choose among them with SICK's Phil Zyskowski, market application engineer, and John Calame, market product manager for Analyzers and Continuous Gas Analyzer Systems. Learn more about SICK: https://www.sick.com/us/en/ Read the transcript: https://www.controlglobal.com/podcasts/control-amplified/the-case-for-in-situ-cems-analysis...
Jun 10, 2022•20 min•Ep. 50
Ethernet switching for the OT world
Full featured managed switches from the IT world feature an impressive array of options and functionality—perhaps too many for operational technologists. Unmanaged switches, on the other hand, are relatively unsophisticated devices that cost less, but lack security and redundancy features. In this episode of Control Amplified: The Process Automation Podcast, Keith Larson talks to Charlie Norz, product manager for I/O systems, WAGO USA, about a network switch option designed specifically for the ...
May 27, 2022•13 min•Ep. 49
FDT for the Industry 4.0 era
The FDT integration standard first came into being as a means to deal with all aspects of multivendor device configuration and diagnostic data generated by smart process instruments. Over the years, it has evolved in both scope and functionality, and in its current iteration as FDT UE, it provides a platform-independent, web-enabled environment for managing and monitoring instrumentation and all manner of Industrial IoT devices across process, hybrid and discrete manufacturing domains. In this e...
May 06, 2022•24 min•Ep. 48
Coriolis technology fueling chemical industry transformation
It's been 45 years since Micro Motion debuted its first Coriolis meter, and back then, the chemical lab industry was the first to recognize the advantages of direct mass flow measurement. But over the years, Coriolis technology and complementary instrumentation that Emerson has assembled has proved the worth of this technology in many other dimensions. In this episode of Control Amplified: The Process Automation Podcast, editor in chief Keith Larson is joined by Don Fregelette, chemical industry...
Mar 14, 2022•31 min•Ep. 47
Ethernet-APL: Implications for the field devices of tomorrow
Ethernet-APL products are due to hit the marketplace this year. With this, process industries will be able to boast a unified Ethernet architecture that reaches from intrinsically safe field devices to the cloud. While bandwidth will be much faster, Ethernet-APL will also deliver substantially more electrical power to those field devices, bringing unprecedented capabilities to the digital field. In this episode, editor in chief Keith Larson speaks with Jonas Berge, senior director of applied tec...
Jan 24, 2022•30 min•Ep. 46
How HART transcends physical layer constraints
Ethernet-APL technology is an important technology milestone, enabling a new high performance paradigm of digital field communications for the process industries. But from a practical perspective, there are millions of analog 4-20 mA instruments installed around the world, and growing. No one will be tearing them out anytime soon. Further these analog devices are joined by a growing number of wireless monitoring instruments that are helping to realize the industrial IoT ambitions of process manu...
Nov 23, 2021•25 min•Ep. 45
Flexibility redefining I/O expectations
The process industry’s packaging, paper, plastics and textile manufacturing applications are among its most challenging. Conveyors, continuous sheets and webs are moving faster than ever, even as the volume of real-time data needed to feed industry’s digital transformation ambitions continues to mount. So, how can a maker of the industrial networks and input/output (I/O) systems that make all this happen continue to keep pace with the mounting demands of end users and machine builders? Keith Lar...
Nov 09, 2021•13 min•Ep. 44
Driving sustainable operations with advanced analytics
Many industrial organizations today list increased sustainability as one of their main corporate objectives. But it's not just altruism, they understand that advancing sustainability also offers significant competitive advantage, from both an image perspective and a business bottom line. In this podcast, Control's editor in chief Keith Larson discusses how advanced analytics are being used by process industries to advance the sustainability of their operations with Lindsey Wilcox, customer succe...
Oct 19, 2021•19 min•Ep. 43
The forces reshaping tomorrow’s distributed control system
Since its introduction more than four decades ago, the distributed control system, or DCS, has made enormous contributions to the safe, efficient and reliable operation of innumerable industrial processes around the world. In this episode of Control Amplified, editor in chief Keith Larson talks about the forces reshaping the distributed control system (DCS) landscape and how ABB is responding to them is Mark Taft, ABB group vice president responsible for the company's process control systems off...
Oct 12, 2021•27 min•Ep. 42
How instrumentation is addressing food & beverage industry needs
Food and beverage producers are being asked to do more with fewer people, to anticipate and prevent potential disruptions to production, and to advance the overall sustainability of their operations. And the COVID-19 pandemic has only brought added pressures to bear. But suppliers of instruments and controls are once again answering the call. In this episode, Keith Larson talks about how instrumentation controls are addressing the changing landscape of food and beverage industry needs with Ola W...
Oct 05, 2021•27 min•Ep. 41
Reimagining maintenance through connected systems
Once you know what to fix, how do you ensure that your maintenance team has ready access to the information it needs to execute the necessary repairs both quickly and effectively? In this episode, Control editor Keith Larson talks about Emerson’s efforts to help reimagine maintenance workflows through the use of connected systems with Brad Budde, vice president, digital customer experience for Emerson’s Automation Solutions business. Learn more about Emerson: https://www.emerson.com/en-us Read t...
Sep 28, 2021•19 min•Ep. 40
The evolving capabilities of Coriolis technology
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, direc...
Sep 21, 2021•21 min•Ep. 39
Ethernet-APL: Industry’s path forward
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-fo...
Sep 03, 2021•31 min•Ep. 38
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