Emerson Process Management turbowaltzes wirelessly in Vienna! Other Commentators Andrew Bond (IAI) Patrick Raleigh (Process Eng.) Vienna was the venue for the European launch of two new offerings from Emerson Process Management. Up to seventy editors and journalists from Europe's technical journals gathered to hear from an impressive team led by EPM's new European President, David Dunbar. His predecessor, Jim Nyquist, has recently been appointed President of Global Sales. "With Our Customers, We Imagined the Opportunities without the Limit of Wires... We Can See More... The Opportunities Are Real Utility Usage Field Worker Communication/ Location Operator Mobilisation Relief Valves/Stacks Asset Tracking Corrosion Plant Security Rotating Equipment Vibration Safety Shower Usage Fire, Gas, Smoke Spills & Leaks Heat Exchangers & Filters Ground Faults ..." Before the presentations proper began he outlined the position of EPM as they see it, consistantly leading the opposition not only in innovative products but also in the harsh world of commercial profitability. Part of the reason for this happy situation is without doubt their even spread over the world easing their vulnerability to regional depressions and currency dips such as the current situation in the United States of America. Indeed less than 35% of sales are now in the US as against 66% fairly evenly divided throughout Europe, Asia and the rest of the world. (The figures for the Emerson Group also show a smaller difference between US and the Asia, Europe and ROW with 48% of the overall business in the US). Another reason he gave was the substantial investment of the company in engineering and technology which has almost doubled in the past ten years. The first Announcement concerned their Smart Machinery Health™ Management offering for turbomachinery, which included the launch of the CSI 6000 monitor for API 670 protection. This further enhances the loop in their programme for predictive machinery health management solutions. The second presentation was a natural continuation of the launch in January of their Wireless offering and saw the unvailing of their Smart Wireless Architecture, a collaboration with CISCO. They also took the opportunity to show the phenomenal take-up and adoption of Wireless in little more than a year since it's launch in the states last year. Examples were given from various plants in Europe and elsewhere. Included were quotes from their customers one of which is featured below. Both these offerings open up new opportunities for process and utility plants as well as other manufacturing facilities and possibilities for measuring, monitoring and controlling areas throughout industry.

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Emerson Extends PlantWeb® to Smart Machinery Health™ Management for Turbomachinery Launches CSI 6000 Machinery Health Monitor for API 670 Protection Vienna 28th November 2007: Emerson Process Management announced the European release of its new CSI 6000 Machinery Health Monitor that extends its online PlantWeb Smart Machinery Health Monitoring capabilities to include API 670 protection for turbomachinery. API 670 is the American Petroleum Institute's globally accepted definition of industry best practices for turbomachinery protection. The new CSI 6000 integrates API 670 protection with Emerson's prediction, performance monitoring, and process control capabilities to manage the health of a plant's most critical assets Through the PlantWeb digital plant architecture, the CSI 6000 integrates with Emerson's AMS™ Suite of predictive maintenance applications enabling reliability and maintenance personnel to improve plant availability and performance. Further integration with Emerson's Ovation® and DeltaV™ automation systems provide operations with essential machinery information. The addition of protection for turbomachinery completes Emerson's online machinery monitoring offering. The new CSI 6000 Machinery Health Monitor protects critical machinery from catastrophic failures, permitting orderly shutdown of equipment and related processes. Turbomachines are critical assets in power plants, oil and gas production facilities, refineries, pulp and paper mills, chemical and petrochemical plants. These multi-million Euro assets weigh hundreds of tonnes; their blades spin at near supersonic speeds and they often operate at over 500o C and over 200 bar. They can quickly self-destruct if not protected, potentially causing injury, and environmental incidents along with significant economic impacts. "Turbomachinery is at the heart of many of the largest process plants and, to operate with confidence, our users need predictive diagnostics, performance monitoring and protection systems integrated with process automation," said John Berra, president of Emerson Process Management. "By delivering these capabilities through the PlantWeb digital plant architecture, Emerson enables users to improve machinery performance over the life cycle of a plant" The CSI 6000 offers full turbine supervisory instrumentation including case expansion, differential expansion, thrust position, and both relative and absolute vibration with a local display option. The CSI 6000 rack includes buffered outputs for connectivity with any data collector for raw waveform vibration data. The 19" wide rack contains 14 swappable slots, and at 3U high is half the size of traditional racks. The unit also offers dual, redundant 24 VDC power. "The CSI 6000 Machinery Health Monitor complements our leading online machinery monitoring solutions and AMS Suite predictive maintenance software," said Craig Llewellyn, president of Emerson's Asset Optimization division. "Now our users can turn to Emerson for the most comprehensive and integrated machinery monitoring capabilities." A complete range of sensors, adapters, cables, connectors, converters, and fittings are available for new installations, retrofits, or replacement of sensors during an overhaul. Instrumentation adjustments or change-outs can be made while the machine is running. Emerson offers world-class services to assist users with system design, installation, configuration and startup, training, and ongoing support. In addition to technology offerings for turbomachinery, Emerson also provides comprehensive services to assist users with system design, installation, configuration and startup, training and ongoing support. For more information go to www.assetweb.com/mhm Most of the links below are to releases dealing launches during Emerson's User Exchange held in Texas in early September 2007. US Launch Releases Emerson extends PlantWeb to Smart Machinery Health™ Management for turbomachinery (US 10th Sept 2007) Emerson launches CSI 6000 Machinery Health™ Monitor for API 670 protection (US 10th Sept 2007) Wireless What we said about the Bologna Launch! Among the new wireless products reviewed/released were: Please note some of these products are not universally available throughout the world. (Ed) ROC800-Series Remote Operations Controller Emerson adds discrete transmitter to Smart Wireless solutions family Emerson introduces wireless vibration transmitter to increase plant reliability and safety Emerson and RCS announce wireless corrosion transmitter Emerson further eases integration of its Smart Wireless field networks into PlantWeb® architecture Some Industrial Wireless Installations! PPG Industries Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp Croda Inc Milford Power Contest for "wireless innovators"

Emerson and CISCO Collaborate to Offer Open-Standard Wireless Solutions for Process Industries in Europe "When Emerson first approached me with their industrial wireless solution, they said 'We're plug and play.' I have to admit I laughed; nothing I'd seen so far was that easy. But I'm a believer now. Five minutes after installing it, the wireless network came to life. It's been there ever since." - Tim Gerami, Senior Design Engineer, PPG lake Charles Process automation and IT leaders work together to advance the use of wireless technology for manufacturing improvement Vienna 29th November 2007: Emerson Process Management announced that it is collaborating with CISCO to offer open-standard solutions for wireless process and plant management applications that install easily and operate reliably in the challenging process manufacturing environment. Emerson, a global leader in process automation, and CISCO, a global leader in IT networking for industrial and business management applications, are combining their expertise and technology to deliver a complete solution that improves productivity, safety, and operational efficiency for manufacturing customers. Their wireless process applications use self-organising field networks for increased monitoring of plant data for control and asset optimisation; they also offer mobile operator and maintenance worker applications. CISCO wireless plant networks offer applications including those for worker mobility, voice over IP communications, tracking of personnel and assets, and video applications. "Since we began the global introduction of Smart Wireless field networks a year ago, we've been excited at the high customer interest and their quickly realised business results," said John Berra, president of Emerson Process Management. "We are pleased to be working with CISCO to extend our offering to include wireless plant network solutions with the security and reliability required in the process environment. The combined field and plant communications platform supports current and future applications that help enable faster and more effective business management over the life of the plant. Additionally, CISCO's commitment to open standards makes it an ideal partner for Emerson and our customers." "Networks and mobility are dramatically transforming our customers businesses and in-plant processes," said Maciej Kranz, vice president of product marketing for Wireless Business Unit for CISCO. "By delivering a combined wireless architecture from Emerson and CISCO, we are enabling our manufacturing process customers to deploy flexible, scaleable and safe wireless solutions and mobility applications in rugged plant environments." Emerson will project-manage and deliver the wireless solution to customers by working with CISCO and taking advantage of their joint expertise. Emerson and CISCO have developed a services plan to design, specify, install and support wireless solutions for customers worldwide. These customised solutions will provide end users with a competitive edge through open-standards wireless technology and a complete network platform that ensures they can start with any application and easily expand as the technology evolves. Many customers use CISCO's wired plant network applications today and will realise an advantage by extending their relationships to include wireless applications. The wireless platform will extend the Smart Wireless capabilities of PlantWeb® digital plant architecture to include wireless plant networks. The networks use the CISCO Unified Wireless Architecture offering, including industrial-class wireless access points, controllers and network management software, and plant applications such as communication, tracking and worker mobility tools. They will use the CISCO Unified Wireless Architecture to provide ubiquitous, highly secure wireless LAN coverage and integration within the plant's existing IT infrastructure; this integration eliminates the need for a complex wireless overlay network. CISCO's Wireless Control System will centralise the configuration and management of the plant's Wi-Fi network, reducing overall cost of ownership. "We envision that the open-standard wireless infrastructure and applications jointly architected with CISCO will simplify the implementation of value-added wireless automation projects and reduce risk," summarised Berra. "The age of wireless will be advanced as process and IT improvements are smoothly integrated, and the canyons of steel and limits of wiring are removed as obstacles to the imagination of customers." About Emerson and CISCO Wireless Emerson's Smart Wireless solutions are an extension of its PlantWeb digital architecture and engineering, project management, and asset optimisation skills that are delivering efficiency and uptime advantages in thousands of installations globally and across the process industries. The company's self-organising mesh wireless field networks and wireless services help enable reliable, highly secure connection to process data that was physically out of reach or too expensive for wiring. Installed costs of wireless points are reduced by up to 90 percent over wired approaches. The wireless field networks are based on IEEE 802.15.4 and designed to be compliant with WirelessHART. They provide connectivity for Emerson's broad portfolio of wireless sensing, condition monitoring and diagnostics devices that are embedded within the process to deliver process data for control and asset management. The company is expanding its Smart Wireless programme by collaborating with CISCO to deliver an open wireless plant network and expand the wireless solutions portfolio. This is accomplished via CISCO's Unified Wireless solutions, which comprise CISCO industrial-class 1500 Series wireless mesh access points, CISCO Wireless Control System for wireless network management, supported by CISCO Secure Services for network security. Additionally, Emerson, working with CISCO, offers of a number of applications including voice, mobile communication, asset and location tracking, mobile worker, and video applications. Emerson Services and Solutions will team with CISCO Advanced Services to deliver integrated, customised wireless solutions, establishing highly secure and scaleable infrastructure with optimised, reliable messaging for coexisting communications.