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| Emerson expands its Smart Wireless solutions family  Emerson Process Management, a business of Emerson, has expanded its Smart Wireless solutions family with the addition of native communications capability for integration of wireless field networks to the ROC800-Series Remote Operations Controller. Extending the ROC800-series to include wireless field networks enables oil and gas operators to improve asset predictability, manage remote assets more profitably, improve maintenance efficiency and effectiveness, and deliver cost reductions in asset construction time.Wireless technology has long been used in the oil and gas industry where production and distribution systems can span hundreds of kilometers. In this industry, Emerson's remote operations controllers communicate with instrumentation at wellheads, pipelines, and other remote sites. Secure and robust wireless technology centralizes access, helping users improve safety and minimize risk of dangerous environments. Furthering these benefits, Emerson's enhancement of the ROC800 adds wireless functionality to the company's Smart Remote Automation Solutions, which further extends the predictive intelligence of PlantWeb digital architecture into remote oil and gas locations. The new Smart Wireless Communication capability allows the ROC800-Series Remote Operations Controller to communicate directly with any mix of up to 30 wireless temperature transmitters or wireless pressure transmitters over the self organizing mesh field network. This has significant cost benefits when used for monitoring process variables that may be located up to 200 meters away from the RTU. Wiring of instrumentation has significant costs in these environments since land is often leased and surfaces may be rocky and difficult for wiring. The remoteness of such locations also makes manual monitoring very expensive. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |