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		Chemical manufacturer implements mobile SCADA solution - 05/13/12 Process & Control, April 2012 Allessa Chemie uses EXTEND7000 Mobile SCADA at its Frankfurt-Fechenheim manufacturing operation. The solution was purchased in order to more effectively monitor the consistency of energy distribution levels within its main 400V plant power supply.

		Ready Or Not Wireless Is Here - 05/13/12 Automation World, May 2012 By James R. Koelsch The Crescenta Valley Water District outside Los Angeles expanded the district’s use of wireless communications by building a network of more than 24 broadcasting sites. The radios transmit data to the control room so the operators there can manage the 30 or so reservoirs, wells, boosting stations, and other assets.

		Wireless radios send the right signals at power company - 05/12/12 Process & Control Engineering, May 2012 Engineers at the Hadong Power Plant in Korea faced a challenging decision. Should they lay more than 600 meters of costly fiber optic cable at the plant’s coal handling and testing area, or ditch the wire and use industrial HotSpot Radios? Wirelss won.

		Daintree Networks Provides Lighting Solution to United Stationers - 04/24/12 United Stationers installed an integrated intelligent lighting system consisting of energy-saving LED fixtures and Daintree’s ControlScope wireless lighting controls.

		SCL connects EnOcean and ZigBee wireless technologies to Niagara - 04/23/12 The integration of EnOcean and ZigBee-based products to Niagara is performed through CAN2GO controllers which push the wireless points to JACE hardware via BACnet or Obix.


		Optimizing Process Operations From Afar - 04/21/12 Control, April 2012 By Dan Hebert AOC Resins uses remote wireless connections to access Emerson control systems at their seven process plants across North America from its corporate headquarters.

		PoE for solar sludge drying process - 04/21/12 Industrial Ethernet Book, April 2012 Veolia Water Solutions & Technology has adopted Prosoft Technology's industrial radios with PoE for its solar sludge drying process at a treatment facility located in France. The radios are fitted to robots that control part of the process.

		Keeping an eye on Cathedral of L'Aquila - 04/21/12 Industrial Ethernet Book, April 2012 Structural monitoring of a noted Italian cathedral seriously damaged in a devastating earthquake in April 2009 is carried out wirelessly with National Instruments' wireless sensor network (WSN) modules and wired sensors to measure structural variables.

		3-mile WiFi connection enables mobile HMI access - 03/14/12 Plant Engineering, March 2012 By David Burrell, Phoenix Contact Wireless local area network easily cover 3.1-mile span for a California water system, saving more than $15,000 compared to a wired solution.

		A Taste for Troubleshooting - 03/12/12 Industrial Networking, February 2012 By Joe Reilly, Comtec Industries Comtech, a builder of crust-forming machines, uses eWon’s cloud service to provide remote diagnostics for its PLC-based control systems.

		Mobile workers respond to alarms, view data logs - 03/10/12 Control Engineering, March 2012 By David Hill, Opto 22 An Apple iPad and an app are all that operators need to remotely access and operate workstation-based operator interfaces at manufacturer Toyo Tanso USA in Portland, Ore.

		Wireless Keeps Irrigation System Flowing - 02/21/12 Energy Systems Engineering installed Phoenix Contact TWE radios, PLCs and EtherNet/IP as part of Lindmore Irrigation District’s extensive SCADA system upgrade in Lindsay, California.

		Wireless technology helps meet environmental requirements - 02/17/12 Automation, February 2012 Rosemount wireless conductivity transmitters are helping prevent the discharge of chemicals into the local environment at a paper mill in Sweden.

		Digital architecture helps tank farm meet safety requirements - 01/29/12 Industrial Ethernet Book, February 2012 Emerson’s wireless level and pressure transmitters and a plant-wide wireless network have been used to automate tank storage level monitoring in Sweden, improving safety and reducing costs.

		Natural Gas Production: Enabling In-the-Field Meter Data - 12/29/11 Automation World, December 2011 Dart Oil and Gas needed to make production data from its methane wells available to engineers in the field. Using OPC, they switched from a centralized system to a modern HIM/SCADA system that allowed Web-enable smartphone access.

		Wireless conductivity transmitters help prevent chemical discharge - 12/18/11 Control Engineering Europe, December 2011 Korsnäs Gävle is using Emerson’s Smart Wireless conductivity and temperature transmitters to collect critical leak-detection monitoring data at its board and paper production unit at Gävlebukten, Sweden.

		Finding the unexpected benefits of wireless - 12/07/11 InTech, December 2011 By Andrew Nolan HollyFrontier’s El Dorado refinery in southeast Kansas discovered several uses for its industrial wireless mesh network on top of its original application.

		Secure Access - 11/18/11 Control Design. November 2011 By Dan Hebert System integrator Prism Systems uses security modules to establish connections to remote systems, such as a natural gas compressor.

		Emerson wireless sensors monitor paper mill in Sweden - 11/16/11 Korsnäs Gävle is using Emerson’s wireless conductivity and temperature transmitters to collect leak-detection data at its board and paper production unit at Gävlebukten, Sweden.

		Remote cold chain monitoring - 10/17/11 South Africa Instrumentation & Control, October 2011 Beyond Wireless Remote Terminal Units will be connected to 14 solar-powered refrigeration units where vaccines will be stored in a ‘moving warehouse’ in Saint Louis, Senegal.

		Flowmeters Phone Home - 09/24/11 Control, September 2011 By Dennis Brown, Dart Oil and Gas Thanks to the web environment created by Open Automation Software products data can be pulled by a smart phone such as the iPhone, manipulated, and then pushed from the iPhone though the OPC Server to the test meters in the field.

		Communicating Diagnostic Data in a Legacy Environment - 08/31/11 Control Engineering, August 2011 By Steven Moore A pulp and paper mill in North America recently solved a nagging problem with a misbehaving magnetic flowmeter by using a wireless device to report diagnostic information that was not coming through the wired I/O.

		Emerson controls tank storage terminal in Sweden - 08/29/11 FH Tank Storage AB is using Emerson’s Rosemount wireless level and pressure transmitters to provide overspill protection at its Kalmar storage terminal on the east coast of Sweden.

		Bags, Batch Software and Biotech - 07/23/11 Control, July 2011 By Jim Montague How Shire Biopharmaceuticals accellerated construction plans for their newest facility by using Honeywell Process Solution's Experion Batch Manager system, C300 controllers, and some OneWirelesss networking.

		Wireless technologies improve efficiency and safety at crushing plants - 07/23/11 Control Engineering Europe, July 2010 By Antti Jaatinen, Metso How automation and wireless technologies can provide benefits for customers involved in aggregates production.

		Western refining cuts wiring costs, improves performance - 06/12/11 Control Engineering, June 2011 By Reginald Joseph, Western Refining The Gallup refinery uses a legacy Honeywell TDC 3000 DCS. Management sought to extend monitoring capabilities to remote tank farm areas. After a site survey, a wireless system is being integrated with existing power and network infrastructure.

		Toyota plant monitors detention ponds wirelessly - 06/12/11 Control Engineering, June 2011 By Susan Schnelbach, Banner Engineering Wireless monitoring of detention pond levels helps Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky comply with requirements of the Water Quality Act of 1987.

		Honeywell supplies Mobile Stations to Hindustan refinery - 06/02/11 Hindustan Petroleum implemented Honeywell’s Mobile Stations in their $200 million Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) project at their Mumbai refinery.

		Apprion develops Wireless Application Site Plan for BASF FINA - 05/08/11 Apprion conducted an on-site survey, which included RF spectrum analysis, various grid simulation output with signal power levels and a technical evaluation of the site’s infrastructure.

		Veolia adopts Prosoft radios for its solar sludge drying process - 04/24/11 Process & Control Today, April 2011 Veolia’s solar sludge drying process uses an automated turner. The operation is automated, and the robots are radio-controlled, which provides a more robust solution than the traditional wired approach.

		Dow Employs GPS for Pipeline Worker Safety - 04/24/11 Automation World, April 2011 Dow Pipeline manages 4,000 miles of pipeline along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coasts. Premier GPS provided Dow with a technician location system based on GPS satellite technology.

		CAMotion —Wireless Distributed Safety Control Network - 04/24/11 Automation World, April 2011 CAMotion, a motion control automation manufacturer, worked with Siemens to deploy a distributed safety control network for large, overhead gantry robot systems equipment.

		Emerson’s Wireless monitors water usage in Ireland - 04/07/11 Rosemount wireless flow and pressure transmitters on two new storage tanks monitor water usage at GlaxoSmithKline's Cork plant in Ireland.

		Airfield Lights Using Wireless POINT I/O and Mobile Operator Interfaces At the heart of the lighting systems are ControlLogix PACs utilizing Ethernet/IP wireless communications modules. Airfield lighting circuit status is served to a FactoryTalk SCADA operator console located in the Air Traffic Control Tower.

		One man’s waste is another man’s energy - 03/06/11 Granger Electric operates a landfill-gas-to-energy program that extracts methane from decomposing waste and supplies it to customers as an alternative "greenhouse" fuel. This story highlights the communication system used between the control center and customers’ sites, to remotely access and monitor energy consumption.

		Cellular provides cost-effective addition to satellite SCADA system - 03/06/11 This article describes how a midstream oil company sought to improve their pipeline integrity by adding a dozen non-critical data points to their satellite SCADA monitoring system using cellular technology.

		Wireless I/O Control System Proves Successful for Vehicle Manufacturer in India - 03/03/11 India manufacturer of utility vehicles built a modern greenfield facility with state-of-the-art EMS conveyor enabled by Rockwell Automation control architecture and a ProSoft Technology wireless communication system.

		Belden installs WLAN Process Control solution for Shell - 02/08/11 Belden designed and delivered a wireless Profinet infrastructure, which acts as an interface to the process control systems at Shell's Ethylene Cracker Complex in Singapore.

		WLAN process control solution for petrochemical plant - 02/07/11 Control Engineering Europe, January 2011 A new Ethylene Cracker Complex has recently been completed by Shell Eastern Petroleum in Singapore. Belden Wireless technology has been deployed at the site to gain mobile access to the process control system.

		Keeping the greens green - 01/28/11 By Phoenix Contact A golf course needed a reliable automated irrigation/fertilization system to keep the course in top condition. By installing Phoenix Contact radios, they improved the reliability of the water and fertilizing pumps without interrupting golfers.

		Honeywell controls Petrovis fuel depot in Mongolia - 01/26/11 Honeywell supplied a PKS control system, OneWireless, Digital Video Manager and Enraf Tank Gauging System to improve the efficiency and safety of a fuel depot near Ulaanbaatar.

		WirelessHART Successfully Handles Control - 01/16/11 Chemical Processing, January 2011 By Frank Seibert, UT, and Terry Blevins, Emerson Comparable control performance versus wired, as measured by IAE, was achieved for both pressure control and steam flow control using WirelessHART measurements with the PID modified for wireless communication.

		Wireless Ethernet, PLCs add productivity to Blue Bell Creameries - 01/09/11 Control Engineering, December 2010 Upgrade with Siemens Scalance WLAN and Simatic PLCs adds productivity and eases training on aging automated storage and retrieval system for Blue Bell Creameries, a Texas-based ice cream maker.

		Crane Moves with IEEE 802.11n wireless - 01/09/11 Control Engineering, December 2010 With the range of motion of industrial gantry cranes (in some cases over a kilometer), wireless Ethernet allows connectivity with moving equipment, avoiding the safety hazards and risk of moving wires or fibers.

		Smart wireless network monitors critical equipment - 12/20/10 International Power Engineer, December 2010 Emerson’s smart wireless technology provides continuous performance data on critical boiler feed pumps at PPL Generation's Montour power station, as well as feedwater and air heaters at its Brunner Island Unit 1 power plant, both in Pennsylvania, USA.

		Wireless I/O Streamlines Auto Plant - 12/18/10 Control Design, December 2010 By Jim Montague Carriers on overhead conveying system use wireless radios and controls to coordinate and optimize movement and production at this auto plant in India.

		Wireless Monitoring Delivers Fast Payback - 12/12/10 Control, December 2010 By Chris Stubbs Genetech installed wireless monitors on 56 steam traps at a cost of $42,000. As a result, 14 steam traps showed signs of failure. The maintenance team investigated, and the traps were replaced. Early detection saved an estimated $53,000 in annual steam loss.

		Wireless helps Plains Exploration & Production (PXP) - 12/12/10 Control Engineering, November 2010 PXP transformed its steam injection metering and data acquisition systems into a highly sophisticated, automated process comprised of a large network of WirelessHART transmitters and industrial broadband radios.

		Wireless HART technology helps boost production and cuts - 12/12/10 Control Engineering Europe, November 2010 Smart Wireless technology, based on the WirelessHART (IEC 62591) standard, is enabling Tecpetrol to boost production, while reducing maintenance and operations costs at natural gas compression and delivery facilities in Argentina.

		Company Carries SCADA, Voice, Video and Internet Traffic with Exalt Backhaul Systems - 11/24/10 Utility Products, October 2010 Wheatland Electric Cooperative in Scott City, Kan, is not only a power distributor, it also supplies customers with water and wireless Internet. Wheatland uses a single backhaul network to carry traffic for all three businesses.

		Emerson Wireless technology helps boost production in Argentina - 11/22/10 Data from Rosemount wireless transmitters helps Tecpetrol increase production by $4 million while reducing maintenance costs by 62% and supervisory control costs by 35%.

		Copper Mine Optimizes Water Recovery with Honeywell Wireless - 11/03/10 Codelco needed to optimize the water recovery process of the thickener pools at its Norte mine in Chile. It used wireless to connect field devices in the mine to its PLCs and control system.

		The Wisdom of Wireless - 10/26/10 Automation World, October 2010 By James R. Koelsch Dundee Precious Metals in Bulgaria and Armenia installed a Wi-Fi (for Wireless Fidelity) network from Cisco Mobility Solutions in its mines. Wireless works underground!

		Infrared Inspection Transformed By Wireless Technology - 10/19/10 Process & Control Today, October 2010 Medite Europe in Clonmel, Ireland, uses FLIR thermal imaging as an important part of its predictive maintenance programme. Electrical or mechanical faults are spotted and repaired before becoming a production-disrupting failure.

		Emerson's Wireless saved Atlas Pipeline $725,000 in installation costs - 10/13/10 The wireless network includes 99 Rosemount wireless temperature, pressure, level, and discrete-input transmitters that communicate with three Smart Wireless Gateways.

		Emerson’s Wireless network boosts production at Northstar Bluescope Steel - 09/28/10 Replacing traditional wired network with wireless for control and monitoring has improved operations and worker safety in harsh environment.

		Oakville Ford plant successfully implements Wi-Fi on factory assembly line - 09/24/10 MRO, September 2010 Ford is the first automaker to use Wi-Fi provisioning on the assembly line to wirelessly deliver SYNC software to vehicles equipped with the new MyFord Touch driver connect technology as they are being built. The Oakville, Ontario, assembly line produces the all-new 2011 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX models.

		Emerson automates separations research facility - 09/12/10 The pilot plant uses DeltaV S-series controllers with Electronic Marshalling, HART I/O, Smart Wireless communications, sensors and transmitters, digital control valves, and Coriolis meters.

		Smart robot monitors SEQ water quality - 09/12/10 Process & Control Engineering, August 2010 A solar-powered smart robot and 120 sensor nodes were now positioned around Wivenhoe Dam to provide real-time data on water quality and weather conditions.

		More Power, Less Exposure - 09/10/10 Control, September 2010 By Nancy Bartels Vermont Yankee used Honeywell wireless gauge reader (WGR) technology to reduce radiation exposure and enhance system monitoring. The WGR is an instrument that attaches to the front of existing analog gauges, and then transmits a gauge reading wirelessly via WiFi 802.11b/g protocol.

		Win With Wireless - 09/10/10 Industrial Networking, August 2010 By Jim Montague Western Refining's refinery near Gallup, New Mexico, recently upgraded its tank operations and process units with a mesh networking solution and went way beyond just saving on cable.

		Smart Wireless Transmitters Monitor Storage Tanks - 08/26/10 Oil and Gas Engineering, August 2010 Self-organising wireless network reduces installation costs and enables online monitoring of vapour pressure and levels in tanks.

		Talk2M Enables wireless control of Robot Welding Machines - 08/24/10 Sims Engineering Ltd is now able to remotely monitor and control an industrial robot welding machine using secure Broadband and 3G connections.

		Wireless – Overcoming challenges of PID control & analyzer applications - 08/23/10 InTech, August 2010 By Greg McMillan An enhanced PID controller simplifies tuning and improves loop stability and reliability for loops dominated by discontinuous measurement updates.

		Wireless Bar Code Readers Provide Immediate Fault Reporting - 08/23/10 Process and Control Today, August 2010 IDC’s ZB111 wireless bar code reader is helping to minimise maintenance downtime and costs in a major (100,000m²) new distribution centre (DC) that IDC has recently automated for a global retailer.

		Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Reduces Costs and Improves Measurement - 08/23/10 By Honeywell FCFC wanted to overcome having to take manual temperature measurements on three of its rotary machines. Using a “starter kit.” the company was provided with an introduction to industrial wireless solutions and opened the door for future plant and company adoption.

		Wi-Fi network improves operator efficiency for Novartis in France - 08/13/10 Control Engineering Europe, July 2010 The combination of a digital automation system with a fully integrated Wi-Fi network and mobile operator stations provides process and plant information to operators and maintenance staff throughout the facility.

		Wireless Telemetry keeps the music going - 07/26/10 Omniflex Wireless Telemetry ensures water is delivered across the Glastonbury Festival site, quenching the thirst of 175,000 music lovers.

		Western Michigan integrates pneumatic thermostats into its BAS - 07/24/10 Automated Buildings, July 2010 By Harry Sim, Cypress Envirosystems Cypress Envirosystems thermometers were installed in place of 47 originals and communicate with an energy management system by radio.

		Mogale Gold - 07/10/10 South Africa Instrumentation & Control, July 2010 Opto 22 rack mount and standalone programmable automation controllers (PACs) and I/O, connected via wireless, control mine tailings in a processing plant situated between the gold mine and the dump.

		Pipeline Operator Gains By Wirelessly Monitoring Cathodic Protection - 06/23/10 Pipeline & Gas Journal, June 2010 By Dan Steele, FreeWave Technologies EnCana Oil & Gas installed a remote, wireless cathodic protection monitoring system to watch over 128 miles of regulated pipeline in Colorado.

		Upgrade at Pilsner brewery - 06/12/10 Control Engineering Europe, June 2010 Czech beer Pilsner Urquell updated its existing SIEMENS S5 to an S7 system with wireless and Profinet communications, and eliminated 14 PLCs in the process.

		JLT in-cab PC automates weighing at British Sugar - 06/12/10 Process & Control Today, June 2010 The fixed-mount PC is installed within the cab of a front-end wheeled loader to provide the mobile platform for CCSL’s advanced wireless weighing system that utilises state of the art onboard weigh scales from RDS.

		Smart Wireless improves furnace operations at Ternium Siderar - 05/27/10 Emerson's Smart Wireless network is helping deliver improved furnace operation and safety at Ternium Siderar’s steelmaking facility in San Nicolás Argentina.

		Real-Time Wireless Halves Nagging Inspections - 05/25/10 IMPO, May 2010 With real-time wireless tracking of the rounds activity at Huntsman, the number of pumps requiring daily inspection has been reduced by 50 percent — allowing more time for other crucial inspection areas. Defect elimination work requests are initiated in the field in real time.

		Syngenta monitors heat exchangers with Smart Wireless - 05/20/10 Using wireless devices based on WirelessHART, Syngenta expects $25-$50K in annual raw materials savings through cost-effective monitoring of heat exchangers.

		WirelessHART Keeps Equipment Connected to the DCS - 05/19/10 Control Design, May 2010 By Scott Broadley, Broadley-James When a skid is portable and routinely moved within the plant, even a few pluggable connections to the DCS can become a maintenance issue. WirelessHART field devices solves this since the connection to the DCS is independent of its physical location.

		WirelessHART Network monitors Mining Operation’s Movable Leach Fields - 05/13/10 The system uses 44 Endress+Hauser Promag 53P flowmeters and Cerabar WirelessHART pressure transmitters to monitor flow and pressure in leach fields that are regularly relocated, and use movable, temporary piping.

		Wireless helps Dubai Aluminum manage compressed air - 05/12/10 Rosemount wireless transmitters provide reliable data to existing SCADA system despite strong magnetic field, allow operators to reduce energy use by 13 percent.

		Wireless Applications Put to the Test - 05/12/10 Control Engineering Europe, May 2010 By Jeff Becker, Honeywell Process Solutions Three industrial plants share their experiences with industrial wireless. In all three cases — alcohol storage tanks, oil and gas pipelines, and a hot furnace in a steel factory — wireless helped them solve perplexing problems that probably would not have been solved otherwise.

		Wireless technology helps Lion Oil check product inventory - 05/06/10 Emerson's Smart Wireless technology is helping Lion Oil cost-effectively check product inventory, prevent overfill and remediation costs, and monitor UPS power for the radio tower.

		Wireless on a 50-meter stack saves wiring costs - 04/28/10 Installation of a Smart Wireless flow transmitter on a 50-meter stack at a lead foundry in Torreon, Mexico cost $12,000 less than the cost to install a traditional wired network.

		Wireless technology works on mobile wellhead test equipment - 04/13/10 Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM) in the Netherlands applied Emerson's Smart Wireless technology to mobile wellhead test equipment.

		Opto 22 Controls New Belgium Brewing Wirelessly By Opto 22 SNAP PAC systems handle 10,000 digital and analog I/O, use a wireless Ethernet system, and control seven brewing processes at New Belgium Brewing, makers of Fat Tire beer.

		Emerson monitors biomass gasification at Polish power plant - 03/22/10 Temperature data is being transmitted over a WirelessHART network to operators to ensure that the ceramic walls of the chamber are not damaged by stress fractures through overheating.

		Manufacturing applications put wireless systems to the test - 03/10/10 Plant Engineering, February 2010 By Jeff Becker, Honeywell Process Solutions Plant managers are flooded with information on wireless and the latest advancements of the technology. However, real-world plant examples demonstrate the value that wireless offers toward increasing safety, reliability and efficiency in industrial plants.

		Emerson wireless helps improve operator efficiency for Novartis - 03/09/10 Emerson’s DeltaV with a Wi-Fi network and mobile operator stations are providing process and plant information to operators at the Novartis biotech production centre in France.

		Wireless Communication to a Plunger Lift Well - 02/28/10 Sensors, February 2010 By James Gardner, FreeWave Technologies Wireless I/O is a valuable tool in optimizing the operation of oil and gas wells. Here, it is applied to the problem of automating plunger control in natural gas production.

		Opting for Wireless Technology - 02/26/10 Power Engineering, February 2010 When Entergy Nuclear adopted Motorola wireless technology at its River Bend Nuclear Station, the company successfully modernized one of its plants and maximized performance—and saved $4 million in the process.

		Wireless boosts operational efficiency at brewery - 02/19/10 Process and Control Today, January 2010 Plzeòský Prazdroj, the leading brewery in central Europe, upgraded from an existing Siemens S5 control system on its kegging line to the Siemens S7 system, incorporating ProfiNet wireless communication.

		San Diego Gas & Electric uses wireless to improve operations - 02/18/10 Five applications use wireless sensors from Emerson to increase throughput, extend asset life, and improve process efficiency and safety.

		Wireless network automates data collection at Petrobras - 02/10/10 Emerson’s WirelessHART network delivers real-time compressor data while saving $200,000 installed cost and overcoming difficult conditions for wired approach

		Dynasonics wireless flow meters save water - 02/03/10 The Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company replaced open ditch irrigation with a closed pipe system and Dynasonics wireless flow meters communicating to a SCADA system, and is saving 1,000 acre-feet of water per year.

		Mesh network supports data center energy efficiency system - 02/03/10 Dust Networks' SmartMesh wireless sensor networking technology is being used by Federspiel Controls to monitor cooling systems in data centers and reduce energy costs by up to 25%.

		Wireless transmitters monitor storage tanks at Nynas refinery - 02/01/10 Emerson's wireless pressure sensors were installed by Nynas AB to upgrade an underground storage tank monitoring system, reducing installation costs by €10,000 compared to a wired alternative.

		What Wireless Network? By Boss Automation The Cockrell Ranch Waterflood project in Texas recovers oil from wells that would have once been considered ‘tapped.’ Its SCADA system includes HMIs, PACs and PLCs from Rockwell Automation, and a wireless system from Prosoft Technology.

		Emerson automates ethanol plant in Sweden - 01/27/10 A pilot ethanol processing plant built by Chematur Engineering uses Emerson's DeltaV control system with WirelessHART, Wi-Fi, FOUNDATION fieldbus, AMS, and Rosemount wireless pressure and temperature transmitters.

		BP validates storage tank protection systems via wireless - 01/06/10 Emerson wireless temperature transmitters measure floating roof temperatures at BP Exploration’s Dalmeny onshore terminal.

		Wireless network improves carbon reactiviation process at Calgon - 12/15/09 WirelessHART network uses Rosemount wireless temperature transmitters attached to a rotating kiln to deliver continuous information for instant response to process changes, enabling better heat control.

		New Wireless Application Boosts Safety at Harcros - 12/15/09 Industrial Networking, December 2009 By Kevin Root, Harcros Chemicals Wireless washouts make chemical plant safer: valve position monitors offer Harcros Chemicals an opportunity to test the waters of wireless applications and improve safety.

		Wireless Control of Critical Applications Is Just a Leap Away - 12/15/09 Industrial Networking, December 2009 By Mike Bacidore To reach the unreachable: examples of successful wireless field control may pave the way for future wireless control of critical applications.

		Wireless network runs pumps at Dyno Nobel - 12/08/09 Emerson's Smart Wireless network has replaced hardwired high-temperature trip protection on 20 hazardous duty chemical pumps at the Dyno Nobel ammonium nitrate plant in Missouri.

		Wireless technology helps Sun Chemical improve ink quality - 12/07/09 Rosemount DP wireless transmitters communicate to PLC, allowing producer of printing inks and pigments to reduce product rejects and comply with environmental regulations.

		Data improvements at natural gas facilities - 12/06/09 HazardEx, November 2009 Rosemount wireless transmitters have improved data delivery at three Tecpetrol natural gas compression facilities in Argentina. The sites measure venting, deliver gas data for AGA 3 calculations to balance plants, and data for fiscal accounting of sold gas.

		Wireless overfill protection secures petroleum tank farm - 12/06/09 Process & Control Engineering, November 2009 By Sarah Falson Neumann Petroleum in Brisbane, Australia, was able to increase its plant safety with overfill protection using wireless HART radar level sensors from Rosemount.

		Wireless technology monitors temperatures at AOC resins - 11/16/09 Eight Rosemount wireless temperature transmitters continuously check batch temperatures, sending that real-time data to a Smart Wireless Gateway integrated with the plant’s DeltaV digital automation system.

		Wireless network boosts production at Samarco's Germano mine - 11/11/09 WirelessHART data fed directly into Emerson's DeltaV control system protects pumps and prevents process stoppages while realizing 35% savings in installed costs compared to wired network

		Wireless Technology as a Work in Progress - 11/11/09 Control Engineering, November 2009 By Peter Welander Strategy and tactics: Process industry users, vendors discuss obstacles to implementation, appropriate applications, and standards for plant-level wireless.

		Transparent Wireless at Cano Petroleum - 11/11/09 Control Engineering, November 2009 Cockrell Ranch Waterflood oil recovery project uses a wireless SCADA system to gather, assemble, transmit information from the wells to produce detailed production models and maximize output.

		Plant Deployment Demonstrates Wireless Standard - 11/11/09 Control Engineering, November 2009 By Peter Welander Installation in a brownfield chemical plant shows interoperability within ISA100.11a and practicality for instrumentation improvements in long-established operations.

		Wireless Enables Huntsman Project Zero - 11/11/09 Control Engineering, November 2009 One of the largest and most ambitious industrial wireless application networks to date helps chemical manufacturer Huntsman strive for zero product defects, zero safety incidents and injuries, zero environmental releases, and zero unscheduled downtime.

		Emerson wireless transmitters monitor gas plants in Argentina - 11/05/09 Rosemount wireless transmitters at three sites measure venting, deliver gas data for AGA3 calculations to balance plants, and provide data for fiscal accounting of sold gas.

		Harcros Chemicals monitors manual valves with wireless sensors - 10/28/09 Emerson wireless position monitors are helping Harcros Chemicals monitor manual valves in remote, hard-to-reach locations that previously were unconnected to the plant’s control system.

		Wireless helps cement plant comply with air quality regulations - 10/26/09 Emerson’s wireless network of field instrumentation monitors the process used to reduce NOx emissions inside a rotating cement kiln at CalPortland Company.

		Online Monitoring Pays Off - 10/22/09 Chemical Processing, October 2009 By Casey A. Connolly, Gulf Chemical, and Frank Mignano, SKF Gulf Chemical expanded a sophisticated wireless condition monitoring system from SKF Reliability Systems. The process began in late 2007 with a limited trial and ultimately led to deployment of a highly advanced online system to monitor dozens of critical assets. Total documented savings exceeded system cost within the first year.

		Emerson's wireless technology improves safety at Severstal Wheeling - 10/15/09 Wireless technology improves process, fire safety, and environmental monitoring at the 80-inch hot strip mill in Mingo Junction, Ohio.

		GainSpan powers Wi-Fi module of North Pole Engineering - 10/05/09 North Pole Engineering's WiFi-IT! module is based on GainSpan's GS1010 system-on-chip, a highly integrated, low power Wi-Fi single chip solution.

		A Wireless Vibration Monitoring System - 09/13/09 Power Engineering, September 2009 By Gregg W. Rebenstorf, Southern California Edison Southern California Edison installed a wireless vibration monitoring system at its Mountainview Generating Station in Redlands, CA. The system was installed on all 4.16 kV critical pumps, compressors and motor drivers as well as critical 480V water treatment equipment as part of a predictive maintenance program.

		Tweed Shire Council extends SCADA with ethernet radios - 09/13/09 What’s New in Process Technology, September 2009 Tweed Shire’s water supply system comprises 24 water pumping stations, eight treatment plants, 174 wastewater pumping stations and 641 km of water-mains piping. They installed Trio Datacom J-Series Ethernet data radio at a pump station, and are expanding to cover everything.

		Phoenix Contact Ethernet radios score a touchdown at stadium - 08/27/09 The retractable roof and sliding window wall at Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts, uses Phoenix Contact wireless Ethernet radios.

		Plant studies support use of wireless in capital projects - 08/24/09 European Chemical Engineer, August 2009 Emerson Process Management has unveiled quantified results and other findings of two independent real-world greenfield projects that recommend wireless infrastructure be a key component of all new projects.

		Implementation of Wireless Networks Takes Time and Patience - 08/16/09 Industrial Networking, August 2009 By Alice McWilliams, Chevron Phillips The application of new technologies seldom goes as planned and can be an outright adventure. But the potential for significant cost savings can make overcoming the hazards and pitfalls well worth the journey. That was the case at Chevron’s plastics plant in Pasadena, Texas, where they needed to overcome obstacles and create a wireless system to monitor certain data readings.

		Emerson wireless network saves rotating reactor - 08/16/09 Process & Control Engineering, July 2009 By Scott Wilson A network of Emerson Smart Wireless instruments on the rotating reactor at Kwinana now help to deliver reliable pressure and temperature measurements, preventing frequent reactor breakdowns and lost production time.

		Emerson control system improves French thermal power plant - 08/11/09 Improvements after installing PlantWeb, Ovation expert control system, Scenario simulation, AMS software and Smart Wireless technology include a 50 percent improvement in the plant’s ability to ramp up and down on demand

		Smart wireless solutions solve compliance and complexity issues - 06/24/09 European Chemical Engineer, June 2009 Two European chemical companies have turned to smart wireless solutions: the first to help meet local environmental regulations and the second to improve condition monitoring of filters.

		Non-invasive Wireless Monitoring Provides Fast Payback - 06/20/09 Chemical Processing, June 2009 By Chris Stubbs, Genentech Wireless Steam Trap Monitors (WSTM) were placed on 56 traps at a cost of $42,000. The WSTMs provide early indication of steam leakage or blockage, which leads to failure. Data were collected on a “blue box” server for trending analysis

		Level sensor in Thames trial - 06/16/09 Control Engineering Europe, June 2009 Hydrologists have implemented a radar water level sensor in an application that manages the water level at a site by Molesey Lock on the River Thames in the UK. Water level measurements are taken at the lock for onward transmission to the Environment Agency’s offices via a PSTN telephone and inclusion in the national archive.

		Virtual CAT5 meets Wiring Challenges in WiFi Deployments By Aboundi The city of Nashua, NH, installed 30 antennas to support a wireless mesh W-Fi network that’s 1.2 miles long without requiring any rewiring. Ethernet packets travel over electrical wires.

		Tinytag Temperature Data Loggers Help Meet Stringent Meat Processing Regulations Process Industry Informer, April 2009 Food processor A1 Bacon needs to be concerned about the temperature surrounding meat coming in for processing, the storage of that food and when transporting the finished product to its final destination. Tinytag self-configuring Wireless Radio Data Loggers were placed in specific points around the premises and in delivery trucks where temperature needed to be monitored.

		WirelessHART sensors monitor flow on StatoilHydro Gullfaks platforms - 05/20/09 90 wireless transmitters from Emerson are automating flow monitoring to increase production on StatoilHydro's Gullfaks offshore platforms in the northern part of the Norwegian North Sea.

		Wireless System Organizes Parts Replenishment Assembly, April 2009 The Getrag-Ford transmission plant in Cologne, Germany, assembles six different transmission types. A WhereNet material-flow replenishment system system tracks the exact time of every part request, automatically prioritizes the requests and sends instructions to material handling drivers—whose vehicles are equipped with vehicle-mounted Wi-Fi terminals—telling them where to pick up and deliver the parts.

		Genentech Gets More Wireless, Less Worry Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, April 2009 By Chris Stubbs, Genentech Genentech identified steam traps as equipment that could benefit from a performance-based maintenance strategy. Cypress Envirosystems installed a non-invasive monitoring solution, in which devices are clamped onto existing instrumentation to collect and wirelessly transmit data to a server for trending and alarming.

		Wireless Proves its Worth Chemical Processing, April 2009 By Tim Gerami, PPG Industries, and Jerry Moon, Emerson Process Management The PPG Lake Charles, La., facility is one of the world's largest producers of chlorine, caustic soda and vinyl chloride. The cost for introducing wired instruments in many remote areas of the 765-acre site is prohibitive; wiring would run from $20/foot to many times that. Wireless devices now supply data from numerous points that never could have been justified otherwise.

		Air Products installs GE wireless monitoring system - 05/05/09 The new system is helping improve operational efficiency and productivity by providing a way to reliably monitor, diagnose and maintain water equipment and processes.

		Rockwell Automation controls Green Planet Farms food plant - 04/30/09 PlantPAx process automation system manages more than 100 batch and continuous process phases. System includes HMI software, instrumentation and wireless equipment.

		Emerson's wireless network monitors Irish gas transmission pipeline - 04/27/09 Rosemount wireless transmitters include five measuring pressure, one differential pressure, and one temperature; each measurement point has redundant communication to the RTU via two or three routes.

		Effective machine monitoring without the frills Design Products & Applications, April 2009 The GSM module fitted to WERMA’s standard 24V KS71 signal tower provides a simple and cost effective method monitoring a machine or critical storage area from a remote location. The mobile ‘phone transmitter unit is fitted to a standard KS71 signal tower and is able to send a simple text message to one or more recipients that the machine monitored by the tower has gone into fault mode.

		Wireless Steam Trap Energy Savings Automated Buildings, March 2009 By Harry Sim, Cypress Envirosystems Instead of performing manual audits, facility managers can now use wireless technology to detect steam trap failures almost immediately, and to repair or replace the defective units. The amount of steam wasted in this case would be a small fraction of an undetected leak.

		Wireless technology enables online filter monitoring - 03/17/09 Emerson's wireless technology is enabling INEOS to monitor filters within polyethylene pellet transportation tubes. Eight Rosemount 3051S DP wireless transmitters were installed as well as a single Emerson Smart Wireless gateway.

		Wireless transmitters monitor river water temperatures at Lenzing Fibers - 03/05/09 Emerson's wireless temperature transmitters enable the company to meet local government regulations related to the temperature of water discharged into rivers and watercourses.

		Cummins JEP uses Ubisense tracking to follow engines - 02/25/09 By recording when an engine enters or leaves a test or work cell Cummins can see how quickly an engine moves through the testing process and identify any differences between engine types and options.

		Video security travels on existing control system InTech, February 2009 By Al Larson, Madison Water Utility, and Steve Rubin, Longwatch The task was 'simple.' Put cameras at 32 remote sites and bring back video clips over the utility's radio network. A Longwatch video surveillance system put video on the plant’s Wonderware HMI/SCADA system.

		Condition of Steam Cracker monitored with wireless HazardEx, January 2009 Emerson Process Management is helping to provide condition monitoring information at the Total Petrochemicals plant in Carling Saint Avold, France. Wireless transmitters provides temperature measurement data, enabling the company to calculate changes over time in wall thickness on a boiler that provides steam to a steam cracker, enabling personnel to anticipate when it may need replacement.

		No-Worry Wireless Industrial Networking, February 2009 By Joe Feeley In a highly automated robot cell in Lippstadt, Germany, automotive parts supplier Hella KGaA Hueck produces front headlamps for luxury vehicles. The company found that a move to wireless connectivity for a key sensing operation greatly reduced process stoppages caused by signal cable failures.

		IPS implements mesh control network for SE Asia beverage industry - 02/11/09 The MESH control network greatly improved the network process communication loading compared with previous ethernet copper cabled network.

		Emerson automates China’s Huaneng coal-fired power plant - 01/26/09 Emerson installed an Ovation expert control system, Smart Wireless, AMS Suite predictive maintenance software, and Rosemount wireless pressure and temperature transmitters.

		Smart Wireless network monitors treated water usage - 01/21/09 E.ON Kingsnorth, a 1940MW generating facility in Kent, UK, uses Rosemount wireless transmitters to collect flow measurement data from flowmeters installed throughout the turbine hall.

		Wireless technology used to achieve scotch compliance HazardEX, November 2008 Invensys Process Systems implemented a wireless solution that will help William Grant & Sons, a distiller in Scotland, to control and monitor ground water flow and level in boreholes to meet UK rules.

		Wireless sensors monitor reaction tank at Nu-West Industries Emerson's wireless system monitor pressures and temperatures from 16 points on a reaction tank located about 250 feet from the central control room.

		MES helps make sandwiches Process & Control Today, December 2008 Manton Wood in the UK is the world's largest sandwich manufacturing facility. The wireless Yield Control Module (YCM), part of Marco’s TRAC-IT MES, is achieving rapid and radical yield improvements. TRAC-IT MES makes sure the correct product is always at the correct place on the line to ensure sandwich layering is in the right order.

		Wireless technology monitors Chevron oil field operations - 01/08/09 Chevron uses Emerson Smart Wireless networks to monitor its steam injection process and measure down-hole well pressures.

		Hella uses WISA wireless to assemble headlights By ABB Hella’s plant in Wichita Falls, TX, was plagued with defective signal cables on a weekly basis. Hella replaced the previous I/O module on the transfer slide by a wireless I/O pad with WISA technology from ABB.

		Wireless I/O stamps out press machine downtime Control Engineering, December 2008 By Adrienne Lutovsky, ProSoft Technology At Gestamp Automoción, two transfer presses had been become a problem. At least once a quarter, the hardwired network supporting the machines suffered breakage or damage. To replace the hardwired system, ControlNet communication adapters were replaced with EtherNet/IP adapters and a ProSoft Technology Ethernet radio.

		Emerson wireless network monitors critical equipment at PPL power stations - 12/15/08 Smart Wireless technology provides continuous performance data on critical boiler feed pumps and feedwater and air heaters.

		Emerson wireless transmitters monitor steam cracker at Total Petrochemicals - 12/03/08 Eight Rosemount 648 wireless temperature transmitters were installed directly onto the exterior of a boiler drum situated fifty metres above the ground.

		Bioscience goes wireless Industrial Embedded Systems, November 2008 By Steve Toteda, Dust Networks Fisher BioServices adopted the GE Sensing Kaye LabWatch wireless sensor network to automate data monitoring and collection at four of its biorepositories. LabWatch uses Dust Networks' embedded wireless network technology

		WDDM development expands power and hydraulic systems World Oil, November 2008 By Mamdouh Farouk and Mohamed Gaber, Burullus Gas Co The West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) offshore field wanted to add seven wells, but ran into a problem with power to the control system, communications and hydraulics. Here’s the analysis they made of hydraulic supplies, electrical power supplies, communications, electrical, satellite (VSAT) link, umbilical configuration and additional qualification requirements.

		Wired warriors Intech, November 2008 By Dr. Kris Pister and Greg LaFramboise What made Chevron’s wireless sensor network installation so successful was the immediate cost savings reaped by not having to wire up the sensors with cable and conduit. This can be 75% of the cost of a project.

		CPS Energy Creates an Energized Mobility Strategy Utility Automation & Engineering, November 2008 By Jason Scarlett, CPS Energy, and Chuck Roark, Motorola San Antonio-based CPS Energy decided to optimize its network with an overall mobility strategy that would grow with the company, maximize wireless technology, while controlling costs.

		Emerson remotely monitoring 1000 control valves in the North Sea - 11/11/08 Control valves on North Sea installations are being remotely monitored by the Solberg & Andersen and Emerson diagnostics center in Norway.

		Emerson wireless network keeps bitumen pipeline hot - 11/10/08 Wireless instruments monitor heat-tracing on pipeline which must be hot to facilitate pumping.

		Emerson wireless monitors fuel and feedstock delivery at BP Bitumen - 11/06/08 Wireless instruments monitor the pipeline integrity of transfer lines from the BP refinery and report exceptional conditions to control room operators.

		Emerson wireless devices protect hot tanks at Hunt Refining - 10/29/08 Hot tanks at the refinery are fitted with wireless temperature transmitters as a cost-effective means of keeping control room operators informed of conditions inside the tanks.

		Emerson wireless prevents breakdowns at Coogee Chemicals - 10/27/08 Smart Wireless instruments mounted on a rotating reactor at Coogee Chemical Company, Kwinana, Australia, prevent frequent reactor breakdowns and lost production time.

		Emerson wireless improves wellhead monitoring at BP Wytch - 10/23/08 Wireless transmitters monitor wellhead annular pressure at BP’s Wytch Farm onshore oilfitters field.

		Emerson Smart Wireless Network improves safety at Boise paper mill - 10/21/08 Boise enhanced safety at its paper mill in St. Helens, Oregon, by using Smart Wireless products to monitor its eye wash and safety shower stations.

		Emerson's wireless instruments monitor tanks at Technochem - 10/08/08 Fourteen Rosemount wireless pressure transmitters monitor levels in tanks at Technochem Environmental Complex Pte Ltd (TEC) in Singapore.

		Emerson's wireless improves monitoring of Mexican power plants - 10/06/08 Wireless instruments enabled one analytical team to cover 10 percent more plants, adding annual service revenues of $512,000 and improving power production per unit of fuel consumed.

		Genzyme uses Emerson wireless to monitor temperature, pressure and level - 10/02/08 Genzyme uses wireless temperature, pressure, and level transmitters to protect product quality and to reduce waste at its Therapeutics enzyme manufacturing facility in Allston, MA.

		Proximity Sensing Via Wireless Network Control Engineering, August 2008 A railcar wheel monitoring system shows how a wireless network sensor operates reliably in extreme temperatures, high vibration, and dirt, with five years between battery changes.

		Get Required Information on a Budget Automation World, August 2008 American Refining Group in Bradford, Pa., installed a wireless mesh sensor network from Emerson Process Management to monitor high-level alarm switches on tanks in its remote tank farm. American Refining has 24 wireless Emerson sensors right now, and its technicians are still adding and building network.

		ConocoPhillips Goes Wireless Industrial Networking, Summer 2008 The ConocoPhillip Sweeny refinery in Old Ocean, Texas, standardized on Honeywell Process Solutions’ (HPS) OneWireless platform. Sweeny presently operates four mobile Experion PKS stations and 32 transmitters. So far, the plant’s wireless network has had only two multinode interruptions in more than 14 months of operation.

		Fisher BioServices deploys General Electric Wireless Mesh Control Engineering, August 2008 Fisher BioServices provides customized, turn-key solutions for life sciences applications. It adopted General Electric’s RF Mesh based Kaye Labwatch system to meet stringent U.S. FDA (Food & Drug Administration) regulations.

		ABB Robots Use Wyless Wireless Process & Control Today, July 2008 ABB Robotics needed a worldwide wireless data network and an internet-based Management Platform to provide real-time control and visibility of its network and connections. Wyless’ managed wireless data network is currently operational in 30 countries for ABB Robotics. Its customers can now communicate data securely and reliably from the robots direct to the service centre.

		Evonik Degussa: A case study in explosion proof wireless networks Process & Control Today, July 2008 Evonik Degussa Seal Sands installed an explosion proof WLAN from Extronics to enable quick, efficient assessment of OEE to be extended to the extreme environments and Zone 1 hazardous areas found in its plant.

		Tiny, wireless and self-energized Plant Services, April 2008 By Sheila Kennedy A new generation of sensors is poised to revolutionize predictive maintenance. Article details several case histories invlvingh wireless, self-energized sensors.

		Implementing Smart Grid Solutions Control Engineering, April 2008 By Jake Rasweiler, Arcadian Networks When the project is fully implemented later this year, Great River Energy power company will be able to monitor system performance instantly, gathering customer use and billing data at some 620 points on the system. Substations are equipped with WiFi hot spots so field crews can communicate wirelessly with operations when needed.

		ABB Wireless Sensors Stop Robot Cable Breaks Industrial Ethernet Book, April 2008 By Wolfgang Zimmermann Vehicle lamp manufacturer Hella uses a robot cell for the assembly and inspection of automotive headlamps in a highly automated production shop. Sensor cable breakages in trailing cable installations were a common cause of failure. ABB WISA wireless connections on the sensor/actuators eliminated the interruptions.

		Careful, hot wireless Intech, January 2008 By Davis Shull and Joseph Cordaro Introducing wireless technology into a government site where nuclear material is processed brings new meaning to the term harsh environment. At Savannah River National Laboratory, we are attempting to address not only the harsh radio frequency and harsh physical environment common to industrial facilities, but also the harsh regulatory environment.

		Avoid Collisions on the Track Andritz Inc. uses high-speed Ethernet radios to create a robust anti-collision network for three different dual Portal Crane projects for the pulp and paper industry. Andritz chose ProSoft Technology's RadioLinx Industrial Hotspot for each multi-million dollar crane.

		Wireless solutions enable temperature profiling and tank level measurement By Emerson Process Management PPG Industries installed Emerson’s Smart Wireless solution at its Chemical Division facility in Lake Charles, LA. The plant uses ten wireless Rosemount transmitters for pipeline and steam header temperature measurement, which enables operators to watch for cold spots and adjust steam throughput.

		New system allows two plants to act as one Intech, December 2007 By Hesh Kagan The Lower Colorado River Authority merged two power plants under one functional management system and implemented a new layered WiMax/WiFi wireless infrastructure to link the two plants and provide the foundation for a number of other wireless-enabled applications.

		Wireless technology increases productivity at Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel By Emerson Process Management Wireless transmitters are delivering previously unattainable data on conditions in the 80-inch hot strip mill in Mingo Junction, Ohio, enabling operating personnel to improve product quality and increase productivity.

		Wireless Helps Avoid Collisions Control Engineering, October 2007 By Robert Dunlop, Andritz, and Adrienne Lutovsky, ProSoft Technology For three multi-crane installation projects, system engineers at Andritz Inc. felt that a wireless Ethernet was the only way to achieve a reliable, high-performance anti-collision system.

		Wireless technology monitors temperatures in railcars By Emerson Process Management A wireless system monitors rising temperatures in railcars containing chemicals at Croda Inc, a specialty chemical manufacturer in Mill Hall, PA. Croda uses this information to improve the performance and safety of their facility, saving the company about $15,000 per year in reduced maintenance.

		Wireless solutions protect remote pumping facilities at Milford Power By Emerson Process Management Although the remote stations are heated during cold weather, executives of Milford Power wanted a way to continuously inform plant operators of severe temperature drops in case of a heater failure so that fast corrective action could be taken.

		Westermo Ethernet switches serve water treatment plant in France - 11/14/07 At the Seine Grésillons treatment plant, technicians can connect locally at any point of the network by wire or WiFi to the same production management interface to obtain data.

		Wireless PCs streamline warehouse operations Plant Services, August 2007 Empower operators by installing an onboard computer on each forklift, making the location of items and empty storage space immediately visible. At City Furniture, Tamarac, Fla., all 35 forklifts are equipped with GX-1200 fixed-mount rugged computers from Glacier Computer.

		Treatment Plant Calls Cell Phones with Alarms Control Engineering, May 2007 By Jason Tincu, Xenia Water Reclamation Division InduSoft SCADA software and Sixnet I/O modules communicate to operators via cellphones at a water treatment plant in Xenia, Ohio.

		Sense Tire Pressure without Batteries Design News, May 2007 Using Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) technology, Honeywell and Michelin developed a pressure and temperature sensor that does not require batteries. To power the sensor, the sensor antenna converts the radio frequency signal to a voltage with a frequency determined by the spacing of stripes and temperature.

		Wireless networking benefits Intech, June 2007 By Dan Bowen and Doug McNeil A pickle plant opted to install wireless access points with a wireless controller to extend to every possible area of Mt. Olive's manufacturing footprint, including outdoor areas such as its waste water treatment facility and brining tanks.

		Automatic Fault-alarm System for Conveyor Belts One-page application note describes an automatic fault-alarm system for conveyor belts that uses wireless to connect the conveyor controller to the main control system. When an error code is received, the PC searches its database to retrieve the error description, and then uses a TTS (Text-To-Speech) system or recording to broadcast the message over a loudspeaker.

		Using Industrial Wireless Ethernet in Mining Systems By Moxa A mine uses a combination of Moxa's AWK-1100 wireless AP/Bridge/AP Client and an industrial Ethernet switch. PLCs connect to the switch, which connects to an AWK-1100 wireless AP. Another switch/AP combination is used at the control end of the system.

		Wireless aids molding machine ERP By Jim Montague, Executive Editor, Industrial Networking Cornucopia Tool & Plastics of Paso Robles, Calif., uses a variety of injection molding machines to produce a line of plastic products and injection machine molds. The company partnered with Integrated Quality Management Systems (IQMS) of Paso Robles, a developer of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, and wireless hardware developer Crossbow Technology in San Jose, Calif., to beta test a wireless data handling system.

		Wireless Communication Saves the Day...And the Bottom Line ThyssenKrupp's Waupaca Foundry prides itself on using state-of-the-art technology in its production processes. When plant 4 began looking at ways to improve efficiencies, three key factors drove the decision to implement a wireless communications solution: record keeping, accuracy, and cost reduction. The Waupaca Foundry in Marionette, Wisconsin reaped a $600,000 ROI when they decided to go wireless.

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