Most of us take advantage of wireless technology every day – whether we're listening to the radio, talking on a cell phone, or changing channels with a television remote control. People around the globe can even wirelessly access the Internet while visiting "hot spots" with Wi-Fi service.
Wireless technology is also nothing new for parts of the process industry. Oil and gas companies, for example, often use it to monitor remote fields and pipelines.
However, wireless technology has not been widely adopted for in-plant applications. Concerns about reliability, security, and battery life of wireless devices have slowed adoption of wireless options even where traditional wired solutions were cost-prohibitive or operationally difficult.
That's changing as vast improvements in wireless technology address these concerns. Whether you are thinking about starting with a small wireless monitoring application in the field, or a larger and more pervasive wireless plant infrastructure, here are some topics to consider:
Users are looking more and more to wireless technology as a valuable tool for solving automation challenges in many areas of their operations. With Emerson Smart Wireless, you will gain convenient access to information you simply don’t have today. Imagine, all of those hundreds of devices currently capturing diagnostics with no way to deliver them. Or all of those clipboard walk-arounds your staff conducts because there’s simply no other way to get the data back to your operations.
Whether for Asset Monitoring, Process Monitoring, or Health, Safety & Environmental, the potential to leverage the benefits of wireless technologies abound in your facility. In our customer trials, we have come across excellent ones. But chances are, you probably have a few new ones waiting to be discovered.
