Emerson Celebrates 10 Years of Wireless

In October 2017, Emerson celebrates 10 years of providing industrial wireless technology.

A key technology of Emerson’s Plantweb digital ecosystem, wireless products have transformed global industrial facilities around the world. This month, Emerson celebrates 10 years of providing secure wireless technology to the industrial arena.

As many technologies of the past decade have accelerated and improved information delivery, industrial wireless technology has given manufacturers digital access essential data to make better decisions and improve operational performance.

“Wireless is arguably the most impactful technology for industrial manufacturers since the introduction of digital instrumentation more than three decades ago,” stated Bob Karschnia, vice president and general manager, wireless, Emerson Automation Solutions. “Over the past 10 years, industrial wireless, combined with smart sensors, has provided the foundation that will support cloud-based applications, remote monitoring, and other industrial IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) programs over the next decade.”

By collaborating with customers on early installations, Emerson helped introduce the world’s first industrial wireless automation standard in 2007. Since then, the company has surpassed 10 billion hours of wireless operations across more than 32,000 networks. While initial adoption focused on harsh, remote, and difficult-to-reach environments, wireless has expanded customer automation ecosystems from core functions to new applications such as acoustic monitoring, corrosion detection, and power consumption monitoring.

New-plant construction is leveraging wireless technology for other enterprise-wide applications, such as equipment health monitoring and energy management, with upward of 20% wireless infrastructure.

The Emerson wireless portfolio of gateways and devices supports Emerson’s Plantweb digital ecosystem that harnesses IIoT to expand digital intelligence to the entire manufacturing enterprise, while providing an architecture for either on- or off-premise monitoring. Providing the communications network for IIoT, wireless technology is also helping customers collaborate with Emerson’s experts through remote monitoring and other cloud-based services.

To learn more about Emerson’s wireless portfolio and customer successes, visit www.Emerson.com/Wireless. To learn more about Emerson’s Plantweb digital ecosystem, visit www.Emerson.com/Plantweb.