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The Plantweb Experience: Benefit from Predictive Intelligence

Emerson's PlantWeb Experience is an innovative automation offering that combines AMS Suite predictive maintenance software with the DeltaV Digital Automation System. The result is a cost-effective entry system that scales up for easy installation and configuration, and allows your operations and maintenance staff to easily monitor field device health status so they can resolve potential instrument and valve issues before they become costly problems. For a copy of a flyer that highlights the differences between Emerson's Plantweb Experience/DeltaV System and a typical PLC offering, click here.

Northeast Controls now represents Bristol Control Wave for Gas Utilities and Process Industries

Northeast Controls is pleased to now represent and sell Bristol ControlWave products and services from Emerson’s Remote Automation Solution’s Division for all Gas Utilities and Process Industries in Upstate New York, Western Massachusetts, and Southern Vermont. Emerson’s ControlWave family of SCADA RTUs, PLCs, PACs, and Flow Computers provide the performance and flexibility needed for installation in rugged industrial and remote environments found in natural gas, water, and wastewater applications.

Northeast Controls appointed EIM Representative

Northeast Controls is pleased to announce that Emerson Process Management's Valve Automation Division has appointed Northeast Controls as the EIM representative for the Process Industries in New York State, Western Massachusetts, and Southwestern Vermont. EIM Controls is a well known manufacturer of high quality electric valve actuators, and has grown to become a leading supplier of multi-turn and quarter turn electric actuators in the Oil and Gas, Power, Pipeline, Refining, Water, and Marine industries. Please contact any of our Northeast Controls’ Account Managers or Inside Sales Engineers with your requirements for any EIM products.

Northeast Controls Adds Emerson's Computation System's (CSI) Machinery Health Management Solutions

Northeast Controls is pleased to announce it is now representing CSI portable technologies and services in addition to our Machinery Health Management portfolio - including Online Machinery Monitoring, Wireless Vibration Transmitters, and PlantWeb Services. By including portable technologies into our business portfolio, Northeast Controls can now provide a complete line of machinery health solutions to our customers - from stand-alone vibration analyzers and handheld field communicators, to comprehensive Asset Management programs. Your local contact for Machinery Health Management solutions is Dmitri Krugovykh at (518)-469-8025 (cell), (518)-664-0212 (office), or you can email Dmitri at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Wireless HART™ Fisher® position monitor is now available

Emerson Process Management has expanded its Smart Wireless solutions family with the release of the Fisher 4320 Wireless Position Monitor. Beyond its wireless advantages, the 4320 monitor is the first and only linkage-less device that provides accurate position feedback and uses industry standard Wireless HART communications.

Fisher's Control-Disk™ Valve provides double the control range

Fisher's Control-Disk™ valve offers excellent throttling performance and is ideal for applications that involve fast processes and varying pressure drops, such as in the chemical, pulp and paper, and metals and mining industries. The Control-Disk valve’s wide control range is twice that of traditional butterfly valves for better adherence to set point. This improved capability allows control closer to the target set point, regardless of process disturbances, which results in a reduction in process variability.

Unlock the value in your Field Devices with the Smart Wireless 775 THUM Adapter

Most plants have hundreds or even thousands of HART® instrumentation points, all equipped with rich diagnostics and process information, yet this valuable information often goes unused because it’s too difficult and costly to access through traditional wired means. Many plants are simply unable to take full advantage of device intelligence because of older legacy control systems. Until now…The Smart Wireless THUM adapter enables you to easily and cost-effectively “see” all the valuable information that exists in your plant today.

Fisher's new 3-way valve improves temperature control

Fisher's new GX 3-way valve is ideal for heat exchange applications. The GX 3-way control valve and actuator system has the ability to accurately control the temperature of water, oils, steam, and other industrial fluids. Applications include heat exchangers and lubricating skids. The flow cavity of the GX 3-Way valve body has been engineered to provide stable flow and reduce process variability. This linear stability is perfectly suited for temperature and pH control applications.

Flowscanner - A powerful diagnostic tool to evaluate and improve valve performance and profitability

The FlowScanner is powerful valve diagnostic tool that can help you evaluate the performance of all makes and models of control valves – accurately and efficiently. As a highly portable, field test instrument, the FlowScanner is ideally suited for process plant conditions. There’s no need to remove or disassemble the valves you want to test. Simply hook up the FlowScanner's sensors, and you’re ready to evaluate the valve’s operating condition and identify any corrective actions that might be required. You can also take advantage of the FlowScanner's new, remote testing capabilities. The FlowScanner is an excellent tool to use for valve commissioning before plant startup. By verifying that valves will function as intended, you can help ensure a smoother process startup. You can also use the FlowScanner to calibrate the instruments of the valve assembly, while creating an electronic record of the results. For more information, click here or contact a Northeast Controls Sales Engineer to discuss.

DeltaV SIS

DeltaV SIS helps increase safety integrity by continuously monitoring the ability of sensors, logic solvers, and final elements to perform on demand, with faults diagnosed before they cause spurious trips.The new 20-page DeltaV SIS™ brochure for Process Safety Systems provides customers with ways to reliably protect their assets and improve plant performance.

Virtual Classroom Training Offerings on DeltaV

Accomplish your training from work, home or anywhere with an internet connection. With Emerson’s Virtual Classroom you have access to your systems, instructors and curriculum from anywhere in the world. Imagine taking a class from the comfort of your home without the lost time and hassles of travel, airports and hotels. Emerson’s Virtual Classroom works through the use of web conferencing software and a live professional instructor to bring the classroom to your location. Courses are delivered by Emerson’s certified instructors and contain identical content to the ‘on-site’ or factory schools. For more details click here.

DeltaV version 11 – “I/O on Demand”

Four new videos are now available on Emerson’s DeltaV System version 11 which demonstrate the “I/O on Demand” innovations in the new DeltaV S-series hardware. The video links below demonstrate how the DeltaV system reduces project complexity, eliminates needless work, and speeds system commissioning. I/O on Demand—DeltaV S-series I/O on Demand—Electronic Marshalling I/O on Demand—DeltaV Foundation Fieldbus I/O on Demand—DeltaV Wireless

CSI 6500 Machinery Health Monitor – Protection and Prediction in a Single Chassis

Missed trips, false trips, and running blind are not acceptable in your plant. Emerson’s CSI 6500 helps prevent missed trips by using module self-health checking, instrumentation health monitoring and hot-swappable, external, redundant power. The CSI 6500 Machinery Health Monitor is designed for process automation and protection system upgrade projects and combines prediction and protection in a single chassis.

Emerson integrates wireless streaming video with DeltaV™ Operate

Emerson has further developed Smart Wireless solutions by integrating video streams from Industrial Video & Control Co.’s (IVC) Relay Server with DeltaV™ Operate. For process manufacturers, the benefits of having a live video feed embedded within the DeltaV Operate display are many and include:

Safety: Enables an additional “all-clear” visual before the execution of a process start-up, shut-down, or turnaround. Allows operators to monitor hazardous areas. Security: Additional eyes on the process area, remote plant areas, or site perimeter. Productivity: Live visual of the process being controlled (e.g. boiler) alongside the process measurements. Contact your Northeast Controls’ Account Manager for a Wireless Remote Video Monitoring Service Data Sheet and to discuss this new capability.

The 475 Field Communicator - the next generation in portable communicators

Built on the industry-leading technology of the 375 Field Communicator, the new 475 Field Communicator now includes a full graphical interface, faster start up and operating time so jobs can be performed quickly, and a long lasting Lithium-Ion battery that ensures days, not hours, of operation. Bluetooth® communication is also now available to establish a quick connection to the PC to transfer device configuration data. The 475 Field Communicator supports all HART®, WirelessHART® and FOUNDATION™ fieldbus devices.

Northeast Controls becomes REXA Representative

Northeast Controls is pleased to announce that we are now the representative for REXA Electraulic Actuation Products in Western Massachusetts and Upstate New York.

DCA Express - Fast, Easy Document Managing for Manufacturing

DCA Express is Emerson’s stand alone Syncade solution for Document Control and Archiving (DCA). It is scalable from a single department, an entire site, to an entire global enterprise. Preconfigured for manufacturing companies, DCA Express is a quick and easy system for electronic document management.

Northeast Controls is the Universal Silencer Representative in Upstate New York

Northeast Controls is pleased to announce that we are the Upstate New York representative for Universal Silencer. Universal Silencer is a premier supplier of acoustic, emission and filtration systems. Northeast Controls is now available to assist you with all your noise reduction, emission treatment and air filtration needs.

New Fisher Technology Development Center extends Emerson’s commitment to Marshalltown

The Fisher division of Emerson Process Management has opened the new Fisher Technology Development Center, which is the industry’s largest and most advanced flow control research facility. This state-of-the-art facility allows Fisher to continue to develop the innovative control valve technologies that help customers maximize the performance of their plants. The new facility quadruples current air and water flow rate capabilities to permit testing of valves for larger and higher pressure applications; increases pressure and flow sub-systems to support noise abatement research and product development; provides new flow sciences research labs to support multi-phase, cavitation and real world fluid control problems; expands dynamic performance test loops to accommodate larger valves; supports all new product development; and improves customer demonstration and customer witness testing capability. Capabilities of Fisher’s New Technology Development Center include:

Simulation and analysis lab
Acoustics lab
PlantWeb dynamic performance lab
Instrument development and software labs
Cryogenic testing lab
Dynamic performance lab
Materials lab
High-temperature steam lab
Flow labs
Cycle life lab
Experimental stress lab
Vibration lab

For more information contact your Northeast Controls Sales Engineer to help arrange your visit to Fisher’s New Technology Development Center. For a brochure, click on: Research and Engineering brochure

Take a tour of our New Virtual Plant with Smart Wireless Solutions

Emerson has developed a new web-based application to demonstrate the breadth of Smart Wireless solutions for customer applications. This 3-dimensional model of a manufacturing facility features 23 customer applications, organized into 5 application categories: Asset Protection, Process Monitoring, People & Productivity, SH&E, and Plant Management. Users can navigate to application category tabs, select a specific Wireless application hot-spot, and “fly” to an illustration of that application. Check out the Virtual Wireless Plant today by clicking here.