Electricity + Control March 2021

MEASUREMENT + INSTRUMENTATION : PRODUCTS + SERVICES

Education centre for measurement instrumentation

Emerson Middle East and Africa has launched a new education centre to upskill process automation engineering and maintenance teams in measurement instrumentation. The centre offers face-to-face and virtual training for customers across the region. Located at the company’s Dubai headquarters, the centre enables Emerson to provide customers with an immersive, hands-on learning environment in field instrumentation, analysis and metering technologies. The training approach is based on customers’ specific needs and enables Emerson to continue supporting its

customers during these times of limited mobility and social distancing. “The facility will strengthen Emerson’s virtual capabilities by connecting to customers’ production sites, facilitating remote collaboration and training,” said Mounir Taleb, MEA Vice President of Emerson’s measurement solutions business. “It enables Emerson to assist customers in enhancing the skills of their current workforce and adapting to the latest measurement and flow technologies.” The modern facility offers a collaborative environment that nurtures learning among participants by providing full access to software and control systems from any location. It also provides virtual, instructor-led courses that resemble a live classroom experience with the convenience of remote accessibility. Emerson Educational Services has been approved as an authorised provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). With its authorised provider membership status, Emerson’s Educational Services is authorised to offer IACET continuing education units for its education and training programmes that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standards. For more information contact Emerson Automation Solutions. Email: emrsouthafrica@emerson.com Visit: www.emerson.com stringent global standards such as UL, CSA, CE, and others. Each window incorporates a patented Poly‑View System™ polymer for IR inspection and an ultrasound port or embedded sensor – enabling maintenance teams to check on equipment from a safe position. The windows can be customised to any size or shape needed to get the inspection job done. The maintenance inspection windows demonstrate ‘Safety by Design’ as outlined in NFPA 70E 2018. With its dual inspection technologies, the mainte- nance inspection window is proving popular and is rec- ognised as a useful product to facilitate condition based maintenance programmes. Industrial companies are al- ways looking for solutions to mitigate risk, reduce operat- ing costs and increase productivity and workers’ safety. Proactive maintenance inspections save time and money in the long run. A maintenance inspection window that allows for infrared and ultrasound measurement checks offers a cost-effective advantage in condition based maintenance inspection programmes. For more information contact R&C Instrumentation. Tel: +27 (0)11 608 1551, email: info@randci.co.za Visit: www.randci.co.za

Vidya Ramnath, MEA President for Emerson Automation Solutions, Mounir Taleb MEA Vice President of Emerson’s measurement solutions business, and colleagues opening the new education centre.

Closed panel allows safe checks on electrical equipment

When electrical distribution equipment fails, the impact can be severe for a company. Unscheduled downtime causing lost productivity and lost revenue affects profit margins negatively. In worst case scenarios, workplace injuries and fatalities can occur, presenting liabilities to the company. However, consistent and effective mainte- nance can limit the risk of failure substantially. With closed panels that allow for infrared (IR) inspec- tion of electrical assets, inspections can be performed in a safe and guarded way while an asset is under full load. Frequent inspections of the assets will provide a data his- tory, allowing the maintenance team to assess the health of the electrical equipment routinely and determine when repairs or replacement are needed. Using both infrared and ultrasound technology, the maintenance team can perform these inspections safely and consist- ently using a single maintenance inspection win- dow and without opening any panels. US based manufacturer IRISS has designed a maintenance inspection window that allows maintenance teams to take high quality infrared thermograms and listen to and record ultrasound waves on electrical equipment. The inspection window is compliant with

The closed panel maintenance window allows for safe IR and ultrasound checks

on electrical equipment.

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