What advantages can industrial users expect to realize by implementing wireless solutions?
A. An increase in the amount of process information that can be economically collected for both monitoring and control purposes. Sensor technology has long been cost effective for common process parameters such as pressure and temperature but the implementation of these devices is often uneconomic due to both the direct and indirect cost of hard wiring. Wireless solutions permit not only permanent collection of information but also the implementation of temporary data collection for diagnostic or developmental purposes. This flexibility of wireless technology permits a more rapid response & a more accurate response to troubleshooting. The freedom to inexpensively monitor any “change-of-state” or “analog” sensor from almost any location permits the plant engineer to justify the collection of ‘want to know’ data and not just the ‘critical to process’ information that supports investment in hard wired systems. In the past, if plants wanted to monitor a pressure relief valve or rupture dis
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