2005 TECHNOLOGY AWARDS ISSUE
INNOVATIONS
Saab Rosemount TankRadar STaR
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INNOVATIONS
2005 TECHNOLOGY AWARDS ISSUE
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SAAB ROSEMOUNT’S
TANKRADAR STaR™
DISRUPTIVE
TECHNOLOGIES
DESIGN FOR
SOURCING SUCCESS
provides safety, trust and
reliability on the high seas –
and changes the game in
tank gauging.
provoke questions, such as:
Are you where you want to be
on the technology S-curve?
means involving
Procurement early in the
design process.
MESSAGE FROM THE CEO
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MESSAGE FROM THE CTO
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SAAB ROSEMOUNT TANKRADAR STaR™
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DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
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DESIGN FOR SOURCING SUCCESS
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OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS
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PATENTS FOR 2005
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EXTERNAL AWARDS
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INNOVATIONS MESSAGE FROM THE CEO
Emerson technology leadership
drives financial success
“Emerson technology leadership would not exist
without the day-to-day contributions
of Emerson engineers.”
This is an exciting time to be with
Emerson. We have positioned ourselves to
be in the right places in the world at the
right time with the right technologies. Our
customers see that and our recent financial
performance proves they are counting on us.
It is no small challenge to drive continued
innovation and technology leadership –
key elements of our long-term business
strategy. The competition is fierce. We
know that Emerson’s technology leadership
would not exist without the day-to-day
contributions of Emerson engineers
around the world.
New product development is what
Emerson engineers do each day. And
sales of new products are a priority for
Emerson because they increase at a much
faster rate than total sales. In short, new
products drive new growth. Our goal is
for new products to exceed 40 percent of
total sales. I am confident that Emerson
engineers will make this goal a reality.
To help ensure that our technology
leadership remains strong, we invested
$469 million in engineering and development and $165 million in customer
solutions engineering in fiscal 2005.
I mentioned being in the right place
at the right time. Emerson today holds a
leadership role in helping the world meet
four fundamental challenges. You’ll hear us
talk more about these throughout the year.
Business without borders is the clear
reality of our global economy. Emerson
engineers around the world develop
global product platforms and use regional
knowledge to customize products for
local markets.
Energy efficiency becomes an increasingly urgent need in a world that requires
historic levels of energy to enable emerging
economies to advance. From motors and
drives to compressors and new ways of
managing energy, Emerson engineers help
our customers conserve energy and reduce
operating costs.
Communications revolution continues
from the convergence of discrete media
to bringing telecommunications to people
who have never had a telephone. Emerson
engineers provide secure power for
communications in remote locations and
design power and cooling technologies
for the most sophisticated mission-critical
communications applications.
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Resources for the world means making
the most productive use of processes and
finite resources to meet growing global
demand. Solutions by Emerson engineers
are helping mine the earth’s minerals more
efficiently and extract increasingly valuable
oil from Canada’s vast oil sands, the world’s
second-largest known deposit of oil.
Of course, the common denominator
in Emerson’s ability to provide solutions
that help the world meet these four basic
challenges is technology leadership. That is
the critical strength we must deliver to our
global customers to succeed.
I salute the 2005 Technology Award
winner Saab Rosemount and applaud its
example of game-changing invention and
perseverance. And I thank everyone in the
Emerson technical community for your
continued commitment to innovation –
and for keeping our technology leadership
momentum going strong.
David N. Farr
Chief Executive Officer
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How the engineering profession has evolved –
and what that evolution means for engineers
Engineers are people who make things happen. Engineers use science and
technology to solve problems and create economic value. We drive progress. Our
inventions and innovations make life easier, more productive, safer and more fun.
In the process, engineers’ innovations help make economies and industries grow
and create livelihoods for people with all kinds of skills.
In my opinion, engineers are special
people with problem-solving skills society
critically needs. That’s why I chose this
profession, a profession that I always
have found endlessly fascinating and
endlessly challenging.
Given that background (and, I should
say, bias), when I saw The Wall Street Journal
headline “Behind ‘Shortage’ of Engineers:
Employers Grow More Choosy” last
November, naturally, my interest
was piqued.
The Journal examined the issue from
different perspectives. For example, the
article said that many companies believe
they face a “severe shortage” of engineers
and are encouraging Congress to increase
funding for engineering education.
On the other hand, the story also
pointed out that the unemployment rate
for engineers in 2003 was 4.3 percent,
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compared with 3.2 percent for all professionals. Also, a study by Northeastern
University found that U.S. engineering
employment fell 8.7 percent from 2000
to 2003.
So, is there or is there not a shortage
of engineers?
The point that I found compelling in
the article was that companies seeking
engineers have become more demanding
than ever before.
From Emerson’s experience, I know this
is true. For example, instead of advertising
for an electrical engineer, companies now
want an EE with extremely specific, often,
application-specific skills.
Another point that rings true from the
Journal article is that companies want more
“soft skills” in engineers – for example, the
ability to work in groups and communicate
well verbally and in writing.
Bottom line, it is clear that demands on
professional engineers have evolved. This
evolution has been driven by a number of
factors – the reality of a global economy,
ever-faster advances in technology and the
needs of large organizations like Emerson.
These forces have meant that engineers
today must do more than create solutions.
Today, engineers must create solutions that
take into account an array of requirements
from global regulation to sourcing and
design for manufacturing to marketing.
This means that today’s “evolved
engineer” also must be a global thinker, a
marketer and a generalist/diplomat with
the ability to relate and work with all parts
of complex corporate organizations and,
indeed, the world.
The evolved engineer is and will be
Emerson’s strength in technology leader-
ship – our ability to stay ahead of fierce
competition and rapid change.
The idea of staying ahead of our fastchanging environment threads through
articles in this INNOVATIONS.
The 2005 Technology Award winner–
Saab Rosemount – created a disruptive
technology in the late 1970s that it has
consistently improved to become the
undisputed global leader in tank gauging.
(See story pages 4 to 11.) The company’s
commitment to technology leadership
has put it “miles ahead” of competitors,
according to Frost & Sullivan, which gave
Saab Rosemount its 2005 Technology
Leadership of the Year award.
How can Emerson companies change the
game in their markets as Saab Rosemount
did? Also, where does your company’s
product stand on the technology S-curve?
Given that position, what are your vulnerabilities? And how are you planning for those
vulnerabilities? These thought-provoking
questions are explored in the article on
disruptive technology on pages 12-15.
As always, this issue of INNOVATIONS
has been designed to make readers think
by raising fundamental questions for our
companies and for ourselves as individuals.
Note that while we raise these important
issues, we do not presume to provide the
answers. The answers are up to you.
Today’s “evolved
engineer” also must
be a global thinker,
a marketer and a
generalist/diplomat
with the ability to
relate and work with
all parts of complex
corporate organizations and, indeed,
the world.
Randall D. Ledford
Senior Vice President and
Chief Technology Officer
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Out here, you need
SAFETY, TRUST
Saab Rosemount’s TankRadar STaR™
It is the rule, not the exception, that Emerson Process Management systems work in unusual, generally
hostile environments. If anything, Saab Rosemount’s TankRadar STaR™ exceeds this standard. It operates
on the largest transportation vehicles ever built by man – seagoing tanker ships that deliver the more
than 80 million barrels of oil the world consumes daily, not to mention additional quantities of liquid
natural gas (LNG), asphalt and various chemicals.
For perspective on their enormous scale, the largest of these tankers can transport more than 4 million
barrels of crude oil, or about five percent of the world’s daily consumption. The world’s biggest tanker
is significantly larger even than the Nimitz-class supercarrier USS Ronald Reagan and sits so deep in the
water when fully loaded that it can not navigate the English Channel or most world harbors and must be
loaded and unloaded on the open sea.
One story demonstrates why Saab Rosemount’s
TankRadar STaR monitoring system (capitalized letters
represent the system’s Safety, Trust, Reliability) is so
highly valued. In the bridge of the tanker Aberdeen,
a visitor from Emerson asked the first mate how
important the TankRadar® system was to the ship’s
operation. The first mate moved to the control console.
“That’s easy. Let’s simulate a loading situation. The
TankRadar system is important because it supplies
critical data to the ship’s load calculator.”
The first mate input some values into the system. “Here, I’m loading the ship’s tanks. When we load, the ship’s
hull actually bends with the stress. So, if the ship is loaded in a manner that is unsafe, data from the TankRadar
system will warn us.” He punched another key or two and the screen showed steadily increasing stress loads on
the hull. Even a novice could see that there was a problem. “See, this tells me that the loading pattern jeopardizes
the hull’s integrity. But, let’s say we ignore the warning ...”
Pointing to the screen, “Ah, and here we actually have broken the ship. It now is two very large pieces, about to
sink. And there’s a lot of oil in the ocean.” The first mate deadpanned, “Our owner wouldn’t like that.”
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Mats Nordlund
Vice President of Engineering
“Our vision is ‘Shaping the future in tank gauging.’ This means that we must
identify promising technology and move it very quickly up the steep side of
the technology S-curve to deliver the performance our customers expect. This
means you must have very good engineers. It also means that being number
one in market share is not enough. We also must be the technology leader or
we may miss market opportunities or be stopped by competitors’ patents.
“It is important to create time for people to innovate. A lot of business demand
is for short-term projects that do not provide a base for future-generation
products. So, time must be created, and goals must be set high so that engineers have to think outside the box. Almost every company (and certainly
every growth-oriented company) needs people focused on bringing products
to market and people who can and want to think outside the box.
“Our company was created on a disruptive technology. Now, we cannot forget
the threat of new technology disruptions to our technology. So, we always
have to cover our back by constantly monitoring and looking at new and
different technologies.”
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How Saab Rosemount
changed the game
in tank level gauging
More than 30 years ago, young engineer
Olle Edvardsson worked on radar devices
for Saab’s military unit in Linköping in south
central Sweden. The radar determined the
altitude over the ocean of anti-ship missiles
fired from military jets. Semiconductor
technology had just started to be used
with microwave radar, and the possibilities
intrigued Edvardsson.
What bothered him, though, was that
the defense business was so unpredictable.
Projects could be dropped quickly, almost
overnight. Sweden’s large ship-building
industry gave Edvardsson an idea. He
wondered if microwave radar devices might
have marine applications.
Conversations with shipbuilders sharpened his focus. Builders of oil tankers told
Edvardsson that level monitoring systems for
tanks were notoriously inaccurate and unre-
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Ross Fitkin
liable. Traditional mechanical float systems
were prone to obvious problems such as
getting stuck or bent in tanks. He wondered,
could radar replace mechanical gauges?
“The idea then looked to be crazy,”
Edvardsson says today. But he obtained
funding from Saab to look into it.
In 1972, he saw an idea that could work,
albeit with enormous caveats. For example,
microwave technology in those days was
extremely expensive, certainly far more
expensive than the mechanical floats traditionally used as tank gauges. Also, there
could be no spark from electronics that
could explode fuel vapor. These were
formidable obstacles, but Edvardsson and
his team persevered.
Calling on Saab’s deep expertise in electronics, the team put equipment on a ship
for a field test. The results were encouraging,
and serious development started in 1974.
In 1976, the first radar gauge was installed
on a tanker. But follow-on sales were dismal.
Traditional mechanical devices were much
The heart of the
TankRadar STaR™
system is the tank
gauge unit. It has
three radars for a
three-in-one solution integrating Level
gauging, High Level
and Overfill alarm
systems in one intrinsically safe electronic
unit that galvanically
separates the three
functions.
Senior R&D Engineer
“Our software collects data on tank level, temperature and pressure that goes to
the ship’s automation system and to the load calculator that continually calculates
the load on the hull. A ship’s systems depend on the values we deliver, for example,
for inventory management, reports and data sampling, audit log and, of course,
alarms when levels pass desired limits.
“Because a ship is always moving, our software constantly compensates. So, when
a tank is off-center because of waves, our software will do trim/list computations
and report a tank level as though the ship were perfectly calm.
“Each system is pre-configured to minimize installation time. Hundreds of parameters must be set to properly identify echoes. And everything must be right.
“I spent an afternoon at the University of Gothenburg’s tanker simulator, and I
learned that it is very easy to break a ship with bad loading. Also, I spent a night
on a ship in near hurricane conditions watching levels on our system. The forces
on the ship were incredible. It was great to see the TankRadar monitoring system
perform perfectly under these conditions.”
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cheaper, and shipyards saw no reason to
change to a more expensive and untried
system. Plus, there was something reassuring
about being able to lift a tank’s hatch and see
the mechanical float. With Saab’s gauge, there
was nothing to see – no moving parts. It must
have seemed like too radical a change.
But then the world changed. Several tankers
exploded at sea. A few more disappeared
without a trace and were believed to have
blown up. The cause of the deadly explosions
was thought to be static electricity in oil tanks.
International maritime authorities mandated
that all tankers over a certain size must fill their
tanks with exhaust gases from their engines to
eliminate oxygen and, therefore, any chance of
an electrical spark.
Among other things, this new safety
requirement meant that mechanical gauges
no longer could be checked by opening a
hatch and looking at the device because that
would allow oxygen into the tank. So, a timehonored check on mechanical float devices
was eliminated, raising doubt that never
had existed before. Also, in the late 1970s,
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Lennart Almegard Senior R&D Engineer
“We had to create a radar with very low power consumption (half a watt,
or half the European standard) that was intrinsically safe. The additional
challenge was to create three boards – one for each radar – that would fit in
the allocated space. Each radar had to work independently and be galvanically separated from the others. The only common element for the three
radars would be the waveguide and a single antenna. But we had to be
certain that the radars would not interfere with each other.
“We performed many tests, both performance and environmental. For
example, mechanical tests of vibration ranging from 2 to 100 Hz from three
directions to simulate forces on a ship in high seas. And performance tests
with temperature ranges from -40˚ to +70˚ Celsius. All electronics above
deck must work in this wide temperature range. There are no electronics
below deck which is important because, for example, asphalt is heated to up
to 250˚ C in a tanker, which is much too hot for electronics.
“We also had to know how our radar works in field conditions. We fieldtested our equipment in the North Sea, and the seas were very heavy. We
learned that it can be very turbulent inside the tank, and the TankRadar
STaR system still works perfectly. I was happy I had seasickness pills
that worked.”
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The M-wave turnstile
enables integration of three
radars in one wave guide.
the Alaskan oil fields began production,
increasing demand for tankers. Slowly, the
TankRadar system built sales.
And so it happened that a small but determined unit of Saab developed a disruptive
technology that changed the game in tank
gauges, forever.
The TankRadar® monitoring system
offers clear advantages
With each sale, the TankRadar system
proved that it was more accurate and reliable than previous systems. Greater accuracy allows better control of the cargo and
optimal tank usage. No mechanical parts in
the tank mean lower maintenance costs for
tanker owners. Another benefit is that the
TankRadar system’s accuracy allows tankers
to speed up the critical processes of loading
and unloading and do it more safely than
ever before. This time benefit quickly translates into economic advantage because day
rates for tankers can range from $15,000 to
$250,000, depending on the supply of oil
coming to market and the number of tankers
available to deliver it. The ability to load and
unload without spills avoids another significant cost in fines and loss of public reputation.
“Technically, the TankRadar system sounds
like a straight-forward proposition,” says Dr.
Mats Nordlund, vice president of engineering
at Saab Rosemount. “But it is a very difficult
radar application because, unlike the military
air-to-ship missile application, microwaves are
subject to a lot of interfering echoes in a tank.
Also, they can bounce against the side of the
tank, twice or more times in certain types of
tanks, creating multiple targets for the radar
to track and separate. So, tank radar needs
very sophisticated microwave and signal
processing technology compared to traditional radar applications.
“Also, in some of our applications we
must consider that microwave travels at
different speeds in air versus liquids. All these
factors, which did not matter in the military
application, are critical for the TankRadar
system application.”
The TankRadar STaR system, the latest
generation of the original, pioneering inven-
tion, breaks new ground in reliability and
functionality and significantly strengthens
Saab Rosemount’s global technology and
market leadership.
The TankRadar STaR system development
team set the following four objectives. It
met each objective and, often, significantly
exceeded them.
C Create the best level system in the
world – instrument accuracy improved
by 10 times for the system that already
was the world’s most accurate. Even in
seas roiled by hurricane-force winds, the
TankRadar STaR system measures tank
levels well within the requirements of
any marine applications. The system
also has proven to be extremely rugged
and problem-free in the harshest of
environments.
C Cover all marine tanker applications–
TankRadar STaR system technology has
been implemented in small tankers, Very
Large Crude Oil Carriers (VLCCs), and
Floating Production, Storage & Offload
ships (FPSOs).
C Anders Jirskog Principal R&D Engineer
“We started almost at a transistor level in designing the microwave circuit
and built from there in blocks, testing and simulating each block to know
how it would behave. This is time-consuming at the front end. However, we
made good progress because we invested in new, sophisticated equipment
and software tools. As a result, we achieved a device with low cost, a device
that we could manufacture more cheaply than outside suppliers and a device
that, unlike most analog electronics, requires very little tweaking.
“It was advanced technology, but not too advanced. We did not over-specify.
We knew what was needed.
“It was satisfying to personally follow the product from specification through
manufacturing to market success. We had a very good work climate and a
good degree of freedom to do the designs we wanted and to be fairly bold.
“I did not have to go to my boss and ask if I can do this or that. But we always
know we must deliver.”
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C Develop a microwave platform for all
Saab Rosemount applications – The
TankRadar STaR microwave and signal
processing now are the platform for
marine, tank control and process applications, enabling significant cost reductions.
C Produce large volumes very cost
effectively – The TankRadar STaR system
was planned for global manufacturing
and distribution with, for example, the
microwave module specifically designed
to minimize testing and to accommodate
manufacturing variations. About 15 to
20 percent of the total engineering and
tooling effort was conducted in low-cost
countries; about 85 percent of system
electronics is produced in Asia.
The development team faced significant
technical challenges. One obvious problem
was integrating the system’s three radars
(using the same waveguide and antenna for
three radars) and then making that package fit
in a small space. Integrating the radars means
cutting only one hole per system in a ship’s
deck. It also minimizes cabling. Both features
cut the cost and time for installation.
C Mikael Kleman Principal R&D Engineer
“In an early meeting between customers, marketing people and
engineers, I saw that there was a need for something new that would
reduce installation cost. I thought about it maybe 30 minutes and
realized that, in principle, it would be possible to use the same waveguide for three radars and use the same antenna.
“The problem is how to combine three radars that use the same antenna
and do so in an extremely compact way. It would be far too big if we
did it in the conventional way. Another problem we encountered is that
combining radars creates false signals that look like multiple surfaces in
the tank. It took time and work with mathematics to realize what was
happening and eliminate false signals by separating the frequencies of
the three channels by small amounts.
“We have a very innovation-friendly climate, and we’re encouraged to
think of new ways to do things. We also do things together after work.
For example, Fridays we play bandy, a sport like ice hockey except
played outdoors on a soccer-size field of ice. Activities like these have
made us grow together as a team.”
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Three radars operate independently
While integrating three radars and making
them fit in a small space, the radars had
to operate independently, be galvanically
separate and never create interference.
Plus, despite increased functionality, power
consumption (for displays, communications,
radars, signal processing) had to be minimal,
below the 1 Watt European standard.
Even the antenna presented unique problems. For example, because the TankRadar
STaR system uses very low power, the
antenna has to be large to receive a clear
signal. It also has to work in environments
where the antenna may be submerged in the
cargo. Even a very thin layer of condensation
or contamination can degrade performance.
The Saab Rosemount team solved this
problem by using Teflon and optimizing
the antenna’s geometries.
Finally, of course, the TankRadar STaR
system had to be cost competitive with
mechanical and competing radar systems.
The Saab Rosemount team resolved all
these problems, delivering a cost-effective
system with no moving parts and no compo-
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Anders Welin
nents that wear out. Costs were held down
by a compact design, smart use of commercial components and innovative electronic
solutions. The radar is designed to work
with any type of tank and any kind of liquid
or liquefied cargo from crude oil, chemicals
and asphalt to liquid natural gas (LNG).
New sensor technology improves performance and was carefully designed to be
operator-friendly, allowing for fast response
in loading and unloading operations. Up
to five different sensors measure temperature, a high-accuracy pressure sensor can be
added to the system and a backup battery
ensures uninterrupted power.
Temperature and pressure data and Ullage
(unfilled space in a tank), High Level and
Overfill alarms are transmitted to the ship’s
automation center and load calculator that
calculates stress on the hull. Data can be
accessed at workstations and is integrated
with systems controlling, for example, valves
and pumps. Data also are used for inventory
management and reports.
The TankRadar STaR open-architecture
software is specially designed for all tanker
specifications. This means that configurations of software, gauging systems and
auxiliary equipment are customized before
installation with hundreds of parameters for
each ship.
“Miles ahead of the competition”
Its wide range of technical solutions and
resulting superiority over other systems has
put the company “miles ahead of the competition,” according to the Frost & Sullivan
report giving its 2005 Technology Leadership
of the Year Award to Saab Rosemount.
For their part, members of the Saab Rosemount team prefer to think not in miles but
in years. One example gives them particular
pride. The world’s first radar level gauging
system, precursor to the TankRadar STaR
system, was installed in 1976 on the
Norwegian tanker M/S Havdrott. It has been
in continuous operation since – until the ship
was decommissioned in 2004. This is the
history of reliability that the TankRadar STaR
system has perfected for the future.
Product Manager
“We sell our equipment to shipyards. It is in their interest to pay as little as possible.
However, ship owners have a strong interest in a system that will work for the life of
their ship, or about 25 years. This is a major reason why we must be there to support
our customers – to make certain our systems work for the life of the ship. In fact, the
first system we installed was on a ship built in 1976. Recently, that ship was scrapped,
and our system was still working perfectly. That gave us a very good feeling.
“What is unique about Saab Rosemount as a radar manufacturer is that when we develop
a new function or product, it almost always starts with the customer. But we do not
stop with that. We continually follow up to know how our product works and how it
can be improved. We are focused on solving customers’ problems, not only selling
products.
“The atmosphere of the company is good. If you think something, you can say it and you
will be listened to. Some companies have a rigid hierarchy, so people always do not say
what they think. There is not much hierarchy here.”
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Disruptive Technologies
Where are you on the
technology S-curve?
It is impossible to predict how the interac-
of liquids in tanks?
However, research has identified a general pattern in the life cycle of a particular
technology. This pattern has become
known as the S-curve of technology, illustrated at right.
It is important to know where your
product technology stands on the S-curve.
It also is critically important to understand
that each phase of the S-curve reflects a
different environment. Today’s fiercely
competitive global markets show no pity
to the business that fails to understand its
opportunities and vulnerabilities. Following
are points to keep in mind as you plan the
survival/growth strategy that best suits
your technology and its position on the
technology S-curve.
Infancy. The dominant technology is
challenged by the disruptive technology.
Each new cycle of a technology begins at
the bottom of the S-curve with an invention or discovery with the potential to
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additional growth.
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Threats
Complacency may follow
success and lead to being
replaced by a disruptive technology.
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radar would later be used to measure levels
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who would have guessed that military
The Technology S-curve
The new solution can build
market share.
New releases can improve
performance and build
market interest.
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course of human innovation. For example,
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tion of data and ideas will advance the
Opportunities
A new solution could disrupt
existing technology and
differentiate the
company.
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Threats
Fast followers can introduce similar
new solutions that avoid mistakes or
missteps of the original technology.
Turbulent competition by many
players can upset a strategy.
Threats
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disrupt the existing or dominant technology – and, eventually, supplant it.
Examples of disruptive technologies
abound – from the steam engine to digital
photography. Examples within Emerson
include the Copeland Scroll® compressor
The market may not
perceive value in the new solution.
The innovator may have failed
to execute well.
and Saab Rosemount’s TankRadar STaR
system, winner of Emerson’s 2005
Technology Award.
The strength of a new technology is
just that – it’s new, a fresh solution to a
problem. So, there is great opportunity
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Where do
you want
to be?
for differentiation and growth. But, paradoxically, the strength of a new technology also is its weakness. For example,
do early adopters in the market perceive
value in this new solution? Is the new
solution well executed? Will it work as well
as the dominant technology it seeks to
disrupt and replace?
In other words, being first does not
guarantee success. The innovator must be
ready to be first. In essence, the innovator must carefully – and correctly – think
through the technology’s market prospects with particular focus on weaknesses
other companies could exploit.
Rapid growth. The game changes.
Once the disruptive technology begins to
take hold in the market, the new technology may experience rapid performance
improvement with each new product
release up the steep part of the S-curve.
Examples of beneficiaries of this fast
market growth include Nokia for its mobile
phones and Apple for its iPod music players. An Emerson example is Rosemount’s
3051S Pressure Transmitter, winner of the
2003 Technology Award.
In this phase of rapid growth, the
innovator must keep his eyes open for the
“fast follower,” the company that quickly
develops a similar new product with a
critical difference the market perceives as
a benefit. Obviously, the fast follower has
the advantage of 20-20 hindsight – seeing
the innovator’s whole strategy unfold and
then taking advantage of any missteps or
weaknesses. Such an advantage could have
little to do with the actual product. For
example, the fast follower could exploit the
innovator’s inability to finance a national
marketing campaign.
In short, the rapid growth phase creates
an often chaotic, competitive turbulence
with multiple competitors fighting for
market share. There is great opportunity
in rapid growth – the opportunity to build
market share and a solid reputation in the
marketplace. But only the strongest and
smartest will survive this phase. So, the
innovator must be nimble and must build
financial strength through increasing sales
to be able to win out over competitors.
Maturity. Market acceptance of the
technology is nearly universal. The top
of the S-curve represents the cycle of
dominance for a technology in which a
market leader emerges and profits typically are maximized. This is the phase of
market leadership for a technology that
has been so well executed and delivered
such a high degree of perceived value that
it has been able to stave off competitors
and dominate the market.
Examples of product technologies in
the mature phase of the S-curve include
automobiles with internal combustion
engines and personal computers. Many
of Emerson’s older products also fit in
this category.
If the market leader with a mature
technology has its eyes wide open and
a solid strategy in place, its strength in
the market and incumbency give it great
advantages. However, while it may seem
paradoxical, it is true that the mature
phase – the time of market leadership –
also represents the point in a technology’s
life cycle in which it is most vulnerable
to a new, disruptive technology. So, the
mature phase’s inherent strength –
market leadership or dominance – also
becomes its inherent weakness, because
leadership easily can lead to complacency.
So, the innovator who has become market
leader can not afford to relax. The innovator always must remember that nothing
lasts forever – least of all a dominant
technology.
Another fact about the technology
S-curve often is forgotten but is important
to note. While it generally isn’t shown, the
S-curve has a downward slope that follows
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the maturity phase. This slope represents
the downward spiral of a technology that
has been disrupted or supplanted and is
falling into obscurity.
From this overview, the strategic
implications of different positions on the
technology S-curve become clear. It is
crucial to understand the opportunities
and vulnerabilities of each phase in order
to capitalize on the opportunities and
avoid the vulnerabilities.
Of course, what every chief technology
officer (and every company) wants to
know is, what’s coming next?
One way of seeing how technology
might unfold is to understand the forces
that drive technology and study the pattern of innovations they are generating.
Importantly, the forces driving new technology may not come from the industry
you serve.
As Saab Rosemount’s Mats Nordlund
has said, “If you go to traditional trade
shows, you only see what you missed two
to three years ago. Instead, engineers
should watch those areas that drive the
future of technology.” Seemingly unrelated fields such as games, health care,
aerospace or defense often generate basic
breakthrough technologies that can be
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applied to other fields, including your own.
Here are four ways to monitor emerging
customer needs and potentially disruptive
technologies.
Trade shows - See what leading, highinnovation industries are doing. How can
you adapt their ideas to your markets?
Venture network - What are start-up
companies researching? Are they developing disruptive technologies?
Customer insight research - What
unmet needs do customers have that
current products are not delivering?
Consultants - Conceptual reviews with
consultants (via the Advanced Design
Center or Software Center of Excellence)
who work closely with many businesses
can provide overviews of new market
developments.
The bottom-line questions for technology planners become obvious. If the
strengths of your business are not aligned
with your position on the S-curve, what
will it take to change? For example, what
are your company’s core strengths in
developing technology? Do you have the
depth of talent in innovation or product
development that you need? Do you have
resources focused on potentially disruptive
competitors?
If not, should you hire additional engineering talent, should you retain consultants – or, perhaps, both? Do you need
to create a “skunk works” separate from
your existing engineering group to pursue
a new direction? Should you buy another
company to acquire its technology?
Finally, the two-part question becomes:
Do you want to be rich? Or, do you want to
be famous?
Fame goes to the inventor of a disruptive
technology. But, remember, the typical
disruptive technology has lousy earnings
performance. Earnings don’t start to roll in
until a technology achieves market acceptance and rapid growth up the steep
portion of the S-curve.
A well-known example of a wonderfully
inventive company that failed to capitalize
on its innovations is Xerox. Researchers at
Xerox PARC developed and demonstrated
many crucial elements of modern computing, including the graphical user interface,
the mouse and Ethernet. But Xerox failed
to commercialize many of its most important inventions. Other companies became
rich from what Xerox invented but failed to
bring to market successfully.
Do you want to be rich or famous?
(Or both?) Fame goes to the inventor.
Riches don’t flow until a technology’s mature phase.
But, remember, nothing lasts forever.
If you decide that you would rather
forsake fame for riches, then you want
to be on the maturity portion of the
S-curve. That’s where the money can
really roll in for the company that demonstrates superior performance in product
development and operations. This is the
kind of business that can capitalize on
the maturity phase of the S-curve. On the
other hand, it’s also where the danger
of being picked off by a disruptive technology always lurks offstage, threatening
to upset that revenue stream. So, one
must be vigilant.
Another choice – have it all. Choose to
be both rich and famous.
This option means inventing the
disruptive technology and then driving
its growth as rapidly as possible up the
steep part of the S-curve and fending off
competitors all the while with superior
technology to cash in on the maturity
phase. This choice often requires keeping
engineers focused on a product set,
possibly at the expense of other product
development.
Every business must evaluate its core
strengths to decide what strategy will be
most successful. Rich-and-famous is the
choice Saab Rosemount has pursued and
achieved with the TankRadar STaR system.
By definition, this shoot-the-moon option
isn’t easy. But, if it were easy, every
company would do it. And what fun
would that be?
Questions for Your Business
Where are my products on the technology S-curve?
What are my company’s opportunities and vulnerabilities?
How are we monitoring potentially disruptive competition and
the evolving needs of our customers?
Is my company’s current strategy consistent with the answers to
the above questions?
If our products are in the mature phase, what is our strategy
for the future?
For readers who would like to learn
more about the subject, in 1997 Clayton
Christensen wrote the book that made disruptive technology a buzzword in business –
“The Innovator’s Dilemma: How Great Firms
Fail by Doing Everything Right.” In 2004,
Christensen wrote the related book “Seeing
What’s Next: Using Theories of Innovation
to Predict Industry Change.” The editors of
INNOVATIONS thank Dr. Mats Nordlund of
Saab Rosemount for his help with this article.
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INNOVATIONS DESIGN FOR SOURCING SUCCESS
For double-digit cost savings:
Design for sourcing success depends on
early involvement of Procurement
In our 2001 INNOVATIONS issue we reported that “In the approximately two years
Emerson Procurement has used e-Sourcing, divisions have made about $600 million
in purchases via Internet auctions.” In 2005, Emerson companies’ use of e-Sourcing
exceeded $1 billion, driving savings of 15 percent and more, according to
Craig Doiron, vice president of materials and logistics.
Having demonstrated the effectiveness of e-Sourcing, Procurement now has
focused on encouraging Emerson companies to involve its specialists early in the
process of designing new products.
The reason for involving Procurement
early is simple. It works. Or, as Joann
Donelon, manager new product sourcing,
says, “When you see the results, this is
a no-brainer.”
The “Committed Cost vs. Life Cycle”
graph (page 17) demonstrates Donelon’s
point. The major cost savings opportunities
in a product are locked in early on – in initial
conceptual work and follow-up design. Cost
reduction opportunities decline rapidly
once a product reaches production and
cost reduction opportunities approach
zero in post-production.
Moreover, as the second graph shows,
changes that are made up front in design
and development stages can be made with
little cost impact. But changes made after
a product has been released to production
become exponentially more expensive.
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Why is this true? “Requalification of
a product takes far more effort and far
more time and, therefore, costs far more,”
Donelon said. “Doing it right early becomes
critical to product and program cost.”
The lessons for a product design team
include:
• Sourcing issues should be considered long before a design is locked in.
Procurement’s single point of contact
with the design team ensures clear
communication for coordination
of all inputs.
• Emerson Preferred Suppliers should
be used to maximize cost and quality
leverage over the life of a program.
• Sole-sourced components should be
avoided, to reduce obvious risk in a
product’s supply chain.
Following are examples of benefits
Emerson companies have achieved by
incorporating sourcing issues up front in
their design process.
ClosetMaid competes in a dynamic
consumer market that demands a
continuing flow of imaginative and costcompetitive new products. “Early Supplier
Involvement (ESI) has meant huge savings
for us,” said Gerry Dennis, director of
product management. “It has helped
ensure that all new ClosetMaid products
are accretive to margins.”
Using e-Sourcing, ClosetMaid has
managed to realize double-digit savings
even on wire components that it has
sourced for many years.
Aside from cost, in areas where ClosetMaid lacks core competency, such as plastic
parts, early supplier involvement gives the
company valuable design support. “Not
only do we get lower costs, ESI helps drive
innovation and keeps ClosetMaid at the
leading edge,” Dennis said.
Fisher, Francel and Tartarini have set
“very aggressive cost targets” for a global
platform of regulators for commercial and
industrial customers, Jim Hawkins, senior
engineer at Fisher, said. “The broader goal is
market growth” in world markets in which
price position has cut into the companies’
ability to compete.
“The reason for involving Procurement early is to drive
operating profit at the point of greatest impact.”
Joann Donelon, Manager New Product Sourcing
Committed Cost vs. Life Cycle
96%
100%
85%
80%
Change Costs vs. Time
Life Cycle
Cost
Determination
60%
DESIGN FOR
SOURCING
RE-DESIGN /
CONTAINMENT
35%
40%
1000X
RELEASE TO PRODUCTION
70%
100X
22%
20%
Cost Reduction
Opportunities
Conceptual
Design
Detailed Design
The three companies now have
10 regulator product platforms between
them. They intend to reduce that number
to three while also increasing product
functionality. In the process, the number
of suppliers will be reduced by a factor of
three, and the number of components will
be reduced by more than half.
To achieve these ambitious objectives,
“early involvement of procurement is integral. We absolutely must have strategic
global sourcing,” Hawkins said.
“For years, we’ve looked back and
wished we had had earlier involvement by
Procurement. Now we do,” Hawkins said.
Emerson Motor Company is the
world’s largest manufacturer of motors.
So, if anyone knows how to buy laminations for motors, it’s Emerson Motor
Company. But even with its unique expertise, Emerson Motor realized significant
cost reduction from e-Sourcing.
Dave Duebner, advanced purchasing
manager and an engineer for 25 years
before joining Procurement about three
years ago, said the company specified ISO,
Production
Operations
Support
1X
Design & Develop
QS and other quality certifications from a
list of global suppliers known to Procurement. The resulting e-Sourcing auction
realized a savings of 22 percent, a level
that surprised even the experts.
“As an engineer myself, it’s exciting
and fun to be able to help a design team
achieve a result that will maximize operating profit on a new product,” Duebner
said. “It’s the ultimate win-win.”
Copeland relied on one supplier for
a Discus valve plate. The supplier raised
prices and generally failed to give Copeland
the attention it wanted. When Copeland
redesigned the valve plate – saving significant cost – it saw an opportunity to bid the
new part competitively.
Copeland senior management participated in a Material Review with Procurement and a Design Review with Corporate
Technology’s Advanced Design Center
(ADC). After the reviews, the decision was
made that it was strategically important to
eliminate the former supplier because of
the risk it posed as a sole source supplier.
In February of 2006, an e-Source auction
10X
Build
Support
was conducted for the management of the
supply chain, including required inventory,
freight and other costs. Copeland realized
a 19 percent savings over the historic cost
estimate. Perhaps more important, Copeland no longer was subject to the risks of
a sole-source supplier. (The ADC offers a
risk tool analysis available on the Web that
allows a design team to answer a series
of questions about its product that will
develop an objective risk measurement.)
Doiron emphasizes that Emerson
Procurement “has invested in Asia, Eastern
Europe and Latin America so that we have
people with product knowledge and a deep
understanding of regional capabilities.”
The Asian Pacific Procurement Organization (APPO) is fully staffed. The Central
European and Latin American organizations are being expanded and are in development, respectively, Doiron said.
“We have the feet on the street to implement a global supply chain strategy that
can identify and qualify best-cost country
sources,” Donelon said. “This capability will
be a real differentiator for Emerson.”
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INNOVATIONS OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS
CHAIRMAN’S
Operational Excellence Award
EMERSON HERMETIC MOTORS
Demonstrating the highly competitive
nature of Emerson’s Operational Excellence
Awards, Emerson Hermetic Motors, the
world’s largest hermetic motor manufacturer, entered in 2002 but did not make it.
After missing out in 2002, the company
conducted strategic gap analysis to see
where it most needed improvement.
Then, Hermetic Motors engaged in intense
Performance Excellence (Perf(x)) training,
beginning with top management and
extending through the rest of the organization, to gain employee involvement and
align plant and personal objectives.
Training is critical. For example, an operator receives 120 hours (80 on-the-job/
40 classroom) training “before even
touching the product,” Lars Gacad, vice
president quality, said.
Training also has been critical because
the company introduced 126 new models
of hermetic motors from 2004 to 2006
to support Copeland. In the process,
Hermetic Motors developed new technologies for polygon rotors and Scott T stators
and launched a new rotor cell that elimi-
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nates boring and grinding, cutting cycle
time about 80 percent.
“The employee focus and intense
training paid off in a more than 50 percent
reduction in lost time accidents and more
than 70 percent decrease in lost work days
from 2002 to 2005. Worker compensation
costs also were reduced by more than
25 percent,” Gacad said.
Top management championed the
cause. Quarterly, members of an executive
quality council would hold a web and telephone conference with the company's four
plants located in China, Mexico, Thailand
and the United States. After four years of
this, “Communications between plants has
opened up, and the interchange is beautiful. The operations guy in China calls his
counterpart in Russellville, Kentucky, and
they talk through problems and share best
practices,” Gacad said.
Hermetic Motors improved its processes
by implementing Six Sigma in all its plants.
It completed more than 120 Black and
Green Belt Six Sigma projects with an ROI
that exceeded $5 million.
The Policy Deployment PDCA process –
Plan, Do, Check, Act – was institutionalized to focus resources on high-return
projects and align plant and company
objectives. The “catchball” process of
exchanging ideas on objectives and
focusing attention on problems also
provided alignment and interaction.
Here are examples of critical business
results that Hermetic Motors achieved in
fiscal years 2001 to 2005.
• Improved ROTC by a factor of
three times.
• Reduced cost of quality as a percentage of sales from 2.9 to 1.6 percent.
• Improved customer acceptance by
a factor of more than two times.
• Reduced scrap by more than
60 percent.
• Increased plant productivity by an
average of 4.7 percent per year.
• Established a certified high school
program that graduated 25 employees in the program’s first year.
(Graduates throw their hats in the
air above.)
LIEBERT GLOBAL SERVICES
Liebert Global Services provides preventive maintenance, repair and monitoring
services for an installed base of more than
30,000 UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply)
and 20,000 power distribution systems,
mostly in the continental United States.
A network of more than 340 customer
engineers in 80 locations supported by
an additional 200 people serve customers
such as Wal-Mart, Northwest Airlines,
JP Morgan Chase and Time-Warner Cable.
“Communications is the key in our
service business,” said Jim Benson, vice
president field operations. “We have to
be certain that each customer engineer
understands his or her role in achieving our
customer satisfaction goals.”
Liebert has aligned individual and group
goals through a focus on key performance indicators. Each of the company’s
16 district managers conduct quarterly
communications meetings for their 18 -24
customer engineers in which they review
each individual’s performance on customer
satisfaction ratings and group performance. Then the group establishes goals
for the following year. (The company
prefers not to exceed 24 customer engineers per district because it believes that a
larger number could reduce communication effectiveness.)
“This process ensures that everyone has
a crystal clear, measurable role in customer
satisfaction,” Benson said.
“The process also ensures consistency.
We’re not talking about new programs or a
change in direction. Our messages and our
focus stay the same, quarter after quarter
and year after year.”
Like its Emerson counterparts in manufacturing, Liebert Global Services uses
tools such as Six Sigma and has a full-time
Black Belt trainer on staff. In 2005, the
company had three black belts, eight
green belts and 15 yellow belts in training.
For FY 2006, Liebert has 11 projects underway with anticipated cost savings of more
than $370,000.
Following are examples of the performance results that Liebert Global Services
has achieved.
• 98 percent of customers said they
were “satisfied” or “very satisfied”
with Liebert service, the fourth
consecutive annual improvement
in this ranking.
• More than 70 percent of customers
said they “definitely” would recommend Liebert, also the fourth
consecutive year of improvement
for this ranking.
• Achieved their goal for sales growth,
up 9 percent to $170 million, and an
outstanding ROTC.
• Generated $260,000 in savings in
2005 by eliminating errors in subcontracted work assignments and
invoicing.
• Reduced direct labor turnover by
a factor of almost three times from
2001 to 2005.
• Improved employee opinion survey
scores from 2002 to 2004.
• Implemented the Enterprise Project
Management system to support
project planning, collaboration and
portfolio management.
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INNOVATIONS OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS
PRESIDENT’S
Operational Excellence Award
ASTEC POWER
Astec Power is a worldwide leading
supplier of AC-DC and DC-DC power
conversion products from 1 watt to 6
kilowatts. Its customers include all major
telecom, computing and mobile phone
manufacturers.
The Luoding facility is aggressive when
it comes to cost savings. “We track and
pursue savings as little as 0.1 cents per
piece,” says George Foo, vice president of
Astec’s Asia operations.
The Luoding’s facility’s operational excellence “has led to Astec being the dominant
player in the cell phone charger business,
where we are taking major share from our
competitors,” Foo said.
Foo credits Lean Manufacturing and
the creation of an environment in which
change and fast execution are embraced by
everyone for the facility’s superior results.
Lean Manufacturing training includes an
average of 20 hours of training for operators per year and 40 hours for staff.
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Luoding, China
Some of Luoding’s performance results
include:
• Improved ROTC by a factor of three
times.
• Improved inventory turnover by
170 percent in three years.
• Manufacturing cycle time has been cut
by 45 percent in three years.
• Scrap has been reduced 50 percent in
three years.
• World-class quality has resulted in
virtually no rework.
The bottom line of Luoding’s performance in quality and cost to George Foo
is his projection that Astec can grow the
business for mobile phone chargers by at
least 50 percent in 2006.
ROSEMOUNT MEASUREMENT
Beijing Rosemount Far East Instrument
Co., Ltd. (BMMC), established in 1996,
and Emerson Beijing Instrument Co., Ltd.
(EBIC), formed in 2002, share a common
location in a world-class manufacturing
facility and employ more than 300 people.
BMMC manufactures and distributes
pressure, temperature, level and flow
transmitters to trade customers in China.
EBIC manufactures pressure subassemblies
for Rosemount pressure transmitters for
worldwide distribution.
The companies began implementation
of Lean Manufacturing techniques in 2001.
In 2005, the facility provided 38 hours of
training per employee, completed eight
Kaizen events and a number of 5S projects.
(5S is a process for organizing, cleaning,
developing and sustaining a productive
work environment.)
Both companies are certified to
ISO9001 Quality Management System
and ISO14001 Environmental
Management System.
Beijing, China
“Rosemount Beijing operates a worldclass manufacturing facility with great
growth and excellent operational performance,” said Scott Olson, general manager.
“We focus on continuous improvement
through Lean and employee involvement.”
Selected results from the two companies
include:
• BMMC reduced average work order
process lead time from 11 days in
FY 2004 to eight days in 2005.
• Inter-company delivery performance
improved to 96 percent for EBIC, with
an average lead time of 2.5 days.
• Cost reductions, material containment
and direct buys added $2.6 million to
net earnings in 2005.
The companies’ combined sales totaled
$83 million in FY 2005. Sales increased
more than 20 percent for BMMC and more
than 100 percent from the previous year
for EBIC.
WHITE-RODGERS
Established in 1999, the White-Rodgers
Chihuahua plant manufactures appliance
and RV gas valves, electronic boards for
furnace ignition controls, commercial water
heaters and European oven temperature
controls and ignitors for major OEMs.
Every new facility needs a significant
period of time to reach standard hour
estimates for production. The Chihuahua
facility has compressed that time by
adopting the Lean philosophy.
A Chihuahua innovation that fits the Lean
philosophy of involvement has changed
operators’ traditional end-of-shift tidyingup period. Chihuahua moved the 10-minute
period to mid-shift and has turned it into
an employee involvement and communication session.
“Operators know when their machines
and equipment are working properly. The
mid-shift meeting provides an opportunity for problems or concerns to be made
known,” Eugene Moore, senior vice president of operations, said. “If we waited until
the end of the shift, human nature is to
Chihuahua, Mexico
clean up and go home without critical
information being communicated.”
In the first half of the period, operators
inspect their machines and take their findings to coordinators who record them so
that corrective action may be taken.
In the second five minutes of the period,
employees and supervisors discuss a
rotating schedule of maintenance topics
and other subjects such as safety, health or
personnel services.
“It’s been a very positive experience that
builds involvement, understanding and
support,” Moore said.
The Chihuahua facility’s results reflect
strong employee involvement.
• On-time delivery to request exceeds
95 percent.
• Equipment and machinery down time
reduced by 50 percent.
• Productivity improved by a factor of
more than three times since opening.
• Cost reductions averaged $800,000
per year for four years.
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INNOVATIONS PATENTS FOR 2005
“Emerson engineers earned a
record number of patents in 2005.
I salute your achievement and
challenge all Emerson engineers
to keep our patent trend line
moving up.”
Randall D. Ledford
APPLIANCE CONTROLS
ASCO POWER
ASTEC POWER
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR
SENSING TEMPERATURE
Gregory A. Peterson
Edward A. Nelson
Stephen J. Fulton
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR
DETECTING MISSING OR DEFECTIVE
BATTERY CONDITIONS
Igor Y. Gofman
ACTIVE CURRENT SHARING CIRCUIT
Chris Young
Hong Huang
APPLIANCE CONTROL
COMMUNICATIONS METHOD
AND APPARATUS
Gregory A. Peterson
APPLIANCE CONTROL SYSTEM
WITH LED OPERATION
INDICATORS
Gregory A. Peterson
APPLIANCE TIMER
Robert C. Hammond
Ellis P. Lipp
Laurence S. Slocum
CAM-OPERATED TIME QUIET
CYCLE SELECTOR
Daniel K. Amonett
CAM-OPERATED TIMER
Daniel K. Amonett
Henry Burgin
Robert F. Weaver
CLEANING OVEN
Ronald E. Cole
CURRENT SENSING METHODS
AND APPARATUS IN AN
APPLIANCE
Gregory A. Peterson
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
SENSING WATER FLOW THROUGH
A DISHWASHER INCLUDING
THERMAL SENSOR
Laurence S. Slocum
Michael T. Clouser
WASHING MACHINE WATER
CONTROL
Thomas A. Musser
Frederick M. Gross
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GALVANICALLY ISOLATED VOLTAGE
SENSING CIRCUIT
Igor Y. Gofman
ASCO VALVE
EXTENDED RANGE PROPORTIONAL
VALVE FOR A VALVE OF THE PROPORTIONAL FLOW TYPE OPERATED
BY AN ELECTRICAL SOLENOID
Paul W. Freisinger
John J. Haller
Peter A. Holborow
VALVE POSITION MONITOR
SWITCHES
Olivier D. Pimouguet
ASSET OPTIMIZATION
CREATION AND DISPLAY OF
INDICES WITHIN A PROCESS PLANT
Evren Eryurek
Duncan Schleiss
FIDUCIAL TECHNIQUE FOR ESTIMATING AND USING DEGRADATION
LEVELS IN A PROCESS PLANT
Evren Eryurek
Ian Bryce Dewar
INTRINSICALLY SAFE FIELD
MAINTENANCE TOOL
Martin Zielinski
Daniel E. Vande Vusse
Kun Yang
Alan R. Dewey
Alden C. Russell, III
INTRINSICALLY SAFE FIELD MAINTENANCE TOOL WITH REMOVABLE
BATTERY PACK
Joachim Düren
Günter Kämper
Brad N. Mathiowetz
PLANAR TRANSFORMER
John Piechnick
SOFT-START WITH BACK BIAS
CONDITIONS FOR PWM BUCK
CONVERTER WITH SYNCHRONOUS
RECTIFIER
Hong Huang
Chris M.Young
SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A
SWITCHMODE POWER SUPPLY IN
A COMPUTER SYSTEM BY FIRST
COARSELY AND THEN FINELY ADJUSTING A TIME-LENGTH SIGNAL
Cheng Wing Ling
Vadim Lubomirsky
ZERO-VOLTAGE-SWITCHING HALFBRIDGE DC-DC CONVERTER TOPOLOGY BY UTILIZING THE TRANSFORMER LEADAGE INDUCTANCE
TRAPPED ENERGY
Issa Batarseh
Hong Mao
Jaber Abu Oahonq
BAUMANN
BALANCED-PLUG CAGE STYLE
CONTROL VALVE AND BONNET
SEAL ASSEMBLY
Hans D. Baumann
ROTARY PNEUMATIC ACTUATOR
Hans D. Baumann
BRANSON ULTRASONICS
ANTI-SLIDE SPLICE WELDER
James Markus
John Wnek
ELECTRONIC MASKING LASER
IMAGING SYSTEM
David A. Grewell
Donald C. Lovett
486
399
289
262
305
224
00
01
LIGHT GUIDE FOR LASER
WELDING
Justin R. Bickford
David A. Grewell
Donald C. Lovett
METHOD FOR PROCESSING WORKPIECES BY ULTRASONIC ENERGY
Jeffrey L. Frantz
MOUNTING MEANS FOR
VIBRATION MEMBER
Patrick Cunningham
Timothy Cunningham
SELF ADJUSTING DYNAMIC
FLOATING FIXTURE
William J. Andrews
Robert Jalbert
WELDING SYSTEM AND METHOD
OF SETTING WELDING MACHINE
PARAMETERS
David A. Grewell
BROOKS
CAPACITANCE PICK-OFF
TECHNIQUES
Mike Barger
Joseph Dille
Tim Scott
Jeff Whiteley
CONTROL VALVE MAIN SEAL
RETAINER WITH AN ASSEMBLY AND
REMOVAL TOOL
J. Brooks Nichols
CORIOLIS MASS FLOW
CONTROLLER
Mike Barger
Joseph Dille
Tim Scott
Jeff Whiteley
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03
04
05
BUEHLER
MODULAR FLUID-DISPENSING
SYSTEM
Arnold Buchanan
Doug Chekowski
Deborah Doan
Nicholas John Dougill
Michael F. Hart
Scott Holt
Kelly Leithner
Chuck Shewey
CLOSETMAID
ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR SHELVING AND ORGANIZER SYSTEMS
Jennifer Cardinell
WIRE BASKET
Lee E. Remmers
COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEMS
ACCELEROMETER BASED
ANGULAR POSITION SENSOR
Daniel L. Nower
Albert C. Abnett
David A. Hinkle
GENERATION OF DATA INDICATIVE OF MACHINE OPERATIONAL
CONDITION
Todd Reeves
Christopher Hilemon
Keith Walton
MULTI-AXIS VIBRATION SENSOR
WITH INTEGRAL MAGNET
James C. Robinson
Kenneth R. Piety
Bradley D. Pardue
ON-LINE ROTATING EQUIPMENT
MONITORING DEVICE
Evren Eryurek
Todd Reeves
Kai Bouse
COPELAND
AIR-CONDITIONING SERVICING
SYSTEM AND METHOD
Nagaraj Jayanth
AN ADAPTIVE CONTROL FOR A
REFRIGERATION SYSTEM USING
PULSE WIDTH MODULATED DUTY
CYCLE SCROLL COMPRESSOR
Mark Bass
Jean-Luc Caillat
Hung M. Pham
Abtar Singh
APPARATUS FOR MONITORING AND
CONTROLLING FOOD
Jim Chabucos
William Gatling
Herb Rippe
Abtar Singh
CAPACITY MODULATED SCROLL
MACHINE
Mark Bass
Jean-Luc Caillat
Roy J. Doepker
Wayne R. Warner
COMPRESSOR DISCHARGE VALVE
RETAINER
Kevin J. Gehret
Sai Mattancheril
Michael J. Monnin
Richard A. Obara
COMPRESSOR PERFORMANCE
CALCULATOR
Michael Saunders
COMPRESSOR PULSE WIDTH
MODULATION
Mark Bass
Roy J. Doepker
James F. Fogt
Jeffrey Huddleston
COMPRESSOR SUCTION
REED VALVE
Donald C. Draper
Kevin J. Gehret
Brad A. Schulze
Scott D. Schulze
COMPRESSOR VALVE PLATE
Ernest R. Bergman
Brad A. Schulze
Scott D. Schulze
CONICAL HUB BEARING FOR
SCROLL MACHINE
Harry B. Clendenin
James E. Gundermann
Ram Vittal
CONTINUOUS CAPACITY
MODULATION
Hung M. Pham
CONTROL AND PROTECTION
SYSTEM
Hank E. Millet
DIGITAL SCROLL CONDENSING
UNIT CONTROLLER
Nagaraj Jayanth
Hung M. Pham
Richard Vogh
DUAL VOLUME-RATIO SCROLL
MACHINE
Norman G. Beck
Michael Perevozchikov
Stephen M. Seibel
FOOT PLATE FOR HERMETIC SHELL
Harry B. Clendenin
FOR REFRIGERATION SYSTEM
CONTROL HAVING ELECTRONIC
EVAPORATOR PRESSURE
REGULATORS
Jim Chabucos
Abtar Singh
John Wallace
Paul Wickberg
GREEN CASTING METHOD AND
APPARATUS
Warren G. Williamson
HORIZONTAL SCROLL
COMPRESSOR
Del H. Cabe
Dod Noffsinger
Jason Prenger
Natarajan Rajendran
LASER HARDENED REED VALVE
William Chris Gates
Marc J. Scancarello
Brad A. Schulze
MARINE COATING
Kirk E. Cooper
Todd A. Devore
Don G. Reu
Marc J. Sancarello
MODULATED SCROLL COMPRESSOR (PWM VENTING OF INTERMED
PRESSURE CHAMBER)
Natalie Gehret
Kirill Ignatiev
OLDHAM COUPLING FOR SCROLL
MACHINE
Harry B. Clendenin
James E. Gundermann
PLURAL COMPRESSOR
Carl H. Knapke
Rajan Rajendran
John P. Sheridan
PORTED ORBITING SCROLL
MEMBER
Roy J. Doepker
Michael Perevozchikov
RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR
Ernest R. Bergman
Kevin J. Gehret
Walter T. Grassbaugh
Jacob A. Groshek
Randall L. Knick
Frank S. Wallis
Kimberly A. Wenning
REFRIGERATION CONTROL
John J. Healy
Mark Ng
Yuen Lai
Hung M. Pham
Man Wai Wu
SCROLL COMPRESSOR
Harry B. Clendenin
Keith J. Reinhart
SYSTEM FOR REMOTE REFRIGERATION MONITORING AND
DIAGNOSTICS
Thomas J. Mathews
Abtar Singh
Neal Starling
Paul Wickberg
DANIEL MEASUREMENT
BI-DIRECTIONAL DUAL CHAMBER
ORIFICE FITTING
Archie Dodd Begg
Thomas Henry Loga
William R. Freund
ENHANCED VELOCITY ESTIMATION
IN ULTRASONIC FLOW METERS
William R. Freund
Gail Paulin Murray
Abhishek Bhatt
PEAK SWITCH DETECTOR FOR
TRANSIT TIME ULTRASONIC
METERS
William R. Freund
Gail Paulin Murray
Klaus Joachim Zanker
SELF-TUNING ULTRASONIC METER
William R. Freund
Gail Paulin Murray
Klaus Joachim Zanker
EGS ELECTRICAL GROUP
FLAMEPROOF CONNECTING DEVICE
USED TO CONNECT ELECTRICALLY
AND METHODOLOGY OF
APPLICATION
Jean-Francois Monteil
Guy Kevassay
EL-O-MATIC
DRIVING DEVICE INCLUDING A
POSITION INDICATOR
Floris J. Groeneveld
DRIVING MECHANISM,
FUNCTION PART AND SHUT-OFF
VALVE
Floris J. Groeneveld
SCROLL COMPRESSOR
Jean-Luc Caillat
Kenneth L. Feathers
James F. Fogt
R.C. Weatherston
ELECTRIC ACTUATOR FOR FLUID
CONTROL VALVES
Floris J. Groeneveld
SCROLL COMPRESSOR
DISCHARGE MUFFLER
Jeffrey W. Hirsch
John P. Sheridan
MONITORING MODULE (1)
He Hao
Jiang Xuli
Wang Jianwei
SCROLL COMPRESSOR FOR
NATURAL GAS
Kenneth L. Feathers
James F. Fogt
Krill M. Ignatiev
EMERSON ENERGY SYSTEMS
NORTH AMERICA
APPARATUS FOR COOLING A BATTERY IN AN OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT
CABINET
Marvin P. Garcia
Michael R. Cosley
SCROLL COMPRESSOR HAVING A
CLEARANCE FOR THE OLDHAM
COUPLING
Harry B. Clendenin
AUTOMATIC MODULE CONFIGURATION IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS
POWER SYSTEM
Francois Daniel
SCROLL COMPRESSOR HAVING
HIGH TEMPERATURE CONTROL
Donald W. Rode
BATTERY CONFIGURATION WITH
A CLICK
Louis Duguay
Francois Daniel
Marc Lavergne
SCROLL MACHINE (LOWERED MAIN
BEARING SUPPORT-LCS/SUMMIT)
Troy R. Brostrom
Harry B. Clendenin
Tom R. Hodapp
Macinissa Mezache
Keith J. Reinhart
Wei Hain Sun
SCROLL MACHINE WITH
DISCHARGE DUCT
Richard E. Eckels
BATTERY RECONNECT SYSTEM
FOR A TELECOMMUNICATIONS
POWER SYSTEM
Christian De Vevarennes
Louis Duguay
Pierre Got
SCROLL MACHINE WITH
DISCHARGE VALVE
Michael Perevozchikov
ELECTRICAL TERMINAL FOR SURGE
PROTECTION CARTRIDGE
Al McGovern
Jane Lee
Dan Hoeft
Tom Baum
SCROLL TEMPERATURE
PROTECTION
James F. Fogt
Stephen M. Seibel
EMI INTERFERENCE SHIELDED
TELECOM. ENCLOSURE
John Papaleo
Lester Grzesik
SYSTEM FOR MONITORING
OPTIMAL EQUIPMENT OPERATING
PARAMETERS
Abtar Singh
INSULATION DISPLACEMENT
CONNECTOR
Jane Lee
MODULAR ENCLOSURE SYSTEM
FOR ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT
Jim Webster
OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT CABINET
Kenneth Dreier
Marvin P. Garcia
POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM
Dennis Knurek
Joe Elek
POWER SYSTEM HAVING POWER
FACTOR CORRECTION
Dennis Knurek
Joe Elek
POWER SYSTEM WITH PHASE
CONTROLLED INRUSH LIMITER
Dennis Knurek
Joe Elek
POWER SYSTEM WITH ZERO
VOLTAGE SWITCHING
Dennis Knurek
Joe Elek
EMERSON MOTOR COMPANY
APPARATUS AND METHOD OF
USING THE STATOR COILS OF AN
ELECTRIC MOTOR TO MAGNETIZE
PERMANENT MAGNETS OF THE
MOTOR ROTOR WHEN THE SPAN
OF EACH STATOR COIL IS SMALLER
THAN THE WIDTH OF EACH PERMANENT MAGNET POLE
Mark E. Carrier
Alan D. Crapo
BASE END CAP FOR SEGMENTED
STATOR
Mark E. Carrier
Jason Jurkowski
Paul G. Michaels
J. Scott Rose
William Wang
BRUSHLESS PERMANENT MAGNET
MOTOR WITH HIGH POWER
DENSITY, LOW COGGING AND LOW
VIBRATION
Alan D. Crapo
Gary E. Horst
CAPACITOR START SINGLE PHASE
INDUCTION MOTOR WITH
PARTIAL WINDING STARTING
Mark C. Dierkes
Renyan William Fei
CONTOURED STATOR
Mark E. Carrier
J. Scott Rose
William Wang
COOLING SYSTEM FOR
DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE
Peter K. Bostwick
COVER FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR
Timothy J. Druhe
David M. Lyle
HALL EFFECT SENSOR HOLDER
Daniel E. Hilton
HOUSING FOR AN ELECTRIC
MACHINE SUCH AS ELECTRIC
MOTOR AND GENERATOR
William P. Stewart
Donald J. Williams
IMPROVED METHOD AND
APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING
A SWITCHED RELUCTANCE
MACHINE
Alan P. French
INDUCTION MOTOR
CONTROL SYSTEM
Darko Marcetic
Joseph G. Marcinkiewicz
Vinodkuma Sadasivam
INTERCONNECTING METHOD
FOR SEGMENTED STATOR
ELECTRIC MACHINES
Richard E. Hartsfield, Jr.
Gary E. Horst
Dennis M. Hurst
Kent A. Sheeran
INTERCONNECTING RING
AND WIRE GUIDE
Richard E. Hartsfield, Jr.
Daniel E. Hilton
Paul G. Michaels
Kent A. Sheeran
Craig E. Wallace
INTERIOR PERMANENT MAGNET
MACHINE WITH REDUCED
MAGNET CHATTERING
Gary E. Horst
LEAD END CAP FOR SEGMENTED
STATOR
Mark E. Carrier
Jason Jurkowski
Paul G. Michaels
J. Scott Rose
William Wang
LIMITED MOVEMENT SYSTEM
FOR MOTOR SWITCH MOUNTED
THERMO-PROTECTOR
Gary W. Borcherding
L. Ranney Dohogne
William R. Lewis
Paul G. Michaels
Barry M. Newberg
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
ALIGNING A ROTOR POSITION
TRANSDUCER
Barry M. Newberg
Lawrence J. Winkeler
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
DETECTING WASHING MACHINE
TUB IMBALANCE
Alan P. French
J. Stephen Thorn
CURRENT DECAY CONTROL IN
SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTOR
Gary E. Horst
MODULAR FLUX CONTROLLABLE
PERMANENT MAGNET DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE
Gary E. Horst
DRIVE SUPPORT AND COVER
ASSEMBLY FOR TUBEAXIAL FAN
Ronald J. Lievens
Wanlai Lin
Tung Kim Nguyen
PCS MOTOR SYSTEM FOR USE IN
HVAC APPLICATIONS
Ralph D. Furmanek
Prakash B. Shahi
Arthur E. Woodward
DYNAMOELECTRIC DEVICE AIR
FLOW BAFFLE SHAPED TO
INCREASE HEAT TRANSFER
Peter K. Bostwick
Patrick M. Jones
PERMANENT MAGNET MACHINE
Mark E. Carrier
Richard E. Hartsfield, Jr.
Gary E. Horst
ELECTRIC DEVICE GROUNDING
SYSTEM
Paul G. Michaels
ELECTRIC POWER STEERING
SYSTEM INCLUDING A
PERMANENT MAGNET MOTOR
Alan D. Crapo
Richard E. Hartsfield, Jr.
Todd A. Walls
EXTERIOR OF AN ELECTRIC
MACHINE HOUSING
William P. Stewart
Donald J. Williams
POLYGON SHAFT HOLE ROTOR
John H. Hussey
Jeffrey J. Meystrik
J. Scott Rose
Kent L. White
POWER STEERING MOTOR
Kenneth M. De Luca
Mark S. East
John P. Foulsham
Richard E. Hartsfield Jr.
Jemmi C. McDonald
Charles P. Ketterer
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INNOVATIONS PATENTS FOR 2005
PSC MOTOR HAVING A 4/6 POLE
COMMON WINDING AND HAVING
AN ADDITIONAL 4-POLE WINDING
Renyan William Fei
REDUCED COST BEARING RETAINER
Gary W. Borcherding
Jeffrey K. Leicht
ROTOR ASSEMBLY FOR A
ROTATING MACHINE
Mauro Gavello
Raymond D. Heilman
Andrew F. Poag
Joseph L. Tevaarwerk
ROTOR ASSEMBLY FOR A ROTATING
MACHINE AND ASSEMBLY METHOD
THEREOF
Mauro Gavello
Raymond D. Heilman
Andrew F. Poag
Joseph L. Tevaarwerk
SENSORLESS COMMUNICATION
CONTROLLER FOR A POLY-PHASE
DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE
Joseph G. Marcinkiewicz
James L. Skinner
J. Stephen Thorn
SENSORLESS SWITCHED RELUCTANCE ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH
SEGMENTED STATOR
Michael L. McClelland
C. Theodore Peachee
Marielle Piron
Steven P. Randall
James A. Wafer
Richard S. Wallace
Donald J. Williams
SINGLE PHASE INDUCTION
MOTOR WITH PARTIALLY
SHARED WINDINGS
Mark C. Dierkes
Renyan William Fei
SINGLE PHASE THREE SPEED
MOTOR WITH SHARED WINDINGS
Renyan William Fei
STATORS OF ELECTRIC MOTORS
AND GENERATORS
Mark E. Carrier
Jason Jurkowski
Paul G. Michaels
J. Scott Rose
William Wang
SWITCH WITH SLOTTED
TERMINAL ARM
Clifton Wade III
THREE PHASE ELECTRIC MOTOR
TERMINAL BOX MOUNTED
CONNECTION BOARD
Timothy J. Druhe
David M. Lyle
WEATHER PROTECTED MODULAR
MOTOR ENCLOSURE
Kenneth R. Friedman
R. Todd Middleton
Ronald W. Schmidt
EMERSON NETWORK POWER
CHINA
A CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR
DRIVING DC/DC CONVERTER WITH
SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFICATION
Tang Zhi
A CONTROL METHOD OF HIGH
VOLTAGE CONVERTER BY TRIPHASE
HARMONIC INJECTION
Song Lingfeng
Liu Kebin
Wang Weiqin
A DISPLAY CONTROLLER AND A
METHOD TO ACCESS DISPLAY
MEMORY
Li Xi
Yan Huiyong
Xiao Gang
A FAN FIX DEVICE
Dai Huaihong
A KIND OF GASKET
Dong Zhefei
A MEASUREMENT OF MOMENT
OF INERTIA
Liu Hongxin
Zhang Kemeng
Li Juntian
Liu Guowei
A METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING
HOST IN MULTI-PARALLEL SYSTEM
Zhou Dangsheng
A METHOD FOR PREVENTING
DC/BUS’S VOLTAGE OVER
Li Juntian
Liu Hongxin
Yi Jie
A NEW DC-DC CONVERTER BASED
ON ZVS FULL-BRIDGE CONVERTER
WITH PHASE-SHIFT CONTROL
Ruan Shiliang
Xiang Hua
A NEW METHOD AND DEVICE
ABOUT THE VOLTAGE SOFT-START
OF DC-BUS IN
Liu Daibing
Huang Chuandong
A PHASE FAILURE DETECTION
METHOD AND DETECTION CIRCUIT
USED FOR 3-PHASE/4-WIRE INPUT
EQUIPMENT
Zhang Huajian
Wei Mingang
Zhou Daiwen
A PROTECTION COVER FOR
CIRCUIT-BREAKER
Yuan Changchun
A SWITCH POWER SUPPLY
CIRCUIT WITH BIAS VOLTAGE
Li Weidong
A VERSATILE IGBT DRIVE
PROTECTION CIRCUIT
Xu Xuehai
Li Ling
Liu Yuhu
Du Yadong
Qiu Wenyuan
APPARATUS AND METHOD
OF PWM
Jiang Zhongwen
Liao Haiping
Gong Chunwen
AUXILIARY POWER SUPPLY
FOR UPS
Xiao Xueli
Sun Jianfeng
BATTERY OUTDOOR CABINETS
Liu Junxian
Dong Guangyu
Yu Xia
BATTERY RACKS
Liu Junxian
Dong Guangyu
Yu Xia
CONNECTOR(1)
Shen Chuchun
Hu Nan
Xu Jianping
Zhang Huajian
Zhu Chunhui
Ru Yonggang
HEAT SINK ASSEMBLY FOR A
POWER CONVERTER
Chen Xusheng
IMPROVED FULL BRIDGE
PHASE-SHIFT SOFT SWITCHING
CONVERTER
Ruan Shiliang
Wu Jianhua
Chen Liqiang
LIGHTENING PROTECTING
DEVICE FOR LOW-VOLTAGE
ELECTRIC APPARATUS
Meng Qi
LOAD IDENTIFICATION-BASED PID
CONTROL METHOD AND UPS
Sun Wenhuan
Zhou Dangsheng
Zhang Yunxiang
LOSSLESS BOOST CONVERTER
Ruan Shiliang
Xiang Hua
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METHOD FOR DEAD TIME EFFECT
COMPENSATION IN VARIABLE
FREQUENCY INVERTER
Liao Haiping
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR
GENERATING DRIVING POWER
Li Shubai
PbCaSnAl ALLOY CASTING’S FAST
HARDENING METHOD
Wu Zhijun
Li Bingwen
PFC METHOD AND CIRCUIT
Ruan Shiliang
Xiang Hua
PLC
He Hao
Wang Mengteng
Yuan Chuangchun
POST SEAL DEVICE OF LEAD-ACID
BATTERY
Dong Guangyu
Wu Xianzhang
Tong Yibo
Chen Suxiang
Liu Fan
POWER MODULE
Zhang Shijie
Zhang Huajian
POWER SUPPLY CABINET(3)
He Hao
Sun Limei
POWER SUPPLY MODULE(11)
He Hao
Jiang Xuli
POWER SUPPLY MODULE(12)
Lin Bangyang
RESONANT INDUCTANCE
Huang Boning
Zhang Huajian
Lv Minghai
SINGLE-PHASE PARALLEL
CONVERTOR
Ling Xiaojun
UNINTERRUPTABLE POWER
SUPPLY(1)
He Hao
WATERPROOFING OUTDOOR
CABINET
Dong Zhefei
EMERSON POWER
TRANSMISSION
BEARING COMPONENT
MASKING UNIT
Ed Paver
Tim Ross
Adam M. Theros
BEARING HAVING ANODIC
NANOPARTICLE LUBRICANT
Patrick A. Tibbits
BEARING WITH SPECIALLY
SHAPED LANDS
James S. Porter
PASSAGE SEALING ELECTRICAL
CONNECTOR FOR A MOTORIZED
CONVEYOR PULLEY
Ryan Boucher
Daniel G. Fannin
PIVOTING MOUNTING BLOCK FOR
MOTORIZED CONVEYOR PULLEYS
Stephen E. Bond, Jr.
James K. Simonelli
ROLLER BEARING HAVING HIGH
PERFORMANCE BEARING SEAL AND
CARTRIDGE
James P. Johnson
SHAFT LOCKING DEVICE FOR
BEARING ASSEMBLIES
James P. Johnson
Eric Puleo
Kevin Feerick
EMERSON TOOL COMPANY
COMBINATION WET/DRY VACUUM
Stuart V. Holsten
Kiyoshi Hoshino
COMBINATION WET/DRY VACUUM
APPLIANCE
Kiyoshi Hoshino
Michael F. Martin
DRILL PRESS
John K. Garner
Kiyoshi Hoshino
Douglas H. Miner
Randall W. Robison
John L. Theising
HOSE LOCK WITH INTEGRAL SEAL
AND RETROFIT ADAPTER
Stuart V. Holsten
David R. Hult
Michael F. Martin
Jeffrey L. Young
SELF-SEALING DISPENSING VALVE
FOR HUMIDIFIER WATER BOTTLE
Steven L. Rhea
Mark J. Tomasiak
FISHER CONTROLS
A NETWORK ACCESSIBLE
INTERFACE FOR A PROCESS
CONTROL NETWORK
Harry Burns
Larry Brown
Brent Larson
BUSHING-LESS CONTROL VALVE
William E. Wears
CONTROL DEVICE TEST SYSTEM
WITH A REMOTE SWITCH
ACTIVATION
Ali Riyaz
Jim Snowbarger
Patrick Flanders
CONTROL VALVE FLOW
ADJUSTMENT DEVICE
Randy J. Hall
Ronald C. Burr
Mark D. Stiehl
Brian J. Burlage
Carter Cartwright
CONTROL VALVE TRIM AND
BORE SEAL
Jim Eggleston
Bill Fitzgerald
DETECTION AND DISCRIMINATION
OF INSTABILITIES IN PROCESS
CONTROL LOOPS
Kenneth William Junk
DEVICE DATA ACQUISITION
Bruce Grumstrup
Bruce Johnson
DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND
METHODS FOR A CHEMICAL
DETECTION SYSTEM
John Dilger
DOWNLOADABLE CODE IN A
DISTRIBUTED PROCESS
CONTROL SYSTEM
Hans Larson
Steve Packwood
Larry Brown
ELECTRICAL GROUNDING
ASSEMBLY FOR CONTROL VALVE
Peter K. Merrill
Joel Anderson
FLUID PRESSURE REDUCTION
DEVICE
Douglas Gethmann
David Koester
Michael Anderson
Paul Schafbuch
Hans Baumann
FLUID PRESSURE REDUCTION
DEVICE
Michael W. McCarty
Ted Long
Mike Anderson
FLUID PRESSURE REDUCTION
DISKS WITH TAPER NUT RETENTION
DEVICE
Douglas Gethmann
FREQUENCY WARPING FOR
IMPROVING RESONATOR SIGNALTO-NOISE RATIO
John Dilger
Guojun Liu
FUNCTION BLOCK APPARATUS
FOR VIEWING DATA IN A
PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM
Larry Brown
Brent Larson
Harry Burns
INTERFACE APPARATUS FOR
TWO-WIRE COMMUNICATION IN
PROCESS CONTROL LOOPS
Stephen Seberger
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT CONTROL OF A VALVE/
ACTUATOR PLANT
Richard Winkler
METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR
DETERMINISTICALLY OBTAINING
MEASUREMENTS OF A PROCESS
CONTROL
Bruce Grumstrup
Kenneth Junk
Jim Snowbarger
Eugene Taylor, Jr.
PEEK BEARING WITH TRAPPED PTFE
BEARING LINER
Robert T. Wilson
PIVOT ACTUATED SLEEVE VALVE
Michael W. McCarty
Michel K. Lovell
Douglas Gethmann
PLUG AND SEAT POSITIONING
SYSTEM FOR CONTROL
APPLICATIONS
George W. Gassman
POSITION SENSOR USING A COMPOUND MAGNETIC FLUX SOURCE
George W. Gassman
Carl G. Scafferi
Ronald Hurd
PRESSURE ACTIVATED
CALIBRATION SYSTEM FOR
CHEMICAL SENSORS
John Dilger
PRESSURE ACTUATOR DIAPHRAGM
CASING WITH AIR PASSAGES
Chad Engle
Lynn Mahncke
PROCESS CONTROL NETWORK
WITH REDUNDANT FIELD
DEVICES AND BUSSES
Harry Burns
Larry Brown
Brent Larson
PROTECTED SOFT SEAT WITH
SECONDARY HARDSEAT
Kimball Barron
Edward Merwald
REMOTE DIAGNOSTICS IN A
PROCESS CONTROL NETWORK
HAVING DISTRIBUTED CONTROL
FUNCTIONS
Brent Larson
Harry Burns
Hans Larson
Larry Brown
REPLACEABLE VALVE SEAT RING
WITH ENHANCED FLOW DESIGN
Randy Hall
Ronald Burr
Carl Miller
ROD CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY
Michael W. McCarty
SAMPLE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
John Dilger
Mark Coughran
STEM CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY
Douglas Gethmann
STEM TO SLEEVE CONNECTION FOR
PIVOT ACTUATED SLEEVE VALVE
Michael W. McCarty
Michel K. Lovell
Douglas Gethmann
VALVE ACTUATOR
Philip Eggleston
VALVE ACTUATOR WITH PLIABLE
PRESSURE CONVERSION DEVICE
Philip Eggleston
VALVE PLUG SEAL ASSEMBLY
Wayne Faas
Ted Grabau
Kimball Barron
FISHER REGULATORS
FLUX SHAPING POLE PIECES FOR A
MAGNETIC DISPLACEMENT SENSOR
John Dilger
Nile Dielschneider
INTELLIGENT PRESSURE
REGULATOR
Paul Adams
Karl Gabel
Daniel Roper
INTELLIGENT REGULATOR WITH
INPUT/OUTPUT CAPABILITIES
Paul Adams
Stephanie M. Law
LOW POWER REGULATOR
SYSTEM AND METHOD
Richard Vanderah
MAGNETIC DISPLACEMENT SENSOR
John Dilger
Nile Dielschneider
Jerry Ceaser
PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE WITH
IMPROVED REPARABILITY
Ken Schimnowski
Jeff Cole
Tom Oliver
REGULATOR DIAGNOSTICS
SYSTEM AND METHOD
Paul Adams
Dave Woollums
Jon Milliken
Richard J. Vanderah
Stephanie M. Law
REGULATOR FLOW
FLUCTUATION STABILIZER
Charles Olds
Mark Hood
John Hostutler
REGULATOR FLOW
MEASUREMENT APPARATUS
Paul Adams
Dave Woollums
Jon Milliken
REGULATOR FLOW
MEASUREMENT APPARATUS
Bruce Grumstrup
Paul R. Adams
REPLACEABLE FLOW-CONTROL
ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN A FLUID
FLOW LINE
Larry Hazen
Robert Claney
Donald Day
SELF-CENTERING MAGNET
ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN A LINEAR
TRAVEL MEASUREMENT DEVICE
Don Pepperling
John Dilger
Nile Dielschneider
Jim Hawkins
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT
SYSTEMS, INC.
A VARIABLE HORIZON PREDICTOR FOR CONTROLLING DEAD
TIME DOMINANT PROCESSES AND
PROCESSES WITH TIME
Wilhelm Wojsznis
ACCESSING AND UPDATING A CONFIGURATION DATABASE FROM DISTRIBUTED PHYSICAL LOCATIONS
WITHIN A PROCESS CONTROL
Mark Nixon
Teresa Chatkoff
Stephen Gilbert
ADAPTATION OF ADVANCED
PROCESS CONTROL BLOCKS
IN RESPONSE TO VARIABLE
PROCESS DELAY
Terry Blevins
Wilhelm Wojsznis
ADAPTIVE FEEDBACK/FEEDFORWARD PID CONTROLLER
Wilhelm Wojsznis
Terry Blevins
ADAPTIVE PREDICTIVE MODEL IN A
PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM
Terry Blevins
Vasiliki Tzovla
Wilhelm Wojsznis
Sai Ganesamoothi
Ashish Mehta
APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING
ACCESS TO FIELD DEVICES IN A
DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEM
Gary Tapperson
Thomas Boyd
AUTOMATIC LINKAGE OF
PROCESS EVENT DATA TO A
DATA HISTORIAN
David Deitz
Will Irwin
Grant Wilson
Beth Filippo
INTEGRATED OPTIMAL MODEL
PREDICTIVE CONTROL IN A
PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM
Mark Nixon
Wilhelm Wojsznis
Dick Seemann
Terry Blevins
AUTOMATICALLY DOWNLOADED
LINK ACTIVE SCHEDULE
Dan Christensen
Ken Krivoshein
Larry Jundt
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
DETECTING AND IDENTIFYING
FAULTY SENSORS IN A PROCESS
Joe S. Qin
Ricardo Dunia
Randy Hayes
CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR BATCH
PROCESSES
David Deitz
Diego Benavides
Nathan Pettus
Grant Wilson
Bob Lenich
CONTROL-LOOP AUTO-TUNER
WITH NONLINEAR TUNING RULES
ESTIMATORS
Wilhelm Wojsznis
Terry Blevins
Dirk Thiele
ENHANCED DEVICE ALARMS IN A
PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM
Bob Havekost
FUNCTION BLOCK IMPLEMENTATION OF A CAUSE AND EFFECT
MATRIX FOR USE IN A PROCESS
SAFETY SYSTEM
Mike Ott
Gary Law
Dennis Stevenson
Bob Havekost
Julian Naidoo
Godfrey Sherriff
FUSION OF PROCESS PERFORMANCE MONITORING WITH
PROCESS EQUIPMENT MONITORING AND CONTROL
Bud Keyes
Duncan Schleiss
John Gudaz
Mark Nixon
Terry Blevins
HAND HELD DIAGNOSTIC AND
COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH
AUTOMATIC BUS DETECTION
Moises Delacruz
Dale Borgeson
HIERARCHICAL FAILURE MANAGEMENT FOR PROCESS CONTROL
SYSTEMS
Bob Havekost
David Deitz
Dennis Stevenson
Will Irwin
Mike Ott
HIGH SPEED AUTO-TUNING LOOP
Terry Blevins
Wilhelm Wojsznis
INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE WITH
CONFIGURATION, FAULT ISOLATION
AND REDUNDANT FAULT ASSIST
FUNCTIONALITY
Steve Dienstbier
Mike Apel
INTEGRATED ADVANCED CONTROL
BLOCKS IN PROCESS CONTROL
SYSTEMS
Terry Blevins
Wilhelm Wojsznis
Vasiliki Tzovla
Dirk Thiele
INTEGRATED ALARM DISPLAY IN A
PROCESS CONTROL NETWORK
Duncan Schleiss
Cindy Scott
Clint Fletcher
Bob Havekost
Mike Ott
INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES FOR APPROVAL OF PROCESS
CONTROL SYSTEM SOFTWARE
OBJECTS
David Deitz
Grant Wilson
Herschel O. Koska, II
Stephen G. Hammack
DeeAnn G. Delguzzi
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
FUZZY LOGIC CONTROL WITH
AUTOMATIC TUNING
Joe S. Qin
MODEL-FREE ADAPTATION OF A
PROCESS CONTROLLER
Wilhelm Wojsznis
John A. Gudaz
Terry Blevins
Dirk Thiele
MULTIPLEXED DATA
TRANSMISSIONS THROUGH A
COMMUNICATION LINK
Lee Neitzel
Neil Peterson
Teresa Chatkoff
OBJECT-ORIENTATED
PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLER
Mark Nixon
Dennis Stevenson
Mike Ott
Steve Hammack
ON-LINE DEVICE TESTING BLOCK
INTEGRATED INTO A PROCESS
CONTROL/SAFETY SYSTEM
Mike Ott
Gary Law
Dennis Stevenson
Riyaz Ali
Mark Nixon
Tim Forsythe
OPERATOR LOCK-OUT IN BATCH
PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS
Bob Havekost
David Deitz
Dennis Stevenson
Will Irwin
Mike Ott
PORTABLE COMPUTER IN A PROCESS CONTROL ENVIRONMENT
Vasiliki Tzovla
Mark Nixon
Andrew Dove
Kent Burr
Neil Peterson
PROBING ALGORITHM FOR
FOUNDATION FIELDBUS
PROTOCOL
Dan Christensen
Ram Ramachandran
PROCESS CONTROL CONFIGURATION SYSTEM FOR USE WITH A
PROFIBUS DEVICE NETWORK
Ken Krivoshein
PROCESS CONTROL TERMINAL
Larry O. Jundt
REAL-TIME PROCESS CONTROL
SIMULATION METHOD AND
APPARTAUS
Jonathan Bowling
REDUNDANT APPLICATION
STATIONS FOR PROCESS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
Mark Nixon
Ken Beoughter
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
DETECTION IN A PROCESS
CONTROL SYSTEM
Mike Apel
Marina Sokolova
Bill Bennett
Ken Beoughter
Steve Dienstbier
TWO-MODE FOUNDATION FIELDBUS DEVICE CONFIGURATOR
Steve Bonwell
Deji Chen
Dan Christensen
DeeAnn Delguzzi
Neil Peterson
Ram Ramachandran
SUPPORT FOR SECURING
CANTILEVERED SHELVING TO
AN INSULATED UNIT
John H. Welsch
Robert J. Welch
Willard J. Sickles
James D. Hill
USE OF REMOTE SOFT PHASES IN A
PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM
Godfrey Sherriff
Will Irwin
David Deitz
Grant Wilson
James Moore
COVER FOR TRUCK BOX
Tom Schwalie
Barry Bidinger
Jerry Draffkorn, Jr.
Atul Saigal
Randy Hyde
WIRING FAULT DETECTION,
DIAGNOSIS AND REPORTING FOR
PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS
Dan Christensen
Steve Bonwell
Mike Marshall
FLOW COMPUTER
HIGH RESOLUTION PULSE COUNT
INTERFACE
Douglas B. Roberts
David W. Shollenbarger
David L. Smid
Richard J. Vanderah
IN-PLACE DYNAMICALLY
RE-SIZEABLE PERSISTENT
HISTORICAL DATABASE
Jesse R. Frederick
SOLAR PANEL AND ANTENNA
MOUNTING ON AN EXPLOSION
PROOF ENCLOSURE
Donald P. Pepperling
David C. Sanderson
Dennis G. Sickels
Richard J. Vanderah
FUSITE
HERMETIC TERMINAL
James Zanello
HERMETIC TERMINAL ASSEMBLY
AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF
MANUFACTURE
Tariq Quadir
Scott Schuckmann
Craig Johnson
HERMETIC TERMINAL
STRUCTURE
Stephanie Chapman
Glenn A. Honkomp
Tariq Quadir
HERMETICALLY SEALED CURRENT
CONDUCTING TERMINAL
ASSEMBLY
Zhijian Deng
Tariq Quadir
SIGHT GLASS AND LOW
TEMPERATURE METHOD OF
MANUFACTURING THE SAME
Arjan Kolkman
Dieter Paterek
Tariq Quadir
Scott Schuckmann
IN-SINK-ERATOR
FOOD WASTE DISPOSER HAVING
VARIABLE SPEED MOTOR
William F. Strutz
Thomas R. Berger
POWER CORD CONNECTOR FOR AN
APPLIANCE
Thomas R. Berger
Jerry G. Ryder
INTERMETRO INDUSTRIES
MODULAR STORAGE SYSTEM
WITH AN ACTIVE-LEVEL STORAGE
FEATURE
Kenneth Stevens
Johnathan Daugherty
David McGovern
KNAACK MANUFACTURING
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR
OPENING A DOOR
Fred C. Webb
Gerald Draffkorn, Jr.
PUSHBUTTON BOX
Randy Hyde
Tom Schwalie
TRUCK BOX ASSEMBLY
Tom Schwalie
Barry Bidinger
Jerry Draffkorn, Jr.
Atul Saigal
Randy Hyde
TRUCK BOX BASE
Tom Schwalie
Barry Bidinger
Jerry Draffkorn, Jr.
Atul Saigal
Randy Hyde
TRUCK BOX COVER
Tom Schwalie
Barry Bidinger
Jerry Draffkorn, Jr.
Atul Saigal
Randy Hyde
LEROY SOMER
BEARING ASSEMBLY INCLUDING
ROLLING ELEMENTS
Jean Begue
BRAKING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR
AND MOTOR AND APPARATUS
EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A DEVICE
Jean Marc Oraison
CONVERTER FOR AN ELECTRIC
MACHINE
Serge Petit
Jean-Marc Petillon
Alain Buisson
Regis Giraud
COOLING FINS PERPENDICULAR
TO THE AXIS
H. Duong
COPY KEY
R. Giraud
T.H. Crespo
J.M. Petillon
DEVICE COMPRISING AN ELECTRIC
MOTOR AND A SPEED CONTROLLER
J.Y. Rozier
D. Jourdan
DEVICE FOR PRODUCING
ELECTRICITY
Regis Giraud
DIRECTED GRAINS LAMINATION
FOR ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE
Claude Delavie
DISK MACHINE
Jacques Saint-Michel
Atef Abou Akar
ELECTRIC MACHINE HAVING
AN EXTERNAL ROTOR
Eric Coupart
Pascal Gauthier
Jacques Saint-Michel
Christophe Gilles
Atef Abou Akar
SHELF STRUCTURE - RETRO FIT
Robert J. Welch
Douglas J. Kaminski
Robert R. Steele
Robert K. Swartz
Alan Grula
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INNOVATIONS PATENTS FOR 2005
ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE
HAVING A FLUX- CONCENTRATING
ROTOR AND A STATOR WITH
WINDINGS ON TEETH
Philippe Augier
Eric Coupart
Pascal Gauthier
Jacques Saint-Michel
Christophe Gilles
Andre Eydelie
Laurent Jadeau
Atef Abou Akar
ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH
FORCED VENTILATION
H. Duong
ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE
H. Duong
ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE
HAVING 1 STATOR AND 2 ROTORS
Atef Abou Akar
Jacques Saint-Michel
STATOR FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC
MACHINE
Dominique Condamin
Jean Gaste
LIEBERT
AN EQUIPMENT OF CABLE
CONNECTION
Qiu Hongjie
Lan Qiyong
Yang Yanping
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR
A RAPID FAULT DETECTION AND
TRANSFER IN A UTILITY-INTERACTIVE UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER
SUPPLY
Robert W. Baker
Jeff M. Powell
DEVICE PARTICULARLY FOR
REDUCING THE NOISE EMITTED
BY AIR CONDITIONERS
Alberto Doria
Paolo Tarquini
Stefano Strapparava
INTERACTIVE SENSORS FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Lennart Stah
Christian Belady
METHOD AND APPARATUS
FOR TRANSFER CONTROL AND
UNDERVOLTAGE DETECTION IN AN
AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH
Elliot Hohri
REMOTE DISTRIBUTION CABINET
Robert E. Baker
Michael R. Harper
James K. Martin
Randall F. Mathis
SURGE ARRESTOR
Dan Buchanan
Bryan Cole
Andrew L. Gardiner
Mark Matson
Tanya Vargason
Glen E. Wilson
UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY
K.J. Bell
T. Bush
K.K. Eschhofen
J.R. Funk
B.P. Heber
F. Kafaipour
A. Margraff
M.N. Marwali
N.J. Norris
R.R. Rautenstrauch
R.E. Shetler Jr.
R. Shenoy
R. Subramanian
MICRO MOTION
ADJUSTABLE VOLTAGE CONVERTER
UTILIZING A CHARGE PUMP
Bill Mansfield
APPARATUS FOR AND A METHOD
OF FABRICATING A CORIOLIS
FLOWMETER FORMED PRIMARILY
OF PLASTIC
Greg Lanham
Tony Pankratz
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APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING A
CORIOLIS FLOWMETER FLOW TUBE
TO A FLOWMETER CASE
Greg Lanham
Dale Lister
Curt Ollila
Craig VanCleve
CORIOLIS FLOWMETERS USING
FIBERS AND ANISOTROPIC
MATERIAL TO CONTROL SELECTED
VIBRATIONAL FLOWMETER
CHARACTERISTICS
(COMPOSITE METER)
Craig VanCleve
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
BONDING A CONNECTING RING
TO A FLOW TUBE AND BALANCE
BAR HAVING DIFFERENT THERMAL
COEFFICIENTS OF EXPANSION IN A
CORIOLIS FLOWMETER
Craig VanCleve
BALANCE BAR FOR A
CORIOLIS FLOWMETER
Rachael Cohen
Rob Garnett
Greg Lanham
Curt Ollila
Craig VanCleve
CORIOLIS VISCOMETER USING
PARALLEL CONNECTED CORIOLIS
MASS FLOWMETERS
Roger Loving
Craig VanCleve
METHOD AND APPARATUS
FOR CORIOLIS FLOWMETER
HAVING AN ACCURACY
ENHANCING BALANCE BAR
Craig VanCleve
CORRECTION OF CORIOLIS FLOWMETER MEASUREMENTS DUE TO
MULTIPHASE FLOWS
Robin Dutton
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
MEASURING PRESSURE IN A
CORIOLIS MASS FLOWMETER
Tamal Bose
Howard Derby
Andy Levien
Tony Pankratz
BYPASS TYPE CORIOLIS EFFECT
FLOWMETER
Roger Loving
Craig VanCleve
CIRCUIT THAT REDUCES THE
NUMBERS OF COMPONENTS
NEEDED TO TRANSMIT DATA FROM
INTRINSICALLY SAFE TO NON-INTRINSICALLY SAFE CIRCUITS USING
OPTO-COUPLERS
Bill Mansfield
Craig McAnally
CIRCUITRY FOR REDUCING THE
NUMBER OF CONDUCTORS FOR
MULTIPLE RESISTIVE SENSORS
ON A CORIOLIS EFFECT MASS
FLOWMETER
Paul Hays
Mike Zolock
CIRCUITRY FOR SUPPLYING A
CONTROLLED SIGNAL TO A DRIVE
SYSTEM
Bill Mansfield
COMBINED PICKOFF AND OSCILLATORY DRIVER FOR USE IN CORIOLIS
FLOWMETERS AND METHOD OF
OPERATING THE SAME
Tim Cunningham
Stu Shelley
CORIOLIS EFFECT MASS FLOWMETER USING A SINGLE ROTOR HAVING A FLEXIBLE SENSING ELEMENT
Roger Loving
Craig VanCleve
CORIOLIS EFFECT MASS FLOWMETER USING CONCENTRIC ROTORS
Roger Loving
Craig VanCleve
CORIOLIS FLOWMETER HAVING A
CASING ENCLOSED IN A VENEER
Dave Normen
Mike Overfelt
CORIOLIS FLOWMETER HAVING A
REDUCED FLAG DIMENSION
Matthew Crisfield
Steve Johnston
John McCarthy
CORIOLIS FLOWMETER HAVING A
REDUCED FLAG DIMENSION FOR
HANDLING LARGE MASS FLOWS
Matthew Crisfield
John McCarthy
CORIOLIS FLOWMETER HAVING AN
EXPLOSION PROOF HOUSING
Dale Lister
John McCarthy
Curt Ollila
Tony Pankratz
CORIOLIS FLOWMETER
HAVING BI-METALLIC PROCESS
CONNECTIONS
Rob Garnett
Dale Lister
Mike Shelton
Rock Tanner
CORIOLIS FLOWMETER HAVING
CORRUGATED FLOW TUBE
Craig VanCleve
CORIOLIS FLOWMETER HAVING ITS
FLOW CALIBRATION FACTOR INDEPENDENT OF MATERIAL DENSITY
Greg Lanham
Chuck Stack
Craig VanCleve
DETERMINISTIC SERIAL BUS
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Tom Green
Paul Hays
Al Samson
Jeff Walker
Mike Zolock
DRIVE CIRCUIT MODAL FILTER FOR
A VIBRATING TUBE FLOWMETER
Tim Cunningham
DRIVER FOR OSCILLATING A
VIBRATING CONDUIT
Tim Cunningham
Stu Shelley
EXPLOSION PROOF FEED THROUGH
CONNECTOR
Rob Garnett
FLOWMETER CALIBRATION SYSTEM
WITH STATISTICAL OPTIMIZATION
TECHNIQUE
Marc Buttler
Bob DeBoom
Julie Gniffke
Joe Longo
GENERALIZED MODAL SPACE
DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A
VIBRATING TUBE PROCESS
PARAMETER SENSOR
Tim Cunningham
Stu Shelley
GYROSCOPIC MASS FLOWMETER
Roger Loving
Craig VanCleve
HIGH TEMPERATURE DRIVE SYSTEM
FOR A CORIOLIS MASS FLOWMETER
Dave Campbell
John McCarthy
Kurt McCormick
Dan McNulty
I/O SIGNALING CIRCUIT
Bill Mansfield
IMPROVED VIBRATING CONDUIT
PROCESS PARAMETER SENSORS,
OPERATING METHODS AND
COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS
UTILIZING COMPLEX MODAL
ESTIMATION
Tim Cunningham
INITIALIZATION ALGORITHM FOR
DRIVE CONTROL IN A CORIOLIS
FLOWMETER
Rick Maginnis
INTEGRATED CURRENT SOURCE
FEEDBACK AND CURRENT LIMITING
ELEMENT
Bill Mansfield
LATERAL MODE STABILIZER FOR
CORIOLIS FLOWMETER
Curt Ollila
LINEAR ACTUATOR
Roger Loving
Tony Pankratz
LOW THERMAL STRESS CASE CONNECT LINK FOR A STRAIGHT TUBE
CORIOLIS FLOWMETER
Craig VanCleve
MASS FRACTION METERING DEVICE
Tom O’Banion
Tim Patten
Julie Valentine
MEMORY PROTECTION SYSTEM
FOR A MULTI-TASKING SYSTEM
Tom Green
Al Samson
MULTIPHASE FLOW
MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
Robin Dutton
Chad Steele
MULTI-RATE DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR FOR SIGNALS FROM PICKOFFS ON A VIBRATING CONDUIT
Denis Henrot
DRAIN CLEANER
Michael J. Rutkowski
Jon R. Dunkin
DRAIN CLEANING APPARATUS
Michael J. Rutkowski
FEED CONTROL DEVICE FOR
PLUMBING TOOLS
Jon R. Dunkin
Michael J. Rutkowski
OIL DISPENSER CONTAINER
Jonathan M. Iwamasa
Steven K. Morris
POWERED DRAIN CLEANER
Michael J. Rutkowski
Jon R. Dunkin
ROLL GROOVING APPARATUS
James E. Hamm
Randy S. Wise
SUPPORT FOR MOUNTING A PIPE
ON A TOOL
Robert M. Baracskai
Richard R. Bowles
TUBE CUTTER
Larry Babb
ROSEMOUNT
PROCESS PARAMETER SENSOR
APPARATUS, METHODS AND
COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS
USING FORCE FILTERING
Dave Normen
AUTO CORRECTING TEMPERATURE
TRANSMITTER WITH
RESISTANCE BASED SENSOR
Evren Eryurek
Jogesh Warrior
PROGRAMMABLE CORIOLIS FLOW
METER ELECTRONICS FOR OUTPUTTING INFORMATION OVER A SINGLE
OUTPUT PORT
Paul Hays
Bill Mansfield
BI-DIRECTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL
PRESSURE FLOW SENSOR
David E. Wicklund
Terrance F. Krouth
David A. Broden
Mark S. Schumacher
SELF-CHARACTERIZING VIBRATING
CONDUIT PARAMETER SENSORS
AND METHODS OF OPERATION
THEREFOR
Tim Cunningham
Stu Shelley
CAPACITIVE PRESSURE
TRANSMITTER
David A. Broden
David A. Horky
SENSITIVITY ENHANCING
BALANCE BAR
Greg Lanham
Chuck Stack
Craig VanCleve
CHARACTERIZATION OF
PROCESS PRESSURE SENSOR
David A. Broden
Timothy P. Fogarty
David E. Wiklund
Terry X. Beachey
Mark S. Schumacher
STRAIGHT TUBE CORIOLIS
FLOWMETER
Greg Lanham
Chuck Stack
Craig VanCleve
COMPACT TEMPERATURE
TRANSMITTER WITH IMPROVED
LEAD CONNECTIONS
Dirk Bauschke
Hiep Nguyen
SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING TAMPERING WITH SIGNAL CONDITIONER
REMOTE FROM A HOST SYSTEM
Mike Keilty
Al Samson
DATA BUS COMMUNICATION
TECHNIQUE FOR FIELD
INSTRUMENT
David Tetzlaff
SYSTEM FOR SETTING FRAME AND
PROTOCOL FOR TRANSMISSION IN
A UART DEVICE
Paul Hays
Bill Mansfield
SYSTEM FOR VALIDATING CALIBRATION OF A CORIOLIS FLOWMETER
Tim Patten
TYPE IDENTIFICATION AND PARAMETER SELECTION FOR DRIVE CONTROL IN A CORIOLIS FLOWMETER
Rick Maginnis
Brian Smith
UNIVERSAL INPUT TO DC OUTPUT
CONVERSION CIRCUITRY
Bill Harris
Bill Mansfield
VIBRATING CONDUIT
PARAMETER SENSORS,
OPERATING METHODS AND
COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS
UTILIZING REAL NORMAL MODAL
DECOMPOSITION
Tim Cunningham
Dave Normen
Gary Pawlas
Stu Shelley
RIDGE TOOL
ASSEMBLY FOR ARTICULATING
CRIMP RING AND ACTUATOR
Richard R. Bowles
Paul W. Gress
James E. Hamm
DEVICE IN A PROCESS SYSTEM FOR
DETECTING EVENTS
Evren Eryurek
Jogesh Warrior
DIAGNOSTICS FOR INDUSTRIAL
PROCESS CONTROL AND
MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
Marcos Peluso
Dale Borgeson
Greg Rome
Evren Eryurek
Weston Roper
DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE FLOW
METER WITH INTEGRATED
PRESSURE TAPS
Lowell Kleven
ELECTRO-OPTIC INTERFACE FOR
FIELD INSTRUMENT
Michael Smith
George Hausler
FIELD BASED PROCESS CONTROL
SYSTEM WITH AUTO-TUNING
Hehong Zou
Kale Hedstrom
Jogesh Warrior
Coy Hays
FIELD INSTRUMENT WITH DATA BUS
COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL
David Tetzlaff
Jogesh Warrior
Gabriel Maalouf
FIELD TRANSMITTER FOR
STORING INFORMATION
Brian J. Bischoff
Gary A. Lenz
MULTI-PHASE MEASUREMENT
SYSTEM WITH SYNCHRONIZED
SIGMA DELTA CONVERTERS
Roger L. Frick
FIELD TRANSMITTER WITH
DIAGNOSTIC SELF-TEST MODE
John P. Schulte
Rongtai Wang
MULTIPLE PROCESS PRODUCT
INTERFACE DETECTION FOR A
LOW POWER RADAR LEVEL
TRANSMITTER
Kurt Diede
Brian Richter
FLOW DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM
Evren Eryurek
Kadir Kavaklioglu
FLOW INSTRUMENT WITH
MULTISENSORS
Mark S. Schumacher
David A. Broden
David E. Wiklund
FLOW MEASUREMENT WITH
DIAGNOSTICS
Evren Eryurek
Kadir Kavaklioglu
FREQUENCY STABILIZATION IN A
RADAR LEVEL GAUGE
John Kielb
GAGE PRESSURE OUTPUT FROM AN
ABSOLUTE PRESSURE
MEASUREMENT DEVICE
Kelly M. Orth
Mark S. Schumacher
GRAIN GROWTH OF ELECTRICAL
INTERCONNECTION FOR MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS
(MEMS)
Mark G. Romo
Stan Rud, Jr.
Mark Lutz
Fred Sittler
Adrian Toy
HYDRAULIC PISTON POSITION
SENSOR
Gregory Brown
Brian Richter
HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR PISTON
MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND
METHOD
Terrance F. Krouth
David E. Wiklund
Richard J. Habegger
Richard R. Hineman
IMPLANTABLE PRESSUREACTIVATED MICRO-VALVE
David A. Broden
INDUSTRIAL PROCESS DEVICE
MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
Sudhakar Dharnipragada
INTEGRATED TRANSPARENT
SUBSTRATE AND DIFFRACTIVE
OPTICAL ELEMENT
Roger L. Frick
Charles R. Willcox
INTERCHANGEABLE DIFFERENTIAL
ABSOLUTE AND GAGE TYPE OF
PRESSURE TRANSMITTER
Carl Gansen
Stan Rud, Jr.
Fred Sittler
INTERCHANGEABLE PROCESS
CONNECTION RESISTANT TO
INSTALLATION ERRORS
William E. Petrich
Charles A. Glaser
MAGNETIC FLOW METER WITH
REFERENCE ELECTRODE
Robert K. Schulz
MANIFOLD FOR USE WITH A
PRESSURE TRANSMITTER
William Petrich
David A. Broden
Paul Sundet
Scott Nelson
METHOD AND APPARATUS
FOR A DIRECT BONDED ISOLATED
PRESSURE SENSOR
Mark Lutz
Fred Sittler
Adrian Toy
Roger Frick
OPTICAL INTERFACE WITH SAFETY
SHUTDOWN
Anders Andersson
Michael J. Smith
OPTICAL SENSOR FOR
MEASURING PHYSICAL AND MATERIAL PROPERTIES
Roger L. Frick
PISTON POSITION
MEASURING DEVICE
David E. Wiklund
Terrance F. Krouth
Richard J. Habegger
Richard R. Hineman
PREDICTION OF ERROR
MAGNITUDE IN A PRESSURE TRANSMITTER
Evren Eryurek
Gary Lenz
Kadir Kavaklioglu
PREINSTALLATION OF A
PRESSURE SENSOR MODULE
Richard Nelson
Steven M. Behm
Robert Hedtke
Roger Frick
Scott D. Nelson
Mark Fandrey
Theodore H. Schnaare
Brian L. Westfield
Mark Schumacher
Weston Roper
PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE
INCLUDING A CAPACITIVE SENSOR
IN AN AMPLIFIER FEEDBACK PATH
John P. Schulte
PRESSURE MODULE
Mark C. Fandrey
PRESSURE SENSOR ASSEMBLY
Fred C. Sittler
Christina A. Nord (Grunig)
Mark G. Romo
PRESSURE SENSOR CAPSULE
Mark G. Romo
PRESSURE TRANSMITTER FOR
CLEAN ENVIRONMENTS
David A. Broden
PROCESS CONNECTION FOR INLINE PRESSURE TRANSMITTER
Scott Nelson
Mark Fandrey
Paul Sundet
Bill Petrich
PROCESS FLOW PLATE WITH
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
FEATURE
Lowell Kleven
PROCESS PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICES WITH IMPROVED
ERROR COMPENSATION
Roger Frick
David A. Broden
Stan Rud, Jr.
PROCESS TRANSMITTER
HAVING A STEP-UP CONVERTER
FOR POWERING ANALOG
COMPONENTS
Brian L. Westfield
Weston Roper
David G. Tyson
PROCESS TRANSMITTER WITH
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION LINK
Robert C. Hedtke
SAPPHIRE PRESSURE SENSOR
BEAM WITH GOLD GERMANIUM
ISOLATION BRAZE JOINT
Fred Sittler
SCALABLE PROCESS
TRANSMITTER
Steven Behm
Dale Davis
Mark Fandrey
Roger Frick
Robert Hedtke
Richard Nelson
Scott Nelson
Weston Roper
Ted Schnaare
John Schulte
Mark Schumacher
SELF ENERGIZING PROCESS
SEAL FOR PROCESS CONTROL
TRANSMITTER
Thomas Peterson
SMART VALVE POSITIONER
Gregory C. Brown
SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING
ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER
Charles E. Goetzinger
David E. Tetzlaff
THERMAL MANAGEMENT IN A
PRESSURE TRANSMITTER
Steve Behm
William Krueger
Kelly Orth
Jeffrey Brekken
TRANSMITTER FOR PROVIDING
A SIGNAL INDICATIVE OF FLOW
THROUGH A DIFFERENTIAL
PRODUCER USING A SIMPLIFIED
PROCESS
David Wiklund
TRANSMITTER WITH DUAL
PROTOCOL INTERFACE
Robert C. Hedtke
TWO-WIRE FIELD MOUNTED
PROCESS DEVICE
Gary Lenz
William Kirkpatrick
Bob Karschnia
Marcos Peluso
Steve DiMarco
VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR
Mark G. Romo
Liang-Ju Lu
Charles R. Willcox
Stanley E. Rud, Jr.
ROSEMOUNT ANALYTICAL
GENERATOR MONITORING,
CONTROL AND EFFICIENCY
Stephen T. Staphanos
Marion A. Keyes
Gary G. Cacciatore
OXYGEN ANALYZER WITH
ENHANCED CALIBRATION AND
BLOW-BACK
Stephen T. Staphanos
Marion A. Keyes
Ph SENSOR WITH INTERNAL
SOLUTION GROUND
Chang-Dong Feng
Joe N. Covey
Beth Meinhard Covey
Richard N. Baril
Roland H. Koluvek
PROCESS ANALYTIC SYSTEM WITH
IMPROVED SAMPLE HANDLING
SYSTEM
Stephen Staphanos
METHOD AND AN APPARATUS
FOR INSULATION OF A RADAR
LEVEL GAUGE
Kurt Olov Edvardsson
Anders Jirskog
Magnus Ohlsson
SEPARATION FREQUENCY DETECTION IN A RADAR LEVEL GAUGE
Leif Nilsson
SYSTEM AND METHOD IN A RADAR
LEVEL GAUGING SYSTEM
Lennart Hagg
SYSTEM FOR LEVEL GAUGING AND
PROVIDING ALARMS FOR A STORAGE ROOM USING TWO GAUGING
DEVICES FOR DETERMINING A
CURRENT LEVEL VALUE
Ola Håll
Stig Larson
Daniel Johansson
SWITCHED RELUCTANCE
DRIVES LTD.
A CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR AN
INDUCTIVE LOAD
Rex M. Davis
A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR
DETERMINING ROTOR POSITION
IN A SWITCHED RELUCTANCE
MACHINE
Rosemary A. Norman
Howard J. Slater
A WINDING FOR SWITCHED
RELUCTANCE MACHINES
Steven P. Randall
AN ANGLE FIRING CONTROLLER
AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A
SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MACHINE
Stephen J. Watkins
THERM-O-DISC
BIMETAL SNAP DISC THERMOSTAT
WITH HEATERS
Truong Nguyen
BUNN PROBE
Miu Miller
Richard E. Welch
Tung-Sheng Yang
CLIP FOR PTC DEVICES
Jeffrey A. West
CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING FIBRALLATED
FIBERS AND DEVICES
Edward J. Blok
Prasad S. Khadkikar
Joseph V. Rumler
Mark R. Scoular
Jeffrey A. West
CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING N-N-MPHENYLENEDIMALEIMIDE
AND DEVICES
Edward J. Blok
Prasad S. Khadkikar
LIQUID LEVEL SENSOR
Hank E. Millet
David W. Reynolds
Richard E. Welch
Bernard D. Zimmermann
PTC CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITION
CONTAINING MEDIUM PARTICLE
SIZE HIGH STRUCTURE CARBON
BLACK
Edward J. Blok
CONTROL OF SWITCHED
RELUCTANCE MACHINES
Charles E.B. Green
VAPOR SENSOR HAVING
IMPROVED RESPONSE TIME
Bernard D. Zimmermann
CONTROLLING OF A SWITCHED
RELUCTANCE MOTOR
Charles R. Elliott
Ian Jordison
WHITE-RODGERS
COOLING OF ELECTRICAL
MACHINES
Steven P. Randall
CURRENT CHOPPING IN SWITCHED
RELUCTANCE DRIVE SYSTEMS
Charles R. Elliott
Michael J. Turner
DEMODULATOR FOR A PULSE
WIDTH MODULATED SIGNAL
David M. Sugden
Andrew M. Roberts
ELECTRIC MACHINE CONTROLLER
Michael J. Turner
Alan R. Jewell
NOISE REDUCTION IN RELUCTANCE
MACHINES
Steven P. Randall
POSITION DETECTION OF
SWITCHED RELUCTANCE
MACHINES
Peter R. Mayes
ROTOR POSITION DETECTION
IN SWITCHED RELUCTANCE
MACHINES
Charles E.B. Green
ANTENNA DEVICE FOR RADARBASED LEVEL GAUGING
Kurt Olov Edvardsson
ROTOR POSITION DETECTION OF A
SWITCHED RELUCTANCE DRIVE
Howard J. Slater
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR
RADAR-BASED LEVEL GAUGING
Kurt Olov Edvardsson
STARTING OF SINGLE-PHASE
MOTORS
Peter R. Mayes
James C.R. Smart
HORN ANTENNA
Magnus Ohlsson
TRANSDUCER OFFSET
COMPENSATION
Michael J. Turner
CONTROL OF LINE HARMONICS
Patricia M. Elliott
Howard J. Slater
SAAB ROSEMOUNT TANK
RADAR AB
DEVICE AND METHOD IN A LEVEL
GAUGING SYSTEM
Kurt Olov Edvardsson
SYNCHRONISATION OF MACHINE
AND LOAD CHARACTERISTICS
Michael L. McClelland
Charles R. Elliott
APPARATUS ADAPTED TO BE
RELEASABLY CONNECTABLE TO THE
SUB BASE OF A THERMOSTAT
Steven L. Carey
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR
SHUTTING DOWN FUEL FIRED
APPLIANCE
Donald E. Donnelly
IGNITER DISTINGUISHING
CIRCUITRY AND SOFTWARE
Steven Derousse
Bradley C. Zikes
SENSING AND CONTROL OF VALVE
FLOW RATE
David L. Hart
Ronald W. Meyer
SINGLE COIL TWO OPERATOR
CONTROLLER
Kevin M. Pumm
Paul E. Reinhardt
Mike C. Santinanavat
SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR
MODULATING GAS INPUT TO A GAS
BURNER
Donald E. Donnelly
Thomas J. Fredricks
Russell T. Shoemaker
THERMOSTAT WITH ONE BUTTON
PROGRAMMING FEATURE
Steven L. Carey
STARTING OF SWITCHED
RELUCTANCE GENERATORS
Michael J. Turner
SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MACHINE
Norman N. Fulton
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AHR Expo Innovation Award
UltraTech Home Series
Copeland Scroll Digital for Commercial A/C
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AHR Expo Innovation Award Honorable Mentions
Intelligent Store Discus
Honorable Mention
2005 ACHR News Dealer Design Awards
Copeland Integrated Products Division
2005 Nor-Lake Supplier Award
Comfort AlertTM Diagnostics
2005 Comfortech Product Showcase Award
Jean-Luc Caillat
2005 Richard C. Schulze Award
Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute
Emerson Flow Controls
Electronic Stepper Regulator Valve
AHR Expo Innovation Award Honorable Mention
EMERSON MOTOR TECHNOLOGIES
Emerson Ventilation Products
Excellence in Sales & Marketing 2005
Johnstone Supplier Award
Gold Award for Environmental Compliance
Johnson County, Kansas
EMERSON NETWORK POWER
ASCO Power Technologies
North American Automatic Transfer Switch
2005 Market Leadership through Competitive
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Frost and Sullivan
Astec Power
iMP Digital Switching Power Supply
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EE Times
DS657 AC/DC Power Supply
AIF-300Vin Series DC/DC Converter
LPS50 Series AC/DC Switching Power Supply
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Eleventh Annual Engineering Awards 2005 – Finalist
Product Design & Development
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Best Products of the Year
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Cavite Plant
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Philippine Export Zones Authority
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Shenzhen Top 100 Enterprise
Shenzhen Enterprise Association
China Plants
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Sony
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Emerson Network Power-China
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2005 Best Channel Policies Continuity Award
Computer Partner World
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China Computer Users of CCID Group
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China Computer Users of CCID Group
2005 China Telecom Best 100 Suppliers
China Internet Weekly
Emerson Total Power Solution for E-government IDC
Emerson Total Power Solution for Telecom
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Emerson Hipluse 7000 UPS
2004 Editors’ Choice Awards
China Computer World
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2004 China Telecom Solution User
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Research Institute
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#1 Wet/Dry Vacuum Cleaner Performance Rating
Ridgid 16 Gallon Professional Wet/Dry
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Lowes Companies, Inc.
Ridge Tool
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Quick-Acting Tubing Cutter
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PHC News
Stack-A-Shelf
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Asco Controls
PowerPulse Valves
IF Product Design Award 2006
Branson Ultrasonics
Green Circle Environmental Award
State of Connecticut
Nuevo Laredo Plant
Nuevo Laredo Industrial Development Award
NL Maquiladoras Safety Award
Emerson Power Transmission
PN Gold Bearings
Product of the Year Finalist
Plant Engineering Magazine
Valparaiso Facility
Highly Protected Risk Award 2005
Factory Mutual Global
McGill Manufacturing
Governors Century Award
Indiana Historical Society
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DS Precision Cooling System
Honorable Mention in Commercial Category
ACHR
Emerson Process Management
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Twenty-eight #1 Reader’s Choice Awards
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Control Magazine
STS2/PDU Static Transfer Switch
Bronze Award in Power Generation/Emergency
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Consulting-Specifying Engineering (CSE) Magazine
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More than three times the reader votes over
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Control Magazine
EMERSON TOOLS AND STORAGE
Top 50 Award
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ClosetMaid
Golden Hammer Award
Home Center News
Emerson Tool Company
Stinger 2 Gallon Wet/Dry Vacuum Cleaner
“Best Buy” Rating
Consumer Digest
Hottest Companies of 2005 (8th consecutive year)
Start Magazine
2005 Process Control & Industrial
Automation Company of the Year
Frost & Sullivan
“Best Technologies Provider” in seven product
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2005 Readers’ Choice Awards
Chemical Processing Magazine
Micro Motion
Best Flow Meters
2005 Readers’ Choice Awards
Plant Services Magazine
Best Supplier of Process Management Products
2005 Readers’ Choice Awards
Plant Services Magazine
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Food Processing Magazine
Asset Optimization
AMS Optimizer
Eastman Chemical Tennessee Facility
American Chemical Council Energy Award
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2005 Readers’ Choice Awards
Plant Services Magazine
CSI 9210 Machinery Health Transmitter
2005 Product of the Year Finalist
Plant Engineering Magazine
CSI 9210 Machinery Health Transmitter
2005 Editors’ Choice Award Finalist
Control Engineering Magazine
Instrument & Valve Services, Gonzales, Louisiana
OSHA Star Site Award
Fisher Valve Division
2005 Vertical Market Penetration Leadership Award
Valves and Actuators
Frost & Sullivan
Best Valves and Actuators
2005 Readers’ Choice Awards
Plant Services Magazine
Best Enterprise Content Management System
Extranet Implementation of the Year
Stellent Inc.
Best Implementation of Enterprise Content
Management System
Integrated Solutions Magazine
Enterprise All Star Award
Network World Magazine
Mass & Volume Flow Sensor
2005 Innovations Award
Flow Control Magazine
2005 Product of the Year Finalist
Plant Engineering Magazine
Process Systems & Solutions
2005 Market Leadership Award
DCS Market for Pharmaceutical Applications
Frost & Sullivan
2005 Technology Leadership Award
Food & Beverage Industry
Frost & Sullivan
DeltaV
2004 Product of the Year Award
Control Engineering China Magazine
DeltaV SIS
Palmares 2005 Award
Measures Magazine
DeltaV SIS
2005 Breakthrough Product of the Year
Processing Magazine
DeltaV SIS
Editor’s Choice Award and Engineers Award
Control Engineering Magazine
Excellent Supplier Award
Lanzhou Petrochemical
Excellent Supplier Award
BP-SECCO
2005 T&B Enabler Awards
Shell Deer Park
Norske Canada
Start Magazine
Obata Design, Inc., • www.obatadesign.com
2005 Safety Award—Contractor Merit
NPRA
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ISA, GFT Award
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ISA Analysis Division 2005 Spring Session
Strategy Leadership Award
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