“This kit makes it very simple and low risk to try Smart Wireless,” said Bob Karschnia, vice president of wireless technology at Emerson. “Companies who have never used this technology before can quickly and easily begin to reap the same benefits gained by their peers who are already using Smart Wireless.”

The kit, which can be ordered online (www.EmersonSmartWireless.com/FieldKit) offers an out-of-the-box, secure WirelessHART, self-organising network that delivers greater than 99% communications reliability in the steel and concrete environment of plants. The network organises around obstacles whether permanent as with steel girders, or mobile as with moving rail cars or vehicles.

The starter kit includes:

* Any combination of five or more wireless pressure, temperature, DP level, DP flow, vibration, or pH transmitters and discrete switches.

No site surveys, no front end engineering design, or special tools are required to implement a wireless network using the kit, and everything can be installed and commissioned within minutes. Users can easily add additional devices to the self-organising mesh network, which is infinitely configurable.

Reese Borel, process control specialist at PPG Industries Chemical division says: “The Emerson networks are easy to set up, easy to configure, and reliable. They just run.”

Many customers across all industries have implemented Smart Wireless, which allows them to touch plant areas that had previously been financially or physically impossible to reach with conventional, hard-wired devices. Wireless helps them collect new predictive intelligence data to protect assets, improve process monitoring and control, and boost health, safety and environmental compliance.

For more information contact Mark Tapson, Emerson Process Management, +27 (0)11 974 3336, mark.tapson@emerson.com, www.emersonprocess.com