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Technology is fundamental to our growth efforts, and we have continued to increase our investment in Engineering and Development, particularly in the areas of communications, software and electronics. E&D investment has increased every year since 1973, reaching nearly $600 million in 2000.

The resulting Emerson products and system solutions contain advanced technologies, delivering more value to our customers. Over the past decade, sales of new products and solutions represent an increasing percentage of overall Emerson sales. Our goal is to be 40% by 2003.

New Emerson Product and Technology Breakthroughs

Emerson Network Power

ASCO® 7000 Series Transfer Switch
ASCO's 7000 Series Transfer Switches, which automatically start a generator and transfer critical power loads when normal power fails, were designed using simulation software and feature several new enhancements in transfer switch technology. For example, the 7000 Series allows for foreign language interfaces and 15 international voltages. It uses a single controller that handles all six transfer applications. The controller also has the market's first data logging capability, which provides a history of when a switch transferred and why.

Liebert's Little Glass House®
Liebert's Little Glass House is a totally integrated solution to computer network support and systems availability problems. This specially designed enclosure provides computer-grade environmental control for cooling the event of a power failure. It also utilizes Liebert's advanced technology in Uninterruptible Power Systems (UPS) to provide protection from power surges and outages. Liebert's Little Glass House was recognized by several trade publications as among the network power industry's best new products when it was introduced in 1998/99.

Emerson Process Management

PlantWeb®
Emerson's PlantWeb® process automation technology, which combines Emerson's leading-edge DeltaV PC-based control system with intelligent field-based devices and innovative software, enables industrial customers to realize new levels of efficiency in their operations. This powerful tool not only automates, but also monitors, troubleshoots, and provides diagnostics for the thousands of aspects critical to running a plant. Before PlantWeb® technology was available, the construction and configuration of monitoring systems in a plant was complicated, as each device had a dedicated wire to the control room. Now a plant can run on a digital bus system, making wiring easier and less expensive. Customers utilize PlantWeb® to increase plant up-time and improve process performance.

e-fficiencyTM
In June 2001, Emerson Process Management unveiled e-fficiencyTM, a proven Internet-based service that delivers information about performance of process plant equipment directly to a web browser for easy and secure access by process manufacturing customers. This innovation makes Emerson the first company to apply the latest Internet technologies to equipment performance monitoring in the process industries.

Designed specifically for personnel involved with maintenance, reliability or rotating equipment, e-fficiency service provides easy access to a comprehensive set of performance results, customized reports and graphical representations for monitoring plant equipment performance, all within a secure web-based environment. The service supports all major process plant equipment, including compressors, gas and steam turbines, heat exchangers, furnaces and pumps.

Emerson Climate Technologies

Copeland® Digital Scroll
The HVAC industry first began to explore modulated scroll compressor technology in the 1980s. Changes in technology and consumer preferences have created a need for new ways to modulate cooling systems, but the end goal has always been to design a cooling system capable of continuously adapting to meet changes in ambient conditions and ultimately deliver greater comfort, energy cost savings, and improved reliability.

Copeland® Scroll compressors with digital technology are an addition to the modulated product line, offering commercial users modulated compression technology for variable capacity control. Digital scroll provides a single-compressor solution for broad capacity modulation. This digital technology allows a compressor to run at any capacity between 10% and 100%, making infinite adjustments along the way. An external solenoid valve controls the loading and unloading of the scrolls through system signaling based on system capacity demand.

Digital scroll is a good choice for modulation anywhere multi-evaporator systems or precise temperature control is employed. In air conditioning, there is a need for digital scroll in large commercial applications as well as in precision cooling, such as computer rooms and telecommunications. For commercial refrigeration, this approach can be used in storage cases in convenience stores, restaurants and other food service applications. Commercial users will also benefit from lower applied and operating costs. Because the system is not starting and stopping every time the environment in a room or inside a cooler changes, it runs more efficiently, driving operating costs even lower.

Emerson Storage Solutions

Metro® Crash Carts
The Lifeline™ Emergency Cart from InterMetro was specifically engineered to live up to their name—to be lifelines. An exclusive convertible caster system and lightweight construction allows Lifeline™ to be easily maneuvered and positioned at the code site. Specially designed storage areas for vital medication and equipment provide immediate and simultaneous access by Code Response Team members. The Lifeline™ cart features a Sharps container holder right where you need it—on the cart. It also features a defibrillator platform that allows the defibrillator to swing closer to the patient and expose additional workspace for other team members. Molded polymer construction, removable drawers and the use of other rust-resistant materials make the Lifeline™ Cart easy to clean and maintain. An assortment of drawers and accessories allows the Lifeline cart to be customized to meet your specific needs.

Emerson Professional Tools

SeeSnake®
SeeSnake® is a patented family of technologically advanced, diagnostic pipe inspection equipment from our Ridge Tool CompanyTM. The SeeSnake® system includes a high-definition camera monitoring system that navigates piping networks and locates clogs and pipe damage. The latest, most advanced SeeSnake® systems feature standard high-resolution, detachable monitors; built-in transmitters; debris-capturing, rotating drums with mercury-free slip rings; and debris-shedding sapphire lenses.

Emerson Motor Technologies

Electric Traction Motors for Next-Generation Vehicles
Working with automobile manufacturers, such as Ecostar (a joint venture of fuel-cell maker Ballard Power Systems, Ford Motor Company, and DaimlerChrysler) and Peugot in France, Emerson is creating advanced drive systems that completely replace the internal combustion engine. With the help of Emerson's electric motor technologies, these manufacturers are developing more efficient and environmentally friendly transportation.

Emerson Appliance Solutions

Whirlpool® Calypso™ Washing Machine
The Emerson Appliance Motor Division worked side by side with Whirlpool to develop a variable speed motor solution for the new Calypso™ Washing machine. The truly unique design characteristics of this application provided both companies an interesting challenge to develop a high performance, adaptive motor and motor control with high reliability and low cost. Emerson supported Whirlpool with on site project management and engineering, and as well as complete support of all operational and quality aspects of this program at Whirlpool's manufacturing facilities.

 
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