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May 2008 |
Sponsor: Moore Industries |
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Sponsor: WAGO |
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| Featured Articles |
Installing Fieldbus in Real-Life Applications
January 2008
By Moore Industries
Many automation engineers are coming face-to-face with real fieldbus applications for the first time. Fieldbus is a wonderful technology with many benefits, but fieldbus installation requires some additional considerations over and above normal 4-20mA projects. This in-depth white paper discusses some of those issues, and shows you how to deal with them.
Installing Fieldbus: Some practical advice, Part 2
Process Industry Informer, April 2008
By Mike O’Neill, MooreHawke Div of Moore Industries
Part 2 covers installing redundant systems, working in hazardous areas, and removing and replacing instruments. Many of the installation headaches discussed in this two-part article can be minimized through careful selection of fieldbus equipment at the beginning of the project.
Building on the Foundation
Control Engineering Asia, March 2008
By Jonas Berg, Emerson Process Management Asia Pacific
Steady improvements and enhancements over the last decade together with an increasing knowledge base in the process industries have made it far easier to realize the promised benefits of Foundation fieldbus plant network technology.
Safety fieldbus in the process industries
What’s New in Process Instrumentation, March 2008
By Siemens
As end users discover the benefits of fieldbus with their process automation systems, many are beginning to wonder why they haven't been able to enjoy similar benefits with their safety instrumented systems (SIS).
Fieldbus: Growing Globally
Control Engineering, March 2008
By Peter Welander
While considered mainstream technology, fieldbus adoption in process industries is still far from commonplace. The picture for users remains upbeat, but incomplete in many respects.
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| | Resources & Literature |
Connect, Protect, Power and Terminate
By MooreHawke
Data sheet describes full line of FOUNDATION Fieldbus and
PROFIBUS PA Device Couplers and Power Supplies.
AirSprite introduces WirelessHART OEM program
AccelerATE gives HART field device manufacturers a simple, quick, and low cost path to enable product lines with the WirelessHART specification.
TURCK upgrades free I/Oassistant configuration software
I/Oassistant is used as a configuration tool when designing TURCK’s BL20 in the panel and BL67 on the machine nodes. It uses FDT/DTM, and will generate a fieldbus I/O map.
TUV Rheinland publishes Testing & Inspection Services Catalog
The catalog details the company's testing services, product types, product approval schemes, service approval schemes, and available certification marks.
Pepperl+Fuchs publishes Intrinsic Safety Specification Guide
This illustrated manual has information on successfully installing, using, maintaining and repairing intrinsic safety systems.
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| | Application Stories |
Digital power
Intech, March 2008
By John Blaney, Jim Murray, and Gary Tingley
A description of how Portland General Electric installed a system that uses both Foundation Fieldbus and Profibus in a power plant.
PROFIBUS used in Changi Wastewater Plant
By Nick Belardes, ProSoft Technology
The Changi Water Reclamation Plant in Singapore has 160 ProSoft Technology PROFIBUS DPV1 modules that handle flow meters, pressure and DP level transmitters, radar/ultrasonic transmitters, dissolved oxygen analyzers, temperature transmitters and electric actuators.
FlavourCraft standardises on Beckhoff Automation
SA Instrumentation & Control, February 2008
By Andrew Ashton
The Beckhoff choice allowed FlavourCraft the flexibility to build both small and large systems with the same components and programming languages. They use Beckhoff I/O, Profibus, OPC, PACs and PLCs.
Persian Gulf Company Uses HART to Improve Water Conversion Process
HART Communication Foundation
The Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) used HART technology in a major re-instrumentation project as the catalyst for improving asset management. The company installed more than 2,000 HART-enabled devices in a facility in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
Building control system uses LonWorks
By Lonmark International
Floor controls are linked via a LonWorks network, using Siemens LMEC gateways onto a BACnet system which handles the interaction with the central AHU, boilers and chillers.
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| | Featured Training |
Coastal offers HART and fieldbus training
Smart Digital Instrumentation series helps employees understand HART protocol, the applications and day-to-day use of HART Smart field devices, and the FOUNDATION fieldbus communication model.
FDT Technical Seminars
Free FDT technical seminars will be held in Wilmington, Delaware; Calgary, Alberta; Houston, TX ; and Greenville, SC.
Softing announces PI-approved PROFINET Training Classes
PROFINET training classes are targeted to Network Engineers and Network Installers. The content of each course and the final examination have been approved by PI International.
Coastal releases Fieldbus Process Control eLearning Series
Produced in conjunction with The Fieldbus Center at Lee College, the series trains instrumentation operators and technicians on the operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of FOUNDATION fieldbus systems.
Understanding and Applying Instrumentation in Hazardous Locations
July 9-10, 2008 Research Triangle Park, NC
Provides a detailed, systematic approach to the specification and implementation of instrumentation in hazardous locations. Related standards from NFPA, NEMA, IEC, AP, and ISA are stressed.
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Search all Products by keyword, category, manufacturer or release date. | | Company & Organizational News |
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Moore Industries Seeks Oldest Products Still in Service
Moore Industries is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year, and is trying to find the oldest of its products that are still in service.
Moore Industries Celebrates 40 Years of Success
Still privately-held by founder and CEO Leonard W. Moore, the company has come a long way from humble garage beginnings when Moore designed and built the company's first electronic signal converters. Today, the company builds signal conditioners, temperature transmitters, fieldbus interface devices and much more.
HART companies push WirelessHART
Sean Keeping of ABB, Mark Schumacher of Emerson, Frank Hils of Endress+Hauser amd Hans-Georg Kumpfmueller of Siemens offer their views of WirelessHART.
Cooper acquires MTL Instruments Group
Cooper Controls Limited acquired more than 98 percent of the outstanding shares of The MTL Instruments Group.
WIB Test compares FDT/DTM and EDDL for Asset Management
Testing was performed by the Shell Global Solutions test laboratories in Amsterdam. Results show FDT/DTM and EDDL are complementary technologies.
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| | Application News |
Emerson completes upgrade at polystyrene plant in Argentina
Modernization at Petrobras Zarate included Foundation fieldbus, DeltaV, AMS asset management, flow, level and temperature instruments, and Fisher valves with FIELDVUE digital valve controllers.
Honeywell to install Experion at steel plant in Finland
Honeywell announced a $2 million contract to implement its Experion Process Knowledge System with Profibus at a stainless steel plant operated by Outokumpu.
Emerson automates expansion of copper smelter in China
Emerson installs PlantWeb architecture with Foundation fieldbus and AMS Suite predictive maintenance software at Jianxi Copper's expansion of its Guixi Smelter in Jiangxi Province, China.
Siemens to control BASF Joncryl polymer plant
The green field project of more than 5000 I/O points will include the Siemens SIMATICR PCS 7 distributed control system (DCS) and be the largest PROFIBUS PA installation in the US.
ABB to supply System 800xA for Australian waste processing plant
ABB will supply the complete hardware, engineering and commissioning of the control system, as well as drives, analyzers, instruments and Profibus field devices.
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| Featured Events |
Safety Control Systems Conference
May 28-29, 2008 Calgary, Canada
This conference will focus on the technology and application of safety-related control and instrumentation systems in the chemicals, energy, mining and manufacturing industries.
Honeywell 2008 Americas Users Group Symposium
June 15-19, 2008 Phoenix, Arizona
The Americas event is one of five Honeywell Users Group symposiums taking place this year. Other events are scheduled for China, Europe, the Middle East and Australia
2008 Siemens Automation Summit
July 23 -25, 2008 Chicago, IL
The 2008 Siemens Automation Summit has presentations from industry experts and analysts, and customer case histories which detail the benefits of Siemens products.
Instrumentation Scotland
September 3-4, 2008 Aberdeen, Scotland
This bienniel event brings together the many companies who supply products and services specific to the offshore industry in addition to others representing processing, power generation, paper, distilling, water and waste, and marine engineering in north east Scotland.
Automation 2008
September 25-28, 2008 Mumbai, India
India's Automation Exhibition showcases new innovations & solutions for Refining, Petrochemicals, chemicals, Polyester, Power, Life Sciences, Food & Pharmaceutical, Oil & Gas businesses, Steel and Mining and other process industries, Terminal automation, Tank farm automation, and Retail Outlet Automation.
ISA Expo
October 14-16, 2008 Houston, Texas
Organized around six core automation and control themes, ISA EXPO 2007 provides attendees a content-rich environment that offers unlimited opportunity for exploration of key technologies, professional growth, and interaction with like minded professionals.
Brazil Automation
November 17-19, 2008 Sao Paulo, Brazil
Brazil Automation is the largest event of Instrumentation, Systems and Automation in Latin America and one of the most important in the world. Besides presenting technology advances and new products and services, the event provides extensive integration among users, manufacturers, researchers, students, service providers and other professionals in the industry.
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