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| | Featured Articles:
-Why Is Safety Information So Pricey?
-Build reliability in during design
-Take equipment diagnostics to a new level
-The Ups and Downs of Taking the Bus; and more Resources & Literature:
-WBF presents Webcasts in First Quarter 2008
-Fieldbus Foundation Publishes H1 Cable Test Specification
-NI's LabVIEW Tools Network has 400 tools and add-Ons ; and more Application Stories:
-Robots Taking Over The Job On Offshore Oil Drilling Platforms
-Crystal clear batch
-Emerson Improves Production and Efficiency for Brewery in Belgium; and more Featured Training:
-ARC European Process Management Academy
-Fieldbus Educational Seminar
-Emerson publishes 2008 educational course catalog; and more Product Announcements:
-Emerson announces DL8000 Preset Controller for liquid custody transfer
-Exele upgrades OPCcalc and EDICTvb process calculation software
-Beckhoff Automation introduces CP6608 Ethernet Control Panels
-Emerson introduces Ovation SCADA for Wind Energy; and more
Company News:
-Opto 22 donates hardware to Hawaii hydroelectric plant
-Emerson Acquires The Automation Group
-Emerson Sells Brooks Instrument; and more Application News:
-Honeywell to provide control system for Australia LNG plant
-ABB supplies automation for aluminum smelter in UAE
-Siemens supplies electrical equipment for cement plant in Saudi-Arabia; and more Featured Events:
-World Meter Design Conference
-Middle East Refining Conference & Annual Meeting
-Fieldbus Foundation General Assembly; and more | | Featured Articles |
Why Is Safety Information So Pricey?
Control Design, January 2008
By Scott Gee
Author says, “the least expensive price I was quoted for UL 508 and UL 508A was about $450 apiece, and other places wanted as much as $600 each. Why am I paying so much for these documents?”
Build reliability in during design
Chemical Processing, December 2007
By Dirk Willard
Instrumentation that promises to improve reliability may not always be what they seem. You have to consider whether a site can properly maintain sophisticated instruments.
Take equipment diagnostics to a new level
Chemical Processing, December 2007
By Todd Anderson
Many of the effects of machine degradation are avoidable, so being able to identify struggling equipment at an early stage is essential to renewing its productivity. Advances in performance monitoring can provide critical insights.
The Ups and Downs of Taking the Bus
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, December 2007
By Gary Forrest, PhD, Wyeth Research
In this two-part series, Wyeth's Gary Forrest discusses the challenges and benefits of implementing fieldbus technologies at a new bioprocess development facility. Choosing between Profibus or Foundation fieldbus was a big issue.
Fieldbus developments improve process control system operations
Oil & Gas Journal, November 2007
By Harry Wilson, MooreHawke
Now that fieldbus is used in virtually all new refineries, oil and gas companies are looking beyond the older, established products and their problems to more modern fieldbus hardware solutions that promise to make installations even more reliable, productive, and efficient. This article discusses the advantages and problems with new developments in fieldbus.
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| | Resources & Literature |
WBF presents Webcasts in First Quarter 2008
WBF's webcasts begin at 11:00 a.m. EDT and last approximately 90 minutes, with live presentations including question and answer sessions with the presenters.
Fieldbus Foundation Publishes H1 Cable Test Specification
The H1 Cable Test Specification (Document FF-844) is for manufacturers developing cables for FOUNDATION fieldbus H1 (31.25 kbit/s) installations. The specification test cases, based upon the IEC 61158-2:2003 standard, include impedance, capacitive unbalance, connector pin-outs, and attenuation.
NI's LabVIEW Tools Network has 400 tools and add-Ons
LabVIEW Tools Network expanded by more than 100 new tools developed by NI and third-party vendors in 2007.
ISA99 Cyber Security Standard available
Part 1 focuses on key concepts, terminology and models, and will serve as a foundation for additional standards currently in development in the ISA99 series.
Modbus White Paper available from Moore Industries
The non-commercial white paper describes how Modbus works, and how it can be used in new and legacy process control and automation systems.
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| | Application Stories |
Robots Taking Over The Job On Offshore Oil Drilling Platforms
Science Daily, January 1, 2008
An automated platform doesn't need personnel, and therefore neither does it need fire systems, sound insulation, catering or a whole range of other installations. The SINTEF test laboratory represents the next step, in which the scientists will find out how robots can be used to remotely monitor and control platform processes.
Crystal clear batch
Intech, December 2007
By Richard S. Harner and Nick D. Gipson
Fiber optic probe helps control batch crystallization in pharmaceutical applications. The probe responds primarily to total surface area of solids. Although touted strictly as a control device, it reliably generates an in-situ piece of information that is otherwise unknown during crystallizer operation.
Emerson Improves Production and Efficiency for Brewery in Belgium
Process & Control Today, December 2007
Rosemount Analytical pH sensors withstand high temperature cleaning cycles, reducing sensor failure alarms and improving reliability at the Duvel Moortgat brewery in Puurs, Belgium, solving a production problem and improving efficiency
Kinder Morgan Canada Uses Matrikon Alarm Manager for Pipeline Management
Matrikon Alarm Manager collects and stores all alarm and event data, allowing Kinder Morgan Canada to measure alarms, reduce nuisance alarms, adjust workloads, manage changes and standardize alarm practices across its pipelines.
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| | Featured Training |
ARC European Process Management Academy
January 28-30, 2008 Düsseldorf, Germany
Attendees will learn how to manage and optimize production plants using collaborative manufacturing concepts and technologies.
Fieldbus Educational Seminar
April 10, 2008 Houston, TX
One-day seminar covers the entire infrastructure with demonstrations on: Open Scaleable Integration, Process Integrity and Business Intelligence. Local end user speakers will be present in the afternoon talking about their experiences with the technology.
Fieldbus Educational Seminar
May 8, 2008 Cherry Hill, NJ
One-day seminar covers the entire infrastructure with demonstrations on: Open Scaleable Integration, Process Integrity and Business Intelligence. Local end user speakers will be present in the afternoon talking about their experiences with the technology.
Emerson publishes 2008 educational course catalog
Global Course Catalog, available in print, CD or as a download, describes over 300 courses.
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.
PROFIBUS Installation Guideline for Cabling and Assembly
PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) has published a new Web Based Training package to provide support for assembly and installation staff working on the assembly of PROFIBUS systems. The Web Based Training tells you everything you need to know about assembly in an easy to understand and interactive format. Topics include how to lay and assemble PROFIBUS cables correctly and what you need to be aware of when connecting PROFIBUS stations. It takes approximately 2.5 hours to complete the Web Based Training course.
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Search all Products by keyword, category, manufacturer or release date. | | Company & Organizational News |
Opto 22 donates hardware to Hawaii hydroelectric plant
Makila Hydro is the first recipient of an OptoGreen grant of hardware and software to automate a Maui-based hydroelectric plant.
Emerson Acquires The Automation Group
TAG provides process automation/control system engineering, instrument and electrical design, project management services to the refining, petrochemical, chemical and coal power industries.
Emerson Sells Brooks Instrument
Emerson sold its Brooks Instrument unit on December 31, 2007, to American Industrial Partners Capital Fund for $100 million in cash.
Automation Federation works with Manufacturing Extension Partnership
MEP is a program coordinated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
ISA Standards and Practices announces Awards
ISA awarded 13 individuals for exceptional service to ISA standards and practices activities in 2007.
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| | Application News |
Honeywell to provide control system for Australia LNG plant
Honeywell will provide an integrated control system for Woodside’s new Pluto liquefied natural gas (LNG) Project in Western Australia.
ABB supplies automation for aluminum smelter in UAE
ABB won a $30-million contract from Emirates Aluminum Company to supply automation and protection systems for a new aluminum smelter near Abu Dhabi.
Siemens supplies electrical equipment for cement plant in Saudi-Arabia
Siemens has an order from Orascom Construction, Egypt, to engineer and supply all the electrical equipment for the new cement works of the Al Safwa Cement Company, Saudi-Arabia.
Emerson to install PlantWeb and Ovation at Southwest Power Station in MO
The new plant will make extensive use of digital bus-based technologies, with Emerson’s Ovation system incorporating 57 FOUNDATION fieldbus segments (representing 1,368 I/O) and 31 Profibus-DP segments (representing 1,890 I/O) to network intelligent field instrumentation.
Emerson selected to install PlantWeb and Ovation at 12 new U.S. coal-fired units
Emerson Process Management announced today that over the last 18 months the company has been selected to install its PlantWeb digital plant architecture with the Ovation expert control system at 12 new U.S. coal-fired units.
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| Featured Events |
World Meter Design Conference
February 22-28, 2008 San Jose, CA
The World Meter Design Congress provides the only meeting place for the world’s meter design engineers, system architects, research engineers and production professionals to gain insights into the new requirements and opportunities shaping the design and development of next generation metering systems.
Middle East Refining Conference & Annual Meeting
February 25-26, 2008 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Speakers will address strategic expansion plans, ongoing policy developments to upgrade, integrate, modernize and expand refining facilities, enabling them to remain competitive whereas at the same time meeting international standards, especially when it comes to carbon emissions and climate change.
Fieldbus Foundation General Assembly
February 27-29. 2008 Antwerp, Belgium
Includes overview of current Fieldbus Foundation developments across the globe, and end user presentations focused on process integrity, open scalable integration, business intelligence, asset management, factory site acceptance testing, commissioning and trouble shooting.
WBF North American Conference
March 24, 2008 Philadelphia, PA
Keynote speakers, panels, discussion forums, and individual presentations will focus on case studies, current and evolving manufacturing methods and technologies, and implementation of industry standards including ISA-88, ISA-95, ISA-99, B2MML, and Make2Pack.
ISA International Instrumentation Symposium
May 5-8, 2008 Pensacola Beach, Florida
The 54th annual ISA International Instrumentation Symposium will include paper sessions, short courses, tutorials, and a student presentation competition.
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