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September 2009 |
Sponsor: ABB |
Industrial cpmPlus Smart Client
ABB’s Industrial IT cpmPlus Smart Client harnesses the power of System 800xA’s single point change management and engineering in a browser-based thin client that provides secure, real-time access to automation system information, inside or outside of the manufacturing facility. In addition to browser-based graphical displays, Smart Client also provides trending and Statistical Process Control, alarm and event reporting, and a Microsoft Excel interface.
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Sponsor: Honeywell |
New Honeywell HC900 Controller Operator Interface
Now with a highly integrated touch screen operator interface, the HC900 Control System and Control Station make it easier to create control strategies that are simple to setup and operate. A cost effective platform for small-to-medium processes. Don't miss our limited time introductory savings offers.
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| Featured Articles |
Applying Advanced Process Control Principles to Power Generation
By Carl Hosier, Honeywell Process Solutions
Many manufacturing facilities have taken to integrating plant subsystems with their DCS to maximize productivity and improve overall efficiency. Applying this same concept to power generation could help electricity and steam generators streamline production in a way that makes sense to both their pocketbooks and the regulators.
How and when to fold an IT project
Control Engineering, September 2009
By Dennis Brandl
Many manufacturing IT projects do not finish, not necessarily because they failed, but because of changing requirements, changing business conditions, company mergers, or changes in products and processes. It's important to know when to fold a project, but it is equally important to know what to do when you fold a project.
Explanations and applications of Statistical Process Control
Reliable Plant, August 2009
By Mettler Toledo
SPC is far more than a control chart or a mere capability index. It is a system that uses process data to describe a prototypical manufacturing process in connection with its environment. The goal of the method is to intervene in the process before tolerance violators occur, and thereby optimize the entire process.
Get IT, engineering together on MES effort
Plant Engineering, August 2009
By Bianca Scholten
Traditionally, IT departments handle the ERP and other systems used in the office. The functionality in these systems belongs largely on ISA-95 Level 4. Engineers are working in a completely different world, with programming methods like ladder logic, SFC and function blocks. They’re active on ISA-95 Level 2 and lower. But who takes care of automating activities on ISA-95 Level 3; in other words, MES?
OPC UA Redefines Automation Architectures
By Bill Lydon, Automation.com
The new OPC UA technology provides an efficient and secure infrastructure for communications - from sensor to business enterprise computing for all automation systems in manufacturing and process control. OPC UA leverages web services to provide a single programming paradigm in a scalable architecture that can be implemented is a range of devices - from embedded to enterprise.
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GE Fanuc enhances Proficy Maintenance Gateway 2.0 software
Enhancements include an automatic measurement point update module, write-back functions from the enterprise to the plant systems, and adapters to EAM applications, such as SAP and MAXIMO.
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Longwatch introduces Operator's Console Recorder
Video software records exactly what was on HMI screens when an event occurred, archives it, and plays the video back for training or analysis purposes. |
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National Instruments announces LabVIEW 2009
With the latest version of LabVIEW, engineers and scientists can use virtualization technology to reduce system cost and size, and deploy distributed measurements across vast physical hardware systems. |
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Emerson releases 475 Field communicator for diagnostics
With support for all HART, WirelessHART and FOUNDATION fieldbus devices, the intrinsically safe 475 enables diagnosis and troubleshooting right in the field. |
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Exele adds SMS/GSM Alarm Notification to TopView
TopView 6.6 can send and receive SMS text messages over a GSM cellular network using a GSM modem attached to the TopView computer. |
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Rockwell adds Ethernet Device Level Ring to its Integrated Architecture
DLR network technology takes advantage of embedded switch functionality in automation end devices, such as I/O modules and programmable automation controllers. |
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| White Papers |
Benefits of FF HSE with ABB System 800xA
By David Huffman, ABB
FOUNDATION Fieldbus High Speed Ethernet (FF HSE) has been a technology available to automation system suppliers since 1999, but very few suppliers have provided the full features and functionality to their clients. This white paper explains how ABB System 800xA uses FF HSE more extensively than other control systems.
Seven Ways Today's Distributed Control Systems (DCS) Can Save You 20% or More
By ABB
In the past, DCS Systems were large, expensive and very complex. This drove many control engineers to use PLCs and HMIs in order to lower cost. Today, these implementations are consistently more expensive than DCS systems for the same process or batch application. This report documents the key advantages of DCS systems over PLC/HMI engineered systems and the typical value of each.
Upgrading Your DCS: Why You May Need to Do It Sooner Than You Think
By Chad Harper, MAVERICK Technologies
The decision to upgrade a DCS is like the decision to upgrade your laptop or PC. Transferring files and programs is never easy, but using an outdated machine is even more of a chore. Support grows obsolete, old systems prove incompatible with new products, and speed and storage become major problems. Efficiency suffers as a result.
Honeywell I-MAC Provides Path to Operational Excellence
By ARC
Honeywell expands the concept of MAC with its Integrated MAC (I-MAC) concept that provides value in the form of operational, business, and project readiness from the early stages of a project through the operational phase of the plant.
Best Practices to Support and Maintain Advanced Solutions
By Honeywell Process Solutions
There are potential challenges and pitfalls of supporting advanced solutions across the areas of process optimization, blending, alarm management, asset management, manufacturing execution systems, and more. This paper describes best practices that help avoid them.
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| Resources & Literature |
ABB cpmPlus smartClient Video
The cpmPlus Smart Client is a true thin client that seamlessly retrieves data from ABB's System 800xA and connected third-party systems, and displays it over the web via Internet Explorer. Displays are available inside or outside of the plant facility, as long as a connection to the plant exists (i.e., VPN). This video shows how it works.
AutomationDirect Industrial Automation Product Reference Catalog
Desk Reference contains detailed product descriptions complemented by plenty of technical illustrations, step-by-step procedures for selecting various PLC hardware and software, PC-based control, operator interface, motor contactors, drives, sensing equipment, connection systems, and much more.
Infoteam's OpenPCS PLC software available for free
Version 6.2.1 of OpenPCS IEC 61131-3 automation suite is free of charge and needs no registration.
Nol-Tec offers emergency service for industrial controls and systems
Nol-Tec’s 24/7 Emergency Service provides around the clock support when a machine, process or production line is down.
Rexroth adds podcasts to Lean Production Resource Kit
Each podcast episode presents guest experts and information to help manufacturers and OEMs understand and apply lean principles and practices in their businesses.
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| Application Stories |
ABB System 800xA helps turn food waste into fuel
Small bioethanol plants in Finland are using local food waste to make a low-carbon gasoline and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks.
Experion stabilises energy consumption
South Africa Instrumentation & Control, July 2009
Honeywell provided engineering software and services to design and implement advanced process controls on a Yara Belle Plaine nitric acid plant in Saskatchewan that was recently migrated to Experion. The system controls the amount of NOx emissions leaving the combustor while minimising the consumption of fuel gas.
ABB analyzers improve gasoline blending at Bahrain Petroleum
An ABB FTIR analyzer was installed in November 2008 at the 250,000 barrel a day oil refinery of Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in the Middle East.
Emerson improves production efficiency for Pernod Ricard Nordic
Emerson was responsible for the front-end engineering and design (FEED), and installation of PlantWeb, DeltaV, HART communications, AMS software and intelligent devices.
Migration Boosts Batch Operations
Chemical Processing, July 2009
By John Bryant, Arkema, and Mike Vernak, Rockwell Automation
Arkema was running half of its plant on a 28-year-old legacy distributed control system (DCS) and the other half on a 15-year-old version of the same system. Akema replaced both with a PlantPAx process automation system from Rockwell Automation.
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| Featured Training |
Webinar: Wireless and Your DCS - Are You Ready?
September 29, 2009 1:00 p.m. EST
Webinar examines the many ways wireless communications can be integrated into a control architecture, what different backhaul technologies mean, and how security is not an absolute. $40.
WBF Expert Seminars during ISA Expo
October 5-6, 2009 Houston, Texas
Seminars include Non-Stop 88 - Applying Batch Methods to Continuous and Discrete Processes; and "Getting Real" with ISA95 and B2MML: Implementation Case Studies. Price: $695 each.
Practical Boiler Control and Instrumentation
November 16-17, 2009 Edmonton, Canada
This 2-day workshop introduces the basic practices of controls systems and safety controls for industrial steam generating boilers. Price: $1150
Practical Instrumentation for Automation and Process Control
November 19-20, Montreal, Canada
Workshop is for engineers and technicians who need to have a practical knowledge of selection, installation and commissioning of industrial instrumentation and control valves. Price: $1150.
Automation Training offers Profibus courses
Automation Training now provides a comprehensive course covering the basics of the PROFIBUS protocol, hardware, cabling, setup and programming.
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| Company & Organizational News |
ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute elects officers
Dan Sheflin from Honeywell was selected as the Institute’s first Chairman and Dr. Penny Chen from Yokogawa was selected as the Institute’s first Vice-Chairman.
ARC says ABB has leading DCS market share worldwide
The ARC study reports that the explosive growth that characterized the DCS (distributed control system) market up until 2008 is gone due to the global economic crisis.
Longwatch signs Industrial Network Systems as systems integrator
Longwatch signed Industrial Network Systems as its distributor and systems integrator in Illinois, Indiana, Western Kentucky and Eastern Missouri.
Byres Security supplies Tofino to Honeywell
Honeywell selected Tofino technology for its OneWireless Firewall. The product filters bi-directional network traffic, allowing only wireless I/O on both directions, while blocking other data types.
Honeywell expands Customer Solutions Center in Houston
The 76,000 sq ft center houses technicians, project managers and senior engineers who assemble and test complex automation systems destined for U.S. and international locations.
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| Project News |
ABB to control green pulp processing plant in China
ABB will provide automation systems and related services to help Chinese papermaker Shandong Huatai Corporation improve wood pulp production lines.
Honeywell to upgrade controls at sugar producer in Turkey
Honeywell will upgrade the Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) at Konya Sugar’s Cumra production site.
Emerson to automate Water Reclamation District of Chicago
Emerson will install Ovation expert control technology to monitor and control solids processes at the MWRDGC.
ABB to control Podilsky Cement plant expansion in Ukraine
ABB will supply electrical and automation equipment including intelligent motor control centers, instrumentation and System 800xA for complete plant control.
Invensys to provide advanced process control for Chilean smelter
Invensys is providing multivariable advanced process control (APC) solutions to Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer.
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| Featured Events |
Emerson User Exchange
September 28-October 2, 2009 Orlando, Florida
Emerson Global Users Exchange is more than an industry-leading technical conference…it is a community of manufacturing leaders committed to extracting the most from their automation investment…and sharing their learning with each other.
ISA EXPO 2009
October 6-10, 2009 Houston, Texas
ISA EXPO is focused on the technology and techniques of automation and control. Organized around the six core themes central to automation and control, ISA EXPO 2009 provides attendees unlimited opportunity to explore key technologies, discover professional growth, and interact with like minded professionals.
MESA 2009 European Conference
October 27-29, 2009 Utrecht, The Netherlands
This year’s European MESA Plant-to-Enterprise Conference will focus on the theme, Survive to Thrive, and how companies on either end of the spectrum need to think, act, and engage in today’s and tomorrow’s global economic realities.
Remote 2009 Conference & Expo
October 29-30, 2009 San Antonio, Texas
Remote 2009 Conference and Expo will focus on the leading advancements for the monitoring and management of distributed equipment and facilities, remote assets, automated process & system controls and device networks.
Automation Fair 2009
November 11-12, 2009 Anaheim, California
At this two-day event, attend in-depth technical sessions, workshops, and hands-on labs. Visit more than 100 exhibits and displays. Learn best practices at specialized industry forums.
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