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FOUNDATION Fieldbus Seminar
Seminars are geared toward taking the mystery out of FOUNDATION fieldbus and attendees realize the true lifecycle benefits of the technology. Whether you are a new user contemplating your first fieldbus project, an experienced user trying to get the most out of your installation, or a systems integrator that wants to implement fieldbus successfully, these seminars are for you.
FOUNDATION Fieldbus Seminar
Seminars are geared toward taking the mystery out of FOUNDATION fieldbus and attendees realize the true lifecycle benefits of the technology. Whether you are a new user contemplating your first fieldbus project, an experienced user trying to get the most out of your installation, or a systems integrator that wants to implement fieldbus successfully, these seminars are for you.
ISA introduces enhanced suite of integrated industrial cybersecurity courses and certificate programs
InTechISA introduced an expanded suite of industrial automation and control system (IACS) cybersecurity training, including three new technical training courses with associated certificate programs. The three new ISA industrial cybersecurity training courses are: Assessing the Cybersecurity of New or Existing IACS Systems (IC33), IACS Cybersecurity Design and Implementation (IC34),
Water treatment plant solution solves DEP requirements and more
InTechBy Jim BarishAt Quality Life Services in Butler, Pa, a programmable logic controller–based control system was installed to connect the site’s existing wells to a new water treatment system and storage tower.
SUPCON upgrades SAMS DCS to FDT2
SAMS makes full use of the FDT Group developed and tested Common Components to ensure the best compliance and interoperability.
ABB announces Loop Tuning Accelerator Service
Service reduces the time between diagnosing control loop issues and tuning the loops to improve performance.
FSG introduces MH8-GS63 safe absolute encoders
The devices are designed for operation in hazardous environments and for applications with safety-related requirements as per SIL2 and PLd.
Knick introduces PTFE SensoGate retractable fittings
SensoGate WA 132/133 fittings are for measuring pH, conductivity or oxygen in chemically highly aggressive process media.
Datapaq enhances Insight data logger software
Version 8.0 supports the DATAPAQ TP3 loggers with up to 20 thermocouple channels.
Honeywell updates Experion LX DCS
Enhancements include improvements to batch control, SCADA and ASM compliant displays.
PACTware upgraded to FDT2
PACTware 5.0 is based on the FDT2 standard.
A New Software Approach to Proven In Use Data Analysis
Learn how software developments are being utilized in the collection Proven In Use (PIU) data and the self-certification of devices. Two of the industry’s top process safety experts will share their insights in this exclusive webinar, which includes an extended Q&A session so you can get expert advice on the spot.
Emerson releases 8750W magnetic flowmeter
Rosemount 8750W is ideal for water distribution in any process plant, cooling and heating water, water management, influent and effluent flows, wastewater, and desalination
Sanitary Food Packaging Concepts-Food Safety Training
Learn how to protect food packaging from adulteration, types of packages, facility requirements, packaging equipment, personnel sanitation, and more.
The Anatomy of a Cyber Security Assessment
Design NewsBy Rob SpeigelOver the last five years, the DuPont Co. has regularly monitored all aspects of the security of its Sabine River Works plant on the Gulf Coast of Texas. The plant produces ethylene copolymers used in plastic packaging. The monitoring process began with a full security assessment. The assessment focused heavily – though not exclusively – on cyber threats.
Wireless Field Measurement Takes Next Step
Pipeline and Gas Journal By Kevin L. FinnanFor process monitoring applications, the wireless revolution has come of age. Wireless transmitters are now very commonly applied to measurements of level, pressure and temperature at compressors, gathering lines, separators, rod pumps and well-head “trees.”
Design an optimized circuit for HART-enabled 4 to 20mA inputs
Embedded Computing DesignBy Derrick Hartmann and Michal Brychta, Analog DevicesTo fully realize all the benefits HART can bring, the sensor/actuator must be connected to a control system with HART enabled current inputs or outputs.
Analog front ends for gas sensors
Embedded Computing DesignBy Swati Garg and Rahul Raj Sharma, Cypress SemiconductorAdvances in modern semiconductor technology have empowered us to design low-cost and low-power sensing solutions to make our homes, offices, and lives safer by keeping a check on the gas levels in our surroundings.
Plant Safety Breaks the Cost-Savings Barrier
Design NewsBy Rob SpeigelThe profile of plant safety has risen in recent years. Manufacturing executives are well aware that safety infractions can be costly to the company’s reputation. Plus, a safe plant is a plant with fewer interruptions.
Finding Support for Legacy Control Systems
Automation WorldBy Michael BelfioreSometimes it makes better economic sense to maintain legacy control systems than to upgrade to new ones. But finding the parts, know-how and other support for keeping them alive can present challenges.
Oil Industry Issues & Automation Innovations
By Bill Lydon, EditorA major theme of the recent Siemens Oil & Gas Innovations Summit was the need to apply automation to lower operations and production cost. More automation will enable producers to deal more easily with the cost pressures of the oil and gas industry.
Rotork to supply valve actuators to South East Water
South East Water serves a population of 2.1 million, supplying safe, high quality drinking water to 880,000 properties in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire and Hampshire.
Ultra Electronics adds DNP3 to CyberFence security software
The capability dynamically inspects and validates all DNP3 communications, adding previously unavailable security to counter vulnerable pathways in the SCADA systems used by most water and electric utilities.
OSI to manage electric distribution for Florida's Lakeland Electric
OSI was awarded a contract by Lakeland Electric to integrate an Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS).
Phoenix Contact releases Valueline 2 industrial PCs
VL2 has a gull-wing access door, which reduces maintenance time and also provides easy access to the PCI/PCI-e card.
Fluke introduces 6270A Pressure Controller/Calibrator
The 6270A features pressure ranges from low differential pressure to 20 MPa (3,000 psi), which covers the requirements of most gauges and sensors.
ISA publishes book on Fire and Gas Systems
The Performance-based Fire and Gas Systems Engineering Handbook is a guide to designing and implementing performance-based Fire and Gas Systems (FGS) for process industries.
R Stahl adds Movicon software to HMI
ET-208 operator interface is now available with Movicon HMI visualisation software solution for complex engineering tasks.
Clipboards are out!
By Cindy Hollenbeck, SoftPLC Protocol gateways make IoT efficient, accurate, and low costHaving complete and current data about any process can result in better decision making. By capturing and centralizing information from all the pieces/parts of production and doing so in a timely, automatic, non-intrusive manner, analytics programs can find places for these improvements.
NI announces CompactRIO, FlexRIO and Single-Board RIO controllers
All three are based on the open, flexible LabVIEW reconfigurable I/O (RIO) architecture.
NI releases CompactDAQ controllers
4- and 8-slot CompactDAQ controllers feature quad-core processing, a 14-slot USB 3.0 CompactDAQ Chassis, DIAdem 2015 and DataFinder Server Edition 2015.
National Instruments announces LabVIEW 2015 system design software
The latest version of LabVIEW delivers speed improvements, development shortcuts, and debugging tools to empower developers to efficiently interact with the systems they create.
GP:50 releases Model 136/236/336 DP transducers
The digitally compensated Model 136/236/336 Series can measure differential pressures as low as 20” WCD and line pressures up to 1000 PSID (69 BAR), with accuracies of up to ±0.05% FSO.
T&D introduces TR-71nw temperature data logger
The 2 Channel TR-71nw supports automated, error-free data collection, remote monitoring and alerting with a simple Ethernet LAN connection.
Phoenix Contact adds rack-mount industrial PCs
The configurable 19-inch rack-mount PCs come in both 2U and 4U form factors.
Hannover Messe 2016
With the leading trade fairs taking place in parallel, HANNOVER MESSE covers a wider range of themes and exhibits than any other event – R&D, industrial automation and IT, industrial supply, production engineering and services, as well as energy and environmental technology. in 2016, the USA is making its debut as the Partner Country at the world’s largest industrial technology event.
20th Annual ARC Industry Forum
Join us at the 20th annual ARC Industry Forum to learn more about how this industrial transformation will unfold. Discover what other companies are doing today to prepare for the new age of industrial innovation and how they expect to improve their business performance by doing so.
BelGAS adds stainless steel pressure regulators
Stainless steel versions of Type P95H, P98H and P627 regulators work in corrosive environments.
Boulting upgrades pumps at 90 year-old pump station
The original pumps are connected to new high performance motors and gearboxes, close to the oldest static steam driven pump, which will be kept as a museum piece.
GP:50 Announces iDucer Wireless Pressure Transmitter
iDucer is a battery or locally powered, self-contained pressure transmitter with Bluetooth 4.0 wireless output.
AESolutions updates aeShield with aeFacilitator safety lifecycle management software
aeShield and aeFacilitator enable different personnel/groups throughout organizations to transfer data to support the entire process safety lifecycle from hazard analysis all the way through to Management of Change.
Emerson adds vibration energy harvester to wireless pressure transmitters
Rosemount 3051S wireless pressure transmitters use energy harvesting to provide external power, helping operators decrease maintenance time and costs
Rockwell releases AADvance Eurocard process safety system
AADvance meets the functional safety requirements for Safety Integrity Level 3 (SIL 3) and is compliant with IEC 61508: 2010, Parts 1-7.
Phoenix Contact releases TP 3000 Touch-panel HMI
Screen sizes range from 5.7 to 15 inches, with certain panels available in a 16:9 aspect-ratio wide screen.
Bud Introduces PTQ plastic NEMA 4 enclosure
The enclosure is available in 10 sizes ranging from 5.91 inches. x 5.91 inches. x 3.34 inches. to 24.8 inches. x 20.87 inches. x 10.04 inches.
Web seminar: How to calibrate temperature instruments
ISA and Beamex will co-host a free web seminar 1 September 2015 on how to calibrate temperature instruments.
NEMA says Business Conditions Rebounded Sharply in July
NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Conditions Index (EBCI) for current conditions in North America improved by more than 20 points, marking an abrupt change of direction following three consecutive months of decline.
Panduit Acquires IntraVUE Network Diagnostic Software
IntraVUE provides the capability to identify and report information critical to improving uptime of the Industrial Ethernet infrastructure.
Exida publishes Safety Equipment Reliablity Handbook - 4th Edition
The SERH database provides a collection of failure rate data that is applicable for use in Safety Instrumented System (SIS) conceptual design verification in the process industry.
Emerson releases 1552WU Smart Wireless Gateway
1552WU is a Wi-Fi access point that connects WirelessHART sensors to the control network.
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