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Emerson Process Management extends its asset management leadership by reducing the complexity of today’s plant environment through tools that help plant management make better business decisions. AMS Suite - Asset Performance Management (APM) now combines predictive intelligence with asset reliability information and decision support, for smarter business decisions. It adds real-time analytics and reporting that enable new levels of insight into asset performance for continuous improvement.

Siemens Industry Automation Division has developed a new ultrasonic flowmeter for the hydrocarbon industry, the Sitrans FUT1010. It features the nearly maintenance-free TransLoc mounting system that allows the transducers to be mounted on the outside of the pipe, preventing contact with the medium.

Companies in the process industry face a challenging business environment with increased pressure to provide improved safety while at the same time reducing costs and increasing operational efficiency. To achieve their goals, successful companies plan and manage their operational risks. They do more with less; they avoid regulatory fines, production shutdowns, equipment damage, and injury to personnel.

Emerson Process Management has expanded the capabilities of its CSI 9420 Wireless Vibration Transmitter to deliver more detailed information for machinery analysis. In addition to sending operators direct alerts on high vibration caused by faults like cavitation or bearing defects, the CSI 9420 can now also use Emerson's reliable Smart Wireless network to send high resolution spectra to vibration experts for detailed diagnosis of machinery issues.

Emerson Process Management has released the ROC800L liquid hydrocarbon remote controller. Designed to measure and control a wide range of liquid hydrocarbons including crude oil, refined products, specialty products, lubricating oils, and light hydrocarbons, the ROC800L is ideal for applications from oil well testing and net oil computations to custody transfer and leak detection.

At Festo, all signs point to growth: in the first half-year of 2010, the performance leader in automation technology recorded the highest number of new orders in the company’s history. “With us, every customer finds the right solution,” says Dr. Eberhard Veit, Chairman of the Management Board of Festo AG, explaining the rapidly growing demand.

The real-time Ethernet SafetyNET p has been accepted within the IEC 61158 and IEC 61784-2 as an internationaler standard. Within the standard series IES 61158, the basis communication of field busses has been standardised. During this process, standard communication profiles for industrial communication are defined. SafetyNET p has been accepted as a Type 22. The standard series IEC 61784-2, which evaluates the real-time communication of an Ethernet based system, has been extended to include the communication profile CPF 18, which describes SafetyNET p. In doing so, both performance classes were listed, RTFL as CP 18-1 and RTFN as CP 18-2. The RTFN principle uses standard Ethernet hardware and enables communication cycles of approx. 1 millisecond. The RTFL principle is optimised ...

The user organisation welcomes the applications of five new companies for membership in the open forum for safety and automation. With the Italian companies, NUM SpA and Conductix Wampfler, two new members have applied, who both manufacture automation components. Conductix-Wampfler is one of the world‘s leading specialists of systems for energy and data transfer for mobile equipment. NUM SpA is a provider of high-end CNC solutions. Both companies are looking toward supporting the safe real-time Ethernet System SafetyNET p in future with their own products. The three Japanese companies, Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo Automatic Machinery Works and Toppan Printing Co. are also new to the organisation. In future they will be supporting the distribution of the system SafetyNET p in ...

If you’re still using NTP, IRIG-B, or other protocols that fail to provide time accuracy down to the nanosecond level, you’re probably spending more time and money than you need on synchronizing your substation automation system (SAS). These outdated solutions generally require engineers to set up and maintain a separate and dedicated network to synchronize all the nodes in the power grid. The advent of Ethernet-enabled IEDs, merging units (MUs), and protection devices has prompted substation engineers to look to Ethernet protocols for new ways to synchronize their networks. Thanks to the IEEE 1588 v2 precision time protocol that was ratified in 2008 and included in the IEC 61850 Edition 2 communication standard for electrical substation automation, you can use ...

Hilscher consolidates the position of the netTAP 100 gateway in the asian market with the release of the CC-Link Slave protocol. Conversions to PROFIBUS, PROFINET, EtherCAT, Modbus TCP, SERCOS III, POWERLINK, Ethernet/IP, CANopen und DeviceNet are available. Whether it is slave-to-slave or master-to-slave conversion, the protocols are loadable to the gateway any possible combination. Read on for more details in the product section netTAP on the gateway pages NT 100-RE-CC, NT 100-DP-CC, NT 100-CO-CC oder NT 100-DN-CC. Industrial plants today, from the office level to the sensor/actuator level are controlled by the most varied communication networks. We are far removed from the reality of the vertical integration of a unified network that extends over all levels The requirements of data ...