June 2007 Contents
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Cover Story
Fault-Free Fieldbus
To avoid any implementation headaches with that new fieldbus system, consider all options and specify the correct hardware at the beginning, recommends Desmond Ho.
Many new oil refineries, chemical plants and other major process plants in Asia are being controlled with fieldbus-based distributed control systems (DCS) from Emerson Process Management, Yokogawa, Si...
Editor Comment
Oil strike
Bob Gill, Group Editor
This month sees the 11th Asian Oil and Gas & Petrochemical Engineering Exhibition, better known as OGA 2007, taking place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Reflecting the boom times in the oil & gas sector, ...
Inside Process
Hazardous Area Sensors
UL, CSA, FM, ATEX – just some of the certification standards for sensors used in hazardous parts of the plant, but as Jeanine Katzel explains, there are increasing demands for harmonization to meet the needs of global manufacturers.
Sensors pervade our lives. From the appliances in our homes to the automobiles that move us from place to place to the automation and control systems that operate and monitor our industrial processes,...
Interview
EXECUTIVE INSIGHT: Getting Closer to the Customer
Understand the industry, the key issues faced by the customer, and how your solutions can bring value and improve the bottom line, says S. Ravikrishnan, Asia Pacific Business Leader for Infrastructure, Power & Energy, Rockwell Automation.
CEA: I understand that you have been in this position for just over a year now?SR: Yes, I joined Rockwell Automation in ...
News
Advantech solutions on show
An opportunity to share experience, get an update on technology trends, and explore new applications. That is why the annual Solution Day event held by automation supplier Advantech is worth attending...
Beckhoff sees sales strengthen
A strategy of "openness for new markets and new technologies" led to strong growth rates of 26 percent over the past financial year, said Germany’s Beckhoff Automation when revealing its 2006 worldwid...
Honeywell supplies process automation to BASF
Honeywell has been awarded a contract to provide its Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) to the Ludwigshafen (Germany) site of chemical giant BASF. The site is the world’s largest chemical produc...
Fieldbus Foundation Expands Safety Test Sites
The Fieldbus Foundation HAS announced that its FOUNDATION for Safety Instrumented Functions (SIF) demonstration project has been expanded to include multiple end user locations around the world. Plan...
Invensys recognized for Qatar RasGas project
Invensys Process Systems has been recognized by RasGas as one of three key vendors contributing to the successful completion of the RasGas Phase 1 Expansion Project in Qatar. At the Awards Dinner hel...
MTL acquires wireless solutions provider
The MTL Instruments Group plc (MTL) is buying Elpro International, an Australian based developer and supplier of wireless solutions targeted at applications in the process control, manufacturing and u...
Siemens appoints new CEO
Peter Löscher, 49, currently President of Global Human Health, Merck & Co. will be the new President and CEO of Siemens. Löscher will take office on July 1, one day after Dr Klaus Kleinfeld steps down...
Zigbee potential in energy management
The ZigBee Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy, residential, commercial and industrial applications, has announced its members are joining forces an...
Wireless USB a ‘key development’
The Universal Serial Bus (USB) saw continued success in 2006, but 2007 is going to be a milestone as wireless USB (WUSB) products are expected to hit the market around mid-year, reports market researc...
DuPont chooses GE Fanuc
GE Fanuc Automation has announced that its Proficy Plant Applications suite of Production Management products has been named a solution-of-choice for complex manufacturing systems within DuPont. Profi...
Oil & Gas event in KL
Billed as Asia’s Premier Petroleum Show, OGA 2007, the 11th Asian Oil and Gas & Petrochemical Engineering Exhibition, takes place 13-15 June at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia. An...
Industrial networking growth highest in Asia-Pacific
Venture Development Corporation (VDC) finds healthy growth prospects for the worldwide $1.7 billion industrial wireline networking infrastructure market. According to the recently published research s...
Opportunities for MEMS sensors
The reliability, scalability, sensitivity, and cost-effectiveness offered by micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology provides viable sensor solutions for industrial automation, says a new r...
Inside Information
Clustering Answers the Central Question
By adopting a clustering approach, the apparent contradiction between centralization and localization of process control can be resolved. By Frost & Sullivan.
A perennial dilemma facing senior management of most large process plants concerns centralization/localization of the control systems, specifically: • What balance can we strike between the ne...
New Solutions
ADVANTECH: Fast, robust Ethernet switch
An eight-port industrial Ethernet switch with 2 Gb fiber optic/copper combo ports, the EKI-7629C from Advantech also comes with an I...
YOKOGAWA: Process monitoring camera system
Yokogawa enhances its IP-based CCTV system, Fieldeye, used for process monitoring in harsh and severe environments. Fully integrated to the Yo...
COGNEX: Simplify part inspection
The just released Checker 200 series models from Cognex are designed to be as simple to set up as the Checker 101, but much more capable a...
SIEMENS: Software solution for PAT
With Sipat, Siemens launches a software solution to support the application of Process Analytical Technology (PAT) in the pharmaceut...
EMERSON: Portable machinery health monitor
Emerson Process Management announces what it calls “a new innovation” for plant-wide predictive machinery health monitoring. Able t...
PEPPERL+FUCHS: Fieldbus segment protector
The new series R2 Segment Protector from Pepperl+Fuchs is an intelligent wiring block designed to add simplicity, speed and safety t...
HIRSCHMANN: Network software links with SCADA
Hirschmann Automation and Control announces a new version of the Industrial HiVision network management software – Operator Edition 3.0. Wi...
KORENIX: Dual-mode Power-over-Ethernet
With claims to be the first industrial managed, dual-mode PoE power sourcing switch in the world, the JetNet 4706 from Korenix is a...
Inside Inspection
The Strobe Solution
Dave Appleton reveals the secret to capturing crisp images of fast-moving items with machine vision cameras.
If you are building systems to capture images of objects on a production line, the chance is that you will have to snap images on the fly. If you are not using strobe lighting you are either paying to...
