What comes to mind when you hear the word “app”? WhatsApp? TikTok? Linked-in? Broadening our scope from these examples that deliver entertainment and connection, what can apps do for users in the process industries? Quite simply, an app is an application software that generates benefits for the user - on your mobile device, in the cloud or on a server 'under the desk'. Let’s take a look at three apps for process instrumentation, exploring their different approaches as well as their advantages.
Standardization provides the basis for digitizing the process plant
FDT 3.0 provides the standardized universal solution for open automation integration, configuration, monitoring and mobility
Cloud-based, smart solutions deliver transparent, digital communication. ProMinent’s web-based platform ensures safe monitoring of system statuses and process data in the cloud from any location. This allows operators in various sectors to improve their process reliability and system efficiency.
The DCS has been the link to production information from the plant floor for decades. We interviewed Mark Taft from ABB who gives a review on DCS technology, digital transformation, and sustainable production.
Introduction of new category of collaborative robot arm
Decentralized acquisition of intrinsically safe signals from zones 0/20 and 1/21
Modular system allows for easy mounting and service in the field
Highspeed Ethernet up to 1 km with 2-wire cables
Firmware update adds web server functions, “HCiR” and parallel access to HART devices to Ethernet gateways
User-friendly applications for a wide range of process engineering operations
The topics to be discussed this year are more relevant than ever. Kay Petermann from IEN D-A-CH interviewed Dr. Jochen Köckler, Chairman of the Managing Board, Deutsche Messe AG, on the comeback of the fair as a live event.
Cost-efficient switches with M12 Power
Users in process automation have the most to gain from insight through data from sensors and actuators. This is where the advanced physical layer for Ethernet, short Ethernet-APL comes in, the data highway to the field of process plants. Many questions must be answered when deploying Ethernet-APL for the first time. This article discusses topologies for Ethernet-APL that can be realized with currently available infrastructure components.
Futureproof secure switches in a broad range of configurations
Block I/O series with ex-approval enables cabinet-free modularization right into ATEX Zone 0
Food-compatible lubricants in all axes avoid potential contamination
For the automation of different valve types in the chemical industry
Entry-level model for simpler automation applications based on the JUPITER platform.
Ex approved block I/O series for cabinet-free modularization right into ATEX Zone 0.
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