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Freedom to Choose. Power to Integrate.Freedom to Choose. Power to Integrate.In This Issue:

z Understanding HSE Benefits

z Top 10 Myths About Fieldbus

z Industry Leaders Advance EDDL

z TÜV Approves Safety Specifications

z Latest Fieldbus Diagnostic Tools

z Choosing An Isolation Technique

z “Fast Track” To Fieldbus Training

z Fieldbus Product Highlights And News

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O n behalf of the Fieldbus Foundation, I’d like to thankthose in the control industry who have joined us in supporting FOUNDATION fieldbus. During the past decade,

the fieldbus end user community has grown to include many of the world’s leading industrial manufacturers. And almost every major supplier of plant automation equipment has now implemented our technology.

Adoption of FOUNDATION fieldbus is increasing at an unprece-dented rate — and for good reason. Fieldbus-based solutionsprovide end users with the freedom to choose best-in-classcontrol products meeting specific application requirements —and the power to integrate those tools into their enterprisemodel.

The previous year saw impressive gains for the FieldbusFoundation and its members. Key milestones included:

• Market GrowthThe results of a research study showed strong growth for

FOUNDATION fieldbus throughout the process control market.More than 625,000 FOUNDATION-compliant devices, and 10,000fieldbus systems, have been shipped or installed to date.Growth is occurring across all global market areas, includingJapan, Australia, Africa and Europe, and in all industries,including power, pharmaceutical, mining and pulp & paper.

• EDDL CooperationThe OPC Foundation joined the Fieldbus Foundation, HART

Communication Foundation and PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation e.V.as a member of the ECT (EDD Cooperation Team). OPC hasstandardized on EDD as the core data element of its emergingUnified Architecture Standard. The leading global user groupsalso formed a joint team that will support on-going mainte-nance of EDD, including assurance that current and futureenhancements to the technology are included in internationalstandards.

• SIS ApprovalTÜV Rheinland Industrie Service GmbH, Automation,

Software and Information Technology, an independent andaccredited testing agency, granted Protocol Type Approval forour Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) specifications. Thefoundation’s SIS specifications are in compliance with the IEC61508 standard requirements up to, and including, SafetyIntegrity Level 3 (SIL3). With the TÜV Protocol Type Approval,FOUNDATION technology has been extended to provide a compre-hensive solution for safety instrumented systems. Supplierscan now build FOUNDATION fieldbus devices in compliance withIEC 61508.

• NeSSI AdoptionFOUNDATION fieldbus was adopted as the communications

standard for the New Sampling Sensor Initiative (NeSSI).FOUNDATION fieldbus for Intrinsically Safe (IS) operation was alsoincorporated into the NeSSI Generation II Draft Specification.After more than two years of investigation, members of theCenter for Process Analytical Chemistry (CPAC) and the NeSSIcommittee concluded that FOUNDATION fieldbus is the right net-work communication architecture to achieve the goals of theNeSSI project, including the need for intrinsically safe operation.

• Expanded TrainingIn response to increased end user adoption of FOUNDATION

fieldbus, the Fieldbus Foundation added two certified fieldbustraining sites: Yanshan Simulation Training Center (operated bySINOPEC Corp.) in Beijing, China; and Tri-State University inAngola, Indiana, USA. Also new in 2005: a FOUNDATION

fieldbus seminar program offering instructional workshops inkey locations worldwide.

• HSE/FFB DemonstrationISP, a major global producer of industrial chemical products,

hosted a field demonstration of FOUNDATION fieldbus High SpeedEthernet (HSE) and Flexible Function Block (FFB) technology atits Lima, Ohio, USA, 1,4-butanediol (BDO) plant. The live eventshowed how automated process plants can move beyond outdated legacy systems in favor of a distributed fieldbus architecture enabling robust, reliable control at the field level.

• Global MarketingThe foundation’s European, Middle East, Africa Executive

Advisory Council was established to provide leadership of marketing activities supporting the adoption of fieldbus-basedproducts and systems by the region’s end users. The group ofsenior executives is committed to accelerating the growth inadoption of the technology across all industries.

In this publication, FIELDBUS REPORT, you can learn moreabout the performance improvements — and business benefits— offered by FOUNDATION fieldbus. Find out how this versatile,enabling technology is providing end users worldwide with the“Freedom to Choose” and the “Power to Integrate.”

All the best,

Rich TimoneyPresident & CEOFieldbus Foundation

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Table Of Contents

FeaturesUnderstanding The Benefits Of High Speed Ethernet 6HSE provides backbone for integrated architecture

Top 10 Myths About FOUNDATION Technology 11Everything you need to know about fieldbus

FOUNDATION Fieldbus Dominates Middle East 14New projects demonstrate growing adoption rate

Industry Cooperation Advances EDDL 16“Technology of choice” offers powerful new features

TÜV Rheinland Approves Safety Instrumented Systems 18FOUNDATION protocol now supports SIL3 protection

Diagnostic Tools Ensure System Reliability 21How to monitor device and physical layer performance

Isolation Techniques With Segment Barriers 23Solutions for isolating and protecting fieldbus networks

Oil & Gas Producers Install Fieldbus Offshore 26Projects benefit from improved performance and reliability

Installations Demonstrate Fieldbus Growth 28Adoption rate on the rise in Europe and Middle East

End User Training: Get On The Fast Track Today 30Don’t delay — advanced digital control is here!

Looking Back At A Fieldbus Success Story 32Deten marks 10 years as first commercial installation

Latest Fieldbus Product Highlights 33Choose “best-in-class” devices for your application

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FIELDBUS REPORT is published by the Fieldbus Foundation, 9005 Mountain Ridge Drive,Bowie Bldg – Suite 190, Austin, TX 78759. (Phone 512-794-8890, Fax 512-794-8893).Address all correspondence to Editorial at the same address. Printed in the United States. © 2006 Fieldbus Foundation. All rights reserved. The contents of this publication may notbe reproduced in whole or part without consent of the copyright owner.

FIELDBUS APPLICATION GUIDESAVAILABLEThe Fieldbus Foundation offers a selection of comprehensive Application Guides that can helpend users get on the “Fast Track to Fieldbus.” These documents provide valuable information

regarding fieldbus installation procedures, wiring guidelines, network isolation techniques, and more.

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Understanding The BenefitsOf High Speed Ethernet

T oday, end users are seeking an open process control environment that allows for integration of their plant’s automation systems, subsystems, applications and devices.They want solutions providing the “Freedom to Choose” and the “Power to Integrate”

across the enterprise — without the need for proprietary or specialized hardware and software to effectively interconnect devices supplied by different vendors.

HSE provides backbone forintegrated architecture

HSE enhances access to FOUNDATION fieldbusH1 technology in continuous control

environments, while providing expanded capabilities in the

high-speed process automation and

hybrid/batch arenas.

The Fieldbus Foundation answeredthe market’s demand for an open,integrated control architecturewith its High Speed Ethernet (HSE)technology. Running at 100 Mbit/s,HSE combines with the founda-tion’s existing H1 (31.25 kbit/s)fieldbus protocol to provide acomplete, complementary fieldbussolution: H1 for continuous control,and HSE for high-performancecontrol applications and plantinformation integration.

End users with continuous andtime-critical plant automationapplications are the main benefi-ciaries of the HSE development.HSE enhances access toFOUNDATION fieldbus H1 technologyin continuous control environ-ments, while providing expandedcapabilities in the high-speedprocess automation and hybrid/batch arenas.

HSE is an international stan-dard (IEC 61158) providing tightintegration and a free exchange ofinformation across the plantenterprise. The HSE solution issuperior to proprietary, Ethernet-based technologies since it provides end users with fullaccess to data, high reliability,low costs, and ease of use.

A closer look at the technology

Within the FOUNDATION fieldbusarchitecture, HSE functions as ahigh-speed backbone for device,subsystem and enterprise inte-gration. It supports the entirerange of fieldbus capabilities,including standard function blocksand Device Descriptions (DDs), aswell as new application-specificFlexible Function Blocks (FFBs) foradvanced process and discrete/hybrid/batch applications.

HSE’s primary functionsinclude:

• Control network (controller to controller, and controllers to data servers)

• Remote I/O network (I/O sub-system to controller)

• Horizontal integration (systemto system)

HSE provides the same bene-fits as H1 fieldbus, but at the control level instead of the devicelevel. It supports interoperabilitybetween disparate controllers andgateways in the same way that H1supports interoperability between

transmitters and positioners fromdifferent suppliers. Because HSEcontrollers use the fieldbus function block diagram languagebased on the graphical IEC 61804standard, the control strategy inthese controllers can be pro-grammed from a common systemtool.

According to Jonas Berge,Singapore operations director forSmar International, HSE is theonly choice for true device inter-operability. “Some users believethat anything with TCP/IP andEthernet can interoperate withany other Ethernet and TCP/IPdevice. This is not the case,” saidBerge. “Because there are thou-sands of protocols over Ethernetand TCP/IP, most of these prod-ucts are not interoperable. What is needed is a standard applica-tion layer — that is what HSE provides.”

Eugenio da Silva Neto, Con-trolCare product manager forEndress+Hauser Process SolutionsAG, has a similar view of HSE.“HSE is an open and enablingtechnology that provides verticaland horizontal integration, as wellas interoperability at the controllevel,” da Silva Neto said. “It is theonly open, Ethernet-based tech-nology that really supports distrib-uted/decentralized control. There-fore, there is no competition forHSE except proprietary solutionsfrom system vendors.”

A key component in theFOUNDATION fieldbus architecture, theHSE linking device incorporatesboth bridge and gateway func-tions. Linking devices are used to interconnect H1 fieldbus seg-ments and provide access to theHSE backbone running at either100 Mbit/s or 1 Gbit/s. The bridgefunction allows H1 devices con-nected to transmission ports onthe linking device to communicatepeer-to-peer without the need forhost system intervention.

FFBs, another unique feature ofHSE technology, are intended foradvanced process and discretecontrol, and integration of remoteI/O and other subsystems. FFBsprovide two primary functions ofinterest to users. First, they allowHSE devices to be programmedfor logic using the IEC 61131-3languages. Second, they enablecomplex package unit logic to be

encapsulated and displayed asone simple block.

The use of FFBs also enhancesthe ability to move control func-tionality to the field — a uniqueand important characteristic ofFOUNDATION fieldbus. This strategyeliminates the need for propri-etary unit controllers in manyapplications, and in doing so,decreases equipment costs andspace requirements. Distributingcontrol to the field also minimizesthe effects of any loss or failure ofsupervisory control.

Robust, reliable performance

HSE technology was designed“from the ground up” to supportfault-tolerant networks and linkingdevices used in mission-criticalmonitoring and control applica-

tions. All or part of an HSE networkand devices can be made redun-dant to achieve the level of faulttolerance required for a particularapplication.

HSE also supports IntrinsicSafety (I.S.) requirements in haz-ardous environments through itsoptional use of fiber optic media.A fiber optic line connects theEthernet network with HSE linkingdevices located in protectiveenclosures near hazardous areasof the process. With the linkingdevices handling unit and batchcontrol functions in the field, theuser is able to reduce the need forrack-mounted I/O equipment andcontrollers.

Berge believes that the robust,reliable performance of HSE is thedriving force behind its growing

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A key component in the FOUNDATION fieldbus architecture, the HSE linking device incorporates both bridge and gateway functions.

Linking devices are used to interconnect H1 fieldbus segments and provide access to the HSE backbone.

global adoption. He said, “Theprocess control industry has veryhigh demands for availability that are not met with singleEthernet, or even a ring topology.Only HSE offers a standard solu-tion with ‘DCS style’ redundancywith two separate networks.Thus, it provides the fault toler-ance that end users need andwon’t find elsewhere.”

Greater flexibility and lowercosts

To achieve superior cost/per-formance and maximum flexibility,HSE employs Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Ethernet com-ponents and wiring. Fiber opticmedia can be used to run the HSE backbone through noisy orhazardous environments. AlthoughHSE was developed for controlnetworks running at 100 Mbit/s,it can support network speeds of1 Gbit/s or higher, if needed.

HSE’s use of COTS Ethernet,as well as standard Ethernet

wire and fiber optic media, allowsEthernet networks of any topologyor size to be created. The HSEarchitecture utilizes standardEthernet protocols and isdesigned for efficient, high-speed communication of multipleH1 fieldbus messages across thebackbone.

In addition to serving as a control backbone, the HSE opennetwork architecture enablesintegration of plant data serverssuch as those based on OPC andMicrosoft’s Distributed interNetApplication for ManufacturingNetwork Architecture (DNA). Thispermits plant information to beavailable to Enterprise ResourcePlanning (ERP), asset manage-ment systems, data warehouses,and other application softwarepackages. The HSE Internet-basedcontrol integration solution enablescompanies to interconnect manu-facturing operations at differentlocations around the world.

Da Silva Neto noted: “HSE rep-

resents the backbone for processcontrol and plant asset manage-ment, but it’s also a powerfultool for integration with businessapplications via Web services and OPC.”

Growing industry support

HSE technology is gainingmomentum throughout theprocess control industry. Majorend users around the world areadopting HSE. Leading controlvendors are also coming onboard, with suppliers such asABB, Emerson Process Manage-ment, Endress+Hauser, Microcyber,National Instruments, RockwellAutomation, Softing AG and Smarnow offering registered HSE products.

At the same time, a growingnumber of automation vendorsare developing device manage-ment software supporting HSEtechnology. Rustin Ekness, direc-tor of sales and marketing inEmerson’s Asset Optimization

Division, commented on thegrowing support for HSE and opennetwork technology. “End usersare experiencing real benefits byaccessing field-based informationthrough open standards, andusing the information to extendthe operating lives of productionassets, increase uptime, andlower maintenance costs,” saidEkness. “Emerson is fully commit-ted to open architectures andapplications, as well as to provid-ing a breadth of connectivityoptions for users.

“Open standards enable everyapplication on the plant networkto access information,” Eknessadded. “This makes it easy andaffordable to expand or integratewith other plant and business systems.”

Another major control systemmanufacturer,Yokogawa, developedPlant Resource Manager (PRM)software that integrates within an HSE system as demonstrated at the ISP Lima HSE test in May

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2005. PRM provides user-defined,advanced diagnostics enablingplants to implement real-timedevice management, as well asdefine, access, and utilize predictive maintenance strategiesfor FOUNDATION fieldbus devices independent of the DCS.

End users realize advantages

Diverse end users around theworld have realized the advan-tages of plantwide integrationwith FOUNDATION fieldbus. The tech-nology, integrated with OPC,forms an open, interoperableinfrastructure for both Brown-field and Greenfield projects —improving process performance anddelivering significant OperatingExpense (OPEX) and CapitalExpense (CAPEX) savings.

In a wide range of industries,H1+HSE fieldbus provides a solution suitable for variable-speed drives, remote I/O sub-systems for discrete I/O bulk, flowcomputers, tank computers, localoperator displays, etc.

Petrobras, Brazil’s nationalpetroleum company, has been astrong proponent of HSE from the beginning. Petrobras adoptednew fieldbus-based controls aspart of a modernization project on its Merluza offshore platform.According to Carlos Henrique W. Moura, Petrobras technicalconsultant, FOUNDATION technologyproved to be the best solution forreducing production downtime,enabling interoperability of fieldinstruments, and integrating control and supervisory systemsacross the enterprise.

“The use of FOUNDATION fieldbusdevices for primary measure-ments such as pressure and temperature provided greateraccuracy and functionality thanconventional instrumentation,”said Moura. “Additionally, imple-mentation of FOUNDATION fieldbus

HSE ensured interoperability athigher levels, making it possibleto integrate linking devices andgateways.”

Rhodia, a leading global chem-ical producer, has realized similarbenefits from FOUNDATION fieldbus.“Truly distributed field control, anopen and modular architecture,and extensive diagnostic capabili-ties allowed us to implement significant process improve-ments,” said Hamilton RobertoBaldo, Rhodia asset managementspecialist. “This, in addition to the reliability of the technology,resulted in considerable savingsin our maintenance costs.”

John Rezabek, lead controlsengineer for ISP Chemicals inLima, Ohio, has considerable ex-perience implementing HSE-basedcontrols at his company’s world-class BDO manufacturing facility.Rezabek considers H1+HSE tech-nology to be the “real DCS”sought by end users in theprocess industries.

Rezabek remarked, “WhatFOUNDATION fieldbus has given us is a vendor-neutral DCS. Whencontrol resides in the fielddevices, the user is tied to his system vendor only by the extent to which they support the functions available. The distinct advantages of imple-menting H1 and HSE in lieu of proprietary networks will become increasingly apparent,as leading suppliers developproducts to make this technologyaccessible to their customerseverywhere.”

Conclusion

The Fieldbus Foundation’sH1+HSE architecture has defineda plant environment that movesbeyond yesterday’s outdated,proprietary control platforms.FOUNDATION fieldbus is field provento integrate across multiple vendor offerings — delivering abest-in-class, fully interoperableplant automation solution.

Representatives of the automation trade press gathered at ISP Chemicals in Lima, Ohio, to view a live HSE control system demonstration.

End users with continuous and time-critical plant automation applications are the main beneficiaries of the HSE development.

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Top 10 Myths AboutFOUNDATION Technology

T o help improve the automationindustry’s understanding ofFOUNDATION fieldbus, leading tech-

nology experts compiled the followingfactual analysis of common fieldbus“myths.”

Myth #1FOUNDATION fieldbus is not acceptedoutside of North America

Fact: Since its introduction in 1994,FOUNDATION fieldbus has gained excep-tional industry support. More than10,000 fieldbus control systems, and

hundreds of thousandsof fieldbus devices,are now in servicearound the world.Fieldbus projects inEurope, Asia and SouthAmerica account for amajority of the tech-nology’s total installedbase. Two of the fastest growing areas for field-bus adoption are Chinaand the Middle East.China has several of thelargest installations todate, including multiple

sites with over 15,000 registereddevices in service.

Myth #2FOUNDATION fieldbus is only used inthe petrochemical industry

Fact: FOUNDATION fieldbus is now the digital “technology-of-choice”throughout the process industries.

The diversification of fieldbus imple-mentation is impressive: currentadopters include 9 of the top 10 oil & gas companies, 24 of the top 25pharmaceutical manufacturers, 23 ofthe top 25 chemical producers, 15 ofthe top 20 pulp & paper companies,and 10 of the top 20 food & beverage companies.

Myth #3FOUNDATION fieldbus is only suitablefor Greenfield projects

Fact: FOUNDATION fieldbus is utilized on automation projects of all sizes,including both new and retrofit instal-lations. According to an ARC AdvisoryGroup survey, a significant number ofend users are installing small, mediumand even very large fieldbus systemsconsisting of over 2,000 I/O points.Shell, a major adopter of FOUNDATION

technology, reportedly has over120,000 installed fieldbus I/O — 31% of these devices replaced

conventional (Brownfield) instruments.

Myth #4FOUNDATION fieldbus increasesinstallation costs

Fact: FOUNDATION fieldbus delivers significant savings in total installationcosts. Fieldbus systems reduce instrument wiring, which means lesstermination and fewer screwdriverturns. The technology also reduceshardware requirements and lowersCapital Expenditures (CAPEX).

In a study conducted by Rheinhold& Mahla (R&M), fieldbus installedcosts were found to be up to 15% lessthan conventional instrumentationsystems and 5% less than conven-tional technology utilizing remote I/O.

An ARC study found that 56.6% ofend users ranked the installed cost offieldbus to be less than conventionalsystems, and 81% ranked fieldbuscosts to be less than conventional systems over a five-year period.

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According to an ARC Advisory Group survey, end users areinstalling small, medium and even very large fieldbus systems

consisting of over 2,000 I/O points.

FOUNDATION fieldbusis now the digital “technology ofchoice” throughout the process industries.

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Myth #5FOUNDATION fieldbus makesengineering more difficult

Fact: FOUNDATION fieldbus reducessystem complexity by simplifyingenterprise, control and remote I/Onetworking, enabling a commonengineering approach across theplant. Plus, fieldbus multi-dropwiring schemes are much simplerthan conventional 4-20 mA controltechnology.

Some end users report com-missioning time savings as highas 75% compared with conven-tional analog technology byswitching to FOUNDATION fieldbus.

Myth #6FOUNDATION fieldbus systemsare susceptible to failure

Fact: Loop protection in fieldbussystems has improved greatly inrecent years. Most modern wiringblocks have some form of shortcircuit protection. This allowsdevices to be added and removedwithout affecting the rest of thelink. An accidental shorting of onedevice affects only that device.

To isolate and protect theirfieldbus networks, end users canemploy either segment barriers,single-point repeaters or spur limiters. New solutions, such as a “fieldbus hub” (multi-port re-peater) with a redundant trunk,could be developed to provideincreased protection in the future.

In a multi-year reliability studyconducted by British NuclearFuels, FOUNDATION fieldbus wasfound to be at least as reliable as conventional instrumentationand HART protocol instrumentedsystems.

Myth #7FOUNDATION fieldbus is impractical for control in the field

Fact: Plants installing FOUNDATION

fieldbus are free to implementbatch and logic control at the field level. The technology enablesprimary PID and secondary PID(cascade) functions, as well asfeed/forward and lead/lag, toreside in the smart control valvepositioner/controller. This re-stores single-loop integrity to

the process — limiting the con-sequence of failure to a singlecontrol device.

At the new Shanghai SECCOcomplex, one of the largest integrated petrochemical facilitiesin the Far East, over 15,000FOUNDATION-compliant devices havebeen installed — and 80% of thecontrol loops are done in the field.

Myth #8FOUNDATION fieldbus hosts do not accept all devices

Fact: Most all of the major hostsuppliers around the world supplyFOUNDATION fieldbus-compliant hostssystems.

Recent enhancements to EDDLtechnology eliminated the needfor proprietary device support filesand, in turn, proprietary testingand device “certification” for suchfiles. Fieldbus control systems areno longer required to have shortlists of devices they support.

The Fieldbus Foundation’s HostInteroperability Support Test (HIST)also reduces system integrationrisks, since manufacturers’ hostsare independently tested to beable to handle the characteristicsof different devices. Visit theFieldbus Foundation’s website atwww.fieldbus.org for a com-plete listing of fieldbus-complianthosts.

Myth #9FOUNDATION fieldbus does nothandle discrete I/O

Fact: Fieldbus Foundation mem-bers provide a variety of discretedevices for remote I/O, relay,on/off valves, valve couplers,electric actuators, etc. Indeed,on/off signals in bulk are an inte-gral part of the FOUNDATION fieldbussolution. The technology is wellsuited for hybrid control.

Myth #10FOUNDATION fieldbus diagnosticsare the same as HART

Fact: Although HART and otherdigital protocols provide devicediagnostics, they may be executedless frequently since the devicesmust conserve power. Likewise,many advanced diagnostics, suchas plugged impulse line detection,require significant bandwidth onlyprovided by FOUNDATION fieldbus.

Hundreds of thousands of registered FOUNDATION fieldbus devices are now in service around the world.

The steel industry is one area where fieldbus installations are growing at a rapid pace. For example, Yamatake’s Magnew3000 Plus

electromagnetic flowmeter is used for blast furnace cooling water leak detection.

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FOUNDATION FieldbusDominates Middle East

C ontrol industry observers agree:FOUNDATION fieldbus adoption ison the rise! The technology

attracted early adopters in the U.S.refining industry during the 1990s,and has since gained a strong footholdin European pharmaceutical plants,South American oil & gas operations,Asian chemical complexes, and otherexpanding industrial markets acrossthe globe.

During recent years, the MiddleEast has become a hotbed of fieldbus

activity. Major installations, includingGrassroots and modernization projects,have been undertaken at hydrocarbonprocessing facilities from Oman andQatar, to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

End User Council supports industry in the region

To support the growing base offieldbus users in the Middle Eastregion, the Fieldbus Foundation established the FOUNDATION fieldbusEnd User Council – Middle East (FFEUC-ME). The organization is the latestaddition to the foundation’s worldwideEnd User Councils (EUCs), and joins

existing councils in Australia, Canada,China, Europe, Italy, Japan, LatinAmerica, New Zealand, North America,Singapore, South America, UnitedKingdom and the United States.

According to Fieldbus FoundationPresident and CEO Richard Timoney,the Middle East EUC enables endusers to contribute to the success ofFOUNDATION fieldbus in one of theworld’s fastest growing industrialregions. “We were pleased to assistthe automation community in the

Middle East in establish-ing an End User Council,”said Timoney. “This partof the world is adoptingfieldbus at an unprece-dented rate, and we wantto provide our full supportto those implementingthe technology.”

Technology specifiedfor projects of allsizes

FFEUC-ME OrganizingMember Jim Sprague

believes the FOUNDATION fieldbusinstalled base in the Middle East willgrow at a dramatic pace in the comingyears. “As end users become morefamiliar with fieldbus, there is thepotential to utilize the technology forevery new project in this area,” hesaid. “Some of the major petroleumproducers are already specifyingFOUNDATION fieldbus for all their projects.”

Sprague said fieldbus installationsin the Middle East range from relativelysmall plant modernizations with 400to 500 devices (such as the SaudiAramco Jiddah Refinery and ZulufGOSP2 projects), to major Grassroots

and new unit construction with up to16,000 fieldbus I/O points (such as the Saudi Aramco Rabigh Refinery and AFK GOSP/Gas Plant projects).

Sprague credits FOUNDATION fieldbus’ability to provide Capital Expense(CAPEX) savings for its justification onGrassroots projects. He predicts thatOperating Expense (OPEX) reductionswill be the driving force behind futureinstallations.

Since safety systems make up 30-50% of the total instrument pointcount on most hydrocarbon installa-tions, the development of FOUNDATION

fieldbus Safety Instrumented System(SIS) solutions providing CAPEX wiringsavings, as well as higher diagnosticcoverage, will definitely be of interestto members of his EUC, addedSprague.

Users offer advice for improvingacceptance

At the recent “Multaqa 2005” eventin Bahrain, more than 180 visitorswere on hand to hear fieldbus tech-nical presentations and discuss the outlook for digital control strategies inthe petroleum industry. Attendeeswere generally enthusiastic abouttheir fieldbus experiences, but offeredrecommendations for improvingacceptance of the technology (theFieldbus Foundation’s End UserAdvisory Council is currently workingto address these issues). For example,they suggested that the FieldbusFoundation develop recommendedpractices for a Factory AcceptanceTest (FAT) outlining objectives, testprocedures, and required tools.Another proposal called for the devel-opment of guidelines for personnelinvolved in the construction of a fieldbus project, or working in a maintenance or operations role afterproject completion.

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Fieldbus installationsin the Middle Eastrange from plant

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Industry CooperationAdvances EDDL

T he Fieldbus Foundation recentlysigned an addendum to itsagreement with the HART

Communication Foundation, PROFIBUSNutzerorganisation e.V., and OPCFoundation to further develop Elec-

tronic Device Description Language (EDDL). The

leading global user groups have formed ajoint maintenance team

to expand support for EDDL technology

enhancements.

EDDL is a text-based language fordescribing the digital communicationcharacteristics of intelligent devicesand equipment parameters in anOperating System (OS) and HumanMachine Interface (HMI)-neutral envi-ronment. EDDL enables a host systemmanufacturer to create a single engi-neering environment that eliminatesthe need for custom software driversfor each device type.

Leading organizations jointogether

In early 2004, the EDDL specifica-tions of the Fieldbus Foundation, HARTand Profibus organizations were unified in the International Electro-technical Commission (IEC) 61804-2international standard. More than15,000,000 field devices based onEDDL have been installed worldwide.

The EDDL maintenance team, as acontribution to the IEC, will advancemaintenance of Electronic Device

Description (EDD) technology. Thisincludes specifying compliance testsand developing a general test proce-dure. A steering committee consistingof representatives of the user groupswill oversee the project.

Fieldbus Foundation President andCEO Richard Timoney believes thecooperation project will protect indus-try investments in EDDL by enablingadditional enhancements to the IECstandard. “The Fieldbus Foundationstrongly supports the effort to advanceIEC 61804-2, which harmonized andextended the contents of theFOUNDATION fieldbus, HART and ProfibusEDD specifications,” Timoney said.“The EDDL standard assists suppliersfaced with developing intelligentinstrumentation that is compatiblewith multiple protocols. The technologystreamlines the device developmentprocess and lowers the cost of bring-ing new products to market.”

Stephen Mitschke, the foundation’sdirector of fieldbus products, said thatEDDL technology enables end users toachieve unsurpassed levels of inter-operability and device integration.“EDDL provides the freedom to choosebest-in-class automation productsfrom the suppliers of your choice,delivers the power to integrate devicesto achieve optimum control strategies,and allows easy and efficient systemupgrades,” said Mitschke. “In addition,it provides consistency and ease ofuse when developing human inter-faces across multiple systems andplatforms.”

Technology includes new enhancements

The original EDDL cooperation project, completed in the Fall of 2004,developed enhancements that have

been incorporated into the respectiveFOUNDATION fieldbus, HART and Profibustechnologies, and are now being incor-porated into the OPC Foundation’sUnified Architecture specification. Theenhancements extended the conceptof interoperability to the HMI and diagnostic data level with improvedvisualization and graphical features.Specific enhancements focused ondevice data organization, graphicalvisualization consistency, and supportfor persistent data storage.

According to Martin Zielinski,Fieldbus Foundation vice president of standards, EDDL is a powerful technology supporting all knownprocess field devices. “Today, EDDLsupports systems that are backwardcompatible with controls suppliers’existing installed base,” Zielinski said.“The technology provides an environ-ment such that a single engineeringtool can support the set-up and calibration of any device, from anysupplier, using any communicationprotocol.

“This unique capability sets EDDLapart from all other device communi-cations solutions on the markettoday,” he added.

An open, platform-independentsolution

With EDDL, device developers donot need to deal with the burden ofdesigning and programming a graphicdisplay system to run under a varietyof platforms and environments, fromlarge HMIs to the small handheld.Instead, they can utilize commongraphic display capabilities providedby commands in the EDDL. Sincemany host systems today alreadyimplement EDDL-based graphic display systems, devices using theextended EDDL have a common lookand feel with existing devices. Thispermits uniform integration, configu-ration/setup, operation and diagnos-tics/maintenance — all very importantin an interoperable, multi-vendor environment.

“Technology of choice” offerspowerful new features

With EDDL, device developers do not need to deal with the burden ofdesigning and programming a graphic display system to run under a variety of platforms and environments.

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EDDL also provides operatingsystem and platform independ-ence, eliminating the need forspecial “plug-in” executable codethat is costly to develop and canjeopardize the host’s control overthe human interface and operatingenvironment. In addition, extend-ed EDDL follows proven test and registration procedures,including the same strict revisioncontrol policies as today’s EDDL,thus eliminating problems in the field.

Westlock Controls Vice Presi-dent of Engineering Leo Minervininoted: “Westlock is implement-ing EDDL in our HART andFOUNDATION fieldbus devices. Thisparticular technology offers anenhanced capability for providingsophisticated diagnostics fromfield devices. EDDL, being plat-form independent, allows differentvendors to create a uniform lookand feel for user interfaces — ahuge benefit to the end user.”

New products employingenhanced EDDL

Major automation equipmentsuppliers are developing newsolutions employing enhancedEDDL. For example, InvensysProcess Systems has announcedtheir new I/A Series® Field DeviceManager application. This host

software, shown at ISA EXPO2005 and the 2006 FieldbusFoundation General Assembly, isa plug-in solution that managesFOUNDATION fieldbus devices byextending the I/A Series con-figuration and maintenance environment. The software com-bines EDDL and FDT technologies— EDDL provides the DeviceDescription (DD), and FDT en-capsulates it into a universalmanager for each device model.

“The customer simply copiesin the EDDL device descriptor,and instantly an extensible tem-plate is created,” said CharliePiper, fieldbus product managerat Foxboro Automation. The re-usable engineering content ofthe templates reduces time to configure and commissiondevices, and provides ease ofuse for those who are not deviceexperts. Template customizationof on-line views into deviceparameters is another plus, whileinheritance ripples templatecharacteristics to each actualdevice database. The productalso allows users to open DeviceType Managers created by devicevendors to the FDT standard — a plus for diagnostic analysis ofcomplex field devices. The usergets the best of both EnhancedEDDL and FDT technologies.

TÜV Rheinland ApprovesSafety Instrumented Systems

I n January 2006, the FieldbusFoundation announced that TÜVRheinland Industrie Service GmbH,

Automation, Software and InformationTechnology, a global, independent and accredited testing agency, hadgranted Protocol Type Approval for itsSafety Instrumented Systems (SIS)specifications.

The foundation’s SIS specificationsare in compliance with International

Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)61508 standard (functional safety ofelectrical/electronic/programmableelectronic safety-related systems)requirements up to, and including,Safety Integrity Level 3 (SIL3).

Move clears way for standards-based devices

With the TÜV Protocol Type Approval,FOUNDATION fieldbus technology has

been extended to provide a compre-hensive solution for safety instrumentedsystems in a wide range of industrialplant applications. The specifica-tions enable manufacturers to buildFOUNDATION fieldbus devices in compli-ance with IEC 61508. Third-party testagencies such as TÜV will certify thatthese devices are suitable for use insafety instrumented systems. Endusers will be able to choose devices

FOUNDATION protocol now supportsSIL3 protection

With the TÜV Protocol TypeApproval, FOUNDATION fieldbus

technology has been extended toprovide a comprehensive solution

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meeting the requirements of IEC61511 (functional safety: safetyinstrumented systems for theprocess industry sector) from multiple suppliers, instead ofbeing restricted to devicesdesigned specifically for a propri-etary safety system platform. IEC61511 is also available as anANSI/ISA Standard: ANSI/ISA-84.00.01-2004.

Cooperative effort achievesmajor milestones

The SIS project was initiated by end users and approved by theFieldbus Foundation’sboard of directors in October 2002.Companies participating in theproject include: ABB, BP, Chev-ron, Cooper Crouse-Hinds GmbH,DuPont, Emerson Process Manage-ment, E+H Process Solutions,ExxonMobil, Fieldbus Diagnostics,Fieldbus Inc., Flowserve, HIMA,Hirshmann, Honeywell, ICE-ProsInc., Invensys/Triconex, Magnetrol,Metso Automation, MTL, Relcom,R&M Industrieservice, RockwellAutomation, Rotork Control Sys-tems, Saudi Aramco, Shell GlobalSolutions, Smar, Softing, TopWorx,TÜV, Tyco/Westlock and Yokogawa.

Westlock Controls’ senior soft-ware engineer, Vijaykumar Soni,stated, “Our participation in theproject team has allowed West-lock to be in the forefront of the

development of products utilizingthis exciting technology.” He further noted, “Westlock under-stands the potential of the technology to provide the industries we service with best-in-class solutions for their SISapplications.”

The development teamachieved its first major

milestone at the end of2003 with TÜV approval

of the overall systemconcept. The devel-

opment team met with externalexperts at a meeting hosted byShell Global Solutions in Amster-dam, The Netherlands, in March2004 to review the initial specifi-cations. Comments from thisreview were resolved and themanagement team developed thetop-level project plan for laboratoryvalidation testing.

During the lab test phase, con-ducted at the Rheinhold & Mahla(R&M) Industrieservice facility inFrankfurt, Germany, each prototypesupplier independently imple-mented the foundation’s safetyinstrumented systems specifica-tions. In parallel, thetest team separatelydeveloped test cases

and prepared expected testresults.

Specifications meet thedemands of plant safety

According to the FieldbusFoundation’s director of tech-nology development, David A.Glanzer, extensive laboratory testing and application analysishas verified that the foundation’ssafety instrumented systemstechnology meets the needs ofindustrial end users, who regard

these systems as critical to theiroverall plant operating strategy.

“TÜV Type Approval will helpmeet the growing worldwidedemand for commercial, standards-based, safety instrumented system products incorporatingFOUNDATION fieldbus technology,”said Glanzer. “End users can nowadopt the powerful diagnosticsavailable with FOUNDATION fieldbus,and at the same time, maintainthe protection in a SIL3 environ-ment. No changes were requiredto the existing H1 protocol to addthe safety instrumented systems protocol extensions, clearly indi-

cating the value of the compre-hensive, forward-thinking designof FOUNDATION technology.”

End users anxious for fieldbussafety solutions

Process industry leaders havevoiced their support for FOUNDATION

fieldbus SIS technology. Many endusers are anxious to move awayfrom proprietary safety systemplatforms in favor of open, inter-operable, fieldbus-based safetysolutions.

SSSaudi Aramco, a keyglobal oil & gas producer,has been at the forefront ofefforts to spur developmentof FOUNDATION fieldbus safety products. Patrick

Flanders, engineering specialistfor Saudi Aramco’s ProcessInstrumentation Division, said,“FF-SIS offers the potential toprovide close integration of thecomplete emergency shutdownloop. This close integration re-duces the installation cost. Inaddition, integration improves the capabilities of field devices inproviding self-diagnostic infor-mation, which is communicateddirectly to the safety logic solver.At Saudi Aramco, we see this as abreakthrough in the advancementof Safety Instrumented Systemdesign.”

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End users can adopt the powerfuldiagnostics available with FOUNDATION

fieldbus, and at the same time, maintain the protection of a SIL3 environment.

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Diagnostic Tools EnsureSystem Reliability

F OUNDATION fieldbus is a proven,reliable technology typically usedin process plants requiring high

availability due to the high costs of lostproduction. The diagnostic data avail-able from fieldbus instruments is amajor reason why the technology isreplacing traditional 4-20 mA sytems.This has also raised interest in obtainingdiagnostic information about physicallayer components such as power supplies, cable, wiring components and terminators.

“Customers report reduced time for commissioning with fieldbus

technology, not even counting other benefits reaped from

application of intelligent field

devices,” said AndreasHennecke, product marketing manager,Pepperl+Fuchs Group.

Different tools for different tests

Fieldbus diagnostic tools can be divided into several distinct classifica-tions. There are devices for physicallayer testing and protocol testing, aswell as tools for initial fieldbus systemcheckout/configuration, and for moni-toring the control system and deviceswhile they are in operation.

With the growth of FOUNDATION field-bus technology, suppliers are nowoffering a broad range of diagnostictools meeting different requirementsand characteristics in the modernfieldbus environment, said RelcomPresident Maris Graube.

“There is a spectrum of fieldbusdiagnostic tools on the market, andsome fit into more than one categoryof the testing matrix,” Graube said.

“There are diagnostic tools in develop-ment that continuously monitor theperformance of the physical layer andprovide warnings or alarms whensomething is amiss. This is very useful in critical plants, but relativelyexpensive for other applications.”

Honeywell Fieldbus Product ManagerJohn Yingst offered the system supplierperspective: “Traditionally, the DCShas done device management andprovided diagnostics about what thedevices are doing in the field — andthat’s totally appropriate. However,there is also a lot of effort going onbetween device vendors and systemvendors to make sure that the diag-nostic information coming from powerconditioning systems makes its way tothe DCS. We want to integrate thatinformation.”

New techniques for physicallayer monitoring

Graube indicated that Relcom isinvolved in the design and manufac-ture of wiring components and testequipment for the physical layer ofFOUNDATION fieldbus networks. Forexample, the company’s FBT-5 WiringValidator can be used for testing field-bus wiring. The FBT-5 puts a DC voltage and fieldbus signals on thewire pair. Tests can be performed onexisting instrumentation wiring, newlyinstalled fieldbus cable, or a fieldbuswiring system with wiring blocks andterminators already installed.

Roger Highton, MTL senior productmanager, noted: “After commission-ing, fieldbus segments run reliably.Most end users rely on hand-heldphysical layer diagnostic tools, whichare great for commissioning, periodictests and troubleshooting. Increas-

ingly, customers are becoming inter-ested in continuous on-line monitoringthat provides physical layer diagnosticdata integrated in their control system.These solutions monitor several field-bus segments on a power conditionercarrier, and communicate overFOUNDATION fieldbus H1.”

MTL is building the diagnostic monitoring capabilities of its FBT-6diagnostic monitor into a FOUNDATION

fieldbus H1 device, the F809F, whichwill provide an on-line monitoringcapability with open integration to allFOUNDATION fieldbus H1 host systems.The F809F module continuously monitors the performance of each ofeight fieldbus segments, providinginformation on network health andcapturing retransmissions betweenthe fieldbus devices and control system.

Thomas Klatt, manager, 2nd levelservices support for Pepperl+FuchsGroup, reflected on his company’sexperience around the world. “Prac-tice shows that installation and devicefaults occur and are often quite difficult to locate,” said Klatt. “In themultitude of hand-held tools, only afew offer comprehensive measure-ment functions or an oscilloscope.More than one device may be requiredfor fault-finding.”

Pepperl+Fuchs Group offers theAdvanced Diagnostics Module (ADM)for the FieldConnex® Power Hub system, and reports that it is the only complete solution on the markettoday. The ADM provides both moni-toring and local data storage of allcommunication status. A simple to use oscilloscope is employed, and alldata is integrated into the engineeringstation, allowing remote access

How to monitor device and physicallayer performance

A growing numberof suppliers areinvolved in developing wiringcomponents andtest equipment forthe physical layerof FOUNDATIONfieldbus networks.

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without actually having to belocally in the field for commis-sioning or troubleshooting.Trending capabilities detectdecaying data signals and alarmusers before communicationsfailure. A simple to use DTM takes the complexity out of thefieldbus physical layer.

An integrated approach todevice management

Despite the rich diagnosticdata provided by intelligent fielddevices, plant personnel utilizeportable tools to perform somecritical maintenance and trouble-shooting functions when there isno online monitoring available.Certain tasks may be best under-taken at the device in the fieldusing a handheld communicator.

According to Alan Dewey,Emerson product manager, the375 Field Communicator is anew breed of field maintenancetool with capabilities far surpass-ing older hand-helds. Dewey

said, “Emerson’s 375 Com-municator is totally integrated with our AMS™ Suite: IntelligentDevice Manager. Instrument datacollected in the field using thecommunicator can be uploadedto the permanent database of theAMS software. Together, theyenable maintenance personnel to more effectively manage anentire population of fielddevices.”

Honeywell’s Yingst believes itis important to manage assets atboth a device and process level.“Our asset management solutionsrealize improved diagnosticsaround fieldbus devices and therest of the process. This integratedapproach adds value to the richdata available from FOUNDATION

fieldbus devices,” he said.“Including symptom fault modelsalso takes this wealth of infor-mation and can correlate if faults showing up in multipleplaces will combine to cause alarger problem.”

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Isolation TechniquesWith Segment Barriers

F or the typical FOUNDATION fieldbusend user, field barriers are onesolution for using Intrinsically

Safe (I.S.) field devices in Zone 1 orDivision 1 environments. There are, ofcourse, other isolation techniques onthe market, such as the FieldbusIntrinsically Safe Concept (FISCO), and

an even broader selection in Zone 2and Division 2 applications.

Whatever the required approach,today’s users expect their physicallayer component supplier to have

a number of different tools in their toolbox.

Leading suppliers speak out

Pepperl+Fuchs, MTL Instruments,MooreHawke, R. STAHL and Turck are leading suppliers of installationsolutions for FOUNDATION fieldbus

projects. These companies have clear viewpoints on how isolationtechniques should be implemented to best serve end users.

From Pepperl+Fuchs’ standpoint,

the most effective way to isolate andprotect a fieldbus network is throughsegment protection modules. Segmentprotectors provide essential protectionfor the physical layer, distribution ofthe fieldbus trunk from one to twelvedevices, short circuit limitation andoverload protection.

In MTL’s view, users prefer to havea choice between field barriers andtechnologies such as FISCO. MTLoffers both solutions on the basis thatnot all applications are best served byfield barriers alone — for example,when there is a preference for anintrinsically-safe network throughoutthe field wiring, or if the wiring hubneeds to be located in Division 1.

MooreHawke regards field barriersas an effective way to overcome the challenges associated with I.S.fieldbus that FISCO cannot solve.The company currently offers an I.S.isolation solution providing 350 mAper segment, but plans to develop afield barrier offering later this year.

R. STAHL dispensed with a purelyI.S. solution by using a field devicecoupler for FISCO field devices on anon-I.S. fieldbus trunk, and combiningit with an explosion-protected remoteI/O system for Zone 1 and 2 environ-ments that allows end users to operatefieldbus and standard/HART deviceson one network.

Turck considers FISCO to be thesafest — and simplest — method forapplying electrical instrumentation inclassified areas. In Turck’s opinion,FISCO takes the documentation and calculation intense process of traditional I.S. out of the equation.

“High-power trunk” improvespower supply performance

Andreas Hennecke, Pepperl+Fuchsproduct marketing manager, com-mented: “Pepperl+Fuchs favors the‘high-power trunk’ over FISCO or other

Solutions for isolating and protectingfieldbus networks

Today, there is a choice of fieldbus isolation techniques on the market, such as the Fieldbus IntrinsicallySafe Concept (FISCO), and an even broader selection in Zone 2 and Division 2 applications.

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methods of Ex-protection. Withthis approach, the FieldConnex®

Power Hub supplies the mainfieldbus trunk with up to 500 mAvia the power supply. As there ismore energy available on thetrunk, more field devices can beconnected to one standard powersupply in comparison to a moreexpensive FISCO power supply.”

Hennecke continued, “Fielddevices are connected via ‘spur’cable to an active fieldbus barrier,preferably only one device perspur. These barriers galvanicallyisolate spurs from the trunk, andprovide energy limitation for liveworking without a hot work per-mit. Pepperl+Fuchs’ SegmentProtector™ offers energy limitationand short-circuit protection ateach spur. This prevents a faultydevice or spur causing the entiresegment to disappear.”

Isolation between fieldbus segments is “imperative”

Phil Saward, MTL productmanager, offered this opinion:“Isolation between fieldbus seg-

ments is necessary to preventcross-talk in the event of multipleground faults across segments.MTL implements this by support-ing galvanic isolation at AC mainvoltages between segments in all of its fieldbus power supplysystems.”

He added, “With regard to field-

bus barriers, MTL’s 9301-FB and9302-FB products have isolationbetween trunk and spurs. Thepurpose of this isolation is toavoid the need for a high-integrityI.S. earth connection at the fieldbusbarrier, which would be difficult to implement. After all, industrystandard wiring hubs such as theMTL-Relcom Megablock Seriesoperate very reliably without iso-lation between trunk and spur, orbetween spurs.”

End users migrating fromintrinsic safety technology

Mike O’Neill, MooreHawke inter-national sales director, sees themarket moving away intrinsicsafety technology as fieldbusbecomes more predominant.O’Neill said, “I.S. offered a ‘hot’working capability in the days offorce-balance transmitters, whenopening a live device in the fieldwas a requirement. However,maintenance and resetting offieldbus devices is carried outremotely, and the complications of I.S. design are no longer justified.

“Plants are employing non-incendive in Division 2 and explo-sion-proof in Division 1 — bothsimple and inexpensive technolo-gies that are easily understood.”

A practical answer to explosion-protected remote I/O

André Fritsch, R. STAHL productmanager, instrumentation, saidhis company’s ISbus product line is a versatile solution for explosion-

devices can be operated in accor-dance with the FISCO standard ona non-I.S. safe fieldbus trunk with new Ex e/Ex i field devicecouplers. Non-I.S. safe fielddevices can also be connected to the fieldbus. The field devicecouplers are suitable for installation in Zone 1, Zone 2 and Divison 2 environments.”

FISCO: A simple solution forfieldbus in hazardous areas

According to Turck’s fieldbusspecialists, the FISCO approach is particularly well suited for use with FOUNDATION technologybecause of the low power require-ments of fieldbus devices. FISCOis application-specific for fieldbus segments to be used in hazardousareas.

Jim Masterson, Turck’s vicepresident, process automationmarkets, said his company’sMultibarriers provide “superiorgalvanic isolation channel-to-channel.” Multibarriers allow theuse of a bus segment for anexplosion hazardous area with thesame segment structures as in anon-I.S. area without the dangerof potential transfers. The supplyof energy to the physical layer isimplemented in a non-explosionhazardous area — the control room.

Regardless of the isolation tech-nique, end users should carefullyselect suppliers for their experiencewith fieldbus technology andexplosion protection to achievethe highest reliability and fastest,trouble-free commissioning oftheir process plant.

End users expect their physicallayer component supplier tohave a number of different

tools in their toolbox.

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In Brazil, Petrobras undertook a controls modernization on its Merluza platform. Smar’sSYSTEM302 enterprise automa-tion solution was at the heart ofthe upgrade. The project imple-mented a new condensate fiscalmeasurement skid with naturalgas metering runs compliantwith AGA standards. The fieldbuscontrol system linked fielddevices to High Speed Ethernet(HSE) linking devices and redun-dant flow computers executingfiscal gas flow and condensatemeasurements.

The new FOUNDATION fieldbus-based control system ensuredthat the Merluza platform meetsstrict ANP specifications, includingprecise calibration of operationalmeasurements on natural gasruns, and accurate gas and condensate measurements in atest separator.

North Sea

In the North Sea, Shell UKExploration and Production (ShellExpro) employed Yokogawa’sFOUNDATION fieldbus technologyto reduce operating costs andupgrade the control systems on the Brent Alpha platform.

Fieldbus proved to be anextremely cost-effective and reliable solution with low lifecycle costs and a high total valueof ownership.

The core of Brent Alpha’s control and safety system is theYokogawa CENTUM CS 3000Integrated Production ControlSystem. This advanced, fieldbus-based architecture enabled ShellExpro to convert operations atBrent Alpha so that the platformcan be managed from a remotelocation, thereby significantlyreducing its operating costs.

Also in the North Sea,Wintershall Noordzee adoptedFOUNDATION fieldbus technology forits new L5 natural gas productionplatform. The company selectedHoneywell to supply its fullyredundant Experion® ProcessKnowledge System (PKS™) forprocess control, and alsoinstalled FOUNDATION fieldbustransmitters to handle a widerange of field measurements.A redundant safety system provides emergency shutdownand fire and gas detection capa-bilities for critical processes.

FOUNDATION fieldbus was part ofa total solution from the field upto integrated process control andsafety systems. This distributedsystem architecture enabled the new control system on the L5 platform to be remotely con-nected with an existing controlsystem on another platform.

Most recently, Petro-Canadaannounced plans to useFOUNDATION fieldbus for auto-mating its De Ruyter oil & gas production platform in the DutchNorth Sea approximately 60 kmoffshore from The Hague. Theproject is the first new-build offshore platform to implementFOUNDATION fieldbus. It will alsouse ABB’s System 800xA Ex-tended Automation System.

The De Ruyter platform instal-lation will incorporate an ABBcontrol and safety system, fieldbustechnology for process control,and a host of Foundation-registered devices, includingpressure and temperature trans-mitters, flow elements, leveltransmitters, and magnetic flowmeters.

Fieldbus control systems are providingrobust, reliable performance on offshoreoil & gas operations around the world.

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Adoption rate on the risein Europe and Middle East

I n Europe, leading end userssuch as Bayer, BP, Clariant,DSM, MOL, Novartis, Shell

and Shin-Etsu have chosenFOUNDATION fieldbus for a widerange of mission-critical controlapplications. These companiesare realizing the unique opera-tional improvements — andbusiness benefits — enabled bythe technology.

While other bus protocolshave a strong following in the European marketplace,FOUNDATION fieldbus installationsare growing in the oil & gas,chemical and pharmaceuticalindustries, as well as markets for other high-value products.In countries like Russia, Poland,Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Fin-land and Germany, FOUNDATION

fieldbus is gaining acceptance in many areas of process auto-mation.

Today, European projectsaccount for a significant share ofall FOUNDATION fieldbus installa-tions worldwide. Europe alsoleads in foundation represen-tation, with 39% of the member-ship, followed by North andSouth America with 37% andAsia/Pacific with 24%.

To support the Europeanautomation community, theFieldbus Foundation establisheda Centre of Excellence at theRheinhold & Mahla (R&M) facilityin Frankfurt, Germany. The R&Msite is fully certified to providecomprehensive fieldbus-relatedservices to end users, as well asan extensive schedule of fieldbustraining courses.

In addition, the Fieldbus

Foundation conducted its 2005General Assembly in Vienna,Austria. It also established aEurope, Middle East & Africa(EMEA) Advisory Council dedicat-ed to providing leadership ofmarketing activities supporting fieldbus adoption in the region.The council is comprised of senior executives of European-based companies responsible for the EMEA region of the world.

In the Middle East, FOUNDATION

fieldbus has made inroads acrossthe map. Most fieldbus installa-tions are concentrated in SaudiArabia, Oman and Iran. Smallersystems are installed in Egypt,Qatar and Iraq. It is estimatedthat at least 40 FOUNDATION

fieldbus projects have beenundertaken in the region.Approximately 15,000 fieldbusdevices are now in service.

To date, most fieldbus adop-tion in the Middle East is inGrassroots projects. Technologygrowth is primarily in the petroleum industry (oil refining,production and distribution), aswell as in petrochemicals(Aromatics, Olefins and NGL).Future growth is expected in the water and electric utilityindustries.

Major Middle East end usersinclude Saudi Aramco, PDO, OGC,ORC and the Iranian NationalPetrochemical Company. SaudiAramco, in particular, is verysupportive of FOUNDATION fieldbus,completing more than 10 field-bus installations and standardiz-ing on the technology for futureautomation projects.

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End User Training:Get On The Fast Track Today

A round the world, manufacturersare implementing FOUNDATION

fieldbus in a wide range of plantautomation applications. But wherecan companies go to find training sotheir personnel can make the most ofthis enabling technology?

The answer is found with a spin ofthe globe! Opportunities for fieldbusinstruction now abound at certifiedtraining centers from the United Statesand Canada, to The Netherlands,Singapore, China and Japan. On-sitetraining courses are also offered atplants and factories around the world.

Who should conduct fieldbuscourses?

Companies getting started withfieldbus often ask, “Who is the bestsource for technology training: the hostsystem supplier, an instrument vendor,or an independent training center specializing in digital technology?”

According to Chuck Carter, directorof the Fieldbus Center at Lee College,certified fieldbus training centers offerworld-class, non-vendor-biased instruc-tion — something few, if any, controlsuppliers are capable of providing.“For the certified training centers,teaching fieldbus, not system A, Bor C, is their primary mission,” saidCarter.

Ian Verhappen, director of ICE-ProsInc. and a certified instructor for Tri-State University (TSU), also supportsvendor-neutral training. He said, “Ifyou do not get the knowledge required

to select the best fieldbus solution foryour project, but rather the solutionfrom the best local sales pitch, youcan end up paying for a long time. Allof the fieldbus solutions work, but notall of them are right for your facility.”

From a control supplier’s perspec-tive, Honeywell fieldbus product manager John Yingst thinks certifiedtraining centers are best suited todeliver fieldbus instruction. “Instead ofduplicating the efforts of the trainingcenters, we stand behind them withsystems and support,” he said. “Enduser implementations benefit from acomprehensive training program thathelps them to take advantage of allfieldbus technology has to offer.”

Yingst continued, “It’s not a goodinvestment for any of the systemsvendors to be spending their valuable

R&D dollars on developing training forsomething that exists in these vendor-neutral environments.”

Who needs training in your facility?

Who should receive fieldbus trainingin a typical process plant? Controlengineers and instrument techniciansare an obvious choice to attendinstructional courses. Does the needfor training extend to other areas ofthe company?

Carter believes fieldbus brings significant value to operations,maintenance, engineering, lab andmanagement users if those groups are fully familiarized with the technol-ogy on the front end. He said,“Fieldbus is best applied when it isshared and managed by a team, andeach team member is educated to thecorrect respective level.”

Michael Clark, certified fieldbusinstructor for the Southern AlbertaInstitute of Technology (SAIT), cautionsend users not to delay training theirplant personnel. “In some cases,

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involvement comes early as project planners make the proac-tive decision to acquire fieldbustraining before entering into thespecification and design phasesof their project,” Clark said. “Fre-quently, however, those who waitto acquire training lament their

project delays and concede thathindsight is indeed 20/20.”

Where is certified instructionprovided?

In North America, the FieldbusCenter (Baytown, Texas) offersfieldbus courses for both end

users and suppliers. The Centerfeatures a $1 million pilot plantreplicating working conditionstypically found in process plants.Another option is SAIT (Calgary,Alberta, Canada), which creden-tials system integrators andInstallation, Commissioning &

Maintenance (IC&M) professionalson fieldbus technology. In addition,TSU (Angola, Indiana) is develop-ing a pilot plant training facilitythat will provide an environmentrepresentative of industries in theGreat Lakes region.

In Europe, instruction is provided by Rheinhold & Mahla(Frankfurt, Germany), which hostsa FOUNDATION fieldbus Center ofExcellence; and by STC-Brielle(Brielle, The Netherlands), amodern simulation and trainingcenter located in close proximityto the Rotterdam-Europoort in-dustrial complex.

In Asia/Pacific, training is provided at Singapore Poly-technic (Singapore), home of aFOUNDATION fieldbus Center ofExcellence; SINOPEC Yanshan(Beijing, China), a multi-disciplinefacility serving end users, suppli-ers and system integrators; andWaseda University (Tokyo, Japan),a training site founded as part ofthe institution’s Industrial OpenNetwork Laboratory.

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O n December 9, 1994, DetenQuímica started up the world’sfirst commercial FOUNDATION field-

bus installation at its petrochemicalcomplex in Brazil. At that time, theproject received worldwide attention.It marked the first time a control system was designed and installed ina commercial plant following both theIEC/ISA SP50 Physical Layer standardand the Fieldbus Foundation’s specifi-cations.

Working with its automation supplier,Smar International, Deten implementeda system consisting of 63 field devices

distributed in fourfieldbus segmentsto perform all 43control loops in thefield. This was a very important “proofof concept” to Deten— and to the entireinstrumentation andcontrol community.Valuable knowledgewas acquired fromthis installation, fromfieldbus drawing anddesign terminology,

to training requirements for operatorsand instrument technicians.

During the two years following itsoriginal installation, Deten fullyembraced fieldbus technology andupgraded its entire facility. Over 1,000 fieldbus instruments were in-stalled, distributing the majority ofcontrol loops among field devices.

The fieldbus history at Deten is unique because it broke many paradigms. It was the first fieldbusinstallation, first field control archi-tecture, first redundant fieldbus solution, first PLC fieldbus integration,

and first shutdown system with field-bus. Many of the guidelines widelyadopted by the industry today werefirst implemented and tested at Deten.

A decade of results from fieldbus

Deten’s experience is the best testimonial about how end users canbenefit from FOUNDATION fieldbus. “Thetechnology is powerful and very reli-able. It provides considerable savingsin diagnostics, maintenance and configuration costs,” said AlexandrePessoa de Santana, instrument engi-neer at the Deten Química facility.Installation, commissioning and start-up time are other areas where fieldbusproved to be superior to traditionalcontrol technologies.

The Deten 1 startup phase, withover 600 fieldbus devices, four oper-ator workstations and seven PLCs,took just 23 days. Deten 2 installation,commissioning and startup were com-pleted in 25 days.

At the Química plant, better systemreliability also provided extendedoperation time — and virtually elimi-nated corrective maintenance. Today,the only preventive maintenance tasknecessary is the calibration procedurerequired for ISO 9000.

System evolution delivered additional benefits

For Deten, the evolution of FOUNDATION

fieldbus to incorporate High SpeedEthernet (HSE) opened many newopportunities to implement fieldbusprojects. Integration with other proto-cols, such as Modbus TCP using anHSE gateway, significantly extendedthe range of potential applications.

Another important developmentwas the advent of OPC technology and

the implementation of fieldbus serverswith the complete elimination of proprietary drivers. The combination of FOUNDATION fieldbus and OPCenabled a true open, distributed control system architecture.

After 10 years of operation in its initial fieldbus installation, Deten commenced with a system upgrade.A total of 250 field devices wereupgraded to FOUNDATION fieldbus com-munications stacks. PLC fieldbusinterface modules were also upgradedto fieldbus technology.

In addition, computer fieldbus H1cards were replaced by FOUNDATION

fieldbus linking devices. The originalfieldbus H1 cards were installed in thecomputer ISA slots, and the change to the HSE linking devices was veryimportant from a spare parts avail-ability perspective.

The use of HSE and linking devicesprovided Deten with an open platformto freely select “best in class”suppliers — from field devices withFOUNDATION fieldbus, to the HMI package using OPC technology.

Looking ahead to continued success

Going forward, Deten’s decision toupgrade its control architecture withFOUNDATION fieldbus HSE will enhanceits business results even further. Thisupgrade started in 2003, and systemdiagnostic capabilities have improvedconsiderably.

Deten is pleased with the benefitsof FOUNDATION technology. The com-pany has elevated its bottom line by reducing capital and operatingexpenses, and by lowering installation,commissioning, startup and mainte-nance costs.

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Fieldbus ProductHighlights

Emerson Adds Fieldbus Capability to Rosemount® Analytical MultivariableTransmitter

Further increasing the rangeof transmitters capable ofintelligent FOUNDATION fieldbus communications, EmersonProcess Managementannounces the latest releaseof the Rosemount® AnalyticalModel Xmt™ two-wire trans-mitter for liquid analysis. TheFOUNDATION fieldbus capabilitynow incorporated within theXmt unit includes hazardousarea intrinsic safety approvals,from FM, CSA and ATEX. Anagency-approved variant ofFOUNDATION fieldbus calledFISCO (Fieldbus Intrinsically

Safe Concept) is also available with Model Xmt. FISCO compliance enables morepower in each fieldbus segment, allowing the connection of additional devices in the hazardous area. Advantages to the plant engineer include a simplified installation, and less documentation needed to show the safety of the installation.The low power requirements of the Xmt FOUNDATION fieldbus and FISCO versionsalso reduce the plant power budget for continuous measurement. The model Xmtfeatures a multilingual display which has been added to enhance the PlantWebdigital architecture benefits for the customer.

Emerson Process Management • www.emersonprocess.com/raihome/liquid/products.asp

MooreHawke Innovates TRUNKGUARDFieldbus Device CouplersMooreHawke Fieldbus Device Couplers and Power Supplies deliver a fast andeasy way to connect, protect, power and terminate multiple fieldbus devicesin FOUNDATION fieldbus segments. Available TRUNKGUARD Device Couplers are designed for general purposeand non-incendive (Division 1and Zone 2 installations),and feature patented Auto-Segment Terminationand unique short-circuit protection. On detection of excess current on a fieldbus spur, they utilize afold-back technique whichlocks in a small 2mA load — just enough to turn on an LED light — and then removes the device from the segment. Once the shortis removed, the coupler automatically resets the device on the network. Toreduce specification and installation time, TRUNKGUARD Device Couplers areavailable in a variety of ready-to-install field-mount enclosures complete withcable glands. Enclosure options include GRP (Glass Reinforced Polyester) andstainless steel, with glands for armored or unarmored cable.

MooreHawke • www.miinet.com/moorehawke

Fieldbus Integration with Experion® PKSThe recently released Experion®

PKS R300 FOUNDATION fieldbusInterface module brings the bestof Honeywell fieldbus systemintegration forward into a com-pact footprint with increasedcapacity. This innovative modulebrings forward unique integrationcapabilities, such as link scheduleoptimization, code download support, integrated device andprocess asset management, andtransparent support for alarms and events. Capable of scalingand managing any system size,Honeywell’s fieldbus integration

is supported with globally integrated engineering and project managementsolutions.Honeywell • www.honeywell.com/ps

Invensys Foxboro Advances Fieldbus TransmittersFoxboro RTT15 Temperature Transmitters provide highly reliable, stable, andaccurate temperature measurements using either RTD or thermocouple sensors. The FOUNDATION fieldbus version supports average, difference, andredundant measurements, using a choice of dual two-wire RTDs or thermo-couples or a combination of a two- or three-wire RTD witha thermocouple. This transmitteris part of the Foxboro family of intelligent temperature transmitters with a standard five-year warranty. This combination of high functionality, performance, and reliability at a very affordable price results in exceptional value to the user.Invensys • www.foxboro.com/FF

NI Offers Fieldbus Configuration and Diagnostic ToolNational Instruments’ NI-FBUS Configurator is a famous Windows® applicationtool for complete configuration of FOUNDATION fieldbus segments in online and

offline mode. An easy-to-use, multi-window interface covers all aspectsof fieldbus configuration. NI-FBUSConfigurator automatically detectsdevices when you connect them tothe fieldbus and they appear online.You can automatically or manuallyconfigure device tags and addressesas required. With the DD and CFFfiles imported, NI-FBUS Configurator

can create and configure the virtual devices in an offline interface without connecting to physical devices. When connected to a fieldbus network or creating virtual FF devices in offline mode, NI-FBUS Configurator displays allthe function blocks available within a device. NI-FBUS Configurator recognizesall standard blocks, as well as any manufacturer-specific custom blocks found in a device and included in the device description.National Instruments • www.ni.com/fieldbus

Interested in Intelligent Fieldbus Power Supplies?Reliable Communication at the Field Level: Advanced Diagnostics Modules for FieldConnex® Power Hub System

In fieldbus applications, monitoring the physical layer maximizes system availability. The Advanced Diagnostics Module for the FieldConnex® Power Hub system providesboth monitoring and local data storage of thephysical layer. This patent-pending technologyprovides the user with a number of advantages,including:

• Simplified node commissioning• In-depth view into the physical layer • Remote monitoring

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Smar Offers “Fourth Generation” Automation SystemSmar SYSTEM302 is a fourth generation Process Automation System thatcombines configuration, operation and maintenance tools with several digitalprotocols used today, such as FOUNDATION fieldbus H1, HART, Modbus, Profibus,DeviceNet and ASI, utilizing theFOUNDATION fieldbus HSE control network technology.

Features include: Multi-user platform;user access control; version controlmanagement; flexible distribution ofcontrol and management tasks; secureintegrity for project configuration data;Windows®-based users and groupsmanagement; integrated database for field device information; smart instru-ment identification; integrated configuration, operation and diagnostic tools;flexible function blocks for integrated regulatory control and logic; FOUNDATION

fieldbus, Modbus, HART, Profibus, DeviceNet and ASI connectivity; HSE host for multiple clients; and asset management.Smar • www.smar.com

Quick Migration from Existing Architectures toFOUNDATION FieldbusSofting’s Fieldbus Kit (FBK) provides the quickestsolution to integrate FOUNDATION fieldbus H1and PROFIBUS PA technologies into newor existing process instruments.The FBK hardware contains thefieldbus protocol software, making iteasy to integrate this functionality into existing architectures. In addition, Softing can assistyou in customizing the software to handle device-specific properties and alsocan offer you training, creation of device description files, pre-certificationtesting, and application support.Softing • www.softing.com/en/pdf/communications/fieldbus/D_IA_21E_0509_FieldbusKit_Z.pdf

Yamatake Releases Hybrid Smart Positioner,SVP3000 Alphaplus

The SVP3000 Alphaplus modelAVP304/204 obtains a uniquefunction that is realized by thehybrid technology. The modelAVP304/204 adopts two signals— analog and FOUNDATION fieldbus.The analog signal is for the control loop and the FOUNDATION

fieldbus signal is for diagnosticpurposes. The SVP3000 and control valve maintenance

system, called Valstaff, provide Stick Slip detection which is a dynamic diagnostic.Yamatake • www.yamatake.com

Yokogawa Introduces Multi-channel Oxygen AnalyzerThe O2mation Model AV550 is a new multi-channel oxygen analyzer. Its intuitive color touch screen operation, powerful process diagnostic tools,and advanced communication capabilities make power boiler oxygen trimautomation simple, predictable and reliable. It is packed with features that minimize plant downtime and technical support for the oxygen measurement.The modular design of the O2mation is easily expandable to accept up toeight zirconia detec-tors. Channel cardscan be removed orinstalled withoutpowering off the analyzer. O2mationoutputs the averageoxygen concentrationcalculated from auser-selected groupof zirconia detectors.Any detector that is in alarm, calibration,or not in service,is automaticallyremoved from theaveraged output.This feature is espe-cially useful whenplant maintenanceschedules require frequent calibrations.FOUNDATION fieldbus communications not only allows immediate access to sensor outputs required for boiler control but also to these new diagnostictools critical for effective preventive maintenance. For more information about this product, please go to: promo.us.yokogawa.com and enter key code: LA4602.

Yokogowa • www.promo.us.yokogawa.com

TopWorx DXP Connects On/Off Valves inHazardous AreasThe TopWorx DXP makes it easy to connect automatedon/off valves to FOUNDATION fieldbus. The DXP is UL,CSA, and ATEX certified for use in Class I Division 1 & 2hazardous areas with no seal-off fittings required. Theunique modular design allows customers to mix and match a variety of options in a single model. Besides fieldbus networks, other options include GO Switch, P+F,mechanical limit switches, integral low-power pilot valves,and mounting kits to attach to any valve or actuator.

3300 Fern Valley Road, Louisville, KY 40213 USA Phone (502) 969-8000 – Fax (502) 969-5911TopWorx • www.topworx.com

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Rockwell Automation Receives HISTApproval for its FOUNDATION FieldbusSolutionRockwell Automation’s FOUNDATION fieldbus solution has successfully completedHost Interoperability Support Test (HIST) testing, providing independent valida-tion of the solution’s capabilities. Rockwell Automation’s FOUNDATION fieldbusLinking Device (1757-FFLD) and RSFieldbus Configuration Software

(9308-RSFBxx) extend the distributed process control capability of Rockwell Automation’s Integrated Architecture. With the 1757-FFLD, you have the flexibility to do process control with any Logix

processor while using the advanced capabilities of network-based process

instrumentation. The 1757-FFLD includes the unique ability

to bridge both FOUNDATION fieldbus HSE and EtherNet/IP networks to FOUNDATION fieldbus H1 device networks. Bridgingthese networks facilitates information flow between the control layers.Transferred information can include device configuration (such as setup,operation, and diagnostic data) and plant floor process information (such astemperature and flow data).

Rockwell Automation • www.ab.com/networks/fieldbus.html

ABB’s System 800xA FOUNDATION Fieldbus DeviceIntegration Provides Plantwide Process ImprovementsSystem 800xA seamlessly integrates fieldbuses and field devices into the

extended automation system environment, enabling system levelengineering, operation, and maintenance of field equip-ment. Its architecture supports process availability requirements with redundancy at all levels and allows

for installation of devices in all plant environments, including hazardous areas.Only ABB delivers the extended function-ality that gives you the visibility and control that you need to run your plantmore efficiently — saving you precioustime, resources and money.ABB • www.abb.com/controlsystems

MTL-Relcom Reduces Hardware RisksAdopting the newest technology doesn’t mean that risks have to be taken when selecting hardware. MTL and Relcom have been supplying the fieldbus market for over 10 years, and have the industry’s largestinstalled base of physical layer components. Third-generation power supplies and wiring components, and adecade of fieldbus experience, mean users can specifywith confidence. Nobody offers as much proven experiencein the field as MTL-Relcom. Need to know more? Visitwww.mtl-fieldbus.com.MTL-Relcom • www.mtl-fieldbus.com

TURCK Delivers Connectivity,Interfacing and SensingComponentsTURCK offers a complete range of connectivity,interfacing and sensing components that bring consistency and efficiency to your installations and get your plant online faster. New and notableproducts include: IM series isolating modules withslim 18 mm housings providing a wide range offunctions necessary for measurement and control

applications; a multi-segment FOUNDATION fieldbus power conditioner that pro-vides up to 500 mA of conditioned power to each segment; and Vprox® 773sensors designed with potted-in cables or quick disconnects for exceptionalversatility in both valve and damper applications in locations classified as hazardous. Users can find these and more products by requesting TURCK’s new Process Brochure B4100 today.

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Liquiline M CM42 pH/ORP, Conductivity and Dissolved OxygenEndress+Hauser’s Liquiline M offers the best in FOUNDATION fieldbus analysis measurement. It features a large, high contrast display with multilingual user guidance and online sensor status for predictive maintenance. A robust plastic or stainless steel casing is designed to IP67/NEMA 4X. Intrinsically safe versions are available with ATEX, FM or CSA certification as required. The device, which has LAS functionality and six AI blocks, is ITK 4.60 conformant and is fully integrated into all major FOUNDATION fieldbus systems.Endress+Hauser • www.endress.com/liquiline

Join major automation end users who’vemade the right decision for the future byinstalling FOUNDATION fieldbus™. This powerfulenabling technology improves processperformance and delivers significanteconomic benefits.

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