July 2017

PROFIBUS and PROFINET Regional News – July 2017: Help and support in Argentina

Leave a Comment / Education, Fieldbus, Our future, Process Automation, Profibus, Profinet, Technology / By

News from around the world includes a new PI Competence Center and PI Training Center in Argentina, events in Brazil, and a Profibus & Profinet Day in Italy. Argentina The first PI Training Center (PITC) and PI Competence Center (PICC) was accredited by PI in Argentina at Autex S.A., a Siemens Premier Partner located in …

PROFIBUS and PROFINET Regional News – July 2017: Help and support in Argentina Read More »

Siemens approach to the Smart IO concept: the Simatic Compact Field Unit (Simatic CFU)

Leave a Comment / Fieldbus, Process Automation, Profibus, Technology / By

(Snapshots from the near future: Part 4) Introduction: The Next Generation Control System Initiative A couple of years ago, while reading an online magazine or a web page, I found out the initial details of the so-called Exxon Mobil’s Next Generation Control System initiative (let’s call it the NGCS).f This initiative originated in the following …

Siemens approach to the Smart IO concept: the Simatic Compact Field Unit (Simatic CFU) Read More »