The first PITC/PICC (PROFIBUS & PROFINET INTERNATIONAL TRAINING AND COMPETENCE CENTER) located in Argentina started its operations in May 2017, with a Certified PROFIBUS DP PA Engineer course. Since that first time experience we have hosted two Certified PROFINET Engineer courses, a Certified PROFIBUS DP PA Installer course, a Certified PROFINET Installer course and finally, […]
Year: 2017
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 […]
(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 […]
Highlights of the Hannover Messe The bumpy road towards the digital process plant The current trend towards digitization that is taking over the Industrial Automation world has been somewhat slower in the conservative Process Automation market. The digital fieldbus protocols that seemed to be destined to conquer the process plants (Foundation Fieldbus and PROFIBUS PA), […]
Image by Martin L. Sajon
Recientemente certificada por PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) como Centro de Entrenamiento y de Competencia (PITC/PICC) para las tecnologías de buses de campo PROFIBUS® y PROFINET®, la empresa AUTEX S.A. acerca al mercado latinoamericano un espacio destinado a brindar soporte técnico, capacitación, certificación, asesoramiento y servicios de diagnóstico preventivo y predictivo para redes basadas en […]
An undergoing migration Wandering around at the Hannover Messe, I visited the Phoenix Contact booth. The vast product portfolio of this company is somewhat overwhelming and covers a lot more fields of application than humanly possible. Being my focus on Process Automation, I checked out their new offerings on PROFIBUS networking. The current trend in […]
Traveling in China at 300 Km/h!!!!
Until a few days ago, the majority of the current Trump administration actions and policies affected mostly US citizens. Last week’s Middle East and Europe trip was troubling for other reasons, such as the “tremendous” arms sale to Saudi Arabia, a country really as far away from the democratic ideals of the USA Founding Fathers […]
BBC’s take on the subject