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), …
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 …
New approaches in Profibus DP and PA components (Snapshots from the near future: Part 2) Read More »
Chances are that you are using either an IOS based mobile phone or and Android based phone. If you are using a IOS phone you are most likely using it running the latest OS version (9.x.x….) but if you are using an Android phone you may be running anything from 4.2 to 6.0 OS version. …
A common belief among the industry is that if you use fiber optics in a Hazardous Area, you are basically playing safe. The problem is that if you follow that belief, you could be potentially introducing an ignition source into your classified area. As most of the standards and regulations on explosion protection, the investigation …
Are fiber optics always safe in hazardous areas? N”op”e. Read More »
When I do trainings on Explosion Protection methods, there is usually a moment when some people in the audience seems to enter into the twilight zone: This usually happens when the presentation reaches the definition of the Ex “e” protection method. I usually start describing basic principles like the Explosion Triangle, the LEL and UEL concepts, the Flashpoint and MIE …
Becoming familiar with the Ex “e” protection method Read More »
While preparing a training for a customer, I made a thorough research of the current status of Fieldbus/Profibus device coupler’s technology and availability and spent some time working out a clear way to present the Ex ic fieldbus concept which is not as conceptually clear as the older Ex i a/b concepts. Nowadays everybody involved …
Who’s afraid of the big, bad Ex ic fieldbus wolf? Read More »
