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In This Issue:
LATEST NEWS
- FieldComm Group Announces Completion of Asset Transfer Agreement with FDT Group
On June 11, 2024, FieldComm Group announced the acquisition of FDT Group’s assets, including FDT/DTM technology standards.
- Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) is a Game Changer for Industrial Automation Users
Endress+Hauser is partnering with the Single Pair Ethernet System Alliance to meet end user digitalization needs. SPE provides the speed and data volume advantages of Ethernet in a simple two-wire, field-friendly form factor for seamless integration of instrumentation with higher-level digital resources.
- Major Processing Companies Test Digital Instrument Technologies
Companies like Dow and BASF are evaluating a digital technology stack for process automation connectivity among instruments, positioners, and hosts using an Ethernet-APL physical layer, protocols like PROFINET and EtherNet/IP, standardized device drivers, a Field Device Integration (FDI) information model, and Process Automation Device Information
TECHNOLOGY
- HART Interface Devices Build Process Data Bridges
Over 40 million HART-capable process devices are installed worldwide, but this valuable digital connectivity often goes unused. Standalone HART gateways are an economical option to bridge one or many field devices with an Ethernet network to share process and diagnostic variables with higher level systems.
- Four Standards Organizations Form the Foundation for Ethernet-based Process Control Communications
Members of the Ethernet-APL organization provide unique insights into its inner workings and capabilities.
- Ethernet-APL is the New Process Industry Field Digitalization Standard
The Ethernet-APL technology standard, formally adopted in 2021, provides the key high-speed digital connectivity needed by industrial process users.
Focus on FDI
- Seamless Instrument Integration Unlocks New Data Access Opportunities
Cloud computing, edge computing, and data networking advancements are helping designers overcome communication barriers to unlock the power of intelligent instruments and industrial data.
New products and content from our sponsors
- ABB: New NINVA™ with SIL2 certification for safer and simpler temperature measurement
- Azbil: Smart HART Modem
- Emerson: AMS Trex Device Communicator
- Microcyber: New Generation of Fieldbus Smart Temperature Transmitter
- Moore Industries: Overcoming Challenges of High-Density Temperature Monitoring with Ethernet
- Pepperl-Fuchs: Ethernet-APL, Digitization Reaches the Field of Process Industries
- ProComSol: Ethernet-APL
- R. Stahl: Ethernet-APL Field Switch (Hazardous Areas)
- Softing: Industry 4.0 Implementation for HART Devices
- Yokogawa: Vortex Flowmeters, Ideal for Steam Flow Measurement