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1. _ changes to the fux decides A MEC fees whom abstained because they had not discussed the matter with their sections So what is automation ISA Fellow Jim Pinto gave one answer Jn my view instrumentation sensors control valves control systems MES networking and communica tions on the plant floor all are part of the discipline of automation Other such as environmental markets monitoring amp automated test amp measurement and other sub disciplines all fit nicely under the big tent of automation Indeed many of these just don t fit in the much smaller domain of control n instrumentation The Executive Board promised to take back the motion and give a more thoughtful and comprehensive definition to satisfy the membership before they try again next year WWW 1sa org Jim Pinto www jimpinto com enews oct12 2007 html 3 eye n thre ay IAE Of fermroerature Sensors Naas Co Kildare www itsirl com Tel 045 898164 sales itsirl com READ OUT PAGE 1 CAORAN BAILE NA HABHANN CO GALWAY TEL 087 2663282 Fax 091 506872 E mail info read out net paid T7 The Industrial Wireless Wars From the interest shown at the Wireless Track at Pharmatex 2007 in Cork and also at the ISA EXPO in Houston we thought it would be of interest to include this article from the pen of Jim Pinto ost companies in the MI automation industry recognise Wireless as a new inflectio2. E MAIL readout iol ie Are you involved in choice of purchase of instrumentation Yes LI No LJ LI APPLICATIONS Please Tick i 01 Process Control LI EMPLOYEE Nos Please Tick 1 L1 25 O 100 O 500 L Member ISA i Member InstMC Yes L No LJ Yes L No LJ Do you read other Instrument Journals i Intech Yes L No LJ Control Engineering Yes L No L Instrumentation Yes LJ No L Other name Yes L No LJ Have you access to InterNet Yes LI No L My name may be used for mailings other than i Readout or Readout related mailings Yes LI No LI Ta Readout cl raithe leis an gCoimisin ir Cosanta Sonrai Uimhir Cl raithe 1302A Readout is registered with the Data Protection Commissioner LI 99 Other Please give details Those who do not qualify for free distribution of Read out will be invoiced at the appropriate rate I WISH TO RECEIVE READOUT INITIALS EVERY SECOND MONTH jme i Texas ranges Exhibition in Houston his was the first time in eight years that this correspondent has visited the ISA s flagship show It was held yet again in hot and humid Houston as it was last year and will be again next year So what had changed since 1999 Well the venue the Reliant Centre for one is far better than the Astrodome venue on the same campus It is also very much more accessible with Houston s spanking new light rail stopping almost at the front door I thought also that the show
3. and with a length from 60 up to 1000 mm It is offered with a wide range of connections fix and sliding The thermometer case can be tilted up to 90 It can be orientated before mounting by rotating the harness assembly up to 360 For static pressure above 10 bar for high velocity applications and for corrosive fluids the use of a thermowell is recommended It allows removing the thermometer without affecting the tightness of the system and without stopping the process www baumerprocess com Power analyser Carlo Gavazzi marketed through Brownsbarn Controls part of Hanley Automation Networks has created a new benchmark in energy meters with the introduction of a compact IDIN module that adds MID compliant power measurement and control functions to active energy metering The EMII DIN is a single phase energy analyser with built in configuration push button and LCD data display providing both active and reactive energy metering together with cost allocation functions Applications include energy cost sharing in public buildings campsites marinas where the loads need to be controlled and monitored Cost allocation for single phase loads such as computers domestic installations where warnings are required for imminent overloads and energy metering for services such as server web hosting With direct connection up to 32A the meter can provide either pulse output proportional to the measured active
4. making it an easy fit to any PLC HMI or PC based control system running Wonderware LabVIEW or other popular automation software New Zlinx wireless modules provide Modbus compatible communication at ranges up to 4 8km Cabling alone will cost as much as a set of these new Zlinx wireless modules For applications up to 1 6km line of sight wireless module with 2 4 GHz 100 mW radio is available for less that 250 Rugged cases and proven circuitry protect in tempera tures from 40 to 75 C Fail safe systems hold values in case of loss of communica tions An event alarm recorder time stamps any problem for fast analysis www bb europe com Dear Editor Plastics products are associated primarily with high volume production and increasingly at least in developed nations associated with high levels of automation But much of the automation in the plastics manufacturing sector is inflexible and designed for products for which an apparently endless life time was pred icted Further traditional automation is not aimed at handling the new kind of materials pushed by cost amp environmental drivers The speed with which new products and designs are now brought to market however has caused many to shudder at both the costs and the technical challenge of maintaining competitiveness Changing high volume production lines often means much more than simply investing in new albeit expensive tooling Often entire ma
5. non volatile 8Mb memory gives adequate storage and a data review capability at the instrument itself which in turn enables the operator to set up the best strategy for a specific application The USB port can further be used to Support a removable memory stick for increased local archive capacity Communication is provided via an Ethernet port with both Modbus TCP slave and FTP protocols supported With this connectivity the recorder can easily be integrated into a larger system with data transparency across the network The specification of this recorder is completed by the inclusion of relay outputs and configurable channels for Maths Totalisers and Counters give companies the further flexibility to adapt the recorder in order to meet specific application needs Maths functions include add subtract multiply divide constant group max group average channel min channel max channel average rolling average and slaves comms www eurotherm com True collaboration Invensys InFusion Condition Manager is a real time asset condition management compo nent for the company s InFusion enterprise control system ECS and other platforms It collects real time condition data from a broad range of plant data sources analyses and contextualises the data and then triggers and manages the appropriate Operations engineering or maintenance actions Other vendors condition monitoring solutions tend to focus on bas
6. s most popular HMI software and adds new innovative ArchestrA graphics capability The intelligent graphics capability along with direct support for Microsoft NET technology enables InTouch 10 0 HMI to provide enterprise wide visualisation for a wide range of real time to page 12 OnH Lontact en oe oe GE Sal Flak 2 ize Ul bes Cow adi y huh quais eal ead en te perxtus veru Se Ean Boer sone shen roubo rer ngusir es vaca doa sn s H n his s amp cezk n cud van foca bg E use cn n zocbact ae dl as ACC DX pua appia eed Fort Hor Cotar e p epanire seme Han l i dl Fan cade emean Lin ek Pen ayk A aniva daga Inima si T mperz u calb zters uncles Dua 4 Hh invelenzht fered empare censors a d Hk Mha vavega Pon iben u faoc Rob s Pzr zm Led th EBs l2 wok ZO RAFI Eolx o a Am Aaa m alas com fee Cade Flair a iJ BONGER amp CO LTIS NiSTHLIMENT X WERGHING SEC LRL ESTS zt kis aakass za Rm Ore c bene E um E Ras cans Cus eT 3 ir uA FIER Aene oen Zi nihai zu sa 47 lt Wr A91 nI VP vo Thr nmhpm BH ee oda LZ Ea dra 1272 1 CERDO cL mda op Copies READ OUT PAGE 11 CAORAN BAILE NA HABHANN CO GALWAY TEL 087 2663282 Fax 091 506872 E mail info read out net gor Products from page 11 applications With more than 200 new features InTouch 10 0 HMI delivers the latest intuitive graphical interaction and animation techniqu
7. www profibus ie 28 30 11 2007 Cork Practical Variable Speed Drives for Instrumentation and Control Systems Workshop www idc online com 3 4 12 2007 Cork 6 7 12 2007 Dublin Practical Tuning of Industrial Control Loops Workshop www idc online com 10 11 12 2007 Dublin 13 14 12 2007 Cork Help Achieve Operational Benefits www easydeltav com eventcentral index aspx 13 12 2007 Cork READ OUT PAGE 13 CAORAN BAILE NA HABHANN CO GALWAY TEL 087 2663282 Fax 091 506872 E mail info read out net m yin sp i gn Pictures at Pharmatex Conference amp Learning Programme wni a e a f ig L a es ee E al pee m M si Anno Ld in bd iem ALN e READ OUT PAGE 14 CAORAN BAILE NA HABHANN CO GALWAY TEL 087 2663282 Fax 091 506872 E mail info read out net M M a yit s a e An r i E a AZ th AL E i imli I LE Former ISA Ireland Technical Programme Chair and Dataworks Business Development Manager Marc Roosli returns to his first love multimedia design Marc resigned from his position in Dataworks earlier this year to join Multimedia Instructional Design MMID an established e learning amp multimedia production company MMID customers include leading manufacturers such as DELL Merck Sharp amp Dohme and Bulmers What does this have to do with automation you ll wo
8. The standard probe length is 225mm but other lengths are available www douglas esl ie Bimetal Thermometer for Heavy Industry With the TBHI Baumer s product segment Process Instrumentation is extended by a robust stainless steel bimetal thermometer specially design ed for the heavy industry This every angle version measures temperature ranges from 70 C up to 600 C Based on the TBI series the TBHI is a robust execution of the bimetal thermometer specially designed to be used in severe conditions such as chemical and petrochemical industries power generation as well as marine and offshore applications The TBHI is universally suitable in plant machinery and tank construc tion but also in the general and process industries such as food processing Due to the completely welded construction made of stainless steel the reinforced case with a sealed bayonet ring the protection class IP 68 according to the EN 60529 standard and an optional security glass the TBHI is particularly robust and resistant against vibrations The bayonet ring is sealed with a silicone dustproof and leak proof gasket At the same time the ring also allows to open the case in order to adjust the thermometer directly from the front side The unit measures temperature ranges from 70 C up to 600 C and conforms to the accuracy classes 1 and 2 according to the EN 13190 standard The device is available with stem diameter 6 and 8 mm
9. do But it requires are humans to make the decision to deploy the robots to stay ahead of the rest Tore Lindstrom Segment Manager Plastics ABB Robotics READ OUT PAGE 15 CAORAN BAILE NA HABHANN CO GALWAY TEL 087 2663282 Fax 091 506872 E mail info read out net Introducing Emerson s Smart Wireless the secure robust self ous organising wireless network that s as easy to use as it is smart With PlantWeb Smart Wireless all the devices in the network can communicate with each other Whether it meets a permanent obstacle or a temporary barrier the self organising network automatically routes the signal around it Smart Wireless is not just flexible it s dependable proven to deliver greater than 99 data reliability To find out why you should rely on Smart Wireless from Emerson go to www EmersonProcess com SmartWireless The Emerson logo is a trademark and a service mark of Emerson Electric Co 2007 Emerson Electric Co EMERSON Process Management
10. to remotely download historical data or device set up to a PC The PC software package ReadWin 2000 part of the standard delivery package is used for parameter set up visualisation and storage of the recorded data Furthermore an OPC server provides a primary system with the current measurements www endress com Wireless Remote I O Cost and convenience are the two biggest advantages of going wireless over wired Now B amp B Electronics of Galway gives even more Any supervisory control or data monitoring system includes hard to wire sensors states Mike Fahrion B amp B Electronics Director of Engineering They re either hard to reach or in a demanding industrial location where wiring won t survive Those inputs are typically left unmonitored limiting the effectiveness of the system or are frequent maintenance hassles causing missed data and service calls to replace damaged wiring Wireless remote I O s are the solution for those I O points Zlinx wireless remote I O s from are the reliable easy to install answer to reach even the most remote sensors Simply install a pair of Zlinx I O nodes and your remote analog and digital sensor values will be replicated on the local node integrating seamlessly with your existing control system with no software changes Or use the Wireless Modbus mode to wirelessly connect many sensors to your system The wireless I O maps directly into your Modbus table
11. 00 and HP800 series are high accuracy duct and wall mounting environmental probes for measuring relative humidity and or temperature in applications such as air conditioning ducts environ mental chambers drying tunnels clean rooms labora tories computer rooms and storage areas The probes which use a capacitive sensor operate as either two wire transmitters or transducers and have a variety of output types that can be configured at the time of order These include a 4 to 20mA 0 to ImA or 0 to 1 Volt DC output proportional to 0 to 100 relative humidity 0 to 100e C for temperature with accuracy lt 2 0 for 0 to 95 relative humidity and lt 0 300C for temperature Furthermore each output can be fed from a separate power supply if loop isolation is required They are housed in a tough polycarbonate enclosure and have a polycarbonate cage to protect the sensor Sintered bronze or stainless steel guards can be fitted if required The non processor based electron ics are extremely reliable and suitable for use in operating to page 11 READ OUT PAGE 10 CAORAN BAILE NA HABHANN CO GALWAY TEL 087 2663282 Fax 091 506872 E mail info read out net gam Products from page 10 temperatures of 10 to 70 C The sensor on the duct mounted HP700 series has an operating temperature range of 10 to 100 C The method of duct mounting the HP700 series is by compression fitting or by a Table E flange
12. Core Ultra is internally equipped with a high speed digital oscilloscope and able to capture bus signals running at 12 Mbps It can also be used on ProfiBus PA installations with the PA Probe Ultra PROCENTEC continues the tradition with moving the technology forward and starting a new revolution in ProfiBus T amp M tools This improved tool that fits in the pocket will boost the limits and capabilities of service maintenance and engineering technicians ProfiTrace II is an essential tool for maintenance commissioning and trouble shooting as well as product development The classical failures such as noise reflections voltage drops termination problems double addresses wire breaks and configuration faults are easily identified Random errors such as overshoots error telegrams repeats and diagnostics can also be captured and logged Predictive maintenance and asset Management are now really possible The unit will be used in all their ProfiBus training courses shortly www profibus ie Videographic recoder With the Graphic Data Manager Memograph M Endress Hauser presents its new video graphic recorder The ideal application areas for this unit can be found in process measurement and control areas of the water wastewater power and food as well as the pharm aceutical industry The functionality flexibility secure data recording informative measured value analysis and the superb measurement
13. ISSN 0791 4369 Eagr n Uimh 07 05 Tr imhse Me n agus Deireadh Fomhair 2007 Read out pac c read out net Ireland s journal of instrumentation control and automation So what is Automation ISA learns what s in a name 1 4 17 E INSIDE FRONT N 8 9 9 10 11 12 13 PRODUCT NEWS amm P LETTER 13 a T 14 15 NEXT ISSUE DEADLINE STH DECEMBER 2007 Piessuie RESERVE ADVERT T 087 2663282 F 091 506872 E info read out net NoT YOUR COPY IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE A COPY OF READ OUT REGULARLY THEN PLEASE COMPLETE THE FORM ON PAGE SIX AND POST BACK TO US Tw he ISA s Council of Society Delegates the worldwide of annual gathering representatives from each ISA surprisingly rejected a proposal that had unanimously passed their Executive Board to change the name of the society from the three letter acronym ISA with a tagline The Instrumentation Systems and Automation Society to Interna i tional Society for Automation This required a two thirds majority and although the majority was large it was not large enough to make the change According to Steve Huffman ISA President The majority of dissenters cited that we lacked definition especially by not explicitly stating the important contribution of instrumentation to the new automation discipline Walt Boyes editor in chief of Control commented Those o
14. all sides Honeywell must soon come up with a response to this latest Emerson initiative Or they should forget it and simply focus on gaining market share which is the real to page 4 i ES In EB T h e r m O P ro T p 8 New high resolution thermal imager The TP8 thermal imaging camera is used for plant condition monitoring structural integrity inspection quality control and research and development in a wide range of industries in a measurement range Manotherm Limited The Control Centres from 20 to 800 C 4 to 1470 F On board IR and visual cameras enable high resolution thermal and visual images to be stored simultaneously Your preferred operational settings can be saved and recalled instantly Automatic capabilities include hot spot and image centre detection Large capacity 2 Gb plus image sequence storage come as standard on the TP8 4 Walkinstown Rd Dublin 12 Tel 01 4522355 Fax 01 4516919 email info manotherm ie amp Co Down Tel 028 40669936 email sales 2 manotherm freeserve co uk READ OUT PAGE 3 CAORAN BAILE NA HABHANN CO GALWAY TEL 087 2663282 Fax 091 506872 E mail info read out net ndrew Bond of ndustrial Automation Insider chaired the Wireless Track of Pharmatex Here s his assessment of the day By a happy coincidence the whole day session devoted to wireless at September s Pharmatex conference in Cork came just days after ratificati
15. ans protection for you your a x SUM Eee equipment and your data LabVIEW 8 20 the twentieth anniversary Learn more at ni com dag mseries edition of the flagship National Instruments graphical development software includes a wealth of new features for building industrial measurement and control systems With LabVIEW 8 20 you now can Make Tough Measurements with Ethernet DAQ Build professional HMI and SCADA systems e Run PID control loops 14x faster e Convert your PC into a real time target Make measurements where you need to make them regardless of distance or environment The National Instruments Compact FieldPoint DAQ system features rugged packaging Class 1 Div 2 Ethernet connectivity and built in signal conditioning Connect to virtually any sensor type using a wide variety of I O modules including thermocouples RTDs and strain gauges from 4 to 20 mA sensors as well as a variety of digital signals LabVIEW 8 2 1 adds support for Windows Vista See what else is new at ni com labview upgrade Take a virtual tour at ni com compactfieldpoint National pap eer een en ROI ni com ireland or call 01 867 4374 DAQ products at ni com daq NI nt com uk or call 01635 523545 TM Instruments NI ni com and NI CompactDAQ are trademarks of National Instruments Other product and l NS i RU M EN S company names listed are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies 2007 National Ins
16. directors The other board members are ABB Emerson Process Management Endress Hauser and Siemens The vote passed 4 1 snubbing Honeywell WirelessHART became the first officially released industrial wireless communication standard The expectation is that multiple products will soon be l p Wireless amp Networking Wireless s an inflection point which will generate significant growth and market share for the Industry leaders The Wireless Wars are really marketing ploys to gain market share through the differentiation of standards that support the majors market strategies Here s the best overview and summary you ll find anywhere available with the new standard But of course WirelessHART approval doesn t end the arguments it was just the start of another battle In June 2007 during the launch of their One Wireless offering Honeywell kept refusing to be drawn on whether they supported WirelessHART insisting instead that they supported HART over wireless Most observers did not really understand the semantic difference Market Battles It s about 2 years last January in Europe see Moving Tectonic Plates in our Jan Feb 07 issue Ed since Emerson released its wireless products in advance of agreement on the standard with an undertaking that users would be able to migrate to the standard once it had been approved The approval of WirelessHART now makes it easy for them to cement t
17. display have no limits in application creativity It is the window to the process As the only instrument on the market in this class the Memograph M includes up to 20 universal inputs analyses the raw data and stores analog values counter values or quantities and simultaneously up to 6 operating times or switch states Up to 100 alarm set point values can be monitored and be retransmitted using the 6 relays included in the basic version By means of Profibus or MODBUS the device can be expanded up to 40 channels and can be connected to SCADA and PLC systems The processing of nonlinear signals is not a problem as each input can be linearised using a linearisation table with a maximum of 32 points A loop power supply and 2 analog outputs provide additional flexibility The process values and reports are indicated on a high resolution 7 TFT which can be easily read from long distances thus giving the user direct front end access to both real time and historic operating data The large screen enhances the various display formats such as curves bar graph and also circular chart and instrument display Mixed display formats can also be set up Set up and operation is carried out using menus and dialogue windows in combination with 4 push buttons with the navigator giving the unit the most up to date look and feel One of the highlights of this user friend liness is the integrated online help which almost makes the
18. ead he or she can take a single WORM and trim it to fit almost any length thermowell This also simplifies spare parts inventories at a plant We are convinced that users will buy WORM sensors once they realise how versatile and accurate they are and how much the WORM can save them in maintenance time and spare parts inventories says Scott Saunders Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Moore Industries The WORM sells itself once a user gives it a try For that reason we are offering a free WORM sensor to any customer that is interested in solving their sensor headaches Spectroscopy system The new 2000 A C from AABSPEC is a new spectro scopy system optimised for catalyst research Reduced internal volume special sample probe reduced gas phase pathlength special ported end plate all combine to provide an advanced facility for catalysts In addition to high temperature high pressure vacuum trans mission spectroscopy the new system provides a range of other facilities These include low temperature spectroscopy specular reflectance large angle reflectance and Raman spectroscopy www aabspec com New multi tasking thermal With Bluetooth voice recording technology and a detector resolution 45 higher than the standard 320 x 240 pixels the TP8 thermal imager from Land Instruments and marketed here by Manotherm Ltd sets new standards wherever thermo graphy is used to inspect plant buildin
19. ed in the launch of Eurotherm s new 6100E model The design brief was straight forward create an easy to use secure and adaptable recorder that will meet the needs of industry at a competitive price Many companies have an ongoing requirement to record data relating to a manufactur ing process but do not need the sophistication of higher cost recorders The 6100E looks to be a good choice for basic visualisation and recording requirements and makes an excellent replacement for small strip chart recorders Of course the now old strip recorders offer none of the security and flexibility of secure electronic data files For a small instrument the 6100E s full colour display is impressive and particularly when you consider that the screen uses touch technology for clear intuitive configuration and operation They have incorporated a USB port as standard to enable the use of a mouse keyboard or bar code scanner so that you have a variety of interfaces available Security is always a concern particularly with news of increasing cyber attacks so it s good to know that the 6100E stores data in check summed binary compressed files for security purposes A graphic recorder ensures that pens and paper will never run out and data can be moved manually or archived automatically to multiple locations In practice this means removable media network servers or the Eurotherm Review database which can sit on any PC An internal
20. energy or alarm control on one of the available instantaneous varia bles It can control and limit power before switch off of the whole electrical system occurs even in domestic installations served by automatic breakers Measurement functions include instantaneous variables V A W Wdmd Wdmd max var PF Hz single phase variables VLL VLN A VA W var PF energy measurements such as total kWh and kvarh and TRMS measurements of distorted sine waves Measure ments are classified as Class 1 kWh according to EN62053 21 Class B kWh according to EN50470 3 and Class 2 kvarh according to EN62053 23 Accuracy is 0 5 RDG current voltage and the readout offers four digit precision for instantaneous variables readout 5 1 digits for energies www hanleyautomation ie Breakthrough Wonderware Ireland has announced four major new offerings that are designed to Int Tem pera tu help customers break down barriers to achieving opera tional excellence across their manufacturing and industrial businesses These new offerings coexist and inter operate with existing systems and software from Wonderware and other vendors They also launched the new Internet based Wonderware Breakthrough Experience to provide opera tions engineering and IT personnel with first hand experience of the capabilities of these new offerings InTouch 10 0 software is the next breakthrough generation of the world
21. es Quality Improvement Skills for Manufacturing Team Members Statistical Process Control and Quality Management Standards Requirements www mssireland com Cool Muscle The new Cool Muscle integrated servo system from Reliance Precision Mecha tronics 1s now available in Ireland through TMS Motion Control Systems They are excited about this new product range The Cool Muscle is a closed loop vector drive servo system An intelligent driver with a 32 bit RISC CPU a magnetic encoder and power management are built into the motor said Richard Colson of TMS Ireland The Cool muscle is available in Nema sizes 11 17 and 23 With a resolution of 50000 ppr the Cool Muscle offers new ways to design and develop with motion control It can be supplied fitted to a variety of mechanical positioning systems including leadscrew and rack drives Reliance is a market leader in the development manufacture and marketing of precision mechatronic assemblies for the motion control industry The company has extensive exper ience and advanced capabilities in high precision engineering The full product range includes miniature lead screws linear slides gear racks and gears couplings amp a range of precis ion bearings and fasteners By adding the Reliance range to our existing motion control portfolio TMS Ireland can now meet motion control E urolec Instrumentation has been appointed as the Irish distributor for the
22. es for maximum operator response and comprehension while minimising design and engineering efforts The new Wonderware Dev elopment Studio provides a unified environment which empowers the collaboration of IT and engineering teams to perform software application modelling development change management and deployment across the full range of Wonderware software applications including InTouch 10 0 HMI System Platform 3 0 and associated application modules Using this environment applications can now be deployed across a wide range of enterprise devices running on Windows Mobile Windows XP Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 operating environments Their System Platform 3 0 delivers major runtime perfor mance updates to the Wonderware Application Server including the ability to take full advantage of the latest multi core microprocessor technology This platform also provides a rich set of software services for creating deploying and managing distributed real time applications with faster time to value and with lower life cycle costs System Platform 3 0 works seamlessly with InTouch 10 0 software by offering complete integration of ArchestrA application objects with ArchestrA graphics running inside InTouch HMI visualisation Wonderware is offering discounts for customers that upgrade their existing InTouch software licenses to InTouch 10 0 software and additionally purchase the Wonderware System Plat
23. eveloped a range of advanced portable and fixed monitors for the specific measurement of hydrogen in mixtures without interference from other gases Accurate hydrogen measure ments are critical for a large number of organisations Applications include health and safety and process control within a wide variety of industries www quantitech co uk Metrology Metrology Systems and Services MSS operating out of Fermoy is an I N A B Accred ited Calibration Laboratory accredited for the calibration of M1 M2 and M3 O I M L Grade Test Weights They commit to a turnaround time of five working days The Mass Calibration Laboratory was established in 1998 by Donal O Leary to calibrate industrial weights in the weight range 25kg to lg inclusive A science graduate from UCC through his work with the Legal Metrology Service Forbairt and N S A I he has been involved in the areas of measurement calibra tion and quality standards compliance since 1983 The client base developed by MSS since 1998 numbers many organisations from the bulk pharmaceuticals finished pharmaceuticals chemicals medical devices food ingredients and food processing industries Their I N A B accreditation ensures that these organisations will at all times be in compliance with the mass calibration require ments of the F D A I M B and the Quality Management Standards They also provide customised training in Calibration Principles and Practic
24. exciting new Grant Instruments range of Sous Vide temperature controlled cooking baths Sous Vide cooking has recently been reintroduced as an effective method of achieving a consistent high quality and flavour with enhanced shelf life to help to ease the fluctuations in demand in busy kitchens These quality cooking baths have been developed in conjunction with the prestigious English restaurant The Fat Duck which has won three Michelin stars The baths have also been endorsed be such well known chefs as Gordon Ramsey Claude Bosi Hibiscus Marcus Wareing Petrus amp Savoy Grill Tom Aikens Anthony Demetre Arbutus Restaurant These cost effective cooking baths complement the range of thermometer amp other temperature monitoring instruments made by Eurolec for HACCP Quality Control applications in the catering food processing supermarket amp hospitality industry sectors www eurolec instruments com requirements ranging from miniature high precision positioning systems with mi cron precision up to industrial motion control systems of 2kW or more said Colson The Mission of TMS in Ireland is to work closely with our customers engineers to provide the optimum motion control solution at the most competitive price and to back this solution with the best possible after sales support he concluded www totalmotionsystems ie Wireless again At the Hart press conference at ISA EXPO See page 7 i
25. f us who grew up on the field instrumentation and control systems side of the process industries are still not entirely used to the breadth and depth of the field of automation combining as it does all the facets of instrumentation control test and measurement analysis and computer aided manufacturing as well as manufacturing execution systems and machine to machine communications and industrial Comentators comment Walt Boyes Te nie F er www controlglobal com soundoff m 2007 1006 Some of the delegates at the ISA Section Delegate Meeting in Houston This body is the most powerful body in the ISA and elects society ai makes networking A side effect of this decision is that the rejection of the word International in the proposed name change could be interpreted as what Boyes calls an unfortunate signal to its international members The argument was that eliminating America from the name was sufficiently international This according to another US based commentator was not a good signal to international members who already consider ISA too USA centric The primary reasons for name change were not that well explained in the supporting material provided to the delegates by mail In fact many sections outside of the US did not receive this material before they were asked to vote which lead to a certain amount of dissaray among the non American delegates some of
26. form 3 0 and customer support Compact Panel offerings provide unprecedented ease of installation and a new entry price point by bundling a subset of InTouch 10 0 HMI runtime functionality along with rugged industrial touch screen operator panels operating Windows CE 6 0 A range of screen sizes and industrial environments can be supported with these devices including NEMA 4X IP 66 and Class 1 Div 2 Customers can now have a common visualisation strategy from the smallest devices to a network of servers and hundreds of clients all utilising InTouch 10 0 software and the common Wonderware Development Studio The Wonderware Breakthrough Experience visit www experience wonderware com Solutions PT who market these products here are holding Hardware Solution Days in Cork 06 11 2007 Rochestown Park Hotel Dublin 08 11 2007 City West Hotel A new revolution Hassan Kaghazchi of ProfiBus Ireland tells us of a giant leap forward for ProfiBus with the release of the incredible ProfiTrace II and ProfiCore Ultra Finally analysis of the signal quality busmonitoring and master activities can be carried out simultaneously on the same USB hardware The technician can check and troubleshoot the complete ProfiBus network with one software package and one piece of hardware This results in an enormous reduction in equipment weight costs and required knowledge The advanced USB hardware Profi
27. g a spring spacers and a clip The free WORM sensor will fit into virtually all new or existing thermowells with a 0 260 in ID To obtain a free WORM sensor go to www miinet com freeworm fill out the New range J Boner amp Co Ltd have added Calex Electronics to their growing range of instrumentation products Calex are a well renowned and respected company that are in operation in the Britain since 1973 and have developed a superb range of non contact temperature products They manufacture Handheld infrared thermometers in both Gun style and pen style and also do a great range of fixed infrared thermometers They also have a wide range of Traditional Digital thermometers along with thermocouple and RTD probes P J Boner amp Co will be stocking Calex s range and will be pleased to forward on any datasheets to interested parties www pjboner com form and hit SEND Because the WORM is a flexible sensor it can fit into existing thermowells that have problems such as caked debris or those that are sagging from exposure to extreme heat In many cases conventional rigid sensors cannot be installed in such thermowells and the thermowell itself has to be replaced The WORM also simplifies maintenance procedures because a WORM can be cut to fit any application A maintenance techie no longer has to take a dozen different rigid sensors into the field in hopes of finding one that fits inst
28. gs structures and other targets Within the measurement range 20 to 800 C users can capture thermal and visual images simultaneously record Innovation amp no dynamic radiometric sequences of moving targets in real time and store up to 1 000 images on the generous 2 GB storage card all part of the standard package Automatic capabili ties include hot spot and image centre detection and preferred operational settings can be saved and recalled instantly Inspection reports can be created in minutes with a simple Microsoft Word interface using a pre defined template or manually by the user and can include the thermal and visual images measurement details annotated text and any other essential information The TP8 uses a 384 A 288 IR camera and a colour 1280 1024 visual camera Operators simply locate the scene to be inspected press the shutter and then have both high resolution thermal and visual images taken and saved together in a single file with text annotation to page 10 FOUR MODEL VARIATIONS RT Rate and Totalizer Transformer or battery operated Performance AO 4 20mA 0 10 VDC analog output flow rate amp totalizer Transformer operated PC Batch processing flow rate alarm proportional chemical meter
29. heir lead leaving Honeywell to protest about how ISA 100 will provide better links to more protocols Emerson remains committed to working on ISA 100 and intends to make sure WirelessHART technology is included in that standard when it is eventually approved Emerson has the most to gain if the standard emerges today Honeywell has the most to lose if WirelessHART gains market traction That is simply the basis of their two opposing positions These Wireless Wars are really ploys to gain leadership through standards that support market strategies Here s the key dichotomy Emerson is pursing market leadership primarily through field devices while Honeywell has a much broader line of control systems located throughout process plants and requiring wireless communications with a much wider variety of devices Collaboration after all Perhaps the open letters helped after all because two weeks after going ahead with the release in the face of Jack Bolick s protest HCF announced that it had entered into an agreement with ISA to collaborate and investigate opportunities to incorporate WirelessHART into the work of the ISA 100 Committee Within the agreement is a mutual copyright licensing arrangement which allows ISA 100 to evaluate and consider the adoption of WirelessHART and gives HCF access to all ISA 100 documents going forward ISA and HCF are also establishing a joint technical committee to assess the degree to which th
30. ic monitoring of field devices and or rotating equipment In contrast InFusion Condition Manager collects aggregates and analyses real time data from the full array of plant production assets including but not limited to sensors and actuators pumps motors compressors turbines dryers and heat exchangers and even entire process units It interoperates with all Invensys and third party applications supported through the InFusion application environment Thanks to recent version 2 2 enhancements equipment condition and maintenance information can now be easily be displayed on plant process control and engineering HMI workstations This information was previous ly only available on their own Avantis PRO enterprise asset management EAM system or other computerised mainten ance management systems It can now also feed data to a variety of different plant Historian packages to allow the data and actions to be historised and made available to other plant and enterprise systems And to more easily facilitate bulk deployment throughout industrial plants with a large number and diversity of production assets the enhanced InFusion Condi tion Manager offers improved ro template capabilities These templates save time and drive best practices www avantis net Lee Dickens represented here by Douglas Control and Automation has released two low cost relative humidity and temperature probe ranges The HP7
31. ing flow rate and totalizer Transformer operated AP Analog output batch processing flow rate alarm proportional chemical metering flow rate and totalizer iore Beraiei FLOWMETERS RotaMeters E od This innovative New product More than confieurabns AT n MICRO FLO is designed to Flow Verification System be used with your metering pump to provide accurate Flow Measurement and Accumulated Flow Data KNOW how much chemical your metering pump is dispensing Biue White 5300 Business Drive Huntington Beach CA 92649 USA Email sales blue white com www bluwhite com TEL 00 1 714 893 8529 FAX 00 1 714 894 9492 READ OUT PAGE 9 CAORAN BAILE NA HABHANN CO GALWAY TEL 087 2663282 Fax 091 506872 E mail info read out net EW Products from page 9 and a voice recording of up to 30 seconds The integrated laser locater helps to associate a hot spot shown in a thermal image with the real physical target Up to eight areas can be analysed simultaneously in live zoomed frozen or saved format with respective max imum minimum or average temperatures indicated within each Display options include line histogram and isotherm The TP8 flash internal memory can store up to 450 images with a further 1000 on the SD card www manotherm ie Cost conscious recorder MEL l Companies that will not compromise on specification but want a low cost data recorder will be interest
32. is kind of standards noise is similar to what occurred during the Fieldbus Wars which started almost 2 decades ago ISA was coordinating the SP50 Fieldbus standard which never really got anywhere In the end some 10 15 different industrial networking protocols were approved as standards The situation was too funny to write about in regular prose people would be offended by clear statements of what was happening So I turned to poetry a crisp lucid way of describing the situation My new poem on the Wireless Wars is in the lilt of Lewis Carroll s The Lobster Quadrille from Alice in Wonderland I trust you ll enjoy it See URL bottom page 2 Ed Wireless Inflection Points It s important to remember that while the process automation majors are primarily focused on the benefits of wireless enabled versions of conventional field devices the full range of potential applications of wireless technology is considerably wider and deeper There are lots of applications which can use the versatility of self healing wireless mesh network technology and this will contribute to substantial market growth Andrew Bond in his widely respected Industrial Automation Insider newsletter The future of wireless in process automation could well turn out to be a battle between those who use it incrementally in effect to replace copper in conventional applications and those who use it imaginatively to reshape the applications
33. is technology meets the ISA s objectives and whether it can be incorporated into what is now being called the ISA 100 family of standards This seems remarkably like what happened when several mutually incompatible protocols were incorporated into the IEC standard which eventually resolved the Fieldbus wars every standard that had any reasonable following was eventually incorporated into the standard When eight standards were initially included in the Fieldbus standard I wrote a poem The 8 part Fieldbus Voting Fiasco see URL below It s interesting that there are now 15 or 16 standards incorporated into the so called Fieldbus standard One wonders why the automation industry has had to go through these shenanigans before this degree of cooperation emerges Why for example would it not have been possible for the ISA 100 committee in effect to delegate development of wireless provisions within ISA 100 to HCF from READ OUT PAGE 2 CAORAN BAILE NA HABHANN CO GALWAY TEL 087 2663282 Fax 091 506872 E mail info read out net the outset to allow users of 25 million HART devices an acceptable standard rather than have to choose between a HART protocol and another different or similar protocol from ISA Each camp will give you a hundred reasons why they could not all of them incorporated into incomprehensible details The fundamental objections are marketing based not technical CISCO everyb
34. it does not really understand At Hanover in April 2007 CISCO announced collaboration with Rockwell Automation with a plan to develop what they called common technology view A few months later they announced their own wireless solution specifically targeting the upstream Oil and Gas markets Under the newly announced CISCO agreement with Emerson the two companies will collaborate to offer open standard solutions for wireless process and plant management applications Many Emerson customers already use Cisco s wired plant network applications and are expected to extend into the wireless domain right down to the device level using Emerson technology The Plant networks will be based on Cisco s Unified Wireless Architecture which provides industrial class wireless access points controllers and network management software Emerson will use Cisco technology to provide ubiquitous highly secure wireless LAN coverage and integration within a plant s existing IT infrastructure thereby eliminating the need for a complex wireless overlay network Configuration and management of the Wi Fi network will be handled centrally by Cisco s Wireless Control System This allows Emerson to offer applications such as worker mobility voice over IP personnel and asset tracking and video under a common umbrella In effect this is equivalent to Honeywell s One Wireless This is clearly a marketing game of ping pong with CISCO playing
35. lable for download from www read out net phrmtx applications from monitoring the environment in mobile cages housing genetically modified laboratory animals to FDA validated temperature monitoring as an alternative to conventional wired thermocouple systems all of which underlined the J extraordinary resilience and versatility of self healing wireless mesh network technology Honeywell as well as from www iainsider co uk Wireless Wars from page 3 prize DUST everywhere WirelessHART as embodied in the newly released HART 7 specification adopted the concept of self healing mesh networking but did not completely include the Dust Networks proposals as originally used by Emerson However within days of the release of HART 7 Dust smartly announced WirelessHART compatible Wireless Sensor Networking WSN based on its TSMP Time Synchronized Mesh Protocol which is the foundational building block of the WirelessHART standard With Emerson and many other companies already using its technology Dust Networks are clearly expecting that their products will quickly become the de facto standard in the process measurement and controls industry Use of Dust products should enable vendors of HART based field devices to develop WirelessHART compatible versions quite quickly with retrofit kits for already deployed HART devices That s a significant market look for several products to emerge Same Old Same Old Th
36. mple engaging visual manner www multimedia instruction com Who says Men can t multi task Dr Gareth Pearson recently accepted a job offer from Quantitech whilst riding an elephant in Thailand As a result Quantitech has made yet another new appointment announcement Dr Pearson has recently completed a PhD in ICP Mass Spectrometry and joined Quantitech in September 2007 in order to expand the company s analytical resources Working as Product Specialist Elemental Analysers Gareth s work will focus primarily on analysis in the laboratory We managed to get a photo of Gareth but the elephant was too shy to be photographed Letter from page 13 car side windows car bumpers To keep up with the new production trends also a more flexible automation is needed to handle handling and processing of the advanced products Fixed automation sys tems can leave manu facturers floundering and at risk of being over come by aggressive competitors Investment in proven 21st century manufacturing technology is a must but the most cost effective way to do this is to increase throughput quality flexibility and reliability a daunting prospect That is until the potential of high speed high accuracy high reliability modern robots are considered Unquestionably the most versatile constit uent in manufacturing remains the human being but today s robots capable of doing pretty much anything a human can
37. n early October Endress Hauser was represented When we approached their Irish subsidiary we received the following statement Endress Hauser sees the HART 7 specification in con junction with WirelessHART as a major step forward for the continuing growth of the acceptance of HART by our customers We will see HART 7 implemented in our devices in future including support of HART 7 Asset Management Tool FieldCare in our and in our Mobile Asset Solution Field Xpert WirelessHART will contribute to the development of Asset Management applications by offering easier access to the device information and most importantly to the diagnos tic s An important application for the future successful use of WirelessHART will be the field of Inventory Control which is well catered for by our SupplyCare product portfolio Endress Hauser will offer products based WirelessHART in 2008 www ie endress com See also our Inside Front article on the Wireless Wars on page 2 on READ OUT PAGE 8 CAORAN BAILE NA HABHANN CO GALWAY TEL 087 2663282 Fax 091 506872 E mail info read out net EW Free worm the ORAT Moore Industries is giving away a free WORM flexible RTD or thermocouple sensor to any qualified user that wants one The offer includes a choice of a thermocouple or RTD sensor 24 in of extension wire and an installation kit with all the necessary mounting components includ in
38. n point which will generate significant growth and market share for the industry leaders The Wireless Wars are really marketing ploys to gain market share through the differentiation of standards that support the majors market strategies WirelessHART Vs ISA 100 In September 2007 the Hart Communication Foundation HCF announced official release of the Hart 7 Specification which includes WirelessHART the first open wireless communication standard specifically designed for process measurement and control This specification was developed through the combined cooperative efforts of HCF member companies which includes most companies in the automation industry There was a 11th hour appeal via an open letter from Jack Bolick President of Honeywell Process Systems He recommended that HCF remove WirelessHart from Hart 7 0 and wait for the not yet ready ISA 100 as the networking technology for Hart wireless deployments He suggested that including wireless in Hart 7 0 was unnecessary duplication which creates confusion and slows innovation ISA100 is being developed to support multiple protocols such as Hart Profibus CIP and Foundation Fieldbus instead of just Hart 7 This is being coordinated by ISA s SP100 committee with a draft version ISA 100 11a expected soon But when was the last time any committee approved a specification in less than umpteen months Honeywell itself is on the 5 member HCF board of
39. nder Well as well as his Peer Rec ognition Ireland was well represented at the ISA Honours and Awards Gala in Houston on Ist October this year These awards were announced earlier and were the result of nominations submitted by the Ireland Section and evaluated by an international committee of the Society Pictures show top LtoR Eamon Creech Distinguished Service Award Mick Meade ISA Ireland President Elect Jim Long ISA Ireland President Eoin O Riain Golden Achievement Award Below Eoin O Riain and Eamon Creech pose for pictures with their awards new role as MMID s Creative Director he has taken on the task to grow the company 5 employees at present and has decided to make good use of his experience amp contacts in the manufacturing sector to do so I have thoroughly enjoyed working in the automation field in FDA regulated environment over the last few years it would be a pity to just turn the page and lose touch with the industry says Roosli adding there is room out there for a company that truly understands how the industry and technologies work to help automation vendors amp training providers produce cutting edge promotional and training interactive material I would really like to marry my knowledge gained in the automation industry with what I am doing now A quick look at the company s website will demonstrate it s innate talent to explain technical concepts in a si
40. nterkama Attendance at the shows is low by European standards with anything over 14000 attendees been regarded as good Of course a substantial number of these would be professionals attending the various lectures and short courses which are so much part of ISA s raison d etre It remains a very useful event to visit if only to see what is happening in the US market place and to see what is the latest buzz in automation circles In short it is still the place to learn about and progress in the disciplines of instrumentation systems and automation See Read out s review of ISA EXPO 2007 on _ CONTROL amp AUTOMATION Flopionad Flour Cintre far eee mut Rr puc eto Meana disa tanes tor WABA amunt Adar Level Guages ZYT amp HL Ex Lighetir gg Sertzdopiswr rd AA Farra L n Faya 17001 ermiaall De gr Ci Lec i ll c VAL DI DILIERGO LC ed i READ OUT PAGE 7 CAORAN BAILE NA HABHANN CO GALWAY TEL 087 2663282 Fax 091 506872 E mail info read out net ta m Non destructive testing The Sonatest range of non destructive testers is marketed in Ireland by Medray You should contact Gerry McGlone for full details They are at Unit B Clonlara Ave Baldonnell Business Park Dublin 22 Tel 01 4663773 www medray ie Unique Hydrogen Monitors Quantitech Ltd has been appointed to distribute a range of unique Hydrogen monitors in Britain and Ireland H2Scan Corp has d
41. nufacturing functions have to be altered The trends are new material to replace metal and glass for more advanced and appealing design and to reach weight reduction and cost reduction which yields environmental effects New processes involve long fibre injection LFI for production of fibre reinforced glass to improve impact strength to replace continued on page 15 Events Practical Troubleshooting of Electronic Circuits Workshop www idc online com 5 6 11 2007 Cork 8 9 11 2007 Dublin Manuf Technology Ireland www industry co uk 7 8 11 2007 Dublin Siemens S7 Basic Course www profibus ie 7 9 11 2007 Scarriff Plant 2 Enterprise Conference www mesa org 7 8 11 2007 Utrecht NL Hardware Solution Day www hardwarept co uk 8 11 2007 Dublin IRL Thermal Imaging Webinar www fluke co uk 8 11 2007 14 11 2007 Lightning Surge Protection and Earthing of Electrical amp Electronic Systems in Industrial Networks Workshop www idc online com 12 13 11 2007 Dublin 15 16 11 2007 Cork CANopen Seminar WWW can cia org 13 11 2007 Manchester GB Productronica 2007 www productronica com 13 16 11 2007 Munich D ProfiBus Installers Course www profibus ie 14 11 2007 Limerick ProfiBus Maintenance Technician Course www profibus ie 26 27 11 2007 Cork IRL SPS IPC DRIVES 2007 www mesago de en SPS main htm 27 29 11 2007 Nuernberg D Profibus Engineers Course
42. ody It s little more than three months since Honeywell announced its One Wireless solution at the Honeywell User Group HUG meeting in Phoenix One Wireless was claimed Bolick the the only wireless network a plant needs The implication was that users who adopted other vendors solutions would find themselves having to manage a plethora of protocols several potentially conflicting wireless networks Clearly Emerson which has been selling its HART based wireless networking for a year was the primary target against which this marketing volley was aimed Honeywell suggested that by focusing solely on field device networking Emerson was not giving its customers the opportunity to take advantage of wider possibilities alliances with Wireless on the Signpost offered by Honeywell s much broader One Wireless in plant wireless networking solutions Now Emerson has responded by announcing an alliance with CISCO which offers users pretty much everything that Honeywell s One Wireless offers after ISA 100 is released plus the added bonus of WirlessHART based wireless networking now Cisco the mainstream networking big gorilla has once again previous alliance with GE Fanuc fizzled entered the industrial automation arena CISCO sees the growing convergence of the IT and automation worlds and hopes to extend its reach from the corporate level to the plant not quite recognising the intricacies in fragmented markets that
43. on of WirelessHART by the HART Foundation As a result the presence among the platform speakers both of Dust Networks marketing vice president Steve Toteda and of ABB s Gareth Johnston one of the authors of the standard ensured a rush of late registrations and a large audience who demonstrated both their enthusiasm for the technology and their understanding of its potential by staying right to the end and giving the chairman an easy time through the quality and quantity of questions from the floor Further spice was added to the proceedings by presentations from both Emerson and Phoenix Contact However there was also a valuable reminder that while the mainstream process automation vendors are understandably focussed on the potential benefits of wireless enabled versions of conventional field devices the full range of potential applications of the technology is considerably wider Presentations from both Above Steve Toteda of WINA Wireless Industrial Networking Alliance amp Adaptive Wire less Solutions Dust Networks talk about The promise of Wireless while the large EMEA agents for Sensicast attendance of almost 70 listen with wrapt attention Quote from attendee Enjoyed the wireless conference last week very and from GE Sensors much hi ghli ghted a range Of Quote from an Employer feedback from conference was very positive about the conference All of the presentations are avai
44. published user manual super fluous The unit can also be operated using an external keyboard USB A comprehensive signal to page 13 READ OUT PAGE 12 CAORAN BAILE NA HABHANN CO GALWAY TEL 087 2663282 Fax 091 506872 E mail info read out net gor Products from page 12 analysis processes the recorded signals in the device and stores these as day week month annual analysis or counter values Freely definable or externally controlled measure ment periods are also possible The integrated user administra tion is part of the safety package in the basic device and provides the highest data security and clear traceability of the processes The device complies with the regulations defined by the FDA Food and Drug Administration within the 21 CFR Part 11 regarding electronic data acquisition and is therefore suitable as a display and data acquisition system of safety relevant process parameters Recorded data is saved safe from manipulation in the large internal 256 MB memory and in addition can also be transferred to the front mounted optional SD memory card or thumb drive A sampling rate of only 100 ms for all channels and a fast memory cycle of 100 ms are an additional exceptional feature The integrated web server allows remote monitoring and access to current Memograph M process information using a standard Web browser The integrated Ethernet or USB communication interface makes it possible
45. s a big corporate presence However they were present at the smaller technology based pavilions wireless safety process automation etc giving talks on various aspects of these areas of interest and which were extremely well attended ISA is different to most exhibitions in that it is not ostensibly a sales oriented show rather is it a technology based event Obviously it is necessary that such a big event make money for the organisers but since the organisers are the representatives of a profession automation all profits are ploughed back into the organisation Platforms and technologies take centre stage though it was interesting that the big Fieldbus platforms Foundation Fieldbus and ProfiBus were not represented though HART did have a stand in view of the fact that their WirelessHART standard had The highlight of ISA s annual meeting is the Gala Honours amp Awards Banquet on the night prior to the opening of the show This year two ISA Ireland members were honoured Picture shows amon Creech of Jansson receiving the Distinguished Members Award from ISA President Steve Huffman Pic M Meade see also People Section on page 14 just been published a few weeks ago Stands tended to be small with a large number of local Texas businesses represented as well as companies with niche solutions say for the oil business In effect might be called a regional rather than a true International Show such as I
46. themselves My own advice don t get bogged down in the wireless wars Push the inflection point Develop applications that provide your customers with the significant advantages and benefits of wireless deployment and you ll find the growth and success your company is looking for Acknowledgements I d like to acknowledge that several points in this article have used the good insights and writings of Andrew Bond in his respected newsletter Industrial Automation Insider READ OUT PAGE 4 CAORAN BAILE NA HABHANN CO GALWAY TEL 087 2663282 Fax 091 506872 E mail info read out net Industrial Data Acquisition News Simplify Industrial Measurements with USB DAQ FEJE The new rugged NI CompactDAQ system harnesses the plug and play power of hi speed USB to get your measurement system up t t and running faster Choose from a wide variety of I O modules with built in signal conditioning for direct connectivity to a thousands of sensors x View video demonstrations online at ni com compactdaq Acquire High Voltage Measurements with Isolated DAQ National Instruments now offers its premier PCI and PXI plug in data acquisition DAQ Lars SAO eee ae devices with built in isolation Isolation p La Ay ws secures your system from voltage spikes moe P and eliminates common measurement errors caused by noisy ground signals including ground loops and common mode ee is wi d821 voltages That me
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48. was smaller than I remembered but as usual the multiplicity of smaller stands Americans call them booths helped in creating a business like buzz in the hall But these are cosmetic changes What about the beef after all we were in Texas ISA EXPO is always a little different to other commercial ventures because of it s emphasis on learning Teaching the technology in a series of seminars and short courses which are being carried on concurrently with the show is always an important facet This year the event was described as One Event Six Exchanges Built around core technologies critical to automation and control success it offered in depth coverage peer to peer networking and access to technical experts These technologies were Security Wireless amp Networking Process Automation Safety Environmental amp Quality Control and Enterprise Integration Despite this five pronged attack the subject that dominated everywhere was wireless Of fourteen press conferences in the first two days nine were on wireless offerings or developing standards in wireless see Jim Pinto on this on Page 2 Other important happenings during the week at Houston included the rejection by the ISA s Delegate Conference of the name change of the Society to International Society of Automation see cover story And the exhibition itself There were changes Like exhibitions in Europe the big boys were for the most part absent a
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