Press Releases 2007

Safer by a distance! - Functional safety and GAMP-aligned automation with Remote I/O

Profibus Remote I/O systems have become established in new plants and plant extensions in the process industries, due to higher data transfer rates and improved accuracy compared to conventional technology. Also considering the GAMP requirements of the pharmaceutical industry and the SIL concept, the system reduces the cost of plant automation.

(November 2007, PR-2007-706-eng)

Potential savings on wiring – Interface technology in the control cabinet

With the interface modules of the K-System, H-System and the SB-System, considerably reduced wiring and commissioning costs can be achieved in the control cabinet compared with current systems available on the market.

(October 2007, PR-2007-713-eng)

Radio technology in process engineering

Following the technological progress of field bus, the next development step in field communication is that of solutions involving radio technology. Although proprietary solutions have been available for a while, a wider application range is  still waiting in the wings due to a lack of confidence in radio technology and the absence of integrated systems.

(July 2007, PR-2007-712-eng)

Total insight for total control - New technologies for fully transparent fieldbus installations

The fieldbus is the enabling technology of a new generation of process plants. It not only allows the integration of all plant instrumentation, control loops and I/O devices. Due to new solutions like Advanced Diagnostics, it also offers total control of the physical fieldbus layer in combination with remote access to every detail of each instrument connected.

(July 2007, PR-2007-683-eng)

GE Fanuc and Pepperl+Fuchs sign Supply Agreement for Proficy® Process Systems - Proven Technologies Provide Framework for Contemporary Solution for Hybrid and Continuous Process Control

Pepperl+Fuchs North America announced that it has entered into a supply agreement with GE Fanuc Automation, a unit of GE Industrial, to provide interface components that create connections in industrial automation systems - including signal transmission and digital fieldbus communication based on Profibus.

(July 2007, PR-2007-686-eng)

Pepperl+Fuchs rewarded once again - Invensys recognizes Pepperl+Fuchs for outstanding performance.

Invensys Process Systems has recognized Pepperl+Fuchs as a preferred supplier of highly developed interface products for the global process industries.

(July 2007, PR-2007-681-eng)

Pepperl+Fuchs supplies PETRONAS Methanol Plant - First snap on surge project supplied by Asia-Pacific region

Pepperl+Fuchs has been chosen by PETRONAS to be the sole supplier of safety barriers and surge arrestors for their new methanol plant in Labuan, East Malaysia. Pepperl+Fuchs, partnering with one of the world's leading DCS vendors, will integrate transformer isolated barriers and snap-on surge protectors into their control and safety systems.

(July 2007, PR-2007-673-eng)

Pepperl+Fuchs provides FieldConnex fieldbus infrastructure to Rabigh Integrated Refining and Petrochemical Complex

Pepperl+Fuchs has been chosen as the exclusive supplier in one of the largest fieldbus projects in the world, Rabigh Integrated Refining and Petrochemical Complex (PETRORabigh).

(June 2007, PT200-654-eng)

Pepperl+Fuchs is chosen by Emerson as their "Supplier of the Year" for 2006 in recognition of its performance and dedicated service

Pepperl+Fuchs GmbH has been chosen by Emerson Process Management as their "Supplier of the Year" for 2006, in recognition of its performance and dedicated service throughout the period of the award.

(March 2007, PR-2007-665-eng)

Pepperl+Fuchs is chosen by Emerson as their fieldbus interface partner for BP's Angola Greater Plutonio FPSO vessel

Mannheim, Germany (May 2007) - Pepperl+Fuchs GmbH has won the contract to be the Fieldbus interface supplier, partnering with Emerson Process Management, for the project awarded by BP to automate the floating production, storage, and offloading vessel that will develop the Greater Plutonio Deepwater offshore oil fields of Angola.

(May 2007, PT2007-648-eng)

Pepperl+Fuchs is chosen by Emerson as their fieldbus interface and HMI partner for a major expansion project with GE Healthcare in Norway.

Mannheim, Germany (May 2007) - Pepperl+Fuchs GmbH has won the contract to be the Fieldbus interface and PC operator terminal supplier, partnering with Emerson Process Management, for the project awarded by GE Healthcare's Lindesnes plant in Norway. Emerson will implement the Pepperl+Fuchs fieldbus installation system FieldConnex® ...

(May 2007, PT2007-647-eng)

Committed to fieldbus - Fieldbus Foundation names Dr. Gunther Kegel to its Board of Directors

During the General Assembly of Fieldbus Foundation, February 23rd 2007 in Houston/Texas, Dr. Gunther Kegel has been named to its board of directors. Through this, the chief executive officer of the Pepperl+Fuchs-Group shows an enhanced commitment to the fieldbus technology in the area of process automation.

(April 2007, PT2007-638-eng)

Corrosion - don't get rusty

CorrTran™ MV von Pepperl+Fuchs ist der erste, 2-Draht- bzw. 4...20 mA Transmitter mit integriertem HART Protokoll, der gleichzeitig die allgemeine und die örtliche Korrosion (Lochkorrosion) in demselben Industrietransmittergehäuse auswertet.

(March 2007, PT2007-633-eng)

Pepperl+Fuchs is chosen by major DCS vendor as their fieldbus interface partner for several Reliance projects in India

Mannheim, Germany (May 2007) – Pepperl+Fuchs GmbH has won the contract to be the Fieldbus interface supplier, partnering with one of the world’s major providers of plant control systems, for several projects awarded by Reliance in India.

(March 2007, PT2007-622-eng)

PROFIBUS remote I/O with fiber optics in explosive environments - interference immunity even over long distances

In the chemical, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries as well as in oil and gas environments explosion risks have to be prevented by suitable protective measures. Here, automation technology plays a key role. It must ensure safe, and at the same time, economic operations.

(June 2007, PT2007-586-eng)

FieldConnex® Advanced Diagnostic Modules increase plant availability

The Diagnostic Modules from Pepperl+Fuchs evaluate the quality of the fieldbus physics and carry out loop checks. This reduces commissioning time and ensures that the fieldbus operates reliably right from the get go.

(February 2007, PT2007-589-eng)

Maintenance without hot work permit - multi purpose terminal simplifies installation in Zone 1

Often high energy electric circuits also have to be used in Zone 1 explosive environments. In hazardous areas where flammable gases, dust or mists may occur, neither sparks nor hot surfaces must cause an explosion. Electrical devices used in these environments must include protection against this possibility.

(February 2007, PT2007-584-eng)

Plant upgrade using remote I/O - changing a running system

Two Degussa production plants were to be upgraded within a period of only two to three weeks without interrupting production. The existing signal conditioning interfaces were to be replaced while all the sensors and actuators fitted to the pipes and vessels were to remain intact.

(February 2007, PT2007-585-eng)

Does the Fieldbus age?

The fieldbus is beginning to establish itself in process automation. Users, who have erected a plant with Foundation Fieldbus (FF) or Profibus PA, are planning the next using the same technology. But what will happen as the equipment starts to age? The most recent investigations with modern field bus diagnostic technology offer a view of the future.

(February 2007, PT2007-587-eng)

The great migration – Fieldbus integrates explosion protection, SIL and analogue signals

The fieldbus is being used ever more frequently in process automation. Restrictions due to the requirements of explosion protection are no longer a theme and the new protocols for safety-related fieldbus applications are resulting in parallel-wired analog safety systems becoming superfluous. So no problem for new plants on green field sites.

(February 2007, PT2007-588-eng)

The K-System – a yardstick in interface technology

From the planning stage, through to the actual application of your plant, you will not fail to be impressed by the K-System from Pepperl+Fuchs, because of its guaranteed reliable and economical signal transfer between the field devices and the control system.

(February 2007, PT2007-590-eng)

High availability with conventional interface technology

The worldwide, extensive and manufacturer-overlapping availability of equipment technology predestines the conventional interface technology for use in process automation. Interface technology offers the solution for a large number of applications.

(February 2007, PT2007-591-eng)

VisuNet RM - PC remote monitor for the new generation

VisuNet RM, the PC remote monitor station with modern transmission technology between the PC and the display unit. Based on Ethernet TCP/IP, connected through an Ethernet interface in ignition protection class Ex e. VisuNet RM has broken with the traditional transmission of data using analogue signals using a signal amplifier, ...

(January 2007, PT2007-582 eng)

Timely and powerful: VisuNet PC - the modular system for the Ex zone

The new units in the VisuNet PC product family are available with screen sizes of 15" (1024 x 768 pixels) and 19" (1280 x 1024 pixels). By default, they ship with a fanless 1.8 GHz Intel Intel Pentium M processor, 1GB working memory, and a 30GB hard drive.

(January 2007, PT2007-581-eng)

Functional, modular, and cost-effective: VisuNet RM - the network-capable PC operating station

VisuNet RM is a line of thin-client devices for the environmental conditions of the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, food industry, oil and gas, and paint processing industries. Data transmission of screen content is done simply and cost-effectively using standard Ethernet cabling and Microsoft's Remote Desktop.

(January 2007, PT2007_579e)