January 31, 2005
Press Release: Emerson announces PlantWeb upgrade with Release of DeltaV Version 7.4
AUSTIN, TEXAS (January 31, 2005) - Emerson Process Management enhanced its PlantWeb digital plant architecture with the release of DeltaV version 7.4. The new release includes integration of the INtools instrument application, new Chart Builder, increased fieldbus capacity, enhanced AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager software functionality, and new embedded Data Historian.
"Our PlantWeb architecture is designed to make our customers' jobs easier, faster and more productive. This release of our DeltaV system makes significant strides in that direction," said Tom Snead, president of Emerson's Process Systems and Solutions business. "The enhancements included in this release enable customers to get projects online faster, with more choices for fieldbus implementation, and makes day-to-day operations simpler. We are continuing to invest in our DeltaV technology to expand our innovation leadership in the digital plant automation marketplace."
INtools Integration
This release adds a new engineering productivity tool with integration of the INtools instrument design software v6.0 from Intergraph corporation. The DeltaV Version 7.4 software and INtools design software version 6.0 share common data structures and seamlessly exchange data using XML and Microsoft .NET technology. This enables the re-use of instrumentation information during instrumentation design, reducing engineering effort and speeding up project execution.
Unique to this INtools application, the information integration spans both conventional I/O and digital bus I/O systems. The INtools product has been enhanced to be "DeltaV-aware," and is embedded directly into the DeltaV system. Intergraph has also been included as a partner in the Emerson Process Management Alliance Program. The Alliance Program is a global, business-to-business network connecting high quality, third party suppliers and their off-the-shelf process control related products directly to the Emerson sales and project execution channel for use with DeltaV projects.
Increased Fieldbus Capacity
With the Version 7.4 release, DeltaV software has increased the number of Virtual Communications Relationships among FOUNDATION fieldbus devices to 50, significantly increasing communications power for customers who gain the ability to address more complicated devices, and expand the possibilities for more intricate control relationships.
AMS Device Manager Performance Improvement
Enhancements to DeltaV operations software now permit faster access to FOUNDATION fieldbus parameters, enabling AMS Device Manager diagnostic screens to populate data much faster. This reduces time required for customers to commission or troubleshoot fieldbus devices.
DeltaV Continuous Historian
The DeltaV Continuous Historian stores the wealth of information that is available in the intelligent field devices. The status of a parameter that has been configured for history collection is automatically stored along with its value, allowing customers to make better decisions in controlling their process. It is possible to access the status and value through a new Excel based analysis and reporting tool.
This release includes an OPC Historical Data Access (OPC HDA) server for use with the DeltaV Continuous Historian. OPC HDA is an industry standard for connectivity to historical data. This enables integration of a variety of third party analysis tools with the Historian.
Guardian
The DeltaV v7.4 release incorporates a substantially improved registration utility that fully documents the components making up the customer's system. Completing the registration utility is a necessary first step to enable a pending enhanced Foundation Support service called Guardian to provide customers with automated, up-to-date, and context-specific access to knowledgebase articles. Customers will be able to access those documents that are relevant and applicable to their system. The Emerson Service Management System (SMS), the comprehensive services registration database, has been updated with new tables, views, and reports to take full advantage of the new registration utility.
Upgrade Paths to DeltaV version 7.4
It is possible to upgrade DeltaV installations online to maintain maximum process availability. DeltaV v7.4 is available for online upgrades from installations with the following revisions:
- Version 5.3.2
- Version 6.3.2
- Version 7.1
- Version 7.2
- Version 7.3
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Another Viewpoint from Hydrocarbon Processing: "Embedded APC tools reduce costs of the technology" (238KB PDF)
The October 2004 article, Embedded APC tools reduce costs of the technology, by Pete Sharpe and John Rezabek explores specific ways control projects can be more easily justifed for smaller projects when using Advanced Process Control (APC) techniques.
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January 30, 2005
Another Viewpoint from Chemical Processing: "Improve Your Project's Prospects" (240KB PDF)
The October 2004 article, Improve Your Project's Prospects, by Emerson's own Doug White explains how to perform an accurate financial analysis of technologies that can help you obtain support for your next automation investment.
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January 29, 2005
Another Viewpoint from IEE Computing & Control Engineering: "Digital fieldbus installations use EDDL technology for simplicity with advanced, full functionality" (557KB PDF)
The December 2004 article, Digital fieldbus installations use EDDL technology for simplicity with advanced, full functionality, by Martin Zielinski takes a detailed look at EDDL, the text-based language for describing the digital communication characteristics of intelligent field instrumentation and equipment parameters in an operating system (OS) and human machine interface (HMI) neutral environment.Posted by Emerson's EasyDeltaV.com on January 29, 2005 | TrackBack (0)
January 27, 2005
Workstation Hardware Product Data Sheet Update
DeltaV Workstation Hardware includes a monitor, CPU, keyboard, mouse, and speakers. (145KB PDF)
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January 26, 2005
Controller Redundancy Product Data Sheet Update
Controller Redundancy delivers controller and power redundancy. (250KB PDF)
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Press Release: Emerson collaborates with University of Strathclyde in Scotland for technology transfer to further process manufacturing performance
AUSTIN, TEXAS (January 26, 2005) — Emerson Process Management and the Applied Control Technology Consortium (ACTC), a technology transfer activity linked to the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, are developing and transferring the very latest control technologies to enable throughput improvements and cost reductions by process industry manufacturers.
ACTC helps its member companies pursue a policy of understanding and application of appropriate control technologies. The consortium has attracted a worldwide membership of companies wishing to share the benefits of their innovative expertise, such as Alstom, Boeing, BP, Ford Motor Company, GlaxoSmithKline and Huntsman Tioxide, as well as Emerson.
For the cooperative business improvement approach, Emerson is contributing innovative tools in the form of new technology that provides far more capability for monitoring and managing the manufacturing process than previously has been considered possible, and this is enabling the use of new advanced control techniques, such as those developed by ACTC. The Emerson PlantWeb digital plant architecture uses pervasive intelligence based on predictive diagnostics running continuously in intelligent instruments throughout the plant, and the DeltaV digital automation system has made such advanced control easy to apply.
ACTC complements this Emerson technology. Often through links with industrially relevant projects within the Industrial Control Centre (ICC) at the University of Strathclyde, ACTC has developed prototype process diagnostic software tools to take advantage of the new predictive technology and the modern process information that it delivers, giving companies a competitive advantage.
ACTC and Emerson in the UK are now cooperating to expand the use of PlantWeb intelligent instrumentation for machinery condition monitoring, and by applying the AMS Suite of predictive maintenance software for asset management. This will be demonstrated in cooperation with a major UK pharmaceuticals manufacturing plant to illustrate the capabilities and benefits that arise by minimizing unnecessary maintenance. The wider ACTC membership will benefit from this by getting firsthand details through a published case study report.
Further software developed by ACTC uses new algorithms that automatically assess the performance of control loops and compare performance against a practically attainable "best in practice" controller. This is one of the tools developed by the University and disseminated through the ACTC to their members for the benefit of the industry. In providing a service of plant performance assessment and optimization to their customers, such tools are invaluable to Emerson Asset Optimization engineers in identifying process efficiency failures, to improve plant performance.
At the outset of the cooperative project, ACTC presented process control and technology awareness training to the Emerson project and software design engineers working on DeltaV control applications, such as those for the major automation engineering projects managed by Emerson. ACTC also organized a similar training course for interested participants at the Manufacturing Excellence Conference in Coventry in June 2004.
"We were delighted to have the ACTC involvement with a full training session at the Manufacturing Excellence conference this year," commented Professor Grimble of ACTC. "We are planning another similar joint event with Emerson at Leicester later this year, as a part of the Manufacturing Excellence series."
The cooperation between Emerson and the ACTC on training and technology transfer and with the ICC on research projects is providing a sound basis for the future delivery of improved customer services. Emerson will be able to call on the ACTC to provide additional expertise when clients have particularly difficult problems or when future applications require the use of the latest control technologies.
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January 25, 2005
Continuous Historian Product Data Sheet Update
Continuous Historian stores and retrieves large numbers of process measurements quickly and efficiently. (891KB PDF)
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January 24, 2005
Batch Historian Product Data Sheet Update
Batch Historian automatically collects and displays recipe execution data from the DeltaV Batch Executive and process event data from the DeltaV Event Chronicle (189KB PDF)
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January 22, 2005
New in the Application Exchange: DeltaV Operate Picture Report Utility
Teague Chambers shares a DeltaV Operate Picture Report Utility in the Application Exchange. The utility is very useful for documenting pictures and the objects referenced on it. The resulting dynamo report can help when trying to find what pictures a specific module reside on.
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January 20, 2005
VEGA Grieshaber KG Vegason rev 1 Fieldbus Device Files
VEGA Grieshaber KG Vegason rev 1 has passed the rigorous testing of the DeltaV interoperability labs and the Fieldbus Device Files for use with the DeltaV system are now available in the Fieldbus Device Downloads utility.
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January 19, 2005
Metso Automation ND9000F rev 2 Fieldbus Device Files
Metso Automation ND9000F rev 2 has passed the rigorous testing of the DeltaV interoperability labs and the Fieldbus Device Files for use with the DeltaV system are now available in the Fieldbus Device Downloads utility.
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January 18, 2005
Rosemount 5400 rev 2 Fieldbus Device Files
Rosemount 5400 rev 2 has passed the rigorous testing of the DeltaV interoperability labs and the Fieldbus Device Files for use with the DeltaV system are now available in the Fieldbus Device Downloads utility.
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January 12, 2005
New in the Application Exchange: Serial AI/DI Modules
Shai Vilensky shares a Serial AI/DI Module that can replace an AI module or DI module and reduce the amount of DST's for an application.
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January 6, 2005
Rosemount Analytical Inc. XMT-P (4088) rev 1, XMT-CT (4087) rev 1 and XMT-A (4086) rev 1 Fieldbus Device Files
Rosemount Analytical Inc. XMT-P (4088) rev 1, XMT-CT (4087) rev 1 and XMT-A (4086) rev 1 have passed the rigorous testing of the DeltaV interoperability labs and the Fieldbus Device Files for use with the DeltaV system are now available in the Fieldbus Device Downloads utility.
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January 5, 2005
DeltaV SIS architectural design receives TÜV approvals (1MB PDF)
December 28th letter details DeltaV SIS position in the TÜV certification process (1MB PDF)
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January 4, 2005
Duncan@Play Slideshow: Duncan Rocks
Kent and Adam Mitchell jam with our beloved spokesnonperson in Duncan Rocks
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