If your process includes hazardous locations, you can appreciate the extra care that must be taken with the wiring to instrumentation located in these areas. And ongoing testing of these transmitters and final control elements poses challenges as well. In a Control...
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Updated Foundation Fieldbus Segment Design Tool
The diagnostics available in smart instrumentation can help to improve process efficiency, reduce unplanned downtime, reduce maintenance costs, and more. I received word that a valuable tool, the Foundation Fieldbus Segment Design Tool, has been updated to help in the...
Considerations in Foundation Fieldbus Cable Design
The Fieldbus Foundation has an active LinkedIn group where users of this digital bus communications technology share expertise. I saw a recent question [hyperlink added]: i came across a document which mentioned that in reality IEC 61158 specified cable is actually...
Wireless Devices in Hazardous Locations
My ControlGlobal - The Great Kanduski: Best Practices in Industrial Networking RSS feed alerted me to a post, Antennas - Wireless Achilles Heel? As the title implies, it raises the question about antennas on wireless devices when installed in hazardous areas. The post...
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