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Best practices for IT and OT convergence 22/05/2023 Andy Webster discusses how the convergence of IT and OT operations can transform industry operations for business success. Full Story...
Autonomous Control AI is officially adopted for use in chemical plant 03/04/2023 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has announced that ENEOS Materials Corporation has officially adopted Factorial Kernel Dynamic Policy Programming (FKDPP) – a reinforcement learning-based AI algorithm – for use at an ENEOS Materials chemical plant. Full Story...
Thinking differently about process control strategies 06/03/2023 Gaetano Micera argues that it’s time to think differently when looking at upgrading ageing distributed control systems. Full Story...
Is SCADA shaping the smart factories of the future? 14/02/2023 Suzanne Gill asked a variety of SCADA providers what they thought were the most important features of modern SCADA systems, and why? Full Story...
The digital twin family explained 28/11/2022 Naveen Kumar and Junichi Watanabe explain more about the different elements of digital twin technology and how it can offer benefits for the process sector. Full Story...
Exploring SCADA-as-a-service 10/10/2022 A whitepaper from Yokogawa Australia and New Zealand offers food for thought about how SCADA-as a-service has evolved to become the new standard, for wide area applications in particular. Full Story...
Yokogawa selected as MAC for construction of renewable hydrogen plant 30/09/2022 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has been selected by Shell Plc to be the main automation contractor (MAC) for the construction of its Holland Hydrogen I plant in the Dutch port of Rotterdam. Full Story...
Identifying threats and finding solutions 06/09/2022 Suzanne Gill investigates the network security threats currently facing the operational technology (OT) environment today. Full Story...
The driving force behind Industry 4.0 success 04/07/2022 Suzanne Gill finds out what makes a sensor ‘smart’ and what role these smart devices have to play in helping achieve Industry 4.0 goals. Full Story...
AI moves into the control arena 22/05/2022 Suzanne Gill reports on a world first project that sees AI being used to autonomously control a chemical plant for 35 consecutive days. Full Story...
TÜV SÜD and Yokogawa support companies with systematic transformation towards Industry 4.0 25/04/2022 TÜV SÜD has partnered with Yokogawa Europe B.V. to help companies on the road to Industry 4.0. The two organisations will collaborate on joint assessments of industrial enterprise transformation efforts using the Smart Industry Readiness Index (SIRI), which supports dedicated transformation planning and implementation. Full Story...
Trapped in DX Proof of Concepts? Let's get SIRIous! 21/03/2022 Register now for this best practice webinar and you will receive an invitation for a 20-minute free consulting session. Do you already have a clear vision and a roadmap for your Digital Transformation (DX) journey, including milestones and actions? This webinar offers you a systematic methodology to find YOUR way in Digital Transformation. Full Story...
Strategise your way with guidance from the proven ‘SIRI’ concept!? 14/03/2022 No matter if you’re just at the beginning or have already started your Digital Transformation journey: the Smart Industry Readiness Index (SIRI) helps you identify your current ‘digital maturity’ and based on this prioritise your next actions, always with a view to the benchmark for your industry. Results from this analysis are the basis for identifying and designing your individual company’s roadmap. Join our webinar. Full Story...
Plant data transformation platform automatically verifies data discrepancies and inconsistencies 10/07/2021 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has introduced OpreX Data Model Broker, a plant data transformation platform in the OpreX Connected Intelligence lineup. Full Story...
Collaborative information server 02/11/2020 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has developed Collaborative Information Server (CI Server) as part of its OpreX Control and Safety System family. Full Story...
Wireless sensors enable easy online collection of pressure and temperature data 20/07/2020 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has launched a new range of pressure and temperature sensors for the Sushi Sensor wireless industrial IoT (IIoT) solution, which is part of the OpreX Asset Management and Integrity family. Full Story...
Yokogawa obtains ISASecure SDLA certification for control system development process 11/05/2020 Yokogawa Electric Corporation’s control system development organisation has obtained ISASecure Security Development Lifecycle Assurance (SDLA) certification from the ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI). Full Story...
Yokogawa acquires specialists in AI for image analytics 30/03/2020 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has acquired Denmark-based Grazper Technologies ApS (Grazper), which develops advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for analysing images. Full Story...
Plant information management system with expanded data acquisition and export capabilities 10/02/2020 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has released Exaquantum R3.20, an enhanced version of its plant information management system (PIMS) software package in the OpreX Asset Operations and Optimisation family. Full Story...
Plant information management system with expanded data acquisition and export capabilities 13/01/2020 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has released Exaquantum R3.20, an enhanced version of its plant information management system (PIMS) software package in the OpreX Asset Operations and Optimisation family. Full Story...
Digitising field data with mobile devices 02/12/2019 Yokogawa Electric Corporation and MetaMoJi Corporation have jointly developed SensPlus Note – a low cost solution for the digitisation of plant data on mobile devices. Full Story...
Enhancements to core product in safety system family to improve connectivity and productivity 22/07/2019 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has released a new version of its CENTUM VP – R6.07 – which is the core product in its OpreX Control and Safety System family of solutions. Full Story...
Flexible SCADA solution 24/04/2019 Yokogawa has introduced FAST/TOOLS R10.04 – the latest version of its real-time operations management and visualisation software – An OpreX control and safety system solution with enhanced capabilities for seamless system integration. Full Story...
Education is key to keeping industry 4.0 moving forward 04/03/2019 Suzanne Gill asked a cross-section of automation vendors where they believe the manufacturing sector is on its Industry 4.0 journey and, importantly, what obstacles still need to be overcome. Full Story...
Keeping pace with the digital transformation 25/02/2019 Suzanne Gill finds out more about the changing role of SCADA systems and asks what features are needed to ensure that this technology keeps pace with the demands of the digital factory of tomorrow. Full Story...
Sushi sensor comes to Europe 04/02/2019 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has announced that it will release its Sushi Sensor, an OpreX brand wireless solution in Europe. Full Story...
Yokogawa adds to control and safety system family 19/11/2018 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has developed a software platform that enables software packages to run on general-purpose computers in a redundant configuration, and has added this to its OpreX Control and Safety System family. Full Story...
Yokogawa receives technological excellence awards for its FlowNavigator software tool 18/09/2018 Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has received a Technology Award from the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE) for its achievements in the development of an IIoT-enabled flow configuration tool. Full Story...
Yokogawa wins chemical injection metering valve orders for oil fields off coast of Norway 02/09/2018 Yokogawa has received orders to provide 59 high-performance FluidCom chemical injection metering valves for two offshore oil fields that are being developed by Equinor ASA, a Norwegian energy company. Full Story...
IT/OT convergence: resistance is useless 29/06/2018 Suzanne Gill finds out more about the trend towards IT and OT convergence - and explores the barriers it poses and the benefits it will bring. Full Story...
Maintenance and operations support tool extended 25/04/2018 Yokogawa Electric Corporation launched version R4.01 of its Plant Resource Manager (PRM) software tool for centrally managing large amounts of data from plant monitoring and control devices as well as manufacturing equipment. Full Story...
Cloud-based continuous monitoring solution 16/08/2017 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has developed a hot spring monitoring system solution based on its Industrial IoT (IIoT) architecture and which works on Microsoft's Azure IoT Suite. Full Story...
PC connectivity for control, data collection and analysis 05/06/2017 Yokogawa’s new WTViewerE software provides PC connectivity for the company’s power analysers via Ethernet, USB, GPIB or RS232 interfaces. This allows users to more easily control, monitor, collect and analyse measurement data, and save measurements remotely. Full Story...
The flow meter: a role in Industry 4.0 success? 22/05/2017 José Leonett discusses the changing flow metering needs of the process industry to allow it to meet current and future challenges. Full Story...
Process control system adds IO to handle digital-only signals 03/05/2017 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has released an enhanced version of its CENTUM VP integrated process production control system. Enhancements to release R6.04 include a new input/output (IO) module. Full Story...
SCADA and the cloud: a perfect partnership? 21/02/2017 Suzanne Gill reports on the changing role of SCADA systems as we enter the era of smart manufacturing and IIoT. Full Story...
Control system solution for power and desalination station 16/01/2017 Yokogawa Middle East & Africa has received an order from the Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority (SEWA) to provide control systems for the Layyah Power and Desalination Station. Full Story...
Overcoming single-point temperature sensing limitations 21/11/2016 Suzanne Gill reports on the potential uses for distributed temperature sensing technology in a host of new application areas. Full Story...
Digital remote sensor 15/11/2016 For the measurement of liquid levels in large tanks and the differential pressure of high-pressure fluids Yokogawa Electric Corporation has introduced the EJXC40A digital remote sensor, a newly developed DPharp EJX series differential pressure transmitter. Full Story...
Yokogawa commits to the IIoT 09/11/2016 Yokogawa has recently made some significant moves which demonstrate its commitment to the development of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Firstly it has set up a new division – the Architecture Development Division California – to pursue the development of core technologies to facilitate IIoT architectures. Secondly it has acquired a developer of cyber security software for the IIoT. Full Story...
Focussing on a collaborative future 21/09/2016 As highlighted throughout its 2016 European User Conference, Yokogawa sees collaboration as vital to ensuring sustainable growth and operational excellence for itself, its partners and its customers. Suzanne Gill reports. Full Story...
Device management software reduces maintenance workload 08/08/2016 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has enhanced its FieldMate device management software, which is being released as FieldMate R3.02. Full Story...
Enhancing DP-based flow measurement with dynamic compensation 20/06/2016 Henk van der Bent describes how a multivariable pressure transmitter with built-in dynamic compensation can correct many of the errors and inaccuracies that occur in differential pressure based flow measurements. He also explains how modern flowmeters can ensure ease of integration with FDT technology based tools. Full Story...
Process analyser systems integration service launched by Yokogawa 25/05/2016 Yokogawa Europe has introduced a new service – Analyser System Integration (ASI) – with the aim of helping project owners to simplify their supply chains by dealing with a single team for all their analytical requirements. Full Story...
Mobile devices - Taking things slowly 13/04/2016 Suzanne Gill reports on the use of mobile devices in industrial applications. It appears to be a slow-burn technology on the plant floor and there are some hurdles that need to be overcome before mobile devices become more widely used. Full Story...
Yokogawa and Statoil to jointly develop a field wireless system 08/03/2016 Yokogawa Electric Corporation and Statoil are set to jointly develop a field wireless system that can map noise levels in real time at Statoil’s plants and upstream facilities, as part of its Wireless Noise Surveillance Project (WiNoS). Full Story...
Centralised data management software solution 01/03/2016 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has released its Plant Resource Manager (PRM) software tool version R3.30 which represents an upgrade of its system for the centralised management of large amounts of data from plant monitoring and control devices and manufacturing equipment. Full Story...
Control solution for hybrid-flywheel energy storage plant 14/12/2015 Yokogawa Ireland, a branch office of the subsidiary Yokogawa United Kingdom, has delivered a control system for Europe’s first hybrid energy storage plant in Ireland. Full Story...
DCS offers enhanced functions for greater efficiency and safety 08/12/2015 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has released CENTUM VP R6.02, a new version of its integrated production control system with enhanced functionality. Full Story...
Enhanced SIS for greater system configuration efficiency 27/10/2015 Yokogawa Electric Corporation is set to introduce an enhanced version of its ProSafe RS safety instrumented system (SIS) to meet the growing demand for SISs that are able to detect abnormal conditions and safely initiate emergency shutdowns. Full Story...
Plant information management system offers improved data acquisition capabilities 06/10/2015 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has introduced Exaquantum R3.01, which is said to deliver a six-fold increase in data acquisition performance and can handle five times as many data points as its predecessor giving plant operators a more detailed understanding of their plant processes. Full Story...
Yokogawa and BP renew global agreement 28/09/2015 BP has renewed an agreement with Yokogawa Electric Corporation for the supply of main automation contractor services (MAC services) to BP’s upstream entities. Full Story...
Power meter gains more functionality 08/09/2015 An enhanced version of the WT300 series of compact 5th generation digital power meters have be introduced by Yokogawa. Full Story...
Accurate and stable power analyser 07/07/2015 Yokogawa has enhanced its WT3000 precision power analyser with the introduction of the WT3000E which is said to be the most accurate and stable power analyser currently available. Full Story...
Next-generation platform for advanced control and estimation for Shell 16/06/2015 Yokogawa Electric Corporation and Shell have jointly developed a new platform for advanced control and estimation – a software suite designed to speed up and simplify the process of designing, deploying, and maintaining advanced process control applications. Full Story...
Web-based enterprise automation solution 02/06/2015 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has introduced FAST/TOOLS R10.02, the latest version of a web-based real-time operations management and visualisation software package for real-time process information intelligence. Full Story...
Taking a collaborative approach to cyber security 28/04/2015 At the last Yokogawa user conference, Tyler Williams, manager PCD IT security for Shell Global Solutions, who is responsible for cyber security activities in automation and control system environments, explained the company’s cyber security journey. Suzanne Gill reports. Full Story...
DIN rail mountable controllers 28/04/2015 Yokogawa Electric Corporation have launched a number of new UTAdvanced series controllers which include four DIN rail mounting type controllers and one 1/8 DIN panel type program controller. Full Story...
Device management tool runs on tablets 07/04/2015 Yokogawa has introduced a new version of its multi-lingual stand-alone device management tool for configuring, maintaining and managing field devices in industrial plants. Full Story...
Eliminating downtime caused by lightning strikes 17/02/2015 Control Engineering Europe looks at the journey taken by Tüpras Kirikkale petroleum refinery to ensure its plant is better protected from downtime due to lightning stikes in the future. Full Story...
Versatile data acquisition solution with Bluetooth support 27/01/2015 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has introduced the SMARTDAC+ GM data acquisition system which is said to offer improvements to operational efficiency owing to its modular design, which facilitates the mounting and removal of modules. Full Story...
Device management wizard offers centralised management 14/10/2014 Yokogawa Electric Corporation’s new FieldMate Device Management Wizard R3.01 offers a versatile software program for configuring, adjusting and managing a variety of field devices used in factories and other production sites. Full Story...
Rapid migration to new safeguarding system 30/09/2014 When the automatic shutdown control system at the Den Helder low calorific gas processing terminal needed to be updated, Yokogawa was able to provide the automation system, plus electrical, mechanical and civil engineering services required for the upgrade to shorten the project time by an estimated six months and allowing the upgrade to be performed during the plant's planned three-yearly shutdown period. Full Story...
Yokogawa and Dell to partner for provision of dedicated PCs 16/09/2014 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has signed a contract with Dell for the global provision of PC models selected and customised for Yokogawa use. Under the contract, Yokogawa will offer system solutions that utilise Dell PCs and Yokogawa industrial automation system-related products. Full Story...
Energy performance analytics software 09/09/2014 Yokogawa Electric Corporation is set to release Energy Performance Analytics (EP-Analytics), a software tool that uses energy performance indicators (EnPI) to track how energy is being consumed in a plant, identifies gaps between EnPI targets and actual performance, and helps to identify countermeasures to improve energy performance. Full Story...
Integrated production control system with enhanced alarm and batch functions 22/07/2014 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has released CENTUMVP R5.04, an enhanced version of its integrated production control system. Features of the new version include enhanced alarm and batch functions. Full Story...
Integrated production control system with enhanced alarm and batch functions 22/07/2014 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has released CENTUM VP R5.04, an enhanced version of its integrated production control system. Features of the new version include enhanced alarm and batch functions. Full Story...
Agreement to distribute wireless gas detectors 08/07/2014 At the recent European Yokogawa Users Conference, the company announced the signing of an agreement with GasSecure AS for the distribution of GasSecure’s ISA100 Wireless gas detectors. Full Story...
Yokogawa receives Global Enabling Technology Leadership Award for its wireless solutions 25/02/2014 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has received the Frost & Sullivan 2014 Global Enabling Technology Leadership Award in the wireless solutions category. The award is presented to companies around the world that are best-in-class in a specific category. Full Story...
Web-based enterprise operations solution 14/01/2014 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has introduced the latest version of its web-based real-time operations management and visualisation software package, which is designed to bring revolutionary changes to real-time process information intelligence. Full Story...
Stand-alone solution for calibrating meters, clamp meters and current transformers 29/10/2013 The Yokogawa 2558A is a new compact bench AC voltage/current unit that is said to offer a simple stand-alone solution for the calibration of measuring instruments and power sensing devices including power meters, clamp meters and current transformers. Full Story...
Widening the ISA100.11a field 23/07/2013 Control Engineering Europe looks at two recent developments which could help to expand the use of field wireless systems based on the ISA100.11a standard. Full Story...
Enhanced version of integrated production control system 18/06/2013 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has introduced the CENTUM VP R5.03, an enhanced version of its integrated production control system. Full Story...
Herman van den Berg appointed as president of Yokogawa Europe B.V 04/06/2013 Herman van den Berg is to succeed Harry Hauptmeijer as the president of Yokogawa Europe B.V. Full Story...
Ammonia Technology Alliance formed 17/04/2013 Yokogawa Electric Corporation and KBR have signed a technology alliance for a fertilizer automation package (FAP) that will form part of the ammonia process technology solutions offered by KBR to its customers. Full Story...
Network-based control system enhanced 01/03/2013 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has released an enhanced version of its STARDOM network-based control system ensures the integrity of the data transferred between SCADA systems and PLCs in challenging upstream oil & gas and other applications. Full Story...
Yokogawa partners with McAfee for ICS security 05/02/2013 Yokogawa Electric Corporation and McAfee have signed a partnership agreement to offer holistic and value-added IT security solutions for industrial automation applications. Full Story...
Integrated control and safety systems solution for Cygnus offshore development project 30/01/2013 Yokogawa Europe Solutions B.V. has been awarded a contract by GDF SUEZ E&P UK to supply the integrated control and safety systems (ICSS) for its new Cygnus development project. Full Story...
Smart futuristic ideas to manage the process unveiled by Yokogawa 04/12/2012 Suzanne Gill reports from the Yokogawa 2012 European User Conference, where the company showcased the some emerging technologies from its R&D efforts. Full Story...
Integrated production control system includes enhanced PROFIBUS functionality 28/08/2012 The latest version of Yokogawa’s CENTUM VP integrated production control system – Release 5.02 – includes functions designed to improve the operability of the control and monitoring displays. Full Story...
Recorder meets testing requirements 17/07/2012 A test set-up created by SP –Technical Research Institute of Sweden has been designed to offer an impulse-voltage calibration and testing service based on the international IEC60060 standard for high-voltage testing. A Yokogawa DL850 ScopeCorder is at the heart of this. Full Story...
Coriolis flowmeter with Modbus interface 20/03/2012 Yokogawa has extended the communication capabilities of its ROTAMASS 3 Coriolis flowmeter series by adding a Modbus interface. Full Story...
Nexen awards contract for Golden Eagle Area development project 21/02/2012 Yokogawa UK has been awarded a contract for the supply of an Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS) for the Golden Eagle Area Development (GEAD) Project, operated by Nexen Petroleum UK. The area is home to one of the largest oil and gas discoveries in the UK North Sea in the past ten years. Full Story...
Yokogawa signs network switch supply agreement with Belden 14/10/2011 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has signed a supply agreement with Belden which will allow Yokogawa to provide a long-term and stable supply of Hirschmann's Industrial Ethernet switches to its customers for use with the Yokogawa Vnet/IP(R) high-speed control network. Full Story...
Integrated production control solution handles more data more effectively 10/10/2011 Many industries now employ digital technology in the field, with the aim of increasing maintenance efficiency. This has resulted in an increase in the deployment of intelligent field devices, helping to improve the management and maintenance of field devices. Full Story...
Integrated automation solution for Royal Vopak 28/06/2011 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has signed a global frame agreement with Royal Vopak (Vopak) for the provision of integrated automation and safety solutions, to control pipelines, loading/unloading facilities, and other utilities located at tank terminals. Full Story...
Real-time mathematics option boosts power measurements 21/06/2011 A real-time mathematics option on the Yokogawa DL850 ScopeCorder offers new DSP-based functions that boost the instrument's power analysis capabilities as well as adding features such as sensor linearisation and electrical to mechanical conversion. Full Story...
Yokogawa receives the Frost & Sullivan global customer value enhancement award for DCS in the chemicals industry 19/04/2011 Yokogawa was the only company receiving the annual award in this categoryat a ceremony held in Florida in April. Full Story...
Yokogawa signs global partnership agreement with ANDRITZ 08/04/2011 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has been selected by Andritz as a global partner for the provision of process control systems, field instruments, and process analysers for their customers’ metal and pulp and paper plants. Full Story...
Multimeter doubles as a calibrator 31/03/2011 A new process multimeter from Yokogawa is an on-site measuring instrument that offers the functionality of a digital multimeter for basic measurements such as voltage, current, and resistance, with the additional benefit of acting as a calibrator for electrical and process measurements. Full Story...
Yokogawa joins PROFIBUS user organisation 23/03/2011 Yokogawa Electric Corporation has joined the PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation e.V. (PNO), an interest group for the PROFIBUS and PROFINET standard communication protocols that are used in industrial automation applications. Full Story...
Yokogawa receives control system order for thermal power plant 11/01/2011 Marubeni Corporation has specified a Yokogawa control system for the Nghi Son 1 thermal power plant (two 300 MW units) being built by Vietnam Electricity (EVN) in the Nghi Son district of Thanh Hoa Province, in the northern part of the country. Full Story...
Beyond Wireless: The Other New Features of HART 7.0 12/07/2010 With wireless technology its most prominent advance, a great deal of interest has been generated in the user community for the latest version of HART. There are, however, other new features that give increased functionality for wired application process automation. We present here a short list of the six most important new features of HART 7.0. Full Story...
Honeywell, Yokogawa Release Wireless Products Based on the ISA100 Standard 27/06/2010 The two process automation suppliers maintain their efforts are focused on supplying customers with the products they want. End users, they say, have told them they want one wireless networking standard for industrial instrumentation — and that standard is ISA100.11a. Full Story...
Yokogawa releases its first ISA100.11a wireless devices 11/06/2010 Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has developed the world's first field wireless devices based on the ISA100.11a industrial wireless communications standard, and will release them to the market in July 2010. Full Story...
Yokogawa measurement software meets IEC 62301 29/04/2010 Yokogawa has unveiled new standby power consumption measurement software that conforms with the testing methods specified in the IEC 62301 standard and the European EuP Directive. The software is designed for the company’s range of digital power amplifiers. Full Story...
Old Flowmeter Gets New Certification 10/07/2009 Rotameter RAMC flowmeter certified for use in explosive areas—The Rotameter range has been in use in many areas of industry for 100 years, and includes designs with glass, plastic and metal measuring tubes. Units are available with mechanical displays and with additional components including transducers and limit switches. Full Story...
The Practice of Safe Sensing 15/04/2009 Safety-certified sensors promise to cut costs and boost performance. But the tradeoffs must be carefully considered. Full Story...
MTEC pushes for common wireless standard 23/12/2008 Speakers at MTEC will propel the industry towards a common wireless standard, according to Canon Communications, which has organised an education programme titled ‘Wireless Solutions for Automation. The event, to be held on March 25, 2009, will feature speakers from ABB Instrumentation, Emerson Process Control, Honeywell, Siemens and Yokogawa. Full Story...
Yokogawa Getting Ready for Wireless 30/11/2008 At its recent users’ conference in Barcelona, Henk van der Bent (photo) said his company was poised to launch wireless sensors in the first quarter of 2009, beginning with EJX pressure and the YTA temperature transmitter. Full Story...
Connecting temperature sensors to fieldbus 29/11/2008 Getting temperature measurements and sensor parameters into digital format is the thrust of recent announcements by major instrument manufacturers. Full Story...
Installing Fieldbus - Part Three 04/06/2008 Many automation engineers are coming face to face with real fieldbus applications for the first time. Fieldbus (the use of digital communications networks for distributed instrumentation & control) is a wonderful technology with many benefits, but fieldbus installation requires some additional considerations over and above normal 4-20mA projects. In this article, we will discuss some of those issues, and show you how to deal with them. Full Story...
A DCS for the Post-Baby Boom Generation 31/03/2008 Yokogawa Electric Corporation says the new Centum will become its next-generation flagship DCS platform. Centum VP (the VP stands for ‘Vigilant Plant’) is the eighth generation of the Centum series, succeeding the Centum CS 1000 / Centum CS 3000, and is said to be backward compatible with all previous Centum series, since the first one was announced in 1975. Yokogawa says it has installed 19,000 systems around the world. Full Story...
Analytical instruments for the process industries 31/03/2008 When there is a need to monitor a process variable that extends beyond pressure, flow, temperature, and level, some type of process analyser is involved. There are four categories of analytical instrumentation Full Story...
Fundamentals of Self-Tuning Control 31/03/2008 Although proportional-integral-derivative controllers or ‘PID loops’ have been the de facto standard of industrial feedback control for more than 65 years, they’re not always easy to use. For PID loops to perform up to their potential, they must first be tuned to fit each application, then periodically re-tuned to maintain the desired closed-loop behaviour. Full Story...
Yokogawa launches CENTUM VP 07/02/2008 On February 7, 2008, Yokogawa Electric Corporation launched the flagship platform for its VigilantPlant Operational Excellence initiative in Europe. The Japanese company unveiled the system in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, claiming the 8th generation of the CENTUM series, CENTUM VP, will go beyond the traditional DCS function of control and monitoring. Full Story...
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