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News Release from: American Technical Publishers
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 29 July 2002
All you need to know about fieldbus
technology
A new book from the Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society provides a clear and concise presentation of information on how to apply fieldbus technology for process control.
A new book from the Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society, "Fieldbuses for process control: engineering, operations, and maintenance", provides a clear and concise presentation of information on how to apply fieldbus technology for process control Fieldbus technology is an important communication system that connects measurement and control equipment
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 21 Oct 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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This book takes a unique lifecycle approach to fieldbus technology by providing information for all phases of the system from engineering to device and strategy configuration, installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, operation, and maintenance.
The advent of fieldbus technology has made possible a wide range of new capabilities throughout every level of the control system that had not previously been possible or fully explored.
These new capabilities bring benefits that translate into savings at various stages in the system lifecycle, as early as the time of deployment, during operation, and even at future decommissioning.
This book includes information on these benefits to help readers justify the business advantages to management.
It covers savings such as lower cost of purchase, construction savings, maintenance savings, and operation savings.
"Fieldbuses for process control" also provides in-depth information about the three leading process fieldbus technologies: Hart, Foundation Fieldbus, and Profibus-PA.
The author, Jonas Berge, explains how these fieldbus technologies work, and he exposes the similarities, differences, and capabilities of each fieldbus technology.
The book also covers both field-level and the Ethernet-based host-level networking and addresses concerns and solutions for interoperability, integration, and migration, as well as availability and safety.
It concludes with a chapter on how fieldbuses work.
This book is the complete fieldbus technology reference for system designers, control engineers, and technicians, and for process engineers who will benefit from learning about the capabilities of fieldbus technologies.
End of chapter exercises make this book ideal for both organised training and self-study.
"Fieldbuses for process control" is available from American Technical Publishers for GBP 84.00.
(This was Engineeringtalk's Top Story on 26 July 2002).
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