I/O acquisition expands safety offering
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GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms UK product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Jun 18, 2008
The MTL8000 I/O is deployed around the world by process system OEMs, system integrators and end users to solve demanding process control applications.
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms has acquired the MTL Open System Technologies (MOST) product lines, including the MTL8000 general purpose I/O, intrinsically safe I/O, SafetyNet system and process control technologies.
"Customers with the need for SIL2 safety systems or intrinsically safe field-mounted I/O will benefit from this new offering", said Bill Estep, Vice President of GE Fanuc's Control Systems Business.
The MTL8000 I/O is deployed around the world by process system OEMs, system integrators and end users to solve demanding process control applications.
It is built to withstand the extremes of temperature and vibration as well as the hazardous and corrosive gases that rule out the use of conventional I/O in unfriendly environments.
SafetyNet is a SIL2-certified system that provides a comprehensive solution for safety-related applications, including process shut down (PSD), emergency shut down (ESD) systems and burner management systems.
"This is an excellent fit for GE Fanuc, which will now have a full line of SIL 2 compliant and intrinsically safe open control platform products", said Larry O'Brien, Research Director, Process Automation for ARC Advisory Group.
"MOST has had a lot of success in applications where a pure PLC platform provides too little functionality and a full-blown DCS too much, a space that GE Fanuc fully addresses with their PAC Systems".
"The MOST offering essentially provides a blank slate to which GE Fanuc can apply its own application expertise and further develop GE Fanuc's adherence to ARC's Collaborative Production Systems (CPS) model".
With the addition of a line of rugged process I/O, intrinsically safe I/O and a certified SIL2 safety system to its process solutions, GE Fanuc is now able to more fully address the process and safety needs of key process industries including oil and gas, chemical and petrochemical, water/wastewater, power and energy and mining and metals.
The MOST Process I/O provides a rugged solution with a -40 to +70C operating temperature range and a G3 coating.
Combined with the intrinsically safe I/O it provides a cost-effective distributed solution that can be mounted directly in Division 2/Zone 2 environments with wiring directly to devices in Zone 1 hazardous areas.
"GE Fanuc looks forward to working with the many integrators who have worked with the MTL products in the past to provide superior process solutions to our extended customer base", Estep said.
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