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Migration products ease automation upgrades
"Plug in" DCS migration modules allowed the upgrading of aging TDC 2000 systems without having to replace existing field wiring, termination assemblies, system enclosures or power supplies.
News from Engineeringtalk, 20 July 2007
Power company makes control system choice
Invensys Process Systems is supplying its Foxboro I/A series distributed control systems to a a 3,600MW generating station being built in Jharsuguda district, Orissa state, India.
News from Engineeringtalk, 26 June 2007
Conductivity sensor analyses low volumes
Invensys Process Systems' Foxboro FT10 Electrodeless Conductivity sensor can be used to test low volumes of liquids.
News from Engineeringtalk, 26 April 2007
Control systems supplied to ethanol plants
Invensys Process Systems is providing Foxboro I/A series distributed control systems (DCS) for two new Husky Energy grassroots ethanol refineries in western Canada.
News from Engineeringtalk, 5 April 2007
Migration cards allow easy upgrading
Foxboro migration cards enable Moore users to easily upgrade their legacy APACS ACM and ACM+ control systems to advanced Invensys technology
News from Engineeringtalk, 8 March 2007
Hydro plant to use distributed control systems
Taiwan Power Company is to implement I/A Series distributed control systems from Foxboro for a hydro power generation and pumped storage automation upgrade project.
News from Engineeringtalk, 24 October 2006
Performance surveys come with special offers
Invensys has launched three different limited-time offers for plant-level performance services.
News from Engineeringtalk, 13 October 2006
Device manager provides full fieldbus control
Field Device Manager for Foxboro I/A Series distributed control systems takes advantage of both the latest Enhanced Electronic Device Description Language and FDT technologies.
News from Engineeringtalk, 10 October 2006
Upgrade programme offers mesh incentives
The Foxboro unit of Invensys Process Systems has announced an upgrade incentive programme for users of the thousands of existing Nodebus-based I/A Series automation systems installed around the world.
News from Engineeringtalk, 9 June 2006
Programme offers speedy access to instrumentation
Invensys Process Systems has expanded the range of Foxboro instrument products available for quick delivery under its unique Rocket Shipment programme.
News from Engineeringtalk, 5 June 2006
Maintenance deal with Chinese petrochemicals firm
Long-term maintenance contract with Chinese petrochemicals company will provide a range of services for automation products.
News from Engineeringtalk, 10 March 2006
Generating facility updates control systems
River Authority uses control automation for ash handling as part of phased automation modernisation project at the key central Texas generating facility in the USA.
News from Engineeringtalk, 6 March 2006
Dutch plant upgrades digital control
Invensys Process Systems has won a major contract to upgrade the DCS (distributed control system) at Essent Energie's Moerdijk plant in The Netherlands.
News from Engineeringtalk, 27 January 2006
Control system installed at Lithuanian refinery
Project installs distributed control system and emergency shutdown system at the Mazeikiu Nafta Refinery in Lithuania.
News from Engineeringtalk, 23 January 2006
Iron Ore picks Invensys for concentrator
Iron Ore of Canada has selected Invensys Process Systems to implement a mesh network-based Foxboro automation system for beneficiation processes at its Labrador City iron ore concentrator.
News from Engineeringtalk, 18 January 2006
Kuwait Oil picks Invensys for expansion
Invensys selected to supply I/A series mesh network-based Foxboro automation system for updating and expansion at two Kuwait Oil crude oil gathering centres.
News from Engineeringtalk, 13 January 2006
Tripoliven picks Invensys for upgrade
Invensys Process Systems has been selected by Tripoliven of Venezuela to implement upgraded replacement controls for all four plants in its manufacturing complex.
News from Engineeringtalk, 12 January 2006
Canadian rep to provide full service
Simark Controls is the exclusive full-service representative for Foxboro's range of advanced, high-quality process control field instrumentation and automation systems in Alberta and British Columbia.
News from Engineeringtalk, 20 December 2005
Invensys gets patent for flowmeter technology
Invensys receives patent for digital technology that improves start up and operations of the company's Foxboro CFT50 Digital Coriolis mass flowmeter.
News from Engineeringtalk, 12 December 2005
Multivariable transmitter gets redesign
Invensys redesigns Foxboro IMV25 multivariable transmitter for natural gas flow rate measurement applications that need pressure, differential pressure and process temperature measurements.
News from Engineeringtalk, 7 December 2005
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