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News Release from: Moore Industries International
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 12 June 2007
Foundation Fieldbus H1 networks in
hazardous areas
White paper provides a rigorous discussion of hazardous environments, the standards and practices involved, and considerations for installing a Foundation Fieldbus H1 system.
Recently posted on the Moore Industries International website: "Implementing Foundation Fieldbus H1 networks in hazardous areas", by Bruce Bradley, PE, of Boehringer Ingelheim Chemicals, in Petersburg, Virginia, provides a rigorous discussion of hazardous environments, the standards and practices involved, and considerations for installing a Foundation Fieldbus H1 system The author, a professional engineer, is an experienced fieldbus user and is currently using this paper in the class he teaches on hazardous environments
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 12 Jul 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The white paper first describes everything a user or systems integrator should consider about applying fieldbus in hazardous areas, then it describes how Boehringer Ingelheim Chemicals installed fieldbus equipment in its environment, a Class 1, Division 1 and 2, Groups C/D pharmaceutical plant.
The 10-page white paper has seven useful tables, including summaries of hazardous classifications, lists of cable parameters and limitations, and a comparison of various fieldbus solutions, including FISCO, FNICO, Entity, Hybrid and Route-Master.
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