One-Day Seminars educate attendees on WirelessHART standard.
Press Release Summary:
Automation professionals in the US and Europe are invited to attend one-day, vendor-neutral, educational seminars on WirelessHART(TM) technology. The free seminars are being presented by industry specialists from the HART® Communication Foundation, ABB, Emerson Process Management, Endress+Hauser, Pepperl+Fuchs, and Siemens. Attendees will learn how this technology can help lower operating costs, reduce downtime, and move their company into cost-effective, predictive maintenance strategy.
Original Press Release:
WirelessHART Seminars Provide Valuable Information on Industry's First Wireless Communication Standard
End Users invited to vendor-neutral seminars in U.S. and Europe presented by industry specialists from the HART Communication Foundation
(Austin, Texas, 29 April 2009) - Automation professionals in the U.S. and Europe are invited to attend one-day, vendor-neutral, educational seminars on WirelessHART(TM) technology, the first interoperable wireless communication standard for the process industries. The free seminars are being presented by industry specialists from the HART® Communication Foundation (www.hartcomm.org), ABB, Emerson Process Management, Endress+Hauser, Pepperl+Fuchs and Siemens.
Attendees will learn how this exciting new technology can help lower operating costs, reduce downtime and move their company from a costly scheduled maintenance strategy to a more cost-effective predictive maintenance strategy. Seminar topics include an overview of WirelessHART technology, using WirelessHART in the plant environment, and live WirelessHART demonstrations.
The WirelessHART seminars are scheduled for Manchester, UK (2 June), Antwerp, Belgium (4 June), Houston, TX (16 June), and Philadelphia, PA (25 June). Additional dates and locations to be announced. There is no charge to attend but registration is required and limited. For information and to register, go to wirelesshart.hartcomm.org.
WirelessHART is a complementary enhancement to HART technology, providing an additional capability that can benefit both existing and new monitoring and control applications. Wired or wireless, HART technology provides the tools and the flexibility end users need to better manage their field measurement assets.
"These seminars are recommended for anyone interested in using WirelessHART technology in their machines, process applications, or industrial facilities," says Ed Ladd, HCF Director of Technology Programs. "This includes engineering contractors who are designing applications, plants and facility upgrades, and engineering, and shop floor staff who need to gain experience and exchange information about maintenance, asset management, advanced diagnostics, and commissioning tools."
WirelessHART Standard is an evolutionary enhancement to the HART Communication Protocol, the leading communication technology for intelligent process measurement and control field devices and systems with more than 26 million devices installed worldwide. WirelessHART is backward compatible with currently installed HART devices, is supported by existing HART tools, and provides an additional capability to access asset management information in both existing and new monitoring and control applications.
The HART Communication Foundation is an international, not-for-profit, membership organization supported by more than 230 companies worldwide. Founded in 1993, the Foundation is the technology owner, standards setting body and central authority on the HART Protocol and provides global support for application of the HART technology. The Foundation establishes and controls the HART Communication standards including new developments and technology enhancements that benefit and support the needs of the industry. For more information, go to www.hartcomm.org.
HART® and WirelessHARTTM are trademarks of the HART Communication Foundation
