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Emerson Introduces Foundation(TM) Fieldbus Interfaces for Remote Oil, Gas and Water Applications
New Interfaces for ControlWave® Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) and ROC800-Series Remote Operation Controllers reduce installation and maintenance cost and deliver improved remote application performance
AUSTIN, TEXAS (November 3, 2009) - Emerson Process Management expands the benefits of digital field technology and asset management in remote SCADA applications with the introduction of FOUNDATION(TM) Fieldbus Interfaces for ControlWave® RTUs and ROC800-Series Remote Operations Controllers. The FOUNDATION Fieldbus Interface combines the benefits of FOUNDATION fieldbus with proven RTUs to reduce costs and increase efficiency in a wide range of oil & gas and water & wastewater applications.
The FOUNDATION Fieldbus Interface extends the power of PlantWeb® digital architecture beyond traditional plant walls where environmental demands on power consumption, temperature range, physical size, and mounting footprint are important system design considerations. Operational performance is improved through the increased accuracy of digitally retrieved process data and diagnostic information provided to decision makers. Integrating the RTU's and Remote Operations Controllers into PlantWeb architecture provides enterprise-wide optimization, instrument diagnostics, predictive maintenance scheduling, calibration, and reconfiguration.
The FOUNDATION Fieldbus Interface allows ControlWave and ROC800-Series controllers to access multiple variables over a single pair of wires in a point-to-point or multi-drop configuration. The interface eliminates the need for technicians to cover hundreds of miles configuring and diagnosing instrument problems in wide-area SCADA networks. Installation and wiring costs are also reduced as centralizing with fieldbus eliminates the need for extra hardware.
"Enabling the use of FOUNDATION fieldbus based devices in remote oil & gas production, pipeline, and water & wastewater applications marks a step change in the visibility that customers have into their operations," said Neal Ingram, president of Remote Automation Solutions. "This level of information ultimately increases a customer's profitability by decreasing downtime and increasing production resulting from well informed operational, maintenance, and management decisions. Only Emerson can deliver FOUNDATION fieldbus with such a full breadth of remote automation products and solutions"
A Field Interface Configurator makes setup and commissioning much easier and faster. This software tool schedules, commissions, and creates data relationships between fieldbus devices and variables within the ControlWave or ROC800-Series controller. The Configurator is the only software tool needed to completely commission and deploy the FOUNDATION Fieldbus Interface. Learn more about the FOUNDATION Fieldbus Interfaces and other Remote Automation Solutions products from Emerson Process Management at www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote and by contacting your local sales office.
About Emerson Process Management
Emerson Process Management (www.emersonprocess.com), an Emerson business, is a leader in helping businesses automate their production, processing, and distribution in the water and wastewater, chemical, oil and gas, refining, power, pulp and paper, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and other industries. Remote Automation Solutions (www.emersonprocess.com/Remote), a division of Emerson, is the leading worldwide supplier of flow computers, remote automation units, presets, instruments, and engineered services for the oil, gas, water, wastewater and process industries. Remote Automaton Solutions products and systems are an example of Emerson's combining of superior products and technology with industry-specific engineering, consulting, project management and maintenance services. Emerson brands include PlantWeb®, Bristol®, ControlWave®, FloBoss(TM), ROC, Syncade(TM), Daniel®, Fisher®, Micro Motion®, Rosemount®, DeltaV(TM), Ovation®, and AMS(TM) Suite.
About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE:EMR), based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. Sales in fiscal 2008 were $24.8 billion and Emerson is ranked 94th on the Fortune 500 list of America's largest companies. For more information, visit www.Emerson.com.
Company Information:
Name: Emerson Process Management, Rosemount Div.
Address: 8200 Market Blvd.
City: Chanhassen
State: MN
ZIP: 55317
Country: USA
Phone: 800-999-9307
FAX: 952-906-8889
http://www.emersonprocess.com/rosemount
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