Bayer's Agriculture Division Has Easy Automation Start-Up Using PlantWeb in Pilot Plant Upgrade.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 2, 1999-- Fisher-Rosemount (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :EMR (ElectroMagnetic Radiation) The emanation of energy from everything in the universe. Although the EMR from electrical and electronic devices is typically measured for practical, every-day situations, every object, including humans, emanates energy. ) has supplied a process automation solution using Plant Web architecture for Bayer Corporation's Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Mo., pilot plant facility. The project has successfully upgraded a portion of the pilot plant facility to PlantWeb Architecture using Fisher-Rosemount's FOUNDATION(tm) fieldbus-based instruments and a DeltaV scalable process system. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Ferrill Ford, the plant's process control system lead project engineer, "We picked PlantWeb architecture with FOUNDATION fieldbus FOUNDATION fieldbus is an all-digital, serial, two-way communications system that serves as the base-level network in a plant or factory automation environment. Developed and administered by the Fieldbus Foundation. and the DeltaV System for several different reasons. First, it was a logical extension of the previously installed DeltaV control system, and when installed in conjunction with FOUNDATION fieldbus, it permitted us to more effectively utilize existing plant space due to small component size, reduced wiring requirements and reduced I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output component count. Secondly, field network topologies such as FOUNDATION fieldbus have the potential to significantly reduce installation costs, as well as reduce engineering and configuration time." "One of the areas in which we could confirm substantial savings from the Fisher-Rosemount PlantWeb architecture was field checkout and commissioning time," said Ford. "The FOUNDATION fieldbus installation required only five minutes per device for checkout and commissioning. Also our beta site An organization or group that is beta testing hardware and/or software. See beta test. testing has demonstrated the ability to retrofit and upgrade our intrinsic safe systems, utilizing existing wiring, to FOUNDATION fieldbus technology." Potential System Benefits The Agriculture Division in Kansas City produces a number of agricultural products and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Production is customer-driven and demand is determined by a number of unpredictable factors such as rainfall, temperature, etc. DeltaV and FOUNDATION fieldbus can significantly reduce the changeover time associated with multi-product facilities by cutting the setup and checkout time n. 1. the latest time for vacating a hotel room without being charged for extra time; as, the checkout here is 12 noon s>. Noun 1. checkout time - the latest time for vacating a hotel room; "the checkout here is 12 noon" checkout during product changeovers. Increasing Potential Benefits Steve Susko (Process Control Systems Manager, Agriculture Division) was one of the original members of the Fisher-Rosemount ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. group that helped identify the requirements for a fieldbus architecture that later developed into PlantWeb. Steve Susko stated, "Fieldbus at this time is comparable to that of the Internet five years ago, in its infancy very few people could envision how the technology would ultimately develop. We are very interested in exploring the potential of this technology and its incorporation into our plants." Fisher-Rosemount (www.fisher-rosemount.com) is a leading supplier of process management products and solutions, including control valves, regulators, transmitters, analyzers, process management systems and related services. PlantWeb field-based architecture combines intelligent field devices, scalable platforms and modular software to provide not only process control, but also asset management and integration with other plant and business systems. Fisher-Rosemount is part of Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR). PlantWeb and DeltaV are trademarks of one of the Fisher-Rosemount family of companies. FOUNDATION is a mark of the Fieldbus Foundation. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. |
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