Fieldbus Foundation co-sponsors field communication lounge at Hannover Fair

May 2012 News

The Fieldbus Foundation joined the FDT Group, HART Communication Foundation, PI (Profibus and Profibus International) and the OPC Foundation, to host the second co-sponsored Field Communication Lounge at this year’s Hannover Fair.

With its theme, ‘Bringing field communications together for you’, the lounge created a single area for visitors to see and experience the latest in field communication technologies and discuss how these technologies work together to deliver powerful results to improve plant operations, performance and company profitability.

One key feature was the common display area in which the organisations exhibited their individual process and factory automation communication technologies in dedicated technology kiosks. The Fieldbus Foundation used its kiosk to conduct live technology demonstrations showing the key benefits of Foundation fieldbus including process integrity, business intelligence and open, scalable integration. The demonstration consisted of several live segments, featuring three DCS systems and numerous field devices and physical layer components. The fully functional set-up allowed the demonstration of situations which may occur during the installation, commissioning and operation of a real process plant.

“Suppliers of advanced plant communications technology were just a few steps apart allowing visitors to gain a comprehensive overview of the latest developments, make comparisons and discuss integrated solutions with the experts all available at one exhibit,” said Thomas Kasten, chairman of the German Fieldbus Foundation marketing committee.

Fieldbus Foundation members who participated in the event include: ABB, APAT, Emerson Process Management, Endress+Hauser, Fieldbus International, Heinrichs Messtechnik, Honeywell, Invensys, Leoni, Pepperl+Fuchs, Phoenix Contact, Rockwell, R. Stahl, Siemens, Softing and Yokogawa.

For more information contact Fieldbus Foundation, +27 (0)11 453 2468, southernafrica_info@fieldbus.org, www.fieldbus.org

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