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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced that it has introduced an extension to its System 800xA integrated control system based on the new OPC-ADI specification that will simplify communication with process analyzers and multivariate data modeling programs. Extension for System 800xA provides direct connection for analyzers and multivariate data analysis; one of the first interfaces based on new OPC specification to reduce complexity and improve manufacturing processes.

System 800xA now features Analyzer Device Integration Connect (ADIc), a device interface that allows System 800xA to integrate with analyzers and chemometric predictors.  ABB developed ADIc based on the OPC Analyzer Device Integration (OPC ADI) specification, an information model that defines a common method for data exchange for process and laboratory analyzers. It is an extension of the OPC United Architecture (OPC UA) specification.

“System 800xA is all about integration. ADIc is another step towards incorporating islands of intelligence, such as analyzers, into a single automation environment,” said Tobias Becker, head of ABB’s Control Technologies business. “ABB takes this further by adhering to the OPC ADI specification to demonstrate that System 800xA’s analytical device integration is fast yet secure, reliable and standards-based.”

“With this leading-edge process tool, customers can harness data from analyzer devices to improve overall process efficiency and product quality,” he continued.

Complex industries that are heavy users of analyzers, as well as industries that implement Process Analytical Technology (PAT) and Quality by Design (QbD) initiatives stand to reap benefits from this System 800xA extension.

Omron has introduced Proximity Sensor with All-stainless Housing E2EF.

Metal Head for long-distance Detection that Withstands Harsh Environments Where the Workpiece Can Rub against the Sensor.

• Completely stainless-steel housing
• Long-distance detection equivalent to or greater than Proximity Sensors with Resin Heads
• Spatter-resistant Models with fluororesin coating are available

For details on this product click 'Proximity Sensor with All-stainless Housing E2EF'

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces FAST/TOOLS® R9.05, the latest release of our web-based real-time management and visualization software. The FAST/TOOLS SCADA suite delivers a comprehensive solution that brings together our process management infrastructure, expertise, and ecosystem support for greater efficiency and improved operational agility.

This latest release has many new features and an intuitive design that works with all Yokogawa solutions, allowing it to serve as a corporate-wide automation environment.

Main Features:

1. Collaboration/decision support solution (CDSS)
2. Alarm system performance analysis (ASPA)
3. Mobile device support
4. Remote gateway station
5. OPC Unified Architecture client function
6. IEC61850

For further details on this product click 'FAST/TOOLS® R9.05 SCADA System'

At two brand new facilities, gigantic oil tanks with a combined capacity of four million cubic metres are being constructed, together with associated plant including heat exchangers and pumping stations. The sites are operated by pipework networks incorporating four hundred and sixty-nine explosionproof Rotork valve actuators with Pakscan digital control systems.

These apparently random statistics are all connected with a giant oil storage project in Central China created as part of a key national energy programme to provide crude oil reserves for national and commercial consumption.

Rotork China worked closely with several valvemakers to supply the IQ intelligent electric actuators for valve control at both sites. The majority are IQ multi-turn units, many equipped with IB series bevel gearboxes manufactured by Rotork Gears. The balance comprises IQT quarter-turn and IQML linear modulating actuators. Virtually all the actuators are controlled and monitored by six Rotork Pakscan P3 two-wire digital networks, which are specifically designed for the safe, reliable and efficient operation of valve actuators in the spacious environments associated with tank farm installations.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary, Yokogawa Electric Korea Co., Ltd., has won an order from POSCO ICT*1 to supply control systems for a power plant at the Krakatau Posco*2 steelworks, which is being constructed in Cilegon, in Indonesia’s Banten province.

This power plant will have two 100 MW power generation units that will use the steelworks’ by-product gases as their main fuel source, and is scheduled to start operation in April 2014. This order is for CENTUM® VP integrated production control systems for the boilers, auxiliary boiler facilities, and auxiliary turbine facilities in each of the power generation units. The first unit’s system is scheduled to be delivered in January 2013.

Yokogawa has delivered numerous power plant control systems to customers in industries such as oil, chemicals, iron and steel, and pulp and paper. Over 50 Yokogawa control systems are operational in power plants that utilize by-product gases such as the blast furnace gas and coke gas generated at steelworks. POSCO currently uses Yokogawa control systems in nine 100 MW power generation units at its Gwangyang Steelworks. In addition, Yokogawa has installed 300 control systems at oil refineries and other facilities throughout Indonesia, and has established an extensive service network in this country. This is why Yokogawa was able to win this order.

Braskem Idesa S.A.P.I. awarded to a joint venture formed by Odebrecht (40%), Technip (40%) and ICA Fluor (20%) a contract worth more than US$ 2.7 billion (around €2.1 billion) for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a petrochemical complex to be built in the Coatzacoalcos/Nanchital region, in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

The petrochemical complex will include the following facilities:

• An ethane-based ethylene cracker, producing 1 million tons per year, using Technip proprietary technology.
• Two high density polyethylene plants using INEOS Innovene™ technology
• A low density polyethylene plant using BASEL Lupotech technology.
• Storage, waste treatment and utility facilities, including a 150 MW combined cycle power and steam co-generation plant.
• A multimodal logistics platform for shipment of 1 million tons per year of polyethylene via bulk train, bulk truck or bagged.
• Administrative, maintenance, control room and ancillary buildings.

The JV project team will execute the contract in several operating centers mainly located in Nanchital and Mexico City (Mexico), Rome (Italy), Lyon (France) and Rotterdam (The Netherlands). The project is scheduled for completion, with the plant ready for start up, in June 2015.

The MGate 5101-PBM-MN gateway provides a communication portal between PROFIBUS devices (e.g. PROFIBUS drives or instruments) and Modbus TCP hosts. All models are protected with a rugged metallic casing, DIN-rail mountable, and offer optional built-in optical isolation. The PROFIBUS and Ethernet status LED indicators are provided for easy maintenance. The rugged design is suitable for industrial applications such as oil/gas, power, process automation and factory automation.

Features and Benefits

• Protocol conversion between PROFIBUS and Modbus TCP Industrial Ethernet Gateway Application Notes
• Automatic scan of PROFIBUS devices for easy configuration
• Redundant dual DC power inputs and relay output supported
• Embedded data packet analyzer and diagnostic tool
• Web-based GUI for I/O data visualization
• -40 to 75°C wide operating temperature models available

For details on the product click '1-port PROFIBUS master-to-Modbus TCP gateways'

With the nuclear market booming, Weir Power and Industrial is in a strong position to deliver valves to the nuclear power industry. One such success story for Weir is the US facility in Ipswich, Massachusetts, which manufactures the Tricentric triple offset butterfly valve. The facility now possesses an ASME III N stamp, enabling them to produce nuclear grade products. Thanks to this certification and the hard work of the nuclear sales team, a significant nuclear valve order from Westinghouse was secured earlier this year. This order gives Weir Power and Industrial the responsibility for the installation of “N” stamped valves in the new units at Sanmen and Haiyang sites in China.

Sanmen and Haiyang sites are the first in China to deploy the Westinghouse AP1000 reactor.  The AP1000 is the first US pressurised water reactor design to utilize third generation passive technology, which uses natural reactor circulation and gravity fed cooling systems to perform many of its safety functions.  Westinghouse has six further orders for the AP1000 units in the US, and is in discussion with many other countries for additional units around the world to construct the AP1000 standardized design.

Weir Power and Industrials TRICENTRIC® triple offset butterfly valves will be used in the nuclear island of the plant for a containment isolation function. Many of the valves are required to operate before, during, and after an event which requires a performance qualification test to prove reliability.  The standard of testing for active valves is ASME QME-1, which is a new standard, and Weir will be the first US manufacturer to qualify butterfly valves.