42 Measurement and Testing New Versatile Device Management Tool


Yokogawa Electric (The Netherlands) has released the FieldMateTM R2.03 versatile device management tool: an upgraded version intended for use in plants and other production-related sites. In response to rapid growth in the Chinese market, Chinese language support has been included as a standard feature. Support for the ISA100.11a field wireless communications standard is also provided.


Digital communications standards play an increasingly important role in communications between plant central control systems and field sensors. With conventional field communications, only measured values from sensors are sent to the central control systems. With digital communication technologies, however, additional data such as sensor settings and maintenance information can be sent, and operators in a central control room are also able to remotely configure and adjust the sensors.


Plants using sensors from multiple vendors that rely on more than one communications standard require versatile software tools for device configuration, adjustment, and management. FieldMate, an open standard software package that supports FDT/DTM as well as all other major field communications standards, is ideally suited for such requirements. Yokogawa has released this upgraded version of FieldMate to capitalise on opportunities for growth in the device maintenance market.


FieldMate is a PC-based device configuration tool with an intuitive, user-friendly interface that is used to perform initial setup, routine maintenance, and device replacement. It supports all major industry-standard communication protocols such as FOUNDATION Fieldbus, PROFIBUS, BRAIN, and HART, as well as the FDT/DTM open framework for setting and adjusting any vendor's network-capable field device, regardless of which communications protocol is used. In addition, support for the ISA100.11a field wireless communications standard enables configuration, adjustment, and management of a wider variety of field devices in plants.


Field Device Tool (FDT) is a communications interface that links control systems with field sensors such as pressure transmitters and flowmeters.


Device Type Manager (DTM) is an FDT-based device application that is provided by a vendor of a device or a control system.


The target markets include facility maintenance divisions in process industries such as oil, petrochemicals, chemicals, pulp and paper, pharmaceuticals, foods and beverages, and iron and steel. Applications include sensor configuration, adjustment, and inspection and device information management in plants and other production facilities.


Reader Reply Card No 152 Handheld FTIR Capability Expanded


A2 Technologies (USA), now part of Agilent, has expanded the sampling capability of its Exoscan handheld FTIR system.


A new Spherical ATR Sampling interface enables the Exoscan to quickly and accurately analyse a wide range of materials typically encountered in the QA/QC lab, or at the production line. These materials include powders and granules as well as large samples such as polymer, composite and plastic sheets.


The new design makes ATR measurements using the Exoscan easy and minimises the need for pressure devices to achieve high quality reproducible spectra. Two versions of the Spherical ATR are available. Exoscan's diamond ATR is an ideal universal interface for a broad range of solid materials, while the germanium ATR is well suited to the analysis of carbon black filled rubber or samples for which measurement of thin layers on the surface is critical.


The Exoscan adds the spherical ATR capability to its other sampling technologies which include diffuse reflectance for absorbing or scattering samples, specular reflectance for coatings on reflectance surfaces and grasing angle reflectance for the measurement of very thin layers on metal surfaces. These sampling interfaces can be interchanged in seconds, making Exoscan an ideal QA/QC analyser for industries that must analyse measure a wide assortment of materials either in the lab, in the field or at the production line.


Graham Miller, president of A2 Technology comments: "FTIR's role in QA/QC has been traditionally a lab based effort where sample sets are brought to the instrument. With the development of the Exoscan, FTIR can take a role in quality assurance and quality control of products that are too large to be brought to the lab or otherwise cannot be effectively sampled. The development the spherical ATR enables Exoscan to quickly and reliably provide high quality measurements on a broad array of materials and surfaces."


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Touch Panel PCs with LED Technology Ideal for Hazardous Areas


Bartec’s (Germany) Polaris Touch Panel PCs with LED technology are an innovative enhancement of the existing Polaris Panel PCs. Available in the sizes 5.7", 10.4" and 12.1", these devices have been designed for the comfortable handling of simple machines such as mixers, dryers or filling stations and for the control and supervision of complex machines such as reactors, centrifuges or ball mills. All Polaris devices have been designed for use in zone 1 + 2 as well as in zone 21 + 22. This guarantees the habitual PC comfort also in hazardous areas. The Panel PCs are especially suitable for use in the chemical, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industry.


The high-resolution displays with LED background illumination and touch- screen allow an intuitive and comfortable handling. Even with large viewing angles or under unfavorable light conditions, the new LED display


technology guarantees an optimal contrast. The well-proven LX800 processor offers sufficient processing power to display HTML pages or to serve as a remote client. This allows high-performance visualisation and handling of processes on site. For a higher processing power, a high-performance Intel®


Atom with 1.6 GHz together with Windows®


The latest visualisation software for the Polaris series BMS Graf pro Runtime 7 enables the user to work under Windows® Embedded, e.g. to transmit projects via Ethernet, to use graphic lists or to handle an integrated user management.


7 Embedded is optionally available. XP


An intrinsically safe USB interface for USB Ex i-memory sticks is also included. In addition to that, an intrinsically safe mouse, a trackball and a touchpad can be connected. Polaris devices are available in standard versions or in customised versions. They can also be delivered in a stainless steel casing.


Reader Reply Card No 155 February / March 2011 • www.petro-online.com


Research & Industrial Applications of Near-IR Cameras...


FLIR Advanced Thermal Solutions (ATS), based in France, has announced a white paper that reviews a selection of the major applications for which Near-Infrared cameras are particularly well-suited.


Near-IR cameras, which are sensitive to the near-infrared spectrum (0.9 to 1.7 µm) are increasingly found in research laboratories, design departments and on factory production lines. Used to view phenomena that cannot be observed with 'thermal' (MWIR/LWIR) imaging systems, Near-IR cameras have many advantages.


Most Near-IR cameras use an InGaAs (Indium Gallium Arsenide) detector that can be used without cryogenic cooling, and so are lighter, smaller and less expensive than traditional 'thermal' imaging systems. Additionally since these cameras have no mobile parts, they are particularly robust and capable of withstanding harsh use conditions such as during continuous 24/7 operation. The high quantum efficiency of InGaAs detectors between 900 and 1100 nm (>75%), makes Near-IR cameras a better choice than EM CCDs for which quantum efficiency at these wavelengths is very low (<20%).


With almost 10 years of experience in the design and fabrication of InGaAs detectors and cameras, FLIR has developed an extensive knowledge in this technology, thus is able to offer a first-rate partner to develop an optimised solution for your Near-IR application


Reader Reply Card No 154


New Range of Online Refinery Analysers


icon scientific (UK) launch their new range of online oil refinery physical property analysers to a warm reception at the recent Salon de Analyse Industrielle exhibition in Paris. icon’s product line consists of analysers for Vapour Pressure, Cloud Point, Freeze Point and Colour & Opacity with more in the pipeline.


The icon scientific design team have designed the products to be the most accurate and reliable in the market, drawing on over one hundred years combined experience in online oil refinery analysis. All icon analysers are of explosion proof construction to the latest ATEX and IECEx standards and feature an easy to use touch screen interface.


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