#11 2004

CONTENTS №11

Uvarov A.V.  DEKONT-Ex 5.0 explosion-proof system

The paper describes the features, structure, and performance of DEKONT-Ex system intended for developing supervision, process control, field instrumentation and energy accounting systems at industrial plants with div. IIC hazardous areas. The examples of automation systems based on DEKONT-Ex are adduced.

Chernoskutov A.S., Gurova E.I.  An automatic temperature control system for industrial workshops

The interface and operation algorithms of a heat supply system at a big industrial plant with regulatory controls at heat inlets are described.

Ivlev V.A., Popova T.V.  IDEF0/EMTool ver. 1.1 for Windows - a business proces modeling tool

Features, functionality and application field of IDEF0/EMToola which allows modeling, describing and analyzing sophisticated business processes, are considered.

Shustov V.I., Konotop D.G., Baklanov V.V., Kuznetsov A.L., Afanasiev M.F., Futlik L.L.  The development of an integrated management system for power supply of Moscow municipal electric transport

The paper considers the structure, features, and functionality of an integrated management system for power supply of Moscow municipal electric transport. The system commissioning stages are described.

Liquid/Gas flow control loop

Performance attributes, design features and applications of Type 2632 process control valve with a built-in PID controller from B?rkert "Easy" Fluid Control Systems are described.
RS-232 to Ethernet built-in converter: a compact version from MOXA Technologies

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Fieldbuses: what, where, when

Yegorov E.B.  On industrial networks without formulae and diagrams

The paper overviews the existing plant floor network standards: DP/PA, CANopen, DeviceNet, SDS, Interbus-S, AS-Interface, and Modbus. Peformance attributes of the protocols, their merits, drawbacks and application areas are characterized. The features of Industrial Ethernet are discussed. The reasons for Industrial Ethernet being not always applicable as an industrial networking standard are adduced.

Skvortsov A.N., Serdyukov O.V., Timoshin A.I., Doroshkin A.A.  Industrial CAN applications in modern automation systems

Overall classification of industrial networks is adduced and their qualifying standards are listed. With the example of Controller Area Network (CAN), the paper discusses the opportunities and features of industrial networks application in process automation and briefly overviews the potentialities of applying high-level protocols compatible with CAN.

Kruglyak K.V.  Industrial networks: objectives and means

The problems of creating distributed process control systems based on modern hard-/software and network solutions are considered. Key trends in DCS and in their development tools are discussed. Application examples of some new products from Advantech, WAGO, Pepperl+Fuchs, Hilscher and other manufacturers are adduced.

Popov S.I.  Ethernet in a field - Why not?

The paper justifies Ethernet application at the field device level. It discusses the Publisher/Reader technology and the Transparent Factory Realtime concept offered by Schneider Electric.

Nekrasov V.E.  Network solutions for industrial automation using Turbo Ring backup path

The Turbo Ring technology aimed at improving the fault tolerance of industrial automation systems is considered.

Zolotaryov S.V., Freudman A.V.  Automation systems for buildings based on BACnet

The development history and purpose of BACnet network and protocol are considered. The components of BACnet protocol, such as objects, transport level, virtual networking concept are described as well as the software used for working with BACnet networks.

Intelligent solutions for industrial automation

The paper explains the reasons for recent growth of intelligent instrumentation market. Their application advantages are discussed. New series of intelligent instruments from Emerson Process Management, Foxboro, Jumo Process Control, Honeywell Industry Solutions, Siemens, and Yokogawa Electric Corporation are presented.

Kargapol'tsev V.P.  What is a spilling unit and how it operates

The paper describes the design of a service spilling unit and considers its operation principle at fluid flowmeters tuning and calibration. The differences between a service spilling unit and an industrial one are shown.

Aristova N.I.  SofTool-2003 - the autumn parade of information technologies

The paper summarizes the SofTool-2003 exhibition. It considers briefly the most interesting lectures delivered at the industrial automation conference and dedicated to integrated control systems, built-in technologies, digital signal processing, and Ethernet technologies applications. The opinions of the participants about the event and the interview with the SofTool Director E.B.Solovey are adduced.