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First wireless Hart equipment supplied
01 May 2008
Emerson Process Management claims to be the first process automation supplier to begin taking orders for WirelessHART enabled products, based on the recently approved open standard for in-plant wireless communications. These measurement and communications products are available as a core part of Emerson’s Smart Wireless plant automation solutions portfolio.
The WirelessHART standard specifies use of open wireless communications for process measurement and control applications. Emerson estimates the demand for technology will exceed €1.5 billion by 2012.
“In my 39 years in process automation, I have never seen a technology with such compelling, immediate benefits,” commented John Berra, president of Emerson Process Management. “The WirelessHART standard opens the door to confident and broad implementation of wireless throughout the industry.”
“Wireless simply means a better way to put more eyes and ears in the plant, to enable the plant to run better, safer, and greener,” he continued.
“With the official release of the HART 7 Specifications in September 2007, the WirelessHART standard became publicly available for manufacturers to begin implementing this new capability into their products and process solutions,” commented HART Communications Foundation executive director Ron Helson.
“The WirelessHART technology addresses the critical needs of the process industry for simple, reliable and secure wireless communication in the real world industrial plant environment,” continued Helson. “It is easy to use, easy to deploy, and fully backward compatible with existing instrumentation and host systems, preserving the investment in HART-enabled devices, tools, training, applications and work procedures used today.”
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