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In western Switzerland, the stations operated by Gaznat for the management of natural gas supplies are gradually being equipped with new monitoring equipment. The energy provider is working with Beckhoff Switzerland to achieve greater efficiency and accuracy, particularly by using ELX terminals for the direct connection of intrinsically safe field devices....
With the new EPX module series, Beckhoff now also offers a compact option for Ex i signal acquisition from zones 0/20 and 1/21 as an addition to the wide range of EtherCAT Box modules....
Beckhoff Automation opened a Process Industry Technical Center in Houston, Texas, to solidify its presence in the process industry and better serve high-tech customers. Because Houston is the major centre for the oil and gas as well as the petrochemical markets, the local Beckhoff staff will include sales and application engineering, training and management personnel focused on the process industry....
Modern system concepts tailored to Industrie 4.0 or the Internet of Things (IoT) offer numerous advantages in terms of process efficiency, costs and quality. The ultra-compact C6015 Industrial PC (IPC) is the ideal space-saving, high-performance IoT edge device to fully utilise these advantages for new and legacy systems in the process industries....
The EtherCAT Terminals in the ELX series have been expanded by the addition of analogue input terminals with TwinSAFE SC (Single Channel) technology. These highly compact I/O terminals can be used to support applications in hazardous areas that require both intrinsically safe signal transmission and functional safety capabilities....
At Achema 2018, leading trade show for the process industries (June 11-15, Frankfurt, Germany), Beckhoff will present its open PC-based control technology for all vertical process industry markets. PC-based control enables the user to implement holistic solutions for barrier-free system integration through to Zone 0/20 with integrated communication capabilities from the sensor to the cloud....