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Plant Life Cycle Management Sees Increased Value When a Project Starts with the End in Mind

May 27, 2015
Articles

Making automation decisions for new construction, upgrades or even small retrofit projects takes careful planning and a short / long term strategy that combines what is effective for the operation of the plant today and in the future. These decisions impact all phases of the plant’s life cycle or specifically the industrial automation life cycle which, in many cases has a shorter life cycle horizon than the other more physical infrastructure elements of the plant.

Device Interoperability: The Hidden Layer

April 27, 2015
Articles, News

Automation World Article: Control and asset management systems are appreciated for their ability to ease configuration, management and diagnostics of intelligent devices in the field. The Field Device Tool (FDT) is the unseen interface that makes it all happen.

FDI and FDT: Working Together for Limitless Integration

January 12, 2015
Articles, News

Control Engineering Europe Article: Glenn Schulz, managing director of the FDT Group, recently spoke about the emerging FDI standard and explained how it will sit comfortably alongside the existing FDT standard.

Accessing Device Information for Improved Plant Reliability

January 9, 2015
Articles

With an aging workforce ready to retire, a reduction in budget and manpower resources and the need to evaluate much more information before making critical decisions, it is important that you use all of the information available. Today’s measurement and…

Build For the Future with the Standard of Today

October 10, 2014
Articles

Control system engineers can use FDT today with certainty that there will be seamless integration when FDI is available in the future