Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA (21 Feb 2012) – The ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute (ISA100 WCI) today announced that Rohrback Cosasco Systems (RCS), the world’s leading supplier of corrosion monitoring and chemical injection systems, has joined ISA100 WCI as a supplier member.
“RCS has always taken great pride in being an industry leader in corrosion detection. Adding wireless options for our customers to monitor real-time corrosion rates at some of the most critical oil, gas and chemical plants in the world has been invaluable,” said Daljit Singh, wireless product manager, Rohrback Cosasco Systems, Inc. “Further, incorporating the ISA100.11a wireless standard into our products gives our customers the peace of mind that the system they are installing today will work seamlessly and reliably in their environment for years to come. We look forward to incorporating the features of ISA100.11a into our products and meeting the diverse architectural and data needs of our industrial customers,” Singh concluded.
“We are excited to have Rohrback Cosasco Systems join the growing ISA100 WCI team,” said Andre Ristaino, managing director of ISA100 WCI. “RCS has been a world leader in corrosion monitoring for more than 60 years. Now with its wireless network mesh monitoring based on the ISA100.11a wireless standard, RCS offers a whole new level of reliability, flexibility and exceptional value, which is something users need.”
About Cosasco® Wireless Corrosion Monitoring System
The new Cosasco® Wireless System from Rohrback Cosasco Systems has redefined corrosion monitoring as a true process parameter. The system is based on Microcor patented high resolution corrosion measurement technology; the industry’s most widely used and only technologically advanced system capable of operating in any process environment. The 2.4 GHz self-organizing wireless network delivers exceptional data reliability and network stability through its high security communication. Microcor online systems are already known worldwide for their proven accuracy and reliability. The wireless link now adds simplicity, flexibility, and exceptional economy of installation to new or existing installations. For more information on our Cosasco® Wireless System visit our website at www.cosasco.com.
About the ISA100 Standard
The ISA100.11a industrial wireless sensor networking standard is the first in the ISA100 open family of standards, focusing on the needs of process industries. The ISA100 Wireless Compliant certification ensures that supplier companies deliver interoperable wireless products and provides users the freedom to choose best-of-breed ISA100.11a field devices from any supplier. As a result, automation engineers are able to create, modify, optimize, and scale wireless networks quickly at user sites. With ISA100, customers have a solution that is open, interoperable, scalable and reliable for their most critical applications. ISA100 technology is simple to deploy, reliable, and supports traditional and future applications. ISA100.11a-2011 received committee approval in 2011 and formal ANSI approval in January 2012. Headed towards internationalization, in 2011 ISA100.11a-2011 was accepted as new work in IEC SC65C as a Publicly Available Specification (PAS) IEC 62734.
Planned additions to the ISA100 family of standards include support for backhaul functionality, factory automation, and other key-use cases. Details on the approved standard, the ISA100 roadmap, and use-case presentations are available at www.isa100wci.org.
About Rohrback Cosasco Systems
Established sixty years ago, Rohrback Cosasco Systems (RCS) is an industry leading supplier of corrosion monitoring and chemical injection systems.
RCS has been the world leader in corrosion monitoring since 1950, offering a wide range of solutions to corrosion problems in a variety of industries, including oil and gas, petrochemical, water treatment, chemical, pulp and paper, and pharmaceutical. RCS designs and manufactures corrosion monitoring systems and equipment including instrumentation, probes, coupons, mechanical access systems, and integrated corrosion management servers and software. RCS is known globally as the OEM for the following product brands; Microcor®, Cosasco®, Corrosometer®, Corrater®, Corrdata® and Ultracorr®. Rohrback Cosasco is ISO 9001:2008 certified and their products conform to North America and International standards. Detailed product information can be found online at www.cosasco.com.
About the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute
The ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute (ISA100 WCI) is a non-profit industry organization providing users and developers with market awareness, educational information, technical support, and compliance for the ISA100 family of universal industrial wireless standards. The ISA100 WCI provides real world feedback from deployment of ISA100 devices and systems to ISA Standards Committees in order to foster rapid refinement and development of open industry standards for wireless applications. Institute members include end users, technology suppliers, research and development professionals, academia, and other industry consortia and standards bodies. Early members include Apprion, BP, Chevron, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, ExxonMobil, Fuji Electric, Gastronics, GE, Honeywell, Nivis, Procter & Gamble, R3 Sensors, Shell, Shengyang Institute of Automation, Yamatake and Yokogawa. More information about the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute can be found online at www.isa100wci.org.
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Andre Ristaino
ISA100 WCI
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