Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has developed the world’s first field wireless devices based on the ISA100.11a1 industrial wireless communications standard and will release them to the market in July. These wireless products include an EJX-L series differential pressure and pressure transmitter, a YTA series temperature transmitter, and an integrated field wireless gateway2 for field sensor networks.
These field wireless devices are expected to satisfy a wide variety of requirements in the industrial automation field. To help companies achieve ever higher levels of productivity, Yokogawa will continue to develop various kinds of field wireless devices for both monitoring and control applications, and is also proposing the development of new field digital networks that integrate wireless and wired technologies.
Development Background
Wireless technology has the following strengths that well suit it for field device and control system applications:
Despite such benefits, wireless networks have seen limited use to date in industrial automation applications due to their requirement for advanced technologies that ensure high reliability, real-time response, environmental resistance, and explosion-proof protection, and because of the absence until recently of an industrial communications standard for field wireless devices.
Approved in September 2009, the ISA 100.11a standard presents the following advantages for use in industrial automation:
These new field wireless devices based on the ISA 100.11a standard fully complement Yokogawa’s measurement, control, and information solutions and are expected to make a significant contribution to the realization of the company’s VigilantPlant3 concept of the ideal plant. This new technology will help Yokogawa’s customers “See clearly, know in advance, and act with agility.” Yokogawa will continue to seek out solutions that secure its customers an optimum return on their investment throughout the plant lifecycle.
Product Concept
Yokogawa continues to fulfill its commitment to providing unsurpassed leading edge solutions to industry. Reliable, secure, flexible, and intuitive, our new wireless transmitters simplify all aspects of wireless deployment, management, and operation while delivering the excellence that you have come to expect from Yokogawa products.
We plan to provide a trial kit that will allow customers to experience the advantages of Yokogawa wireless products. Details will be announced later.
Major Target Markets
Oil and gas, LNG, refining, petrochemicals, chemicals, iron and steel, pulp and paper, power, non-metal/cement, food and beverages、water treatment, waste water
Applications
Temperature, flow, and differential pressure/pressure measurement in plant processes
About Yokogawa
Yokogawa's global network of 25 manufacturing facilities and 80 companies spans 54 countries. Since its founding in 1915, the US$3 billion company has been engaged in cutting-edge research and innovation, securing more than 7,200 patents and registrations, including the world's first digital sensors for flow and pressure measurement. Industrial automation and control, test and measurement, information systems and industry support are the core businesses of Yokogawa. For more information about Yokogawa, please visit our web site at www.yokogawa.com.