The customer magazine from Phoenix Contact | March 2019 | Issue 1.19

Fit for the process Data is the new raw material – if the infrastructure is ready

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2 UPDATE 1.2019

Tyler Redslob,Industry ManagerPhoenix Contact

IIoT doesn’t have to lead to other four-letter words Data. Technology. Modernization. Legacy. In many ways, these four words – notice I said four words, not four-letter words – become woven into many conversations we hear in discussions with process industry customers, or certainly create the foundations or the framework of those discussions. And yes, sometimes the four words drive emotional and passionate conversations. They tell us they have had conversations internally leading to frustrations and the occasional four-lettered word! See if these comments from conversations sound familiar to you: “How do we deal with data – the lack of it, too much of it, accuracy of it – and ensure that it is secure? Technology is the answer… that leads to ‘seamless integration.’ Yeah right, then why doesn’t it work? Modernization – everything in the facility is old and outdated, so we are going to upgrade and migrate legacy systems.” If these sound familiar, we can draw some parallels.

And now for what I believe is a related, four-letter acronym: IIoT, which as you probably know, stands for Industrial Internet of Things. Our European colleagues refer to the same four-letter acronym as Industrie 4.0. Industries often use them interchangeably. Seldom do we hear “Tell me about your IIoT solutions.” The pro-cess industries, have in fact, been collecting and using data in very large refining, chemical, and pharmaceutical facilities long before IIoT became the “in vogue” term. These applications come in the form of asset management, often acquired with large DCS (Distributed Control Systems). The data was collected from an analog device (Thing), such as a level measuring device, valve, etc. The technology utilized typically involved HART, a digitized signal included with the analog signal, although there are many other legacy protocols being used. Through this collected data, better predictive maintenance programs could be developed for the plant or facility because additional data was being monitored and acquired on the device (Thing) itself in addition to the process variable it provides to the control system.

Phoenix Contact continues to serve process industries and reduce these frustrations and improve overall facilities with goals of implementing IIoT, or addressing data, technology, and modernizations of legacy systems. We offer products and solutions to increase availability and security and simplify migration and monitoring.

The articles contained in this issue of UPDATE illustrate increased efficiencies for your process now and digitalization for the future.

Tyler Redslob

www.phoenixcontact.com

Editorial

Editorial2 IIoT doesn’t have to lead to other four-letter words – Tyler Redslob

Technology Cybersecurity in the global hydrocarbon process industry 3 Preparing for the next threat

Hunter of hidden treasure 8 Upgrade your data collection! The data has always been there – you just need to use it intelligently

Ten advantages to using intrinsic safety 12 Is IS the right solution for your HazLoc location?

On-site Change a winning team 6 A successful control system modernization project uses a holistic concept

Advanced AC UPS system keeps critical systems running in hazardous environments10 Maintaining constant power in a hazardous location

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The oil and gas supply chain is a globally connected, enterprise-wide system that moves millions of barrels of liquid crude oil and billions of cubic feet of natural gas every day. The oil and gas will travel through more pipes, tanks, petrochemical, refining and blending processes until they reach the final destination.

In today’s connected world, this global infrastructure is controlled and monitored electronically and digitally. This supply chain is vulnerable and subject to many risks, beginning with the exploration and production (the dry well), geopolitical, environmental, regulatory and, of course, transportation across the entire move-ment, from the wellhead to the gas pumps.

Maintaining a “cyber-secure” infrastructure In the new cyber-world order, the owner/operators and everyone involved in the design and engineering of these systems will need to address the additional key risk of a cybersecurity attack at some point across this supply chain. The owner/operator determines the best technologies, practices, and programs to meet this new challenge. The system could come under attack for

Cybersecurity in the global hydrocarbon process industry Preparing for the next threat

many reasons (financial gain, intellectual property, sup-ply disruption from political activists, terrorist threat).

The owner/operators must consider the entire supply chain, from the wellhead to the final distribution point. In conjunction with many other risk factors, the cyber attack risk factor will require a new set of processes, procedures, and rules that need to be managed and integrated into the existing risk model:

• Identify the primary sources of the supply chain risks and vulnerabilities

• Provide a basic analysis of the impact of a cyber attack

• Propose a methodology to protect the system from a cyber attack

• Determine a recovery procedure

• Develop a strategy how the threat will be contained

• Develop a methodology of learning and addressing cyber issues

• Maintain a constant awareness related to cybersecurity, as it is a continuous effort

• Evaluate and refine the plan

The hydrocarbon industry is susceptible to a cyber attack along its entire supply chain.

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Most organizations and facilities in the hydrocarbon industry already operate with a common health, safety, and environmental (HSE) culture. However, we need to remember that today’s hydrocarbon systems are based on a safety culture built into the systems inherently from mechanical, electrical, and operational standpoints.

We now need to integrate cybersecurity measures and procedures into the initial basic system design within this electronically/digitally controlled and monitored global supply chain system infrastructure from the beginning. This way it will become an integral compo-nent of the HSE overall safety culture that is the norm in our industry and daily life.

Standard operating procedures (SOPs) cover every action that occurs in the normal, day-to-day operat-ing routine of a production, processing, or distribution facility. We now must integrate a new set of SOPs with the subtitle cyber operating procedures (CYOPs).

Adding cyber attack as a key risk factor has changed the original risk-management models related to the hydrocarbon supply chain. The original risk model focused on the following six scenarios:

1. Transportation risk

2. Exploration/production risk

3. Environmental/regulatory compliance risk

4. Availability of oil resource risk

5. Reputational risk

6. Geopolitical risk

What ranking will this new cybersecurity risk be in the model? The hydrocarbon industry understands the certainty that some attackers may get into their systems, so they realize they must take a more proactive approach to risk management. This approach includes focusing security efforts on protecting mission-critical data. To focus those efforts, organizations need situational awareness. They must know the location of critical data to identify the characteristics of the systems that carry the data, understand the vulnerabilities of those systems, and be able to detect changes in activity that signal potential threats. Such a strategy must not only prevent/protect against a security breach, but also outline the actions to take when a breach has occurred.

Today’s modern distributed process control systems (DCS) and SCADA systems have evolved from locally isolated islands of control into highly interconnected systems that are tied via fiber optic and satellite tech-nology to their respective corporate networks span-ning the globe. This is unavoidable and is necessary in order for them to function in a profitable manner. It is neither feasible nor possible to operate in independent islands of isolation any longer. The concept of isolation as a tool to protect against a cyber attack is not pos-sible or realistic, nor will this methodology provide any real protection.

Specific devices designed to protect and guard against intrusions can protect these system architectures.

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These types of industrial security devices with upgraded hardware and advanced confi guration options can provide Defense in Depth cybersecurity in critical applications. These devices have sophisticated security capabilities, including CIFS Integrity Monitoring (CIM), a full stateful inspection fi rewall and a user-based fi rewall, as well as redundancy options and other advanced features.

CIM is an antimalware tool suitable for industrial applica-tions. CIM can detect when Windows-based or Linux-based systems such as controllers, operator interfaces, or PCs have been manipulated — by malware, for example — without the need to update signature fi les. This means they can detect “zero-day” malware attacks.

However, there is always the possibility of a breach, and therefore for systems such as those described above, a disaster recovery plan is necessary. This plan needs to be tested and practiced.

With the advent of cybersecurity attacks on the infrastructure, the agencies and organizations that have built the IT and control infrastructure have teamed up with the various companies, original equip-ment managers (OEMs), and regulatory organizations to begin to write best practices, specifi cations, and recommendations related to security standards that are required to meet the increased threat.

Awareness is criticalWhen a cyber attack occurs — in any industry — most plant operations personnel do not know that the system is failing due to a cyber attack. Operations staff know the policies and procedures that should be followed during both normal and emergency condi-tions. It is important that personnel are trained to intervene and take over from sophisticated automation systems if a cyber attack were to occur.

Therefore, one of the most important issues is to determine which procedural methodologies, rules, tools, and technologies will be applied to fi ght an ongoing cyber attack. Also, should such an attack occur, who will take the lead: the IT or the control group or the safety organization? As in the event of any other type of emergency (such as a fi re, an earthquake, or another natural disaster), plant operations management will be in command of the situation. As discussed earlier,

cybersecurity will eventually be integrated into the hydrocarbon industry’s overall safety culture.

To prepare for a cyber attack, all organizations need to take defensive actions at all levels to:

• Detect

• Isolate

Cybersecurity is an ongoing battle. Once we have contained a threat, we must immediately start preparing for the next one. With a well-designed cybersecurity program, we can ensure personnel safety, system availability and reliability, reduced operational expenditures, and credibility. n

This article is abridged from the white paper “Cybersecurity in the global hydrocarbon process industry.” To read the full white paper, please visit: http://rd.phoenixcon.com/aspapps/GWIS/splashproc/mediaDLs/279/Cybersecurity_in_the_hydrocarbon_processing_industry_FINAL.pdf

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To prevent long downtimes, the modernization of a control system should take place as quickly as possible, and without any errors. A well-developed concept from Phoenix Contact ensures the reliable transfer of field signals to the new control system.

Trinseo, the chemical and plastics specialist, produces specialized polymer solutions at 19 facilities in 14 countries around the world. The product range com-prises a wide variety of thermoplastic resins. These include materials made from polycarbonate, techni-cal polymers, ABS, polystyrene, and polypropylene.

The control technology used previously in the pro-duction plants was commissioned in 1984. When it became apparent that it would soon no longer be possible to guarantee the supply of spare parts, Trin-seo decided that it was time to modernize the control

A successful control system modernization project uses a holistic concept

Change a winning team

system. The challenge was to integrate the existing single-strand wiring into a system solution. Wim van Drongelen, the global process control engineer respon-sible, developed a future-oriented concept together

with the system cabling specialists from Phoenix Contact that had to satisfy four requirements:

• Retention of the existing field wiring

• Fast and error-free setup

• Reduction in the number of I/O tests required

• Minimization of setup costs

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Trinseo produces the plastic polystyrene at its Tessenderlo facility in Belgium.

“Retrofitting at all Trinseo facilities is to be completed by 2021.” Wim van Drongelen, Global Engineer at Trinseo

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Field signals are transmitted via plug and playIn the existing system, the field signals were transmit-ted to the control system via terminal blocks with single wires. For the new control system, Trinseo decided upon the S800 from ABB, the I/O cards of which are connected to the field signals via single wires. A quick and error-free changeover, however, required a plug-and-play solution with system cables between the field, and I/O level was ideal.

Trinseo uses VIP series termination boards in the new control system. Robust system cables provide the connection to the field level. At the heart of the setup are adapters for single- and double-level terminal blocks, both for left-hand and right-hand mounting. The color coding of the versions ensures easier assign-ment and faster testing in the system, so the terminal blocks are system-capable.

Polystyrene is produced at the Tessenderlo facility. A critical component of the production system is a stirring tank reactor, in which the ingredients styrene and acrylonitrile are polymerized. The energy supplier already provides the necessary electricity via redundant grids, because an electricity outage occurring during the production process would destroy the stir-ring tank reactor and cause serious production down-times. Therefore, a reliable control engineering system is essential for the smooth operation of the system.

Preparation for a baptism of fire To mitigate the potential impact of this open-heart surgery, the concept was first tested and optimized on a mini-plant system. This is a greatly reduced test system, where the processes can be tested in a closed-loop framework. Trinseo began a one-year preparatory phase for setting up the facility. “We had to migrate 2,500 I/O signals,” explains Wim van Drongelen. “All of the signals had to be acquired and restructured. The I/O control cabinets, including the software, were then produced and supplied within just eight months.”

The great clear-up The exciting part of the setup then began: commission-ing. After setting up the control cabinets for the control

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system and removing the old single wires, the terminal adapters were mounted and the system cables were routed. Due to the structured system design, it was not necessary to perform 100 percent testing of the signals once a random-sample plausibility check had been performed. By using a mix of specific Phoenix Contact solutions and

standard products from the Phoenix Contact system cabling range, Trinseo has realized a clear and structured control technology. Terminal adapt-ers, pre-assembled system cables, and termination boards in combination with the pre-installed control cabinets guaranteed that Trinseo could replace the control system quickly and without errors.

The number of loop checks was reduced to 15 to 20 percent. This reduced the setup time by two weeks, and led to significantly lower costs. Due to the good experiences gained in Tessenderlo, further systems in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. have also been set up in accordance with this proven concept. Here, Phoenix Contact provided support with additional extended solutions that were necessary on a facility-specific basis, such as different length versions of the system cables. Trinseo is planning to complete the setup of all 35 systems with a total of 90,000 I/O signals by 2021.

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The plastics manufacturer uses VIP termination boards, pre-assembled system cables, and terminal adapters. Result: The setup was two weeks faster.

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In much the same way that your personal smart de-vices might receive new features thanks to a firmware upgrade, industrial facilities are driven to find ways to get more out of the equipment that they already own. As the process industry looks for ways to reduce oper-ating costs and increase system availability, there is a growing need for diagnostic data. Monitoring equip-ment health can improve overall equipment effective-ness (OEE) and can be part of a predictive maintenance strategy that reduces operating costs. Finding ways to do remote calibration and configuration saves time in the field. Less time in the field means more efficiency and safer personnel. All of this adds up to less down-time and a better bottom line.

One major challenge is that process engineers and operators need to achieve this without disrupting the running system. In many cases, the additional data they need is available from the devices they already have. There are approximately 40 million HART devices installed worldwide. Only about 10 percent of them are using their HART capabilities.

Upgrade your data collection! The data has always been there – you just need to use it intelligently

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Standardized nearly 30 years ago, HART (Highway Addressable Remote Transducer) is the world’s most broadly supported protocol for the process indus-try. HART was originally developed as a way to make analog process measurement devices “smarter” by superimposing digital data on a 4-20 mA signal loop; today, the standard continues to develop with the introduction of more ways to connect – including wireless and Ethernet. Moreover, backward compat-ibility and manufacturer interoperability mean there’s no danger of getting locked into vendor-specific or regional solutions.

So why is no one using it? In a word, awareness. Many times, the DCS or PLC was in place or specified without HART capabilities. Thus the control system was implemented without taking advantage of the additional measurement or diagnostic data that’s available from a HART device. In this case, only maintenance personnel used the HART interface for local troubleshooting or calibration using a handheld device.

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Historically, if a facility decided to upgrade the control system and access to the HART data was considered valuable, users typically installed an RS-485 HART multiplexer connected to a PC. Most PCs did not have an RS-485 interface, so an RS-232 converter was used. More recently, most PCs no longer have even an RS-232 interface, so users must purchase a device server to convert RS-485 to Ethernet. This is a complicated solu-tion with several devices to configure and maintain.

Most recently, the HART Foundation (now a part of the FieldComm Group) released a standard for HART IP, essentially the HART protocol over Ethernet. This provides an easy-to-use, widely available interface for communicating with the HART protocol, and it inte-grates into tools that most plant operators and main-tenance people already use: Pactware (or other FDT containers), HART Server, HART OPC Server, Simatic PDM, and Honeywell FDM.

Today, the hype behind the industry megatrends Industrie 4.0 and IIoT are driving users to look for cre-ative new solutions to their problems with a focus on Ethernet and network connectivity.

Phoenix Contact’s innovation simplifies adoption Phoenix Contact’s GW PL…-BUS modular multiplexer provides a simple way to parameterize and monitor HART devices via Ethernet for easy integration into nearly any host system while leaving the analog con-trol system fully operational — directly addressing the needs of the users.

The multiplexer consists of a head station and a vari-ety of HART expansion modules to suit any application need. Up to five expansion modules can be connected and powered by the head station. The modular design provides a scalable solution for modern distributed control systems and phased roll-outs.

The HART data is converted to HART IP and can com-municate with many different host applications, including FDT frame applications like Pactware, as well as the HART Foundation’s OPC Server. With SIMATIC PDM, which uses the HART Foundation’s HART Server

With the modular gateway, HART data is integrated into the system via Ethernet.

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to provide HART access, the PL GW system also supports Electronic Device Description (EDD) Asset Management.

Additionally, the GW PL…-BUS has been compatibil-ity-tested and approved for use by Emerson for use with their AMS package. Support of these applica-tions provides standardized deployment and the ability to do intelligent device management using Ethernet.

Lastly, the device integrates common industrial protocols Modbus/TCP and PROFINET so that users can connect to their control system of choice to take advantage of additional process measurement data provided by HART devices.

Ultimately, users can now perform operations that save time and money, including loop checks, device calibration, partial stroke testing, and improved process monitoring with multivariable devices — all using the devices they already have installed.

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Garrett Schmidt Senior Product Manager, Communication Interfaces Automation Infrastructure Business Unit, Americas Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc.

10 UPDATE 1.2019Technology

Safety and reliability are paramount in oil and gas facilities, especially when it comes to safety-critical instrumentation systems. Xenon Inc., a system inte-grator in Irvine, California, worked with an oil refinery that needed to include reliable AC uninterruptible power supply (UPS) in hazardous locations.

Xenon Inc. is a full-service engineering, integration, and field service solutions provider for process and

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Advanced AC UPS system keeps critical systems running in hazardous environments

environmental analytics, industrial instrumentation and automation, and electrical systems.

The local governing authority mandated that the refinery meet specific uptime requirements for critical systems, such as hazardous gas monitors, boilers, fur-naces, or any other type of environmental or personal safety equipment. The regulation also required each AC UPS to have advanced diagnostics of monitoring and functionality. (See figure 1.)

Jordan Wiens, P.E., the managing partner for Xenon’s Instrumentation & Automation Division, said many of these power loads are not very big. But given the infrastructure of the refinery, which was built in the 1920s, these critical pieces of power were put on tra-ditional power sources that over time became subject to outages, trips, or harmonic distortion. “As such, they would sometimes trip and go offline. They might come back pretty quickly, but the disruption could cause an environmental event or potentially create a situation that’s hazardous to personnel.”

Solution The solution for the refinery’s challenges came in the form of several Phoenix Contact products integrated into one cohesive system. Wiens stated, “The primary

The AC UPS system, based on the 500 VA QUINT AC UPS.

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driver was the known quality of the Phoenix Contact products coupled with client preference. There’s also the WirelessHART diagnostics piece, so if there was power failure that the UPS saved, we should know about it, because we would catch that.”

Using Phoenix Contact products, including a 500 VA QUINT AC UPS, Xenon developed an integrated system with local alarms and multiple controls. Using the free downloadable configuration software, the AC UPS can indicate critical information when Phoenix Contact batteries are used — such as the type of batteries, the health of the batteries, the state of charge of the batter-ies, and more. Using Phoenix Contact’s 120 Wh lithium-ion batteries, the UPS can provide hours of battery backup time depending on the current draw.

The intelligent UPS communicates with the batteries to receive status and condition information to identify potential problems. The use of a lithium-ion batteries was important because of their long lifespan. The over-

all capacity and degradation curve of the discharge rate were important factors in choosing the Phoenix Contact AC UPS.

The completed system was created for use in Class I, Division 2 hazardous approved areas. Phoenix Contact’s surge suppressors conditioned incoming power to avoid voltage spikes with I/O fuses to protect the input and output AC feed to the UPS module. The system also uses Phoenix Contact’s wireless products in conjunction with the Xenon Multiplexer, which encodes the alarms into a 4-20 mA format, so information can be transmitted using WirelessHART.

“Part of the criticality of system is that it has the WirelessHART infrastructure for some of the applica-tions. This ties in nicely. You don’t have to run Ethernet out there or put in wireless radios – you can just drop a WirelessHART transmitter on there. You can hook it up to the contact output diagnostics from the AC UPS, and then you are able to read the health of the system. So you can get information on the battery health, you can record any trip events, and you can tell if the system is offline in any manner.”

In addition, Phoenix Contact Class CC fuses were impor-tant for a Class I, Division 2 application. Wiens stated, “This allows us to install the entire system in a Class I, Division 2 location without having to purge the panel. So now we don’t have to use instrument air or any other means of declassifying the enclosure. We just build it, put it out in the field, and let it go.” (See figure 3.)

Results: Easy and reliable Wiens stated, “I think the top benefit is the ease of implementation. There’s not a whole lot to it. We were able to put these in the field and deploy them easily and quickly. From an integrator perspective, we integrate hundreds of different systems per year, and these are right in our wheelhouse, which is the benefit of having a tried-and-true solution rather than having to figure out something new.”

“To me, an attraction to the Phoenix Contact products is the reliability, the industry specifications, and the fact that most of the components that we deal with are already hazardous location-rated (Class I, Division 2). About 98 percent of the work that we do is in Class I, Division 2-rated locations.”

In addition to improving the power reliability, the system also meets the government mandate to monitor diagnostics. “Whether your applications involve phar-maceuticals or wastewater, if you have a highly critical application, but you don’t have the power infrastructure available to order a large AC UPS power circuit, this type of system fits that niche,” Wiens concluded. n

The intelligent UPS communicates with the batteries to identify potential problems.

“You can get information on the battery health, you can record any trip events, and you can tell if the system is offline in any manner.” Jordan Wiens

12 UPDATE 1.2019Technology

Below, I list 10 reasons (in no particular order) to consider using intrinsic safety when feasible. I highlight “when feasible” because, like most everything else in this world, there are limitations, and intrinsic safety is not an excep-tion. Again, there is no specific order, but depending upon your application and situation, the relevance and importance of these could change.

1. Use of standard, safe area devices: Intrinsic safety technology permits use of some “safe area” devices in lieu of explosion-proof devices as long as they meet certain requirements.

2. Safest hazardous area technique: The only tech-nique allowed for zone 0, the continuous presence of hazardous material.

3. Fault-tolerant: Remains safe after faults develop in cables and faulty components.

4. Live maintenance: Intrinsic safety is the only haz-ardous location wiring practice that permits live work on circuits without gas clearance certificates and with power applied.

5. Least expensive: Big savings in explosion-proof en-closures, conduit, fittings, protected cable, special glands, seals, etc.

6. Safe area wiring methods: No need for added in-stallation cost of explosion-proof conduit because the system is electrically protected at the source.

7. Safe for personnel: Extra-low voltages and cur-rents, typically below 30 Volts, 100 mA maximum.

8. Safest method: Immune from improperly secured explosion-proof covers, sealed conduits, marred surfaces, etc.

9. Loop isolation: Intrinsic safety isolators provide loop-to-loop isolation and eliminate ground loops.

Is IS the right solution for your HazLoc location?Ten advantages to using intrinsic safety

10. Global acceptance, one standard design: Intrinsic safety is a well-defined universal approach to safely installing instrumentation and control devices into hazardous locations, with virtually identical standards across the world and applicable to all industries.

Admission: Intrinsic safety does have its disadvantages As stated earlier, there are limitations to intrinsic safety technology/applications. The biggest is prob-ably the technology method itself, energy limitation. Due to this, the application of powering devices with electrical energy is regulated to smaller, low-power energy-consuming sensors, instruments, and regulat-ing devices. With that said, it still can be used in con-junction (to monitor and control) with other forms of safer or possibly large power energies (e.g., pneumatic and hydraulic) in hazardous locations. The second most commonly stated disadvantage with intrinsic safety technology is that it requires more engineering time than the other technologies. From my perspec-tive, it’s probably not so much more time, but it’s an unfamiliar technology, and engineers make it harder than it really is. With an explosion-proof design, you need to choose the proper hazardous area enclosure/instrument (housing), and the same with intrinsic safety. In addition, there are only two more pieces of information needed: the properly associated appa-ratus (intrinsic safety isolator), and then making sure the entity parameters of the field device, the intrinsic safety isolator, and the cabling make up an intrinsically safe circuit .n

Derek Sackett Lead Product Marketing Specialist

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Intrinsic safety is a well-defined universal approach, with virtually identical standards across the world and applicable to all industries.

13UPDATE 1.2019 News

Phoenix Contact’s new QUINT DC UPS is the first industrial UPS platform to provide real-time informa-tion about a battery’s health over standard industrial networking protocols, such as EtherNet/IP™, PROFINET, EtherCAT®, and USB. With this data, the user knows the state of the UPS system before there is a problem. This enables a proactive approach to battery management and lowers the total cost of ownership.

Phoenix Contact employees are working with fourth-grade students from Foose Elementary in Harrisburg, Pa., throughout the 2018-19 school year. Students vis-ited Phoenix Contact’s U.S. headquarters in October to kick off the second annual “Think BIG!” program, which is a yearlong curriculum designed to get the students excited about the possibilities of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education.

From November through May, Phoenix Contact volunteers will visit the school once a month to teach hands-on lessons related to solar and wind energy. Dave Skelton, vice president of Phoenix Contact Devel-opment and Manufacturing, Inc., stated “The first year

at Foose Elementary was a great success. Students had fun with the approach, and scores in science improved dramatically.”

Central Pennsylvania companies interested in implementing Think BIG during the 2019-20 school year can email US_Think-BigVolutneerCommittee@phoenixcon.com to learn more about the program. n

Foose Elementary fourth-graders ‘Think BIG!’

The QUINT DC UPS is an intelligent modular solution that provides critical system backup to supply loads in the event of mains failures and indicates the operating and battery states. The battery management system (BMS) with IQ technology and a powerful battery charger ensure power reliability within a control system.

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Network-ready, control cabinet UPS

Designing devices for the Internet of Things (IoT) is now easier, thanks to Phoenix Contact’s new Industrial Case System (ICS) family of housings. The ICS’s wide range of sizes and multiple connection options make it suitable for communication interfaces, controllers, power supplies, and other devices.

The ICS enclosures are available in nine widths, six heights, and five depths. They feature standardized device connections such as RJ45, D-SUB, and USB, as well as a variety of PCB terminal block or connection options.

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Modular industrial housing system Flexible electronic housing system for Internet of Things devices

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