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Functional safety in the process industry is a topic that has very much moved centre stage since IEC 61508 came into force. It is frequently only indicated by the abbreviation SIL. But what exactly is SIL and how can it be used to control process valves?

Energy efficiency and the optimisation of specific production costs are important commercial and business challenges which we must face for a variety of reasons. Energy-efficient technologies are often more expensive than traditional technologies in the investment phase. However, measures to increase efficiency and reduce life cycle costs (LCC) throughout the entire life cycle of a production plant usually pay off.

This white paper covers the following topics:

• Digitalisation as an opportunity in the process industry
• How decoupling software and hardware opens up completely new opportunities for already established technologies, based on the example of the Festo Motion Terminal
• Why do manufacturers, OEMs and system operators obtain very tangible benefits from analysing the data sent via the IoT gateway to the cloud – and what does this mean for their business?

This white paper has the following aims:

• To examine reservations that are frequently mentioned in connection with pneumatics: are pneumatic actuators really more easily damaged, expensive over their lifetime and higher on energy consumption compared to electric actuators? The reality is more complex.
• To provide concrete tips and hints for users in the water industry: why a lifetime calculation is a good idea, how leakage can be avoided – and some of the advantages of pneumatics that may not be obvious at first glance.

This white paper has the following aims:

• What is SIL, why is the topic relevant for plant operators, and what are the common misunderstandings?
• What do certificates mean and how do you read them correctly?
• To what extent do durable components offer a helpful advantage?

MSE6-C2M constantly monitors compressed air consumption, shuts off the compressed air supply after production has stopped for a certain amount of time and prevents the system pressure from falling below a specific stand-by pressure level.

The VTOP is ideal for control applications with positioner and additional instrumentation. The pneumatic extension modules facilitate a complete setup, without tedious searches for components and time consuming installation, and thus greatly simplify maintenance. The new installation concept VTOP with patented, integrated air routing allows you to combine the individual modules you need, and easily retrofit other modules at any time.

Freddy Fellner, Product Manager for Process Automation at Festo, presents the angle seat valve VZXA and its strengths: highly modular, robust and high flow rates.

Freddy Fellner, Product Manager for Process Automation at Festo, presents the pinch valve VZQA: a food safe and modular process valve.

Pablo Ruiz, Product Manager for Process Automation at Festo, presents the quarter turn actuator DFPD: an extremely modular and productive all-rounder!

The CMSH provides you with all the benefits of a highly dynamic, low-wear positioning system with high air output and a long service life. You now only need one device for the fast and precise control of actuators, whether large or small, linear or rotary, single- acting or double-acting. Together with the low internal air consumption, this reduces costs. Featuring 2-wire technology, HART communication, condition monitoring functions and a modular system with many variants, the CMSH offers excellent flexibility for a great number of applications.

Patric Henzi, Produktmanager in der Prozessautomation, stellt den Linearantrieb DFPI vor: integriert, robust, flexibel!

Industry 4.0 - Big picture of Digitalisation from a supplier point of view covering the topics of Digital Twin, IoT, Cloud connectivity, Services and Artificial Intelligence Solutions. The poster is split into two parts: Smart Engineering incl. Commissioning and Smart Operation incl. Maintenance. Also showing the approach of Predictive quality, Predictive energy and Predictive maintenance