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    “We’re moving people away from an unhealthy environment and making the process more efficient.” Gabriel Carrizo of Rio Tinto share how the company improved the efficiency and safety of high-altitude evaporation pods using wireless radar technology.
    Argentinian producer gets help from non-contacting radar to cut costs, improve safety of Andes operation

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    Claudio Fayad, CTO of Emerson’s Aspen Technology business, explained how Project Beyond integrates DeltaV control functionality with other Emerson software packages via a seamless data fabric.
    Claudio Fayad, CTO of Emerson’s Aspen Technology business, showed how Emerson’s new approach combines computing power, secure networking, unified data fabric, AI orchestration...
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    Phoenix Contact compares advances in Wi-Fi 6 and 7 and 5G and private 5G LTE
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    “Be clear what you want to do because that might influence your choice of technology as well as how and what you connect it to.” Emerson’s Raoul Mercer (left) and BP’s David Mason discussed how the company connects offshore assets for optimal remote operations.
    The energy company is using Emerson's DeltaV Automation Platform to reduce safety risks and operational costs across projects from Azerbaijan to West Africa
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    “The structures that once managed complexity now cause pressure.” Emerson CEO Lal Karsanbhai discussed how the company’s Project Beyond will make current automation investments deliver greater value without introducing complexity.
    Emerson President and CEO Lal Karsanbhai opened Emerson Exchange 2025 with a look at the changing landscape of the industry and the fresh solutions that will usher it in
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    Profibus Nutzerorganisation exhibits 14 different Ethernet-APL products at Hannover Fair 2025
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    Softing reports that Ethernet-APL must address cybersecurity issues, too
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    Figure 1: ODVA’s exhibit at Hannover Fair 2025 included a demonstration of five present or prototype Ethernet-APL devices, including Vegapuls 80 GHz radar level transmitter from VEGA, and StoneL Axiom position indicator from Valmet. They were joined or accompanied by two APL field switches from Phoenix Contact and Pepperl+Fuchs, and two PACs from Rockwell Automation and Schneider Electric.
    ODVA and Rockwell Automation demonstrate how Ethernet-APL’s common interfaces let switches, controllers work with transmitters and indicators
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    Phoenix Contact explains how Ethernet-APL’s operating profiles provide electricity safely
    Source: Pepperl+Fuchs and Jim Montague
    Figure 1: In a recent demonstration at Hannover Fair 2025 in Germany, Pepperl+Fuchs showed how its FieldConnex Ethernet-APL Ex ia intrinsically safe (IS) rail field switch with eight, 16 or 24 APL ports and its web-based interface work with Endress+Hauser’s Cerabar PMC 71B transmitter and Samson’s Trovis 3797 valve positioner, which both have the interface built in to communicate via Ethernet-APL with the communication protocol of any switch or controller that supports it.
    Pepperl+Fuchs shows how Ethernet-APL field switches can work with transmitters, positioners and other components
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