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News Release from: Invensys Triconex | Subject: Triconex I/O systems
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 08 December 2006
New generation of Triconex I/O systems
New high-density modules, enhanced diagnostics and Atex compliance help increase performance and reduce installed costs for Invensys' flagship safety instrumented systems
The Triconex unit of Invensys Process Systems has announced a new generation of I/O subsystems for its flagship Tricon triple-modular-redundant (TMR) safety and critical control systems The new family of I/O modules offers higher point density, higher resolution, faster scan rates, an innovative approach for per-point supervision, and user-configurable nominal load limits in the digital output modules
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 14 Aug 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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These new features provide increased speed and better accuracy in high-speed critical control applications, while decreasing the cost per I/O point and cost of ownership.
Triconex has also released the Version 10.2.1 of the Tricon safety instrumented system platform.
This provides Tricon users with increased levels of flexibility in configuring safe and reliable critical control systems.
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Triconex has also released TriStation 1131 version 4.1.437 developer's workbench within Tricon v10.2.1, to support the configuration of the new family of I/O modules.
Within the new high-density line of I/O modules, Triconex also announced TandUuml;V certification for European Union Atex standards covering I/O and field terminations in potentially explosive atmospheres.
I/O modules and external termination panels for Tricon systems are now available to meet application requirements for non-incendive electrical equipment in hazardous locations such as volatile gas environments.
The new Atex Triconex I/O module and termination panel certification allows users to comply with non-incendive and thermally limited termination directives without the need for isolation barriers or similar configurations.
In addition to providing an Atex-compliant solution that extends from the safety system to the field wiring, the certification provides significant installation and maintenance cost advantages over isolation barriers.
In addition to the new family of I/O Products, Triconex announced the Enhanced Diagnostics Monitor v1.1.111, a Windows XP-based software application that provides a more comprehensive view of the health of the Triconex safety systems.
This application helps users make better troubleshooting decisions when maintaining their safety systems configurations, minimising the chances of downtime.
"Taken together, these important Triconex developments help users optimise the availability of their production assets by providing new levels of performance, reliability and maintainability of their control infrastructure without compromising the safety of the process," said Luis Duran, Triconex Brand Director at Invensys Process Systems.
While being independent and separate, the Tricon TMR safety and critical control systems can be easily integrated with all popular distributed control systems (DCS) as well serve as the safety system platform within an InFusion enterprise control system (ECS).
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