Industrial networking and wireless communications in control

Date 16 October 2007

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Time

08:30 - Start
17:00 - Close

Location

Introduction

The cost of installing and maintaining field wiring at any site can be prohibitive and in some cases the solution is not viable.

In the meantime the average consumer has access to an increasing array of off-the-shelf wireless products. Bluetooth keyboards and headsets, GPRS and 3G enabled handsets, laptops, 802.11 wireless networks are all readily available. With increased adoption, the cost price reduces whilst the reliability increases.

With so many standards and products available, the control engineer’s task of selecting the right option to meeting their automation requirements can be a major challenge. No-one wants to choose the Betamax of the wireless world, but equally no-one wants to miss out on a potential new solution that may solve today’s problem.

The IET's seminar on Industrial Networking and Wireless Communications in Control helps engineers, managers, customers and vendors understand the latest on the most popular wireless standards and give an insight into who is doing what by:

Giving an overview of the available technology and how deploying it could benefit organisations
Meeting with product vendors and see their solutions first hand
Hearing from other users about their experiences with implementing different solutions.

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Programme

08:30	Registration and refreshments
09:00	Chairman's welcome Tony Ciardiello, RTU Sales & Marketing Manager, Schneider Electric
09:10	Wireless Automation Networks Can I, Should I, Would I? John French, Managing Director, NETdot3 Ltd A presentation looking into the feasibility, the risks and the practicalities associated with implementing wireless technology into harsh automation environments. Once the wireless decision is made; learn some golden rules about wireless network design that may help you along the road to reliable wireless comms. Finally, what can you do when your wireless network has let you down....again?
09:45	Wireless Technology for Process Industry Applications Mike Ferris, EMA Marketing Manager - Smart Wireless Solutions, Emerson Process Management Challenges facing deployment of wireless technology within process environments Improving plant performance using wireless networks to gain more process insight Using wireless networks as an enabler of asset optimisation
10:20	Refreshments
10:50	ATEX Compliance Issues for Installation of Wireless Networks in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres John Hartley, Technical Director, Extronics Technical issues that must be contended with when installing a wireless network in a potentially explosive atmosphere Explosion protection techniques and solutions conforming to ATEX and IECEx standards applied to wireless networks Examples of currently available ATEX and IECEx wireless networking equipment such as WiFi and GSM/GPRS
11:25	Security Considerations for Industrial Communications Justin Lowe, Managing Consultant, PA Consulting Group Overview of security risks in industrial communications Overview of common wireless technologies Good practice guidance for industrial control system security Replaced by Halam Rose GPRS: M2M Everywhere
12:00	Panel session Panelists - Morning Speakers
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Benefits of using PLC technology in intelligent Motor Control Centers, Olivier Coutelou, Advanced Communications Technologies, Schneider Electric Presentation of the ACT team PLC (Power Line Carrier) technologies overview PLC propagation simulator : a tool developed on Matlab iMCC industrial application description and constraints Our PLC product description Benefits
14:05	The Vibration Energy Harvesting Solution to Powering Wireless Communications Roy Freeland, Chief Executive Officer, Perpetuum Ltd Vibration Energy Harvesting power output is now well in excess of the power requirements for wireless sensor nodes This enabling technology provides the solution to installing truly wireless sensors The dramatic reduction in cost and time to do installations will allow rapid growth in the use of Condition monitoring technology to improve plant performance
14:40	Refreshments
15:10	Using Wireless Technology in Industry Mike Haley, Senior Technology Consultant, BP
15:45	Exploitation of SMART Mobile Technology David Boyle, Managing Director, InfoStream UK Ltd Learn exactly what ‘Smart Mobile Technology’ really is and its uses as an operational tool The future trend of mobile devices and the challenges of developing applications for such a fast changing technology Understand some of the limitations of using web-browser technology on mobile devices
16:20	Panel session Panelists - Afternoon speakers
16:50	Chairman's closing remarks
17:00	Close