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communication and collaboration are the only way to for considerable efficiency in the future.
succeed. Reducing numbers of the workers that need to work in
With a team of over 600 engineers committed to hazardous area environments, providing them with the
developing tomorrow’s solutions today, we bring a possibility to operate the plant in a safe environment,
wealth of problem solving knowledge across all will help to greatly reduce the risk. At the same time
hazardous area protection methods. This has made us this is a clear answer to the challenge of having limited
the market and innovation leader in electrical explosion resources capable of performing activities in these
protection as well as the recognized expert in functional complex plants. Equipping technicians with a basic
safety, including the world’s only complete SIL 3 tool such as a smartphone will make it easier to carry
portfolio with 10 million SIL components installed. Our out their activities, enhancing communication and
commitment to improving mobile worker productivity is interface with the digital world whilst also providing
also clear with significant investment in digital additional benefits such as lone worker protection with
communication development via phones, tablets and alarm activation functionality.
smart glasses. With over 500,000 mobile devices Pepperl+Fuchs has a characteristic green as its brand
supplied globally, limitless connectivity and safer color, so it is natural to have a specific attention to the
working conditions are achieved no matter where you environment and all technologies proposed are
are. supporting the industry to get closer to the global
green deal target. In parallel, it is evident that the new
trends are driving Individual business units or even
different companies to come together, using their
combined expertise to create a solution, particularly
with complex projects. Social skills therefore gain
importance in the process of digitization rather than
becoming less important as some might assume. This
is the reason why the Pepperl+Fuchs Group do not
offer just a component for a process automation
market when selecting our technologies you are
getting access to the best in class technical expertise
without compromising on safety and security.
When designing a completely new plant or upgrading
Whether our customers are in the chemical, metal, a legacy facility, it is simply not the state of art to take
packaging, intralogistics, or automotive industries, reference of what has been done before, we have to
supplying the correct products for operation and adopt the technology that will allow us to design a plant
energy efficiency are two of the most important factor that is future proof. Safe, simple, digital, flexible
we consider. Suitable technologies must be employed infrastructure is the vision of many process automation
in industry to realize significant reductions in energy experts shared with Pepperl+Fuchs, since 2015, and
consumption while keeping the highest standard of once more see the company as a frontrunner in finding
safety. a “hardware” answer to this market requirement.
A ruggedized version of Ethernet fit for the rough
“Our latest Ethernet for Process environments in the field within process plants is the
Automation, APL (Advanced Physical result. For the first time, process users can apply
Layer), enables companies to exploit Ethernet from the boardroom, beyond the control
technology and expertise to enhance room, and in the field. This provides seamless,
processes and create IIOT capable transparent and concurrent access to field
applications instrumentation. It enables completely new applications
and thus how users work with instrumentation and
From a technology perspective, we see several areas anything else installed within the field of process plants,
which show increasing demand, three of these are or simply the Ethernet Advanced Physical Layer.
mobile computing, two and three dimension Ethernet-APL defines the attributes for operation in the
measurement technology and data migration. field within process plants. Installation and connection
Smartphones and tablets have already made their way technology is based on a shielded two-wire cable with
into factories and plants, and Ethernet connectivity that screw terminals. Ethernet-APL can make use of the
will allow facilitating the Data collection is now a reality. existing Fieldbus type ‘A’ cable. It is similar to
Data is essential for creating transparent production infrastructure technologies today: power and
processes for plant operators through new web based communication over a long two-wire cable and intrinsic
applications and cloud solutions, offering the potential safety at the instrument. Cables may remain in place

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