Services 
Fieldbus Consulting 

Digital fieldbus technology is changing the face of process automation, enabling significant benefits in reduced capital and operating expenditures.
Through an unparalleled combination of:

  • Extensive fieldbus implementation experience
  • Deep industry and process expertise
  • Best-in-class fieldbus products and technologies
  • Active contributions to industry standards and specifications

Emerson has become a recognized leader in advancing and delivering value with fieldbus.

Our Fieldbus Consulting services will help you envision how to best apply fieldbus, educate your organization on fieldbus technologies and best practices, facilitate efficient planning & execution of fieldbus projects, and reduce project risk.

Client engagements are performed by senior professionals who have proven and practical experience in digital communications and fieldbus applications across the world including:

  • FOUNDATION fieldbus
  • Profibus DP
  • HART
  • AS-i
  • DeviceNet

Fieldbus Client Services

  • Conceptual design and feasibility studies
  • Economic evaluation and project justification
  • Top level digital architecture design
  • Functional specification development
  • Engineering standards and work practice development

Fieldbus Project Consulting

  • Front end engineering and design
  • Project engineering and documentation
  • Fieldbus segment design
  • Technical review and test planning
  • Site startup and troubleshooting assistance

 

 Additional Information

DocumentationFeatures & BenefitsScope
 Articles
 Magazine Articles
 A Chinese Cracker
The world’s largest installation of Foundation Fieldbus has recently gone into commercial operation at China’s largest petrochemical complex.
627 KBpdfSeptember 2005
English
 Abnormal situation prevention through smart field devices
High-speed data capture and analysis can detect many process anomalies
796 KBpdfMarch 2006
English
 An Engineering and Construction firm tackles Foundation Fieldbus
Houston-based Kvaerner’s experiences in recently completing the development of a major chemical plant application show that IEC 61158 Foundation fieldbus has definitely achieved prime-time status.
61 KBpdfFebruary 2001
English
 Diagnostic capabilities of Foundation fieldbus transmitters
Tests in an FCC unit showed both instruments and process problems could be detected.
343 KBpdfApril 2003
English
 Digital Buses for Digital Plants
Digital plant architectures have transformed the face of modern process plants.
244 KBpdfApril 2007
English
 Fieldbus enables single-loop integrity with control-in-the-field
Benefits include device and process health monitoring that enable establishing asset management and predictive maintenance practices
581 KBpdfOctober 2006
English
 Fieldbus fosters Innovations
Boosting performance in the process plant are several new innovations triggered by the digital spark of fieldbus.
434 KBpdfApril 2007
English
 Fieldbus In Biopharma Part1
Genzyme's multi-bus platform handles an entire manufacturing
439 KBpdfJuly 2006
English
 Fieldbus In Biopharma Part2
More on how Genzyme's multi-bus platform handles an entire manufacturing suite.
276 KBpdfSeptember 2006
English
 Fieldbus technology for the LNG process
Fieldbus is a new, fully digital control system technology. One of the leading EPC contractors explains the potential benefits and implications of its use in LNG process plants
484 KBpdfDecember 2002
English
 Intelligence moves plant from preventative to predictive maintenance
Applying fieldbus technology to a water treatment plant requires a shift from traditional instrumentation and electrical design methods.
662 KBpdfJuly 2004
English
 Malampaya deepwater project showcases fieldbus technology in process automation
As a large-scale project pioneering central control and automation, Malampaya demonstrates how the technology improves access to large volumes of operating data while reducing personnel and maintenance requirements
148 KBpdfSeptember 2002
English
 Modernize to Optimise
Roger Erfurdt, Deer Park Refining Services Company, Shell Oil Products US, details a technology platform for the future that uses digital plant architecture with diagnostics from FOUNDATION fieldbus devices.
203 KBpdfApril 2005
English
 Refinery automation in the fieldbus era
Toni Bennett, Mike Newell and Jody Verret, Calcasieu Refining Company, USA, describe the operation of a refinery with the latest generation of process automation from Emerson Process Management.
519 KBpdfSeptember 2002
English
 Teamwork HART Fieldbus work together in integrated environment
Before talking about how HART and Foundation Fieldbus devices can work together in the same system, it is important to understand how these technologies are similar and how they are different.
287 KBpdfJuly 2005
English
 Product & Service Documentation
 Brochures
 Fieldbus Consulting Services
Global services from the leader in digital bus technology and expertise
432 KBpdfNovember 2007
English
 Front End Engineering and Design Capabilities
Aligning your project and business objectives while creating a solid, detailed project foundation begins with a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) study from Emerson Process Management.
458 KBpdfJanuary 2005
English
 Technical White Papers
 An End User Functional Comparison of HART® and FOUNDATION™ Fieldbus Protocols
HART® and FOUNDATION™ fieldbus both bring significant benefits to process industry users.
210 KBpdfSeptember 2007
English
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