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News Release from: Pilz Automation Technology | Subject: BIP 0014
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 21 December 2004
Selecting the best fieldbus for your
application
BSI recently completed work on BIP 0014, 'Selecting the best fieldbus for your application': it has been published and is available for sale direct from Pilz, an official BSI distributor.
BSI recently completed work on BIP 0014, 'Selecting the best fieldbus for your application', which is an updated replacement for BSI's earlier DISC PD 0014: 2000 document, and now it has been published and is available for sale direct from Pilz, an official BSI distributor BIP 0014 aims to provide a guide to fieldbus technology so that the best protocol can be selected for a particular application, and it includes an important section about the use of fieldbuses in safety-related applications
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 8 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The 39-page document also makes it absolutely clear that general-purpose fieldbuses should not be assumed to be adequate for safety applications.
For those who are considering implementing a multi-purpose fieldbus for conveying both safety and non-safety-related data, the guide explains that the key issue is to ensure that failures or changes in the non-safety-related system do not prevent any safety function from operating correctly.
And this is most readily achieved by keeping safety-related and non-safety-related systems separate from each other.
More information about BIP 0014 'Selecting the best fieldbus for your application' (ISBN 0 580 44515 1) is available from Pilz, and copies can be purchased for GBP34.
In addition, Pilz can also provide general help and advice in relation to safety fieldbuses.
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