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News Release from: The Profibus Group | Subject: ARC white paper
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial Team on 07 June 2006

ARC white paper on PROFIsafe

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The ARC Advisory Group report: "PROFIsafe: Net-worked Safety for Process and Factory Automation" details current trends in safety technology

The ARC Advisory Group report: "Profisafe: Net-worked Safety for Process and Factory Automation" details current trends in safety technology Safety has evolved from being a cost burden and "necessary evil" to a strategy for improving productivity and reducing downtime

According to ARC, running separate busses for safety and non-safety data is simply no longer commensurate with modern automation philosophy.

The document describes in detail also safety in standard drives and motion control and the operational benefits of drive-integrated safety on the basis of modern communication systems.

An important part of the white paper is dedicated to the realisation of Profisafe on Profibus and Profinet by Profibus International (PI).

A chapter "Networked Safety in Practice" describes two case studies at end-users in USA and Sweden, who have realised benefits from using Profinet and Profisafe.

One of these case studies includes also a wireless-application.

The complete ARC White Paper can be downloaded free of charge from the PI website homepage.

Wireless applications and safety systems will also be the topics for several papers at the forthcoming Profibus User Conference at Coombe Abbey in Warwickshire, UK, on 27-28 June.

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