ODVA to showcase Ethernet technology & standards at ACHEMA 2018

The exhibit will highlight changes in Ethernet and EtherNet/IP that foreshadow the coming shift in process automation and instrumentation toward open, standards-based interoperable Ethernet systems.

At ACHEMA, ODVA will showcase an open, interoperable and secure EtherNet/IP network architecture for the process industry. Reflecting the results of ODVA¹s initiative for the Optimization of Process Integration (OPI), the exhibit will demonstrate a transparent and robust communication between controllers, field devices and asset management systems. Visitors to the ODVA exhibit will see live demonstrations of NAMUR NE107 diagnostics, HART integration with EtherNet/IP systems, long-reach Ethernet for process field devices located in hazardous locations, and the benefits of EtherNet/IP¹s routing capabilities for seamless exchange of data to, and from, field devices.

"The process industry is at a tipping point where field deployment of industrial Ethernet, whether natively or through integration of traditional fieldbus, is no longer a dream," said Katherine Voss, ODVA president. "By the time stakeholders in the process industry return to ACHEMA 2021, users in the process industry will find a wide of EtherNet/IP products available for process automation and instrumentation including the first EtherNet/IP field devices for use in hazardous locations."
 
ACHEMA 2018 takes place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, convene 11th-15th June 2018; ODVA's exhibit will be located in Hall 11.0, Stand A41.