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Engineering
Leaders
Under 40
The 2014 Engineering Leaders Under 40 each have a story to tell about their path into manufacturing.
They have mothers and fathers, veterans and students, but they all have found manufacturing a career
worth investing their lives in. In turn, their contributions will benefit manufacturing for decades to come.
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2014 HONOREES
Hassan Ahmed .............28
Kenneth Benedict ........28
Jason Donath ...............30
Greg Giles .....................30
John Glenski.................30
Jared Higgins ...............32
Thomas Hughes ...........32
Heather Johnson..........34
Thomas Keeports.........34
Atif Khan .......................34
2014 Engineering
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There is no single path to a career in manufacturing. Some kids play with LEGOs; others
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Hassan Ahmed, 26
Utility Manager
GlaxoSmithKline
Karachi, Pakistan
Education: BS Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, NED University of Engineering and Technology
Hassan Ahmed is a confident and hardworking person who has quickly advanced his career and dominated the utility sector
with energy-saving ideas. He started as a utility engineer-in-training shortly after graduating from NED University, and within 4
years became utility manager at GlaxoSmithKline. Energy-saving strategies implemented by Hassan over the years include: the
design, fabrication, and installation of a desiccant air dryer; reviewing HVAC design criteria and revising systems to comply with
energy standards; and installing VFD controls on air handling units and pumps for increased annual savings. Hassan is responsible for looking after all the systemssuch as generators, boilers, air compressors, HVAC, water treatment, purified water
plants, nitrogen systems, gas boosters, and heat exchangersthat deliver utilities for efficient manufacturing operations.
Hassan likes to work in a professional environment full of challenges, where he is free to implement strategies and wait for
results. He likes to communicate and socialize with people to understand their views on life and other topics, and his goal for
life is to be inspired and be an inspiration for others.
Why choose this career path? I have always had an inclination towards engines and mechanical drive systems and
machines, said Ahmed. Utility was the best option to get myself completely devoted towards mechanical machinery and to
have a career of my interest. With heat and energy applications and studies, these things just drive me to work better with
enthusiasm and more interest.
Kenneth Benedict, 36
Project Manager
Avid Solutions Inc.
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Education: AAS and BS Electrical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University
Kenneth Benedict believes in developing good relationships and earning the trust of his
fellow coworkers at Avid Solutions. He has delivered many successful engineering projects and has recently developed client relationships into partnerships. In the 9 years he
has worked at Avid, Ken is recognized as a subject matter expert and many other engineers come to him for advice and technical direction. Starting at Avid Solutions as an
automation specialist, he quickly moved into engineering sales and was then promoted
to project manager.
In his personal life, Ken works with young engineers to help develop their skills and leadership. He is also a dedicated father
who enjoys golfing and fishing in his free time.
Why choose this career path? I originally chose to get into system integration because I loved programming control systems, said Benedict. Nothing excited me more than taking something from design to implementation and seeing my code
come to life in the form of controlling a process. As I became more experienced, I found I enjoyed the other parts of being a
controls engineer, things like electrical design, process design, and developing full-blown batch systems. Most recently, as a
project manager, I have found a passion for helping customers design and implement solutions to their needs while managing
the scope, schedule, and budget of a project.
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Jason Donath, 35
Project Manager
Avid Solutions
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Education: BS Electrical Engineering, Florida State
University
In his 8 years at Avid Solutions, Jason Donath has worked
tirelessly to educate himself, becoming an internal subject
matter expert in batch and continuous distributed control
systems (DCS), while enlightening others simultaneously.
Jason is proficient in batch automation implementation per
the ISA-S88 batch control standard; control panel design per
NEC and UL specifications; process control and optimization;
PID loop tuning; DCS, HMI, and PLC programming and configuration; batch manager configuration; and checkout/startup/commissioning. On specific DeltaV projects, Jason has
various responsibilities, including module programming, I/O
configuration, sequence control programming, graphic display
configuration, and custom scripting and faceplates.
Outside of work, Jason has developed, promoted, raised
funding for, and is currently teaching a LEGO Physics class
for homeschooled children. Having two homeschooled children himself, Jason is passionate about their mentorship and
education. In addition, Jason takes his health very seriously,
is driven to push his limits outside of his profession, and is an
active CrossFit participant.
Why choose this career path? Being in the system integration field gives Jason the opportunity to feed his desire
for learning and continuous improvement. Jason constantly
seeks out ways to expand his base of knowledge as well as
depth in specific areas, such as distributed control systems
and related technologies.
Greg Giles, 39
Director, Error Proofing
and MES
RedViking
Plymouth, Mich.
Education: MS Electrical
Engineering, University of
MichiganDearborn
Greg Giles is the leader of
an engineering team at RedViking that focuses on integrating
cutting-edge solutions into off-the-shelf and custom manufacturing
execution systems (MES). As an engineering manager, Greg has
created an environment of personal and professional accountability
that enables each team member to solve problems effectively and
efficiently. He is also committed to fostering an environment of personal and professional growth for his team, encouraging training
and idea-sharing on the job, and goal-setting and achievement off
the job. He is seen as a trusted advisor on issues ranging from PLC
and device selection to software implementation, network configuration, and server and application architecture.
After work and family, Greg is avidly dedicated to mountain biking.
Greg uses his bike time to mentally work out solutions to engineering problems. He recently completed the Lumberjack 100 in less
than 8 hours, coming in 39th of over 200 competitors.
Why choose this career path? Greg is a lifelong tinkerer, starting
with building remote-control cars, then computers from parts catalogs, then radio equipment, and today entire factory assembly lines.
When choosing engineering disciplines for his college major, he
chose electrical engineering because it required one less chemistry
class than the alternatives. His father and grandfather were both
Ford engineers, and Greg started his career as a Ford engineer as
well. Today, he encourages his son and daughter to be designers
and builders, and to value math and science.
John Glenski, 32
Senior Controls Engineer
Process Plus
Cincinnati, Ohio
Education: BS Electrical Engineering, University of Dayton
John Glenski led the programming and design effort for the installation
of multiple process mixing systems, and packaging lines, across two
geographically-diverse locations in the United States. It was recognized
that an existing legacy controls system would need re-controlling for
project success. John oversaw the addition of that re-control (raw
material delivery system, additional mixing systems) seamlessly into
the project, now totaling over 5,000 I/O points. The entire design of the
system incorporated advanced Ethernet communications and networking among PLC, I/O, VFD, HMI, and the clients legacy control system,
which the rest of the facility still utilized.
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Jared Higgins, 32
Corporate Associate
Parkhill, Smith & Cooper Inc.
Lubbock, Texas
Education: BS Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University
Jared Higgins has a passion for energy and water conservation for buildings and the ambition to
see his ideas come to fruition. Shortly after graduating from Texas Tech, Jared began designing
HVAC systems for buildings and realized that he could make a difference through energy management and conservation. He has worked with several clients throughout the U.S. and Europe on
energy management control systems and was selected by the U.S. Dept. of Defense Education
Activity to assist in standardizing their control systems and developing an energy conservation and
commissioning guideline.
Outside of work, Jared has always been an avid river kayaker. Last year, he decided to take the
plunge and try ocean kayaking for the first time. He had always avoided it because he didnt think
he would get the same rush that comes with river rapids, but he managed to hit some high surf in California on the Monterey
peninsula and is planning to ocean kayak in St. Thomas later this year.
Why choose this career path? In 2011, Jared was struggling with deciding his future path. He was fortunate to meet chemical engineer Bill Cameron, who mentored him in the oil and gas industry and introduced him to process automation, where he
began his path in engineering. Since then, Jareds passion for energy conservation and water conservation has developed,
and he believes he is making real-world differences. With the number of net zero facilities increasing, Jared is ready to meet
challenges and opportunities head-on.
Thomas Hughes, 30
Energy Specialist
Leidos Engineering
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Education: BS Mechanical Engineering, Oklahoma State University; MS Industrial Engineering and Business Administration, University of Oklahoma
Thomas Hughes joined Leidos Engineering as a part-time intern while pursuing his first masters degree. Since then, he
quickly moved up to a leadership role, acting as an assistant project manager on a new technology around an advanced
nuclear reactor concept. From there he went on to do fundamental analysis on a variety of carbon capture concepts before
taking a key role on the Leidos Engineering geothermal project team. Over the past 3 years, Thomas has become an
expert on the leading technologies used to generate power from geothermal resources. He has also led the companys
effort to develop a coal upgrading design that economically demoisturizes low-quality/high-moisture coal and then stabilizes the coal against moisture reabsorption and spontaneous combustion tendencies.
Thomas passion for learning shows through in his community and industry activities. He is active in ASHRAE and has
served as an officer for this building technology society. He is a member of AEE and ASME.
Why choose this career path? Thomas parents both come from highly technical fields. When he was young they encouraged him to be curious and ask lots of questions, which is what got him started in science and engineering. Inspired by a
high school physics teacher, he decided to pursue a career in engineering. He always liked building things, so construction
was a good fit for him because he can create something in his head, put it on paper, and then help shape that vision into
reality. Thomas enjoys watching his vision manifest into something physical that could potentially make the world just a little
bit better.
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Thomas Keeports, 39
Division Manager
Interstates Control Systems Inc.
Sioux Center, Iowa
Atif Khan, 36
A natural introvert, Atif has had to work especially hard to open up and
present his views to others. As his experience has grown over the
years, he has impressed his peers and managers with his technical
expertise and calm personality. In addition, Atif enjoys being a liaison
engineer with university students on projects sponsored by Sandvik.
He gets a kick out of listening to the out-of-box ideas generated by the
undergrad students.
Atif Khan has been involved in control system design, implementation, testing, and deployment at Sandvik Alachua ever since he was
first hired as a software engineer 5 years ago. Within 2 years he was
promoted to automation engineering manager, and together with his
team, Atif has collaborated with Sandvik Global Competency Centers
to achieve time-to-market targets that would otherwise be difficult to
accomplish. Atif continuously provides feedback to executive management with regard to automation roadmaps and how Sandvik Mining
should align itself in the marketplace.
Why choose this career path? Atif has been influenced by his father,
who was a professional civil engineer. As Atif was growing up, he was
introduced to computer consoles, such as Atari and Commodore 64,
and since learning BASIC programming language has always been
fascinated by how computers work. As a teenager, he developed programs for companies to maintain their database of inventory and got
hooked on programming. While in college, programming in LISP for an
artificial intelligence course was all the motivation that Atif needed to
pursue his career.
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Chris Lake, 38
Vice President of Engineering, Chief Engineer
RedViking
Plymouth, Mich.
Education: BS Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
Chris Lake has helped to change the world of military helicopter testing for the U.S. With the design, build, and implementation of the Transmission Test System (U.S. Patent 8,758,184), he has ensured accurate, repeatable gearbox
testing for enhanced troop safety. His designs also dramatically improve the operator work environment, creating ergonomic machine access and safe machine interactions. In his current role at RedViking, Chris manages 40 mechanical,
software, and controls engineers, as well as program and project managers, technical writers, and university interns.
Chris is widely recognized for his contributions to the world of multimodel transmission and gearbox testing, and has spoken at conferences
nationwide.
Chris met his wife, Amanda, when he was 14 years old, and they will celebrate their 15-year wedding anniversary this fall. He worked for Amandas father and started his engineering career at age 14. Chris and Amanda have a 5-year-old daughter with juvenile diabetes, and together they
have worked to raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Why choose this career path? Chris has always had a hands-on, problem-solving personality. He has always loved building things, and started
working with machinery at a young age. He enjoyed the experience and the challenge of engineering then, and continues to love it today.
Greg Larson, 37
Brian Pack, 35
Greg enjoys running, biking, and hiking, among other outdoor activities.
In the past few years, he started competing in running events, including
the Tough Mudder and Warrior Dash. For Greg, these runs are about
tackling a challenge head-onwhether its jumping over fire, crawling
through mud, or clambering over barricades.
Why choose this career path? I first became interested in engineering while working for a corrugated box company that my dad worked
at, said Larson. Working with the engineers, I saw that by doing
some analysis and applying some basic science and math principles,
you can make a significant impact on processes and efficiencies. Ive
always remembered that and do my best to always look for ways to
make improvements. Im lucky to have a strong, supportive, and skilled
team at Turck who I can trust and work with to implement changes and
improve processes for our internal and external customers.
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Peter Saladis, 38
Manager, Assembly
The Raymond Corp.
Greene, N.Y.
Education: MBA, Long Island University
Peter Saladis joined the Raymond Corporation with an advanced educational background but little manufacturing experience. He began as a
manager of a portion of Raymonds largest assembly line. Soon he was creating excellent standardized work, training his staff, and utilizing weak
point management and change point management techniques. These tools helped reduce defects and warranty claims paid by 75%, while volume increased 50%. Pete was then promoted to manager of the entire line, which includes 90 workers, three supervisors, and nine team leaders.
His use of the tools and his ability to apply them is a model used throughout the entire site and enterprise.
Pete works very hard on his peer relationships and shares openly any information that can benefit his teams performance. He is assertive, professional, and leads by example. He participates in events outside of work that benefit the community.
Why choose this career path? Pete believes in American manufacturing and in our local workforce. He believes leadership and management
can make us competitive with anyone. He takes pride in helping people grow, mature, and develop into productive, respected team members.
Pete believes the Raymond Corporation focuses on customer fulfillment, with a focus on quality where people are the most important asset. Pete
and his team readily accept any challenge.
Aron Semle, 35
Product Manager, KEPServerEX
Kepware Technologies
Portland, Maine
Education: MS Computer Engineering, University of
Maine, Orono
Aron Semle began his career at Kepware as a software
engineer and quickly moved up the ranks to product
manager for the companys flagship product, KEPServerEX. During the course
of his past 6 years at Kepware, Aron has consistently demonstrated his passion
for using new technology to solve modern-day problems in data collection. Aron
serves on the OPC Foundations Board of Technical Advisors and is active in the
ongoing development of OPC standards. In addition to his board affiliation, Aron
participates in many technical events, focusing on subjects like automated drilling and cyber security where OPC connectivity is not currently part of the domain
knowledge. Through these events, Aron continues to champion OPC technology
and helps others understand its capabilities, possibilities, and limitations.
Aron competed in his first marathon last fall, the Mount Desert Island Marathon.
He finished, enjoying the physical challenge and beautiful sites of Bar Harbor,
Maine. He claims if he can do it, anyone canand like all things, you just need to
put the time in.
Why choose this career path? Product engineering provides an outlet for ongoing creative problem solving, said Semle. Every day, Im tackling new complex
problems with a team of incredibly talented peers who challenge me to think differently and approach projects from unexpected angles. No two days are the same
in my work at Kepware, and no two customer projects are alike. We are constantly
innovating, tinkering, and creating, and the product of our work is incredibly rewarding. From plant floor efficiencies to enterprise operation improvements and top-line
savings, our work has a tangible impact in which you cant help but take pride.
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Mahesh Singh, 29
Deputy Manager, Environment Health and Safety
Roulunds Braking India Pvt. Ltd.
Sonepat, Haryana
Education: BS Economics, M.K.J.K. College; MS
Industrial Safety Management, Guru Jambheshwar
University of Science and Technology
Mahesh Singh is a certified internal auditor for ISO14001 and OHSAS-18001 with nearly 8 years of experience in the manufacturing industry. Working at Roulund Braking India, Mahesh has reduced the amount
of lost-time injuries by nearly 80%. Mahesh has also
introduced the work permit and lockout and tagout systems at his facility, and he has saved Roulunds Braking
India approximately $1.5 million by incorporating LED
lighting.
In his spare time, Mahesh loves to travel and familiarize himself with other cultures. He also enjoys listening
to music, playing cricket at a district level, and playing
badminton.
Why choose this career path? Environment health
and safety are essential for an industry to be successful, said Singh. This is a profession where one can feel
internal satisfaction by contributing towards the welfare
of the society and environment. It is a profession which
enables you to act and protect the life of those working
in any industry. It is an integral factor to increase the productivity and employee satisfaction. This is very noble
profession which gives you the feel of a deep satisfaction and a moment of pride by saving lives.
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Jason Stefanski, 33
Shadrach Stephens, 33
Since Jason Stefanski started with RedViking, he has developed a team of highly skilled dynamic test systems engineers,
including software, controls, electrical design, and fluid power
engineering. This team is a critical part of the Flexible Transmission System project that was recently awarded a U.S.
patent and was recognized for outstanding innovation in engineering. As a manager, Jason identifies the unique strengths
of his team members and tasks them with projects where they
will excel, encourages engineering skill cross-training, and
models honesty with a strong work ethic. Jason designed the
energy regeneration system for a set of U.S. Dept. of Defense
helicopter transmission test systems that will reduce taxpayer
spending on energy by millions of dollars.
Shadrach Stephens has 11 years of instrumentation and controls industry experience and has achieved many accolades along the way. Most
recently, his reliability team was the recipient of the 2013 HART Plant
of the Year award, in which he led a team of 12 technicians to increase
instrument reliability by 85% in 3 years, resulting in millions of dollars in
production savings. At the beginning of his career, Shadrach was introduced to lean manufacturing principles when he partnered with other
manufacturing engineers and Japanese consultants to design and manufacture U-shaped HVAC production lines, which resulted in higher productivity and quality while using significantly less floor space.
Melissa Unger, 31
Materials Cost Manager
Victaulic
Easton, Pa.
Education: BS Industrial Engineering, Penn
State University
Melissa Unger began her career at Victaulic
in 2003 as a rotational engineer, and she has
rapidly advanced through the company while
undertaking various leadership roles. Over the past decade, Melissa
has progressed from plant engineering to plant superintendent to her
present position as materials cost manager. Today, Melissa works globally with all of Victaulics facilities to increase efficiency and improve
productivity. She is also very skilled in process improvement, including
finding ways to secure local efficiency gains and manufacture products
close to Victaulics customers, according to Chris Misiak, Victaulic
director of operations.
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Jeff Winter, 31
Safety Business Manager,
North America
Grantek Systems Integration
Oak Brook, Ill.
Education: BS Electrical Engineering Technology, Purdue
University
Within Jeff Winters first year at
Grantek he has driven change
in the companys organizational
structure and its culture. His
ability to bring leadership is the
combination of his personal drive for continuing education,
his passion for doing the right things for clients, his ability to
integrate future trends with customer needs, and his strength
in establishing relationships internally and externally. He is
recognized as a subject matter expert in machine safety and
a business leader by clients, coworkers, and industry groups.
Brian Zakrajsek, 32
Senior Electrical Engineer
Koch Modular Process Systems LLC
Paramus, N.J.
Education: BS Electrical & Computer
Engineering, Ohio State University
In 2011, Brian Zakrajsek joined Koch
Modular Process Systems as a senior
electrical engineer supporting the chemical industries. He currently wears many
hats, including distributed control system
and programmable logic controller (PLC)
development and integration, electrical and process control, instrumentation
selection, project management, and international commissioning tasks. Brian is a
certified professional engineer for electrical power as well as a certified automation
professional from the International Society
of Automation (ISA). Since 2005, he has
been an active member of the ISA and is a voting member for
ISA101-HMI.
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ith surprising swiftness, the era of to secure truly massive energy savings
big data analytics has reached the upwards of 90% over traditional HID and
manufacturing domain, ushering HIF lightingthe most discriminating faciliin unpreceties invested in intellidented advances in how
gent LED lighting. In
Historically, collecting and
facilities are managed
the process, they solved
to optimize energy
managing the large volumes of the big data sensor/netusage and operational
w orking/p r o cesso r s/
results. Leading manu- data required to enable big data analytics challenge.
facturers, for example,
As a framework for
analytics has posed significant
are already leveraging
big data analytics, intelchallenges for plant facilities
big data to slash facilligent LEDs offer sevfrom both a logistical and a
ity-wide energy use,
eral distinct advantages
improve space utilizaover stand-alone data
financial perspective.
tion, optimize schedulcollection alternatives,
ing, and decide when
including:
new capital equipment investments make
The ubiquitous nature of lighting, which
sense based on accumulated data, among
reaches into every corner of a facility
other valuable insights. Big data accomwhere people, systems, and machinery
plishes this by providing an unparalleled
reside, turning lighting into an intellilevel of visibility into facility operations,
gence gathering solution for promoting
based on real (versus observed or anecdotal)
facility-wide energy and operational
operational data.
efficiency.
Historically, collecting and managing the
Integrated sensors in every fixture, which
large volumes of data required to enable big
generate copious amounts of data for
data analytics has posed significant chalevaluating both lighting and non-lightlenges for plant facilities from both a logistiing-related events, such as energy loads
cal and a financial perspective.
and occupancy patterns.
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Integrated wireless networking in every
requires the deployment of a large number
fixture, which can be used to collect data
of sensors to monitor physical systems (e.g.,
from any type of sensor (occupancy, load
machinery, HVAC components, lighting)
monitoring, temperature, and so on),
and plantwide occupancy patterns. Furtherconnected to the system.
more, widely distributed sensors must be
Integrated reporting and analysis tools,
supported by wired or wireless networks to
which provide facility managers with a
transmit the data, processors to analyze it,
single, uniform and, importantly, familand applications to transform the data into
iar way of evaluating performance metinformation that can be used to improve
rics, by system, facility, or multi-facility
facility operations.
rollups.
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now deploying big data analytics, however,
Although facilities are consistently paydidnt necessarily set out to solve this spe- ing for intelligent LEDs in less than two
cific problem. Instead, spurred by increas- years through lighting-related energy savingly aggressive energy efficiency mandates, ings, the operational insights afforded by
they invested in lighting upgrades, which the data the system collects go well beyond
plantwide energy audits routinely singled lighting, enabling the era of big data mining.
out as the fastest, highest return path to sub- For example, facilities are currently using
stantial year-over-year energy savings. And, this data to:
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of people over time, enabling corrective or,
alternatively, supportive measures.
Identify where inventory should be placed
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improve workplace safety.
Decide whether or not to invest in more
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Granted, plants have only begun to see
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Can there be a single wireless
protocol for field devices?
One fieldbus protocol has emerged as the leading solution for process
applications, and our industries have benefitted. Perhaps the same thing can
happen with wireless field devices.
Dick Caro
CMC Associates
One of the problems that is delaying broader acceptance of wireless field instrumentation is that most new plant installations
and major modernization projects are now
using Foundation fieldbus, a wired alldigital network of very intelligent field
instruments. A wireless equivalent or
version of FF H1 is not yet available,
although both WirelessHART and ISA100
wireless networks can exchange simple
data from either wireless network through
a ROM (Remote Operations Manager), a
Fieldbus Foundation-specified gateway.
However, lack of a true wireless version of
FF with the same intelligent but wireless
field instruments is not available. Not yet
tested by the Fieldbus Foundation is FF
HSE (high-speed Ethernet) working on
Wi-Fi, or this same HSE protocol working
on an ISA100 wireless IP-based network.
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Figure 1: Multiple field temperature transmitters in a refinery application can handle more than one probe. Courtesy: Yokogawa
There is no wireless version of FF HSE and applications are not for fast control
linking device offered or registered by loops.
any vendor.
Users are very concerned that there are Comparing ISA100 to WirelessHART
effectively two competing wireless network What are the features of ISA100 that make
standards being supported by the major it the better choice as a wireless network for
a new process control
instrument compaapplications? As the
nies. Of even greater
WirelessHART technology
HART Communicaconcern is that often
tion Foundation says
the wireless network
allows users to access the
in its description of
standard used by their
the platform, Wirefavorite field instruvast amount of unused infor- lessHART technology
ment supplier is not
allows users to access
compatible with the
mation stranded in these
the vast amount of
wireless network
unused information
standard support by
their favorite DCS installed HART smart devices. stranded in these
installed HART smart
supplier. Users look
devices.
to their suppliers to
ISA100 was designed explicitly for comsolve such problems; vendors must bring
solutions to their customersnot problems. munications with smart process control
Lack of a single wireless network norm, or field instrumentation, and for easy configugenerally accepted industry practice, has ration to a specific set of high-performance
hampered user acceptance of wireless field requirements. There are many configurable
instrumentation except in a few areas where choices possible in the preparation of an
the benefits of wireless are overwhelming, ISA100 wireless device that are specified
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these choices, which appears in the standard, is called the router profile, which has
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Figure 2: Wireless field devices communicate with gateways placed in strategic locations around a facility. Courtesy: Honeywell Process Solutions
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this does not achieve the long-term establishment of an industry norm, which has
been at the root of requests by all end
users. ISA100 can be the core of future
wireless industrial networking technology
in much the same way as Ethernet TCP/IP
and Wi-Fi have become norms for IT networks. ISA100 is totally built upon wellestablished network standards. This means
that ISA100 is an application-independent,
Internet-based telecommunications net-
Conclusions
Users that decide to use WirelessHART as their plant wireless network are committing
themselves to a control system architecture in which there is little intelligence in the field
devices and no possibility of CiF with its benefits.
work designed for critical and noncritical
industrial automation environments, just
like Ethernet TCP/IP and Wi-Fi are application-independent Internet-based telecommunications for business networks.
As long as the applications are built to use
common network standards based on IP
protocol, they can be transported across
any standard network, such as ISA100, as
long as there is adequate bandwidth for
the task, and it has been suitably adapted
to the particular needs of the automation
industry.
Moreover, like Ethernet TCP/IP, use of
ISA100 is independent of the network hardware. As microprocessors and communications semiconductors evolve, and frequency
assignments change, ISA100 wireless will
be able to make these transitions without
requiring any changes in the applications
that are carried on this network technology. If history is a good predictor of future
development, wireless network technology
is destined to get less expensive, use less
power, and become much faster. ISA100
will naturally be able to fit right onto the
new wave of wireless network technology
as commercial availability grows.
Manufacturers of process control equipment are concerned primarily with meeting
customer needs and in reducing product
cost to enable competitive pricing. Customer needs often start with solving shortterm problems, but most would also like to
develop a long-term architecture for their
process automation needs. WirelessHART
has been, due to its earlier product introduction, available to solve the short-term
needs, but several end-user organizations
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either WirelessHART or ISA100 wireless, and have now been field-proven and
accomplished their goals.
Users that decide to use WirelessHART
as their plant wireless network are committing themselves to a control system architecture in which there is little intelligence
in the field devices and no possibility of
CiF with its benefits. Their DCS must
do all the work of signal processing and
closed loop control. ISA100 can certainly
connect to those same HART field devices,
but its open architecture allows synchronous two-way wireless data transfer with
full function (intelligent) field devices
when they are ready, without changes in
the basic network. And we know that there
is a strong trend toward FF with its intelligent field devices and highly synchronous
data transfers.
While the early efforts have now resulted
in two non-interoperable wireless standards, users still want to establish a single
wireless network norm suitable for a wide
range of applications well beyond acquisition of remote data points. Leading users
have recognized that the wireless network
norm must not only be an international
standard, but must be suitable for demanding applications such as wireless FF and
Internet web servers in field instrumentation. Only a highly secure IP-based protocol can do this, and only ISA100 wireless
can meet these needs. PE
Dick Caro is CEO of CMC Associates, an
industrial networking consulting company.
He is the author of Wireless Networks for
Industrial Automation.
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