Smart Positioners

– they can make

your job easier !
A panel discussion on
smart positioners – from
Panelist: ISA NORCAL
Moderator: Marjorie
■ Brad Rupert – Foxboro Widmeyer
SLAC/SSRL,
and Masoneilan/ACS mwidme@worldnet.att.net
ISA S&P Department Board of
■ Mario Francisco – Directors
- Past Vice President
ABB/CFM Inc. ISA Strategic Planning
Department
■ Joe Healy – - Vice President Elect
Emerson/Fisher/APC ISA NORCAL Section – South Bay
The Northern California Section of the Instrumentation,
Programs Systems, and
Automation Society
Objectives
■ To discuss how
smart positioners
can improve the
cost effectiveness of
your facilities,
including:
● Advantages – why do
this?
● Communications
• HART vs Bus
● Diagnostics
• Basic vs advanced
● Reliability
● Costs – Alternatives
and justifications 2
Panelist and Perspective
■ Smart Positioner Benefits and
Alternatives
● Brad Rupert, Foxboro/Masoneilan/ACS

■ Another Option
● Mario Francisco, ABB/CFM 
■ HART and FieldBus Approaches
● Joe Healy, Emerson/Fisher/APC


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Some references for the
future
■ Our panelists
● Brad Rupert, Foxboro/Masoneilan/ACS
• brad@acs-sf.com
● Mario Francisco, ABB/CFM
• MarioF@iwestco.com
● Joe Healy, Emerson/APC
• joe.healy@apc-fisher.com

■ Smart Positioner Articles

● “Smart positioners to the rescue”
• http://www.isa.org/Content/ContentGroups/InTech2/Departments/S
htm
● “Making Valve Controllers/Positioners Smarter is Smart Business”
• http://www.manufacturing.net/ctl/index.asp?layout=articleWebzine
● “Using Smart Valves in a Fieldbus Network”
• http://www.pepperlfuchs.com/pdf/PA/documents/SmartValves-Chem

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 Manufacturers of Smart
Positioners or Digital
●
Valve Controllers
ABB (725) - www.abb.com
● DeZurik (20) - www.dezurik.com
● Dresser – Masoneilan (SD) - www.masoneilan.com
● Emerson Process Management, Fisher (80) - www.emersonprocess.com
● FlowServe - Limitorque, Valtek, Kammer & Sereg (NS) - www.flowserve.com
● Invensys – Foxboro (83) - www.foxboro.com
● Metso Automation (37) - www.metsoautomation.com
● Samson—Pfeiffer & Vetec (NS) - www.samson-usa.com
● Siemens (270) - www.siemens.com
● Smar International (53) - www.smar.com
● Tyco Valves (9) - www.tycovalves.com
● Westlock Controls (17) - www.westlockcontrols.com
● Yamatake (SF >1) - www.yamatakeusa.com
● Yokogawa (SF >1) - www.yca.com

(xx) – Number of website hits on “positioner”

NS – No search facility on site SF – Search facility, but no hits SD – Site down

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Questions and Discussion