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INTERKAMA 1999

INTERKAMA is the worlds largest Instrumentation and Control Exposition bar none. Previous fairs have drawn an attendance of almost 100,000 people. Twenty five percent of these come from outside of Germany.

This year trips are been organised from many parts of the world to this important show. In Ireland Readout and ISA Ireland are organising an Interkama Trip. The dates are 18th to 21st October 1999. Over thirty people have arranged to travel in this party and they will be staying in the Air-Hotel Wartburg, close to the fair grounds.

INTERKAMA '99 offers an interactive communications platform for the measurement and automation sectors:

INTERKAMA news scene - latest news from the world of automation

INTERKAMA web forum - voice your opinions

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We reproduce below extracts from Press Relesses received from Exhibitors. Here is some more Exhibitor Information.

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The Industrial Computing Society is organising an evening on the Tuesdayy of the Show in one of Duesseldord's Hausbrauereien or "In-house breweries." Here are details. It looks like a very pleasant evening will be had by all. Altersys - are very excited to present the product that will change the way PC-based control is implemented. Whether a full-featured HMI, a complete SCADA, an advanced control system or an invisible embedded controller is required as a PLC replacement, Virgo 2000 gets the job done, "the way you want it, on the platform of your choice." (Stand 7B62 Hall 7) MECO - is India's largest manufacturer of Electrical and Electronic Measuring Instruments and Transducers and exporting these to reputed OEM manufacturers in Europe. We have recenty introduced the , Digital Panel Meters, Meco Power Line AC Transducers, Electronic Analogue Watt/VAR/PF & Frequency Meters, AC Clamp Adaptor and 'MECO' Maximum demand Ammeter. (Stand No 9B41 - Hall 9) ARIS - are showing their range of actuators, electric/pneumatic, rotary and part-turn actuators, linear actuators and butterfly valves. (Stand 11A13 - Hall 11) Gensym Corporation - with the recently launched G2 Fermentation Expert 2.0. Primarily targeted for the pharmaceutical, food, and beverage industries, G2 Fermentation Expert helps increase yields and reduce variability of fermentation processes through its advanced modeling and control capabilities.(Stand 7B31 Hall 7) Huber Instrumente - specialists in pressure calibration from laboratory to site, have conceived a new series of pressure calibrators incorporating some badly needed features. Regarding to flexibility and size, we are told "it is second only to the Swiss Officers Knife, which in fact forms a part of its standard equipment!" An experience of several decades in the development and the use of pressure calibrators has formed the base of its development. In a former position, the designer had decisively contributed to one of the most popular series pressure calibrators so far. (Stand 9B24 Hall 9) SWE - International Instrument Users' Associations - the joint co-operation between three international users, Evaluation International (SIREP), WIB, and EXERA will have a shared presence this year. (Stand 10C46 Hall 10) Gensym - will give a good opportunity to learn more about their Intelligent Operations Management, based on Gensym's intelligent G2 software. (Stand 7B31 Hall 7) Siemens - will be presenting solutions for all branches of processing industry. They show IT solutions that are tailor-made for customer requirements based on multivendor-capable products and standardized interfaces. (Stand C41/C59 Hall 14) ABB - Featured at this year Interkama are Utilities, Chemical Oil Cas, Service, Instrumentation and Fieldbus applications. They will also present Applications from Pulp and Paper and Metals at the show. Visitors will be able to kick the tyres of virtual concept cars that showcase future concepts for process control and automation in an unique Think Tank! (Stand 14E22/F22 Hall 14) Ametek - The new Model 3050 OLV Moisture Analyzer combined on-line verification with quartz-crystal accuracy in a costcompetitive package. This highly sensitive moisture analyser transmitter is designed for process applications, which require continuous and reliable measurement of moisture in gases and vapour. (stand 13B31 Hall 13) Mitsubishi Electric - introduced a very exciting new highlight - a miniature4ormat robot designed specifically for high- precision micro-handling applications. Its footprint is no larger than a DIN A5 sheet of paper. Despite its minuscule dimensions the RP-IAH's repeata bility and cycle times make the competition pale by comparison, plus its multitasking operating system supports parallel processing. The RP-IAH is designed for small, cramped work areas and applications like placement of components on SMD circuit boards and micro-mechanics. GE Fanuc's - new Operator Control Station represents a new concept in integrated control by combining a PLC, Operator Interface, I/O control and networking in a single easy to program package. OCS features seamless integration of the PLC and OI and uses a single language, Cscape(, for all configuration and programming allowing faster set-up and easier programming. The integrated design also greatly reduces wiring and speeds up installation time. IMT lndustrie-Messtechnik GmbH - says that compactness and robustness are the main features of the RTD's of the new series PT-Compact. Thus makes them usable in all industrial areas, also in industries, in which special protections specified to DIN 43772 are used.

Automsoft International - will showcase its RAPID Historian database software at Interkama'99. "At Automsoft International we understand that plant personnel and management need full access to knowledge about their processes, and need to interpret process information in different ways" said company CEO Tony Prylowski. "Our aim is to provide our customers with the most versatile and useful historian product available: RAPID Historian." (Stand 7F56 Hall 7) Steinhoff - will explore the world of Open Control Systems with graphical programming tools and How to avoid Islands of Automation with DACHS! (Stand 8B35 Hall 8) ICS Triplex - will be showing the new Trusted fault tolerant safety and critical control system at Interkama. Recently approved by TuV to the demanding Ak6 standard, Trusted achieves the highest availability and therefore plant up time by a combination of exceptional fault tolerance and rugged hardware. Trusted is first fault fault tolerant, second fault fault tolerant and third fault fail safe. Diagnosis and repair is carried out with the system operating, aided by powerful diagnostics and simple module substitution methods. Trusted also features the smallest footprint of any TMR (triple modular redundant) safety system. (Stand 14A33 - hall 14) Unitronics - will be showing their M90 MicroPLC which is both a PLC and a HMI. (Stand B5 - hall 12) ISA - the international society for measurement and control will have stands in Hall 8 (US Pavilion), Hall 13, and near the INTERKAMA-ISA TECH Conference entrance in Hall 6. The International Committee of the ISA's Publications Department weil be held on Tuesday Afternoon. Here is the meeting Agenda. Sequencia Corporation, will play a key role in an integrated demonstration by SAP that shows how a production plant can be an integral part of the supply chain of a company in the future. The demonstration is of an ice cream production line and incorporates R/3 and the APO, PP-PI, QM and PM components (SAP R/3 modules) as well as the process operator cockpit, TotalPlant Batch and Sequencia Production Manager. Hall 7 Stand 7D26 The World Batch Forum (WBF) - will provide batch manufacturing and standard educational sessions for INTERKAMA-ISA-Tech. It is sponsoring a day and a half of educational sessions Monday, October 18 and Tuesday, October 19, 1999.More details. PC Soft International - is announcing the release of a new class of software products for process data visualization and embedded web serving for Windows CE. (Stand 7Dl2 Hall 7) Milltronics GmbH - will be launched at the show. (Stand 10C78 Hall 10) Bernt HmbH - will be showing the Monicon range of high quality gas monitoring equipment. (Stand 11B66 Hall 11) The Fieldbus Foundation - plans to conduct the largest, live demonstration ever of registered Foundation fieldbus products. Based on the theme "Working Worldwide," it will occupy 240 square meters. Currently registered FF devices, and those products scheduled for registration testing by January 31, 2000, will be mounted on a special "Wall of Fame." (Stand 8A58 Hall 8) Klinkmann - will show their bidirectional GSM-Control software which operates as a supervisory and reporting communicating centre for GSM phones and automation devices (PLCs etc) connected to GSM-network with GSM modems. (Stand 7B48 Hall 7) Neles - ValvGuardTM System, based on a proprietary family of intelligent field device control firmware and management software, allows processors to intensify their surveillance of safety-related field devices by monitoring and testing them on-line.(Stand 11D12 Hall 11) Total Control - Centrepiece of the display of Quickpanel intelligent operator interfaces by Total Control Products, a division of GE Fanuc Automation Europe, were the enhanced operating benefits of new Series 3 units, including twice the memory and a four times faster processing power than offered on any other Quickpanel HMls (Stand 14A56 Hall 14) VEGA - introduced a new design, VEGAFLEX, levels can be measured reliably and are virtually independent of the product features. Levels are reliably detected even in products with changing humidity or fluctuating dielectric constant. WIKA - WIKA has extended its wide range of differential pressure gauges by developing a new family of products, (DELta-)comprising a differential pressure gauge with integrated working pressure display with our without micro switch, a differential pressure switchand a differential pressure transmitter. ARCA-Regler GmbH. - introduced ECOTROL¨ -valve series 08C the latest innovation in their range. The compact combination of a control valve, a pneumatic multi-spring diaphragm actuator ARCAPAQ series 812 and a SMART digital, 2nd generation, positioner ARCAPRO series 827