Transcript ™ Product CIRCOR Tech NeSSi Development & Market Snapshot

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CIRCOR Tech NeSSi™ Product
Development
& Market Snapshot
Patrick Lowery
IFPAC 2007, 1.29.07
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“Just Yesterday”
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Technology Roadmap
NeSSi™ Roadmap
GEN III
(microAnalyzers)
GEN II
(standardized digital bus
components and embedded
or discreet sample
system controller)
End of 2007 (full IS and Control
Solutions available
TODAY (Gen 2)
Only 6 months ago
GEN I
(standardized mechanical interconnect
and component footprint)
(“Gen 1.5”)
Initiative
started 6 years
ago
NeSSi™ is a trademark of the Center for Process Analytical
Chemistry, University of Washington
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Progress
At present, CIRCOR Tech has built and lab tested several
different categories of sample system devices based on
the Siemens I2C Maxum™ GC Digital Bus
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Pressure Sensor
Solenoid Pilot Valve
Fluid temperature probe
Pressure, flow combination sensors
2nd iteration with IS design circuits are in process for
All the above components, plus
Multi-variable sensor (Pressure, temp, flow)
Low-powered combi-valve for closed loop, IS (Zone 1, Div 1), flow
and pressure control
Filter monitoring modules
Maxum™ is a trademark of
Siemens Energy and Automation
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CIRCOR Tech “NeSSi-Bus” Devices 5
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Progress
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In addition, preparations are being made to test power
supply schemes for low powered CAN Bus as per the CiA
(CAN in Automation) Intrinsically Safe CAN Bus Working
Group
Working network of sensors, valves, and control devices
will be online in late Feb according to proposed IS power
supply and communication scheme
CIRCOR Tech Core sensing and control modules will have
different bus flavors available according to end user or
analyzer OEM preference (I2C, CAN Bus, Modbus, RS485)
Will be working with CAN and other PLC and/or hybrid
controller companies to bring control solutions for retrofit
activity outside of smart GC’s
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Progress
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CIRCOR Tech has also codeveloped a set of Microsoft
“smart” Visio™ tools that will
allow a future migration of
standard modular or ISA P&ID
symbols and system design
graphics to have some
portability into a live XMLbased HMI or GUI for sample
system control and
visualization
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Is this a success?
Early
Majority
Late
Majority
Early
Adopters
Innovators
Laggards
We are still
here!!!
"The Chasm"
Technology Adoption Process
Significant achievements so far, but far from success
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What’s Next?
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Mainstream customers will not adopt a
“discontinuous” technology without:
 Having the “whole product concept” fulfilled
 Having the entire core product (s) augmented by EVERYTHING that is
needed for the customer to have a compelling reason to buy
 Distributors or sales people skilled in the new technology
 Good warranty, strong company, and strong support
 2nd Sources and a Competitive Marketplace
 This includes the product (s) along with training, support,
manuals, cables, connectors, accessories, additional hardware
and software, etc.
 Example: One cannot implement an IS CAN Bus solution without
a certified IS Power Supply, an IS CAN Bus Isolator Repeater,
Special Cabling, Wiring Documentation, and Config. Software
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What’s Next?
Being developed
Needs further development
and certifications
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of IS CAN Bus
Network (courtesy of CiA
IS CAN Bus working
group
Being developed
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What’s Next?
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What is still needed to fulfill the Whole Product
Concept for Digital Bus?
 More power supply components
 Repeaters, Isolators, and Barriers
 Connectors and Cabling
 Configuration Management Software
 A Standalone SAM (Sensor Actuator Manager) for non-GC
analyzer applications with HMI
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What is needed for overall NeSSi system success?
 End users must “change behavior” in order to adopt a
discontinuous technology innovation
 At a certain point, innovation must cease to allow customer to
digest what is currently being offered. Otherwise, they are
waiting on the next revision
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What’s Next?
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Examples of what to expect
 Digital bus system maintenance will require software and hardware
interaction between analyzer and sample system
 Could get stuck in information overload mode if streaming data is
provided rather than mission critical decision making information
 Sample system purge systems go away, potentially exposing the
digital devices to concentrated chemical vapors continuously
 Compromises may have to be made to make digital bus sensors cost
effective in these extreme environments
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IP65 ratings a necessity, corrosive resistance a must, 85 deg C operation
Hot Swap, Plug and play, C1D1, Zone 1 (possibly Zone 0) certifications
become necessary
Digital devices must be field addressable rather than “software
addressable” which means that windows, access ports, must be available
Some sort of visual indication of system health would be desirable rather
than going back and forth between SHS and analyzer
CAN IT ALL BE ACHIEVED COST EFFECTIVELY???
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What’s Next?
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Examples of what to expect, cont.
 Energy budgets will become important due to the relatively high cost
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per milliwatt of special IS power supplies
Terms like “average cost per node”, and “average power per node”,
will used to as a technical selling advantages for smart digitally
controlled sample systems
Multi-function, multi-variable devices will be leveraged to gather
multiple pieces of information with a single bus node, minimizing
connection cost
Digital bus node functionality and failure modes (FMEA) will have to
be taken into account when performing system design and safety
reviews of smart sample systems
Will integrators adopt this responsibility quickly?
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Summary
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CIRCOR Tech has developed, and is continuing
to develop, solutions for this emerging
technology
Things are starting to get exciting, but require
complete follow through by multiple parties to
bring whole product concept to market
Will need a complete change in mentality of
how systems are designed, built, integrated,
and maintained
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