Between May 1st and 4th our International Sales and Marketing team will be in the United States participating in Offshore Technology Conference. For more than 50 years on the world events agenda, the fair takes place annually in the city of Houston, Texas, and brings together the main players and suppliers of global Oil & Gas market. As one of the main developers of technology for exploration and production in Brazil, Altus could not fail to participate in this moment.
Currently, our products are responsible for 35% of all Brazilian O&G production; 1/3 of FPSOs and one in four E&P units operating in the country use Altus control and automation technology. These are impressive numbers for a company that operates in one of the 10 countries that produce the most oil in the world.
Security and high availability for the E&P process
Visitors who pass by the Altus space at the fair will be able to check out our most advanced control and automation solutions for onshore and offshore processes.
This year, the main highlight will be the new features designed for Nexto Series PLCs, products used in the main FPSOs operating in Brazil, such as the replicating units of Petrobrasinstalled in Pre-salt exploration fields. With high processing speed, advanced real-time diagnostics and support network redundancy, Nexto programmable controllers deliver security and high availability for critical and highly complex processes, such as those found in Top-side, Hull and CSS systems in the offshore market.
Um dos destaques da feira ficará por conta da NX3008, nova CPU da Série Nexto, um produto global com funcionalidades avançadas de software e
segurança cibernética capazes de integrar de forma dinâmica as áreas de TI e TAde uma indústria. Criada para atender às demandas de uma indústria cada vez
mais conectada, a CPU NX3008 conta com uma ampla variedade de interfaces de
comunicação capazes de conectar o equipamento aos mais diferentes sistemas e
máquinas do mercado. O novo dispositivo de controle da Série Nexto possui 03
portas Ethernet Gigabit, sendo 02 com suporte ao protocolo de comunicação
PROFINET Controller, o que permite que o controlador seja utilizado em uma rede
com arquitetura em anel MRP. Você pode ver um exemplo de aplicação do recurso neste artigo escrito por nosso colega Leonardo Carvalho Antônio dos Santos.
Totalmente aderente ao universo IoT, a CPU tem capacidade de
escrita direta em banco de dados SQL e interação direta com os serviços de
hospedagem na nuvem mais relevantes do mercado, como Microsoft Azure, IBM
Cloud, Google One e Amazon AWS. Ela ainda possui com diferencial
presente em poucos CLPs do mercado: a unidade conta com WebServer embarcado,
ferramenta que permite a criação de telas de supervisão e monitoramento de
aplicação sem a necessidade de usar um sistema SCADA.
Another differentiating resource present in the unit is Embedded VPN, which creates a private connection tunnel directly to the CPU. This functionality allows you to access your business's control network remotely and completely securely. To further increase product security, the CPU has a firewall feature.
The new Altus CPU also supports FTP type connections, which enables the device to exchange data with a server that uses this technology model. This functionality allows data packages generated by the controller, such as logs collected through a datalogger function, to be accessed remotely.
Another new feature available is its Dockerembedded platform*. The resource, native to the CPU, makes it possible to virtualize software developed for operating systems with Unix technology. The feature gives more versatility and speed to the system's operation, as it allows the processing of multiple data within the CPU itself.
*Under development.
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Xpress, a compact all-in-one PLC
In addition to the robust Nexto Series products, we will also present to the public present the Nexto Xpress solution for IoT ready PLCs. With different onboard communication interfaces and support for a wide variety of communication protocols, Altus' compact controllers can be used as IoT gateways for small applications in the onshore market. Among its many 4.0 functionalities, Xpress products can, for example, collect production data from the field application through a MODBUS TCP network and send it via OPC UA or MQTT to a supervisory system hosted in the cloud.
Speaking of communication, the product has Ethernet interfaces,
Serial RS 485, CAN and USB onboard, enabling support for a variety of
list of communication protocols, such as MODBUS TCP and RTU, PROFINET, CANopen and
J-1939, IEC 60870-5-104, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT, OPC DA, OPC UA and MQTT. The resources
they also allow the controller to communicate directly with the main services
cloud hosting on the market. The XP340 model, like the NX3008 CPU, still supports
WebServer.
Xpress products, like other equipment in the Nexto Series, use the programming software MasterTool IEC weight: 700;">CODESYS with scalability for micro to large projects (free up to 320 I/O points). Have you already downloaded version 3.40 of MasterTool IEC XE, the latest software update? Click on the banner below to download.
Click here to see more examples of this type of application.
Precision and reliability for control and instrumentation with HART® technology
With a wide variety of equipment for monitoringand positioningof field instruments, the Atta Series has essential products for your instrumentation demands. Just like leafcutter ants that use soil vibrations to navigate the steppes and savannahs, your business also needs devices with a high level of precision to monitor performance and adjust critical points in your production processes.
Altus’ instrumentation series includes pressure transmitters, temperature transmitters, and valve positioners, as well as dedicated software and accessories designed for field instrumentation demands. These solutions offer exceptional accuracy, reliability, and durability, helping to boost productivity, improve operational efficiency, enhance safety, and lower production costs. Using tools based on EDDL and FDT/DTM technologies, users can configure, calibrate, monitor, and diagnose all plant assets with ease — ensuring intelligent management of instrumentation across the entire system.
Come visit us at OTC Houston 2023 and discover how the technology embedded in our solutions can increase the performance, security and availability of your units. Our team will be waiting for you in the aisle 3, stand 45 of the Brazil Pavilion, NRG Park in Houston, Texas.
