Distributed Control System (DCS) System Cabinet
Posted on | April 21, 2012 | No Comments
The system cabinet is a cabinet that is designed to accommodate the following DCS equipment:
- The controller
- The I/O Card
The typical configuration of the controller and the I/O card is as follows: Read more
Typical Installation of Cable Gland
Posted on | April 6, 2012 | No Comments
In general application of oil and gas industries, the cable gland installation is utilizing all necessary cable gland accessories to ensure its proper function and also as the best practices found in the field. The following accessories is usually used: Read more
Marshalling Cabinet or Marshalling Panel
Posted on | March 30, 2012 | No Comments
As discussed in Typical Architecture of Instrumentation and Automation System, the automation architecture of the plant is having a marshalling cabinet in between the junction box and the system cabinet. This marshalling cabinet function is to interface the incoming field cable (which is normally a multipair cable) and the I/O (Input/Output) card connection. Without marshalling cabinet, we can sure (for large number of I/O) that there will be a trouble for operation personnel to maintain and operate the cabling. Read more