11:45 – 12:10
Commissioned by the WIB, Errakal and Ebert HERA have started building a setup on which APL instrumentation from various suppliers can be mounted. The setup is equipped with an electric motor with a centrifugal pump to circulate demineralized water, with the aim of gaining hands-on experience regarding the operation of APL.
Issues such as:
• What is the procedure for exchanging APL instruments?
• How does “brown-out” work at APL, does it exist?
• How to set up a control loop with APL
• How do you build an APL network?
• Receiving NAMUR notifications from the APL instrumentation
Problems have been converted into tests that have been executed. The knowledge gained from this was subsequently incorporated into a report that is currently still a first draft.
About speakers:
Roman Eestermans
After obtaining his MBO and HBO degrees, Roman worked at Maastricht University as an Electrical Engineer. Currently, Roman has been working at Ebert HERA at Chemelot for two years as an Instrumentation Engineer, initially for Fibrant and now also for Borealis. In addition to his daily duties, Roman also works on innovation projects, such as Ethernet APL.
Robin Gosselaar
Robin graduated in Electrical Engineering at the end of 2024. He has now been working as a Process Control Engineer at EbertHera for over a year and a half, where he works for various clients at Chemelot within industrial automation. In his daily work, Robin focuses on DCS and PLC systems, including implementing changes, optimizations, and maintenance work. Additionally, Robin has contributed to the APL project, among others.