Schneider Electric Tricon CX compact safety system

Schneider Electric has released its Tricon CX compact system for safety and critical control applications in the oil and gas, power, refining, chemicals, pharmaceutical and biotech industries, where safe operations are critical and reliable operation is paramount. A certified ISA Secure EDSA Level 1 system, the high-integrity and highly available Tricon CX ensures operational integrity, protecting against inherent risk and hazards, as well as external threats such as cyber attack.

The latest addition to Schneider Electric’s Triconex line of safety-instrumented systems, the Tricon CX is smaller (form factor reduced by 50%), faster, lighter (67%) and more powerful than previous safety solutions. Its advanced functionality enables online upgrades without operational interruption. Additionally, the compact design allows for a number of new features including lower power consumption.

Advanced monitoring and control capabilities include: supervised DI/DO with advanced line-performance diagnostics; fast analog inputs with integrated HART; a 1 ms SOE digital input; a choice of direct termination or external termination panel; a 300% increase in controller tag capacity; a 5-times increase in peer-to-peer performance; and new automated test and verification of safety logic.

Based on Triple Modular Redundancy technology, Triconex solutions are also claimed to be easy to operate and maintain. Triconex solutions enable safer operations by maximising compliance to mandated safety regulations and minimising both unscheduled downtime and the likelihood of business interruptions.