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Browse through the back-issues of WorldFIP's informative quarterly magazine "WorldFIP Fieldbus":

Iss.28: Mar 2001
Serious Stuff
Boiler Protection System Approved to IEC 61508
Safe Shipping . . . thanks to WorldFIP Integrity
Failure Prediction with WorldFIP
Company Profiles
WorldFIP Secretary General takes seat on Board of Fieldbus Foundation
Iss.26: Jun 2000 What's In It For Me? .. Crowds at WorldFIP Success in Beijing .. Rail Transport -- a Continuing Success .. Video Transfer over WorldFIP at 5Mbit/s .. New Design Approach from ALSTOM .. Predicting Failures Using WorldFIP .. WorldFIP Seminars Prove Popular in Beijing
Iss.25: Mar 2000 In Touch with Reality .. WorldFIP: Internet Ahoy! .. WorldFIP Keeps Precise Time .. CERN Tests WorldFIP Radiation Hardness .. A Precise Time Module for CERN .. 2 Million Bottles a Day, with No Bottlenecks! .. BSI Guide to Fieldbus .. HART is Added to FIPWEB Technology .. From WorldFIP to Fieldbus Internet Protocol .. FIPWARE: A New Release .. China 2000
Iss.24: Dec 1999 Join the 21st Century .. Stop Press: IEC Vote .. Liquid Assets are Secure with WorldFIP .. WorldFIP Keeps the Water Flowing .. WorldFIP at Duferco .. FIPWATCHER Goes Laptop .. Developing a WorldFIP Interface (part 3) .. China Empowered
Iss.23: Sep 1999 Take a Step Forward .. When is a Standard Not a Standard? .. WFIP/WEB Software .. WorldFIP Stays in Training .. Tilting TGV Trials .. World First in Singapore .. Warsaw WorldFIP .. Freight Locos .. Dublin Tramway .. Shanghai Metro .. How to Develop a WorldFIP Interface .. WorldFIP Demonstrates Fieldbus/Web Integration Technology in Beijing
Iss.22: Jun 1999 .. More Than Just a Fieldbus .. Cutting the Cost of Problems .. North America: Steelworks Revamps Rely on WorldFIP .. Montupet Networks Schneider PLCs .. New SCADA System from CEE .. Automation Europe 99 .. WorldFIP in China .. WorldFIP Takes Off
Iss.21: Mar 1999 .. Business Sense .. WorldFIP Moves Ahead .. Tailor-made Control for CHP Plant .. Pumped Storage .. ALSTOM Energy .. WWW & TCP/IP: a Web guide (part 2) .. Schneider Alliances .. WIGS on the Web
Iss.20: Dec 1998 .. WWW WorldFIP .. Peugeot 206 Stars with WorldFIP .. WorldFIP Connects to Web-Enabled I/O .. MIMOSA: An Open Standard for Asset Management .. Predictive Railway Maintenance with WorldFIP .. WWW & TCP/IP: a Web guide (part 1) .. Fieldbus Standard: The Bickering Continues .. WorldFIP Wins Acclaim at Elec98 Expo .. A Busy Year for WorldFIP in the UK
Iss.19: Sep 1998 .. Welcome and Congratulations .. WorldFIP in China .. Mii Wins Prize for HART Gateway .. Entrelec-Schiele Product Approved .. Sedco-Express: Deep-Sea Drilling Thanks to WorldFIP .. Industry Seminars .. I Think, Therefore IAM .. New Members
Iss.18: Jun 1998 .. Practical Products .. World Cup . . WorldFIP! .. Pump Up the Volume .. Radio Tower .. 50% More WorldFIP Products .. WorldFIP: The Equipment Bus .. WorldFIP Goes Underwater .. IEC Fieldbus Data Link Layer
Iss.17: Mar 1998 .. Mind Your Own Business .. Cegelec & Fisher-Rosemount .. Ground Transportation: a WorldFIP Success Story .. Le Shuttle .. Metro for the 21st Century .. Locomotives for Belgium .. Update on Other Transportation Projects .. The World of WorldFIP .. On-Line Machine Monitoring .. Join WorldFIP's Internet Working Group .. Nuclear Seminar .. WorldFIP Gets Into Device Networks .. Chinese Delegation Visits WorldFIP
Iss.16: Dec 1997 .. Integration .. Gateway to the Internet .. S.Africa's Largest Steel-Producer Chooses WorldFIP .. WorldFIP & HART at Electricité de France .. Labview Interface .. OPC Server .. Electricity Distribution in Industry .. Fibre Optics from Hirschmann .. WorldFIP at ISA-Tech 97 .. Expos and Conferences .. WorldFIP in Italy
Iss.15: Sep 1997 .. Profit Now .. WorldFIP in LINK-HPIP Supported Project .. Fast Foil Facts for Tetrapak .. World's Largest Plastics Producer Chooses WorldFIP .. Paris "RER" Auber Station .. A Commercial Reality .. Multimedia and Fieldbus
Iss.14: Jun 1997 .. Producers and Consumers .. Solvay Benefits from WorldFIP .. Process Analyser is on WorldFIP .. Solvay's Solution .. Producer/Consumer Model .. Leuna is Operational .. Vendor-Independent Configuration with OLGA .. Developing Distributed I/O with OLGA .. WorldFIP Seminars .. WorldFIP at 400kV
Iss.13: Mar 1997 .. Hazardous Times ... WorldFIP Makes Impressive Progress .. Experimental High Speed Trains .. And HIFLIRTS .. WorldFIP is Safe in Hazardous Areas .. WorldFIP Overview Seminars .. FIP Watcher .. WorldFIP Benelux .. WorldFIP UK
Iss.12: Dec 1996 .. Transports of Delight .. Move Along the Bus, Please! .. Chrysler, USA .. WorldFIP Rolls Steel, Both Hot .... And Cold! .. WorldFIP: It's Got the Bottle .. Modern Building Management .. Water Treatment .. New Products .. MICROFIP in Volume
Iss.11: Sep 1996 .. Great and Small .. Power to the People .. WorldFIP Italian Technical Centre .. Water Industry Chooses WorldFIP .. One Step Closer to Interoperability .. A Letter from CiA .. Interoperability:I/O Multiplexers .. MICROFIP Evaluation Kit for Members .. WorldFIP Italy New Promotional Group
Iss.10: Jun 1996 .. Movers and Shakers .. WorldFIP Is Euro Standard .. Comparing Bus Standards .. WorldFIP/ASI Gateway .. Cegelec PLCs .. Interoperability: Drives .. Device WorldFIP Ahead of Time .. Interoperability Guides
Iss.09: Mar 1996 .. Well on the Way.. Industry Focus .. Applications .. Device Protocols .. Interoperability Guide
Iss.08: Dec 1995 .. The $5 Chip .. 65,000 Nodes .. Fieldbus Foundation .. Real Benefits .. Complete Coverage .. Companion Standards .. Fast Track
Iss.07: Sep 1995 .. Applications .. New Products .. Fieldbus Survey .. New Members
Iss.06: Jun 1995 .. Growth is On Target .. Applications .. Gateways .. Companion Standards .. Drivecom Accord
Iss.05: Mar 1995 .. Worldwide .. 30,000 Nodes .. "Plug & Play" .. Applications .. Contour Tool .. Working Groups
Iss.04: Dec 1994 .. 1995 Pilots .. Application Layer .. Members .. ISA Show .. Link Layer Vote
Iss.03: Sep 1994 .. Can You Afford to Wait? .. Getting Physical .. Members .. FIP Software Tools .. OLCHFA .. Low-Power Chip
Iss.02: Jun 1994 .. World Installations .. 140 Products .. Applications .. Members .. FIP Chips .. WorldFIP Seminars
Iss.01: Mar 1994 .. Getting on the Bus .. DTI Backs Fieldbus .. Is It Ready For Me? .. Members .. BP Pilot