Altus presents technology solutions at OTC Houston 2024

From May 6th to 9th, our International Sales and Marketing team will be in Houston, USA, participating in the Offshore Technology Conference, one of the largest events in the global Oil & Gas market. As one of the main developers of technology for exploration and production in Brazil, Altus will once again be present at the event presenting its innovations in automation and process control.

Currently, our products are responsible for 35% of all Brazilian O&G production and 1/4 of the FPSOs in operation in the country. These are impressive numbers for a company that operates in one of the 10 countries that produce the most oil in the world.

Come visit us 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 at booth 624, table 27 of the Brazil Pavilion, at NRG Park, in Houston, Texas.

Check out in detail what we will be presenting during the event.

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.

Saiba mais sobre o assunto no artigo High availability with CPU and network redundancy on Nexto and Hadron Xtorm series.

Um dos destaques da feira ficará por conta da NX3008, CPU mais avançada 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 TA de 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 , sendo 01 do tipo Gigabit e 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.

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.

Outra nova funcionalidade disponível é sua plataforma Docker embarcada. O recurso, nativo na CPU, torna possível a virtualização de softwares desenvolvidos para sistemas operacionais com tecnologia Unix. O recurso dá mais versatilidade e velocidade a operação do sistema, pois permite o processamento de múltiplos dados dentro da própria CPU.

Conheça tudo sobre Docker no artigo The benefits of Docker in Edge Computing applications.

Next
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 functionalities 4.0, Xpress products can, for example, collect application production data in the field via a MODBUS TCP network and send it via OPC UA or MQTT to a supervisory system hosted in the cloud.

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' series of equipment includes pressure transmitters, temperature transmitters and valve positioners, as well as specific software and accessories for the demands of field instrumentation. The solution's products have high accuracy, reliability and robustness capable of increasing the productivity and efficiency of your processes, providing greater security to the operation and reducing your production costs. Furthermore, using tools based on EDDL and FDT/DTM it is possible to configure, calibrate, monitor and verify diagnostics of all assets in your plant.