Rockwell Automation Publication ICSTT-RM448J-EN-P - April 2018
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Chapter
2
The AADvance Safety Controller
The AADvance controller is specifically designed for functional safety and
critical control applications; it gives a flexible solution for smaller scale
requirements. The system can also be used for safety implemented functions as
well as applications that are not related to safety but are nevertheless critical to
a business process. This AADvance controller offers the ability to make a cost-
effective system to a customer's specification for any of the following
applications:
• Emergency shutdown system
• Fire and gas installation protection system
• Critical process control
• Burner management
• Boiler and furnace control
• Distributed process monitoring and control
• Turbo-machinery governor control and over-speed protection (not yet
released)
An AADvance controller is particularly useful for emergency shut down and
fire and gas detection protection applications as it offers a system solution with
integrated and distributed fault tolerance. It is designed and validated to
international standards and is certified by independent certifying bodies for
functional safety control installations and UL for use in hazardous
environments.
This chapter introduces the primary components that can be used to assemble
an AADvance controller.
