The introduction of Process Automation Systems has been an important trend in the industrial world for more than a decade. In response to what is evidently a high and penisting demand, several manufacturen have developed such systems for a wide variety of applications. The characteristics of these systems are most pronounced in the case of plant-wide installations. This paper will therefore focus on exactly such systems, which will be discussed and compared from the user's point of view.
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