Connecting With Remote Oil Field Installations

Oil derrick
Wireless communications can connect remote oil field
equipment monitoring to a central control point
Oil is sought all across the globe, from the tropics to the Arctic. It is the king of commodities, chattered about endlessly on news channels and touching facets of our lives without our ever being aware. Oil is big and serious business, with tremendous sums of money at risk on the prospect of reaping even greater returns.

Like all raw materials derived from the Earth, oil is often discovered in very remote areas with no transportation, communication, or other infrastructure nearby. It is common for producing wells to operate unattended, which saves cost and increases operational risk due to failure or malfunction that may occur on the site. Maintaining efficient and safe operation at the site is not a luxury, but a necessity. Delivering real time data from remote sites to monitoring and decision making centers is crucial to achieving profitable and safe operation at remote sites.

Analynk manufactures transmission and receiving equipment that builds the bridge between remote sites and the home office. From elemental componentry to integrated, ready to run systems, Analynk specializes in wireless communications for industrial process control. Contact us with your wireless challenges. Whether an expansive multipoint, or a single point application, the specialists at Analynk can combine standard or customized products into a practical solution for you.

Schematic of industrial wireless communications to remote sites

Outlook for 2016

Industrial wireless antenna for hazardous area
At Analynk, we are wrapping up a very good year, and extend our sincere thanks to our customers, vendors, and others that have supported our continued growth and success in the industrial wireless communications field.

We brought several new products to the market this year, including some new versions of the Hazardous Area Wireless Access Point Enclosure and our patented Explosion Proof Antenna. The coming months will see the release of some new products we have been working on this past year. Stay connected with us and you will be among the first to know about them.

We hope your year was as good as ours, and wish everyone a safe and happy holiday and prosperous New Year.

Installing Wireless Access Point in Hazardous Area

Industrial wireless network access point
Model AP320 Wireless Access Point
Courtesy Aruba Networks
In many technical endeavors, industrial process control being one, there are often collisions between what is necessary and what is desired. The incursion of wireless communications into the process measurement and control field has created such a collision between process engineers and IT managers. Granted, it's a cooperative and amicable collision, but a situation that can require the resolution of some incompatible interests.

For a number of reasons, it may be advantageous for the wireless network gear in the process section of a facility to conform to certain standards established for the larger scope of the organization. There can be real benefits to standardizing on particular brands or types of hardware. The tasks involved with back end management of network infrastructure are less complex when all the equipment is of the same vendor and product family. Provisioning, which includes initial setup, long term management, and unit loss management, is simplified when all the units are the same. Process engineers and operators pursue the same goal in standardizing on particular transmitters, valves, or other components that have multiple installations throughout a facility.
Industrial wireless access point explosion proof enclosure
Analynk Wireless Access Point Enclosure for
Hazardous Locations
The difficulty arises when the IT team's chosen wireless access point needs to be installed in an area classified as hazardous due to the potential for ignition of flammable or explosive gases and vapors. There is a solution, actually a fairly simple one.

Analynk manufactures enclosures for industrial wireless access points installed in hazardous locations. The current offering accommodates a range of units from Symbol, Cisco, Meru, Aruba, HP, and Motorola, with more models added regularly to accommodate additional wireless access points. Each access point enclosure is provided with UL listed explosion proof antennas, a mounting bracket designed for the target access point, and RF cables to make the antenna connections. Enclosures have penetrations specifically located to accommodate the target access point.
This arrangement allows for the deployment of the organization's preferred wireless access point in the hazardous process area.
Analynk Wireless specializes in industrial wireless communications. Your wireless communication challenges are welcome at Analynk, so make contact and share your application requirements. Combining your process expertise with Analynk's product specialization will produce a positive solution.

Wireless Linkup For Hazardous Gas Monitor

Hazardous Area Gas Monitoring Stations
Hazardous Area Gas
Detection Units on Assembly Line
Courtesy Starcom Solar
Analynk Wireless manufactures industrial wireless signal transmitters and receivers to accommodate a broad array of industrial process control applications. The company was selected by Starcom Solar, Inc. as the provider of the wireless communications section for their innovative portable and fixed installation hazardous gas monitoring stations. In addition to transmitter modules, the Starcom monitoring station utilizes Analynk's patented antenna for use in hazardous areas.

The wireless communication capability enables deployment of the monitoring system on mobile units or remote installations. Analynk's standard transmitter range extends up to 20 miles. New versions will soon be available with Iridium, GPS, and GLONASS satellite linkups enabling worldwide signal transmission and reception. Variants include capabilities to transmit a variety of inputs,
including 4-20 ma, switch closure, thermocouple, and RTD.

The Analynk product line of wireless transmitters, receivers, and antennas provides broad capability and is easy to apply and integrate into any installation. You can find out more about the A753 Transmitter in the data sheet included below. Share your signal connectivity challenges with a product specialist and see how easy and effective a wireless solution can be.