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November 2009 |
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Sponsor: FLIR Systems, Inc. |
FLIR IR Cameras Improve Process Safety
Many vessels, such as chemical reactors, must be monitored for unsafe conditions. FLIR IR cameras allow remote, non-contact temperature measurements of entire vessels and transmit data to a control room using Ethernet/IP connectivity.
For more on FLIR IR camera automation capabilities, request FLIR's IR Automation Guidebook:
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| Featured Articles |
ASM Alarm Management Guidelines and ISA-18.2: How Do They Stack Up?
Control, October 2009
By Walt Boyes
The ISA Standard and the ASM Consortium guidelines both offer important information about alarm management. Although their approaches differ, they complement one another.
Are your temperature sensors safe?
HazardEX, October 2009
When it comes to installing temperature sensors such as thermocouples or resistance thermometers (RTDs) in hazardous areas, many companies are still making mistakes with regard to equipment certification requirements.
Integrated Safety: Has its Time Arrived?
Control Engineering, October 2009
By David Greenfield
Engineers, integrators, and industry representatives offer a variety of viewpoints on this hot button topic. Through all the discussion, one thing is clear: Consensus has yet to be reached.
Creating a Safety and Security Culture
Control, September 2009
By Walt Boyes
Functional safety and security are so similar in organizational structure and in management emphasis that cultures can be created in the process industries that produce safe and secure plants and maintain them as a matter of course.
Pursuing the discipline of control system cyber security
Plant Engineering, September 2009
By John Cusimano
What does it mean to have a safety and security culture? First, it means management commitment from the highest levels. Second, it means management demonstrates that commitment by establishing and improving safety and security management systems. Finally, it means enforcing these systems and holding individuals accountable for failure to follow them.
Alarms: Behind the Red Screen
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, September 2009
By C. Martin Hinckley, Assured Quality, Inc.
When operators fail to follow or actively dismantle “andon” devices it’s usually a sign of serious systemic problems. Here’s how to prevent them from resulting in recalls or worse.
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| White Papers |
The “Logic” of Single Loop Logic Solvers
By Moore Industries
Until recently, the thought of a safety system conjured up images of Triple Modular Redundant (TMR) systems that represent enormous capital expenditures. Today, however, manufacturers offer safety-certified devices that can be integrated into cost-effective solutions. One simple, economical, yet highly dependable option is using a Safety Trip Alarm as a Single Loop Logic Solver.
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| Resources & Literature |
William Frick improves safety website
Website has a LiveChat feature that allows users to directly connect with a sales representative and have their questions immediately answered.
ASM Consortium releases alarm management guidelines
Effective Alarm Management Practices is written for engineers tasked with developing alarm management systems or rationalizing existing systems.
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| Application Stories |
BP Chemicals Enhances Site Safety With FLIR Infrared
Process and Control Today, July 2009
Three FLIR GasFindIR cameras check plant integrity at the Saltend site in East Yorkshire, UK. The HSX model detects a range of gases including methane and methanol that are both predominant at the UK plant; a long wave version of the camera detects acetic acid, acetic anhydride and ammonia; another detects CO.
After the Explosion...
Control Engineering, September 2009
By Jim McConahay, Moore Industries
Imperial Valley Resource Recovery suffered a major electrical explosion that destroyed the connection to the grid and adjacent control room electronics. It was all replaced with Ethernet-based Modbus RTU communications and controls from Moore Industries
Danish microdairy gains data foundation
Control Engineering, September 2009
An integrated EtherNet/IP solution from Rockwell Automation provides dairy staff with full control of all processes and safety aspects, and can be rapidly reconfigured to produce multiple products in one plant.
Operating safely
South Africa Instrumentation & Control, September 2009
Hirschmann installed fibre-optic fieldbus systems in oil production at two new oilfields 50 km southwest of Abu Dhabi. The process control units constructed by Honeywell provide a primary and a secondary Profibus DP interface with the remote I/O stations.
Infrared furnace camera watches hydro reformers at Bayernoil refinery
Process and Control Today, July 2009
Reformer reactors need a constant supply of heat of up to 510 ºC, which is provided by furnaces and carried by heat piping systems. An Infrared camera for industrial high temperature applications in hazardous areas has been developed by FLIR to keep these installations up and running efficiently.
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| Featured Training |
ISA-18.2 Alarm Management Webinar
November 19, 2009 3:00 pm CST
Bill Hollifield, PAS Principal Alarm Management Consultant and ISA SP-18 Committee Member, will host two 30-minute webinars to review the new ISA-18.2
ISA Safety Instrumented Systems: The Must Know for Implementation
January 14, 2010 Saint Paul, MN
Learn how to define system performance and design systems according to industry standards. Many benefits will be gained from attending this seminar including: Understanding the requirements of international standards for safety systems; Becoming familiar with the practices/procedures your company will need to implement, in order to satisfy international standards; and, Learn the basics of how to design, implement and maintain the optimum, most cost-effective SIS solutions.
ISA Safety Instrumented Systems: Design, Analysis, and Justification
January 18-21, 2010 Research Triangle Park, NC
This course focuses on the engineering requirements for the specification, design, analysis, and justification of safety instrumented systems for the process industries. Students will learn how to determine safety integrity levels and evaluate whether proposed or existing systems meet the performance requirements. This course is required for the ISA84 Safety Instrumented Systems Certificate Programs.
ISA Safety Instrumented Systems: Design, Analysis, and Justification Online Course
February 22 to April 16, 2010
This CyberU course focuses on the engineering requirements for the specification, design, analysis, and justification of safety instrumented systems for the process industries. Students will learn how to determine safety integrity levels and evaluate whether proposed or existing systems meet the performance requirements.
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| Company & Organizational News |
ISA selects Automation.com as advertising sales partner
In addition to daily and weekly digital and online content, ISA will publish 6 print issues of InTech magazine in 2010. ISA selected Automation.com as the advertising sales representative for InTech magazine’s print, digital, and online editions.
Networking: the key to ensuring process safety in the future
Process Engineering News, October 2009
The chemical industry has always regarded process safety as a joint effort and not as a 'trade secret'. To improve process safety performance through the whole sector and to support cooperation of professionals in Europe company networks have been created.
E-T-A ESX10-T CSA approved for hazardous areas
ESX10-T solid state overcurrent protector is CSA approved for installation into Class I, Division 2 - Group A, B, C, and D applications.
MooreHawke's TRUNKSAFE device couplers receive Factory Mutual approvals
TRUNKSAFE acquired ATEX-Type N, IECEx-Type N, and cFMus-General/Ordinary Location and Non-Incendive certifications from Factory Mutual.
exida announces Functional Integrity Certification
Functional Integrity Certification helps automation suppliers demonstrate the safety, security and reliability of their products.
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| Project News |
Honeywell to automate "green diesel" plant
Project includes distributed control, safety technology, terminal automation, process technology, process simulation and optimization applications.
HIMA to upgrade emergency shutdown system at LANXESS
The new ESD system, comprising an H51q safety controller with nine input/output module racks, is housed in two switchgear cabinets, and uses 936 input and output signals.
Emerson to control coal gasification plant in Decatur, Illinois
Equipment includes digital valve controllers and valves, transmitters, analyzers, flow meters, process control and asset optimization technologies, AMS Suite, wireless and digital safety systems.
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| Featured Events |
Hannover Messe Middle East
February 9-11, 2010 Dubai
Deutsche Messe Hannover will be staging CeMAT Middle East, Industrial Automation (IA) Middle East, and Motion, Drive & Automation (MDA) Middle East together.
HazardEx 2010
February 24-25, 2010 Harrogate, UK
The comprehensive two day conference will give everyone involved in safety for engineering plant, insight and case study examples of how peers have executed safety programmes in their facilities. As always the programme will provide detailed standards/legislation updates directly from those involved in the process of creating them
Automation Technology Egypt 2010
May 10-12, 2010 Cairo, Egypt
The conference is mainly aimed at demonstration of advanced developments in the domain of automation and information technologies in industry and new opportunities for business development.
2010 Sensors Expo & Conference
June 7-9, 2010 Rosemont, IL
The event is dedicated to exploring innovations in sensors, sensor networks, biosensors, MEMS/nanotechnology, instrumentation & controls, intelligent systems, machine-to- machine communication, wireless sensing and IT technology. |
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