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The New WERMA Catalogue Is Here!
Werma's new catalogue for 2022/2023 is available now and is full of clear and concise product information. -
Groundbreaking ISA18 Committee Looks to the Future While Honoring the Memory of a Lost Leader
In 2023, ISA18 will begin work on the next version of ISA-18.2. This effort and those of the ISA18 working groups are open to all ISA members and the public. This feature originally appeared in the December 2022 issue of InTech magazine. -
An Alarming Trend in Process Control Systems
The processing industry is increasingly adopting a standards-based approach to alarm management to increase focus on actionable items and avoid alarm flooding that can lead to lost production and serious accidents. -
Rockwell Automation Partners with Dragos, Improves Operational Technology Incident Response Readiness
The incident response retainer program helps industrial organizations prepare for, respond to, and recover from cyber incidents in operational technology (OT) environments. -
Case Study: Resolving the 'Trouble' with RTUs
A major Midwest utility embarks on a multi-year replacement of all their Remote Terminal Units. -
Industrial Real-time Location Systems Improve Safety, Security and Productivity
Worker safety, asset security and more can be enhanced with an industrial wireless alternative to commercial access control and mustering systems designed for the unique needs of industrial operations. -
Case Study: Werma's Red Flashing Beacons Warn Citizens When the Fire Service is Called Out
In Bad Säckingen, WERMA's red flashing beacons warn citizens when the fire service is called out. "When we receive an alert, every second counts," said Mark Jagenow, who has volunteered as a deputy commander for the past six years. -
EDC Will Use Honeywell Forge Alarm Management to Improve Safety and Performance
Energy Development Corporation will use Honeywell Forge and Alarm Performance Optimizer to enhance alarm management across multiple sites. -
Meet 2021 ISA Fellow David Strobhar
David Strobhar, one of three ISA Fellows named in 2021, is being honored for applying human factors in control system human machine interfaces and alarm management to improve safety and productivity. -
From Alarm Floods to ‘Highly Protected’ Status
The Solvay Novecare chemical plant reduced downtime and improved safety by tackling an alarm management overhaul. This article was originally published in InTech's July/August issue. -
Meet 2020 ISA Fellow Donald Dunn
As an ISA Fellow, Donald Dunn is being honored for many years of work on the education and standardization of terminology, as well as requirements and guidance related to alarm management and process industry safety. This article was originally published in InTech's July/August issue. -
ISA18 Update: Management of Alarms
ANSI/ISA-18.2, Management of Alarm Systems for the Process Industries, has found wide use and success in improving the development, design, installation and management of alarm systems across the process industry sectors. This article was originally published in InTech's July/August issue. -
The Evolution of Alarm Management
The 1990s saw worldwide conversion of older controls to computer-based distributed control systems (DCS), which offered pros and cons for alarm management. -
RFPIO Doubles Growth, Integrates New Product Features and Receives Industry Recognition in 2020
Leading response management software company charts continued growth after expanding headcount and customer base during fifth anniversary year. -
Smart Building Opportunities for Printed Sensors
Smart buildings promise automated control of the buildings' operations, along with integrated technology for human-machine interactions. Such functionality requires multiple sensors, to which printed/flexible electronics are very well suited due to their low weight and thin-film form factor. -
Alarm Management Solutions Continue to Outpace the Process Automation Market
New ARC Advisory Group research on the global Alarm Management market reveals that alarm management in general continues to be a big issue in hydrocarbon processing plants, chemical plants, power plants, and other industrial process plants around the world. -
EXELE's TopView software helps Aqua America enhance alarm notification capabilities
Aqua America’s existing alarm notification system at the PA facility was experiencing frequent failures, which eventually lead to a catastrophic failure of the entire alarm notification system. Aqua America turned to TopView Alarm and Notification software for their new platform. -
How Process Historians Turn Data Into Actionable Information
Process historians were once simply software packages that stored and presented real-time process data, but today historians are being used for much more. -
Alarm Management and DCS Versus PLC/SCADA Systems
There are very few if any chemical or refinery units that would not benefit from state-based alarming. -
Book Excerpt + Q&A: Situation Management for Process Control
Situation management is the competency, ability, and willingness of the human operator to properly and successfully manage the enterprise or activity under his or her charge.
