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  • Leine & Linde provide safety data for Machinery Directive

    Leine & Linde provide reliability data for their 500 and 800 series encoders in support of Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.
    By: Heidenhain Corp.
    21 January, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • ACM Facility Safety Offers Free SIL Safety Training

    Topics covered include importing Process Hazards Analysis data, performing SIL Determination studies using Risk Graph and Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA), Safety Instrumented Function (SIF) Loop Verification/Validation, Safety Requirements Specifications, and Reporting.
    14 January, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • Thorsten Arnhold of R. Stahl appointed IECEx chairman

    On January 1, 2014, Prof. Dr. Thorsten Arnhold, Vice President Technology at R. Stahl, will take over the honorary position of IECEx system chairman for a period of three years.
    By: R.STAHL Inc.
    03 December, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • CIP Safety Expands to Include Safe Motion

    With CIP Safety, users will be able to deploy networked motion control systems using EtherNet/IP and Sercos III in applications requiring safe motion functions.
    26 November, 2013 | 3 minutes
  • Rockwell presents Manufacturing Safety awards

    Rockwell Automation presented Manufacturing Safety Excellence awards to General Motors, PepsiCo and Procter & Gamble.
    By: Rockwell Automation
    31 October, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Rockwell Automation Introduces Safety Maturity Index Tool

    The SMI tool helps manufacturers see where they measure in safety culture, compliance and capital.
    By: Rockwell Automation
    29 October, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • connectBlue Ethernet Port Adapters UL/cUL Listed

    Bluetooth Access Point and Bluetooth / Wireless LAN Ethernet Port Adapters can now be used in applications in hazardous environments such as in the oil & gas and chemical industries.
    17 September, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Six BEI Encoders meet CENELEC/ATEX and IECEx specs

    BEI Sensors’ UL-certified nonincendive Division 2 encoders are now compliant to CENELEC/ATEX and IECEx non-sparking Zone 2 hazardous area standards.
    By: BEI Industrial Encoders
    12 September, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • Pfannenberg signs Solutions Direct as distributor

    Solutions Direct will distribute Pfannenberg’s line of audible signaling devices include sounders, horns, sirens, buzzers, and bells.
    By: Pfannenberg Inc.
    11 September, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Measurement Technology NW obtains UL approval for PLC

    LCI-90i-IS Rugged Programmable Controller (RPC) has been awarded Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certification for Class I, Division 2, T5, Group A, B, C, and D locations.
    05 September, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • ITT announces exida approval

    Neo-Dyn brand of pressure and temperature switches has been third-party certified to the functional safety and security standards required by IEC 61508.
    By: ITT Neo-Dyn
    03 September, 2013 | 1 minute
  • Moxa Camera Receives UL Certification for Hazardous Locations

    Moxa received Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certification of its VPort 36-1MP-IVA-T surveillance camera for Class 1, Div. 2 hazardous locations.
    By: Moxa Technologies Inc
    29 August, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • B&R safety products satisfy EN 50156 requirements

    TÜV Süd confirmed that the B&R X20 safety I/O modules and controllers satisfies all of the requirements of EN 50156 "Electrical equipment for furnaces and ancillary equipment."
    By: B&R Industrial Automation Corp.
    26 August, 2013 | 1 minute
  • exida certifies ITT- Neo-Dyn switches for SIL3

    exida issued a functional safety certification per IEC 61508 for the Neo-Dyn Pressure Switch Series, Temperature Switches Series, Differential Pressure Switches Series, and Low Pressure / Vacuum Switches Series.
    By: exida
    21 August, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • Manufacturing technology orders down in June

    June U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $426.83 million, down 5.8% from May. With a year-to-date total of $2,538.55 million, 2013 is down 5.7% compared with 2012.
    12 August, 2013 | 3 minutes
  • Asia-Pacific spends the most on Automation

    The Asia-Pacific region accounts for more capital expenditures on industrial automation products than anywhere else in the world, with 46 percent of global investments in 2012.
    07 August, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Methods of Protection in Hazardous Locations: Containment, Segregation and Prevention

    Methods of Protection in Hazardous Locations: Containment, Segregation and Prevention

    In order to reduce the risk of explosion, elimination of one or more of the components of the ignition triangle is necessary. There are three basic methods of protection—explosion containment, segregation and prevention.
    By: Pepperl + Fuchs GmbH, Pepperl + Fuchs
    29 July, 2013 | 17 minutes
  • Baumer encoder compliant to IECEx standard

    EEx HOG 161 incremental encoder meets IECEx certifcation in device category 2 G.
    By: Baumer Ltd.
    18 July, 2013 | 1 minute
  • Rockwell Automation wants Nominations for Safety Excellence Award

    Entrants can range from end-user manufacturers to machine and equipment builders and system integrators, as long as they demonstrate a true commitment to safety.
    By: Rockwell Automation
    15 July, 2013 | 1 minute
  • Invensys Celebrates Triconex 30th Anniversary

    The Triconex brand was born in 1983 when Jon Wimer gathered a team of talented engineers, developers and professionals to build the world’s premier industrial safety system.
    By: Schneider Electric
    11 July, 2013 | 3 minutes
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