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  • Visual Workplace publishes guide to help companies assess their facility safety

    The guide touches on personal protective equipment (PPE), facility safety instructions and machine/equipment/process protocols, showing how visual information is critical to making safer decisions in any workplace.
    19 October, 2015 | 1 minute

  • Emerson to automate Sasol petrochemical plant

    Emerson will supply a DeltaV distributed control system, DeltaV SIS process safety system, and AMS Suite predictive maintenance software to automate the $8.9 billion complex in Lake Charles, La.
    By: Emerson
    13 October, 2015 | 1 minutes

  • System integration and functional safety: key issues impacting the actuation industry

    By Heike Schmeding, AUMA This article provides an update on two key issues currently impacting the actuation industry: host system integration and functional safety. It is a key requirement in any plant installation that the actuators used for opening or closing valves can be smoothly integrated with the plant’s automation system.
    05 October, 2015 | 6 minutes

  • Harting achieves UL 508 recognition for connectors

    More than two dozen HARTING connector configurations have passed rigorous safety testing by UL and been designated “UL-Recognized.”
    By: Harting Inc. Of North America, Harting Inc. Of North America
    29 September, 2015 | 1 minutes

  • Field Automation and Low Oil Prices

    By Daniel Atzori, PhD Implementing a cost-effective automation strategy is a top priority in the current oil price environment – and critical to eradicating production downtime.
    22 September, 2015 | 12 minutes

  • Westermo RedFox Ethernet switch certified for hazardous areas

    RedFox achieved ATEX/IECEx certification by BASEEFA enabling these Layer 3 switches to be installed in potentially explosive atmospheres.
    21 September, 2015 | 1 minutes

  • HIMA appoints Heinz Plaga head of IT

    For the past seven years he was Executive Director IT for Lufthansa AirPlus.
    By: HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH
    10 September, 2015 | 1 minutes

  • Axiomtek obtains ATEX approval for PC

    The rBOX510-6COM has obtained ATEX and C1D2 certifications for safe operation in hazardous environments.
    09 September, 2015 | 1 minutes

  • Emerson acquires Spectrex

    Spectrex is a manufacturer of flame and open path gas detectors.
    By: Emerson
    08 September, 2015 | 1 minutes

  • Honeywell to control Lundin Norway

    Honeywell’s Assurance 360 program will help Lundin achieve continual and optimal performance of its automation system at the Edvard Grieg field in the Utsira High area of the central North Sea.
    By: Honeywell Process Solutions
    08 September, 2015 | 2 minutes

  • ABB to upgrade control systems at Kårstø gas plant

    Once installed, the updated DCS will manage the processing plant’s production of 90 million cubic meters of rich gas a day. It also includes two test systems and three process simulators.
    By: ABB
    03 September, 2015 | 2 minutes

  • HSI Limit Switches Earn UL 1203 Certification

    Spot On switches are UL 1203 certified, which means they are explosion proof, dust ignition proof, and certified for all hazardous locations.
    26 August, 2015 | 1 minute

  • ISA Process Control & Safety Symposium

    The 2015 ISA Process Control & Safety Symposium will be held 9-12 November in Houston, Texas, USA.
    By: International Society of Automation (ISA)
    25 August, 2015 | 4 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)

  • ISA accepting applications for 2016 educational scholarships

    More than $65,000 in scholarships funds are expected to be distributed in 2016. Application deadline is 15 February 2016.
    20 August, 2015 | 2 minutes

  • Milwaukee Cylinder obtains SIL 3 Certification

    Exida certified the company’s H and MH series cylinder products for SIL 3.
    19 August, 2015 | 1 minutes

  • Pilz appoints Ashley Lawman UK Site Engineer

    Ashley’s main duties will be to assist in the quotation process for Pilz’s Engineering works and to oversee the implementation of site installations, ensuring Pilz high standards are maintained at all times.
    By: Pilz
    18 August, 2015 | 1 minute

  • ISA publishes book on Fire and Gas Systems

    The Performance-based Fire and Gas Systems Engineering Handbook is a guide to designing and implementing performance-based Fire and Gas Systems (FGS) for process industries.
    By: International Society of Automation (ISA)
    06 August, 2015 | 1 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)

  • Exida publishes Safety Equipment Reliablity Handbook - 4th Edition

    The SERH database provides a collection of failure rate data that is applicable for use in Safety Instrumented System (SIS) conceptual design verification in the process industry.
    By: exida
    29 July, 2015 | 1 minute

  • Exida opens office in Middle East

    Exida established an office in Abu Dhabi, UAE
    By: exida
    24 July, 2015 | 1 minute

  • Rotork Electro-hydraulic actuators provide safety at India’s tank farms

    More than 1600 Skilmatic actuators have been supplied through Indian valvemakers to the three main oil companies in India.
    By: Rotork PLC
    16 July, 2015 | 1 minutes
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