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Metso is certifying valve products according to the latest widely accepted fire-safe standard - API 607 6th edition.

Exida will follow the new 2010 IEC 61508 safety standard, which includes cyber security threat analysis.

Honeywell will design and install Integrated Control and Safety Systems (ICSS) at both of RWE Dea’s new North Sea platforms, Clipper South and Breagh A.

This guide includes essential information and selection guidelines on the company’s family of machine and process safety solutions.

The Safety Automation Forum, Nov. 14 and 15 in Chicago, precedes Automation Fair, scheduled for Nov. 16 and 17.

Three Metso DNA automation systems and three safety systems will replace the existing systems in three of Porvoo refinery’s over forty process units.

The single acting, spring-return rack and pinion actuator will operate a 16 inch ANSI Class 900 ball valve installed on the eleven kilometre export pipeline from the Seth Platform.

Honeywell will deploy its Experion Process Knowledge System and Safety Manager emergency shutdown and boiler protection system at a Fortum waste-to-energy facility in Klaipeda, Lithuania.

In order to provide the safety function the system must continue to operate correctly under all foreseeable conditions. So how do we design a system to achieve this, and when we have done that, how do we show it?

Certification of the Mechatrolink field network for safety makes it possible for MMA members to build motion control and machine control systems for use in applications that comply with safety standards.

Safety Services Business Unit offers consulting assistance to assess risks and validate proposed solutions for industrial automation applications.

Sonoda will reside in Japan and provide training, functional safety management and other key services to Japanese manufacturers.

Study says 40% of managers, senior managers and engineers in the global oil & gas industry don’t know where to find safety information.

FH Tank Storage AB is using Emerson’s Rosemount wireless level and pressure transmitters to provide overspill protection at its Kalmar storage terminal on the east coast of Sweden.

The HIX HART signal isolator has received General Location and Class I, Division 2 (Non-Incendive) approvals from CSA International in the United States and Canada.

Founded in 1988 and employing a staff of fifty, Sonavation provides advanced non-destructive testing (NDT) services particularly for companies in the oil and gas industry.

Automation.com, August 2011 By Eric Byres This tale doesn’t have princes or frogs in it, but instead it deals with SCADA and industrial control system security. It is the myth of the "air gap" between control systems and the rest of the world. Believing in it leads to a false sense of complacency by both end users and vendors, making it a very dangerous fairy tale indeed.

exida has certified the 705-51A Eclipse Series Level Transmitter as Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 capable per IEC 61508.

exida certified the RTP 3000 control system meets the cyber-security requirements of the ISA Security Compliance Institutes’ (ISCI) ISASecure Level 2 and SIL 3 per IEC 61508.

This 700+ page guide includes nearly 100 pages dedicated to non-commercial and educational resource material, including content on intrinsic safety, surge protection, HART interfaces and signal conditioners.