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HIMA Americas To Provide Safety Instrument Systems to BP
HIMA will supply its TÜV-certified HIMax safety platform, SILworX configuration, programming and diagnostic software suite, and Safety and Engineering services to five BP refineries. -
Acromag Industrial PC Receives UL Approval for Hazardous Locations
Acromag’s I/O Server Industrial PC is now UL/cUL listed with approval for use in Class I Division 2 Groups A, B, C, D hazardous environments containing volatile substances. -
Multivendor Ethernet Safety Protocol - Noble Goal
Automation.com, April 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor The openSAFETY standard supporters are posing an interesting idea to the industry - use a single Ethernet-based safety protocol, openSAFETY, on all automation applications regardless of industrial Ethernet protocol used for controls. -
exida certifies Bifold booster valves per IEC 61508
exida certified the design and engineering processes for the Bifold Fluidpower VBP, PPV, and HIPEX Booster Valves per IEC 61508. -
exida releases PHAXprocess hazard analysis software
The module helps identify and document hazards, hazardous events and associated sequence of events. -
Hannover Messe 2011 – More than 230,000 Visitors
Automation.com, April 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor Hannover Messe 2011 was larger than any other in the last 10 years, with more than 230,000 visitors. More than 6,500 businesses from 65 countries came to Hannover to display their solutions. The attendance numbers represent a growth of 10 to 15 percent over the comparable 2009 event. -
Honeywell to control Abu Dhabi fertilizer plant
Honeywell’s Experion PKS and Safety Manager will be used to fully automate a new fertilizer plant being built near Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. -
PAS to supply alarm software to Southeast region power utility
Integrity and PlantState Suite software will manage process alarms and automation configurations at fifteen sites for Southeast region power utility. -
ABB to control coal gas seam project in Australia
ABB will supply a System 800xA control system as well as integrated safety, compressor protection, emergency shutdown, and telecommunication systems. -
Invensys to re-sell Machu Picchu safety software
Invensys will sell ACM Facility Safety’s process safety decision-support software, Machu Picchu. -
Helicopter sensor flies into theatre role
Sensor Technology in the UK is developing technology to ensure safety when excited performers and heavy machinery share the same stage. -
Yokogawa Appoints Chester Mroz Head of North American Business
Mroz was the President of ABB’s petroleum, chemical and consumer industries business area based in Zurich, Switzerland. -
Siemens launches Plantville interactive game
Online game simulates a Plant Manager’s experience and challenges players to increase productivity, sustainability and the overall health of an industrial plant. -
Honeywell to control major pulp facility in China
Honeywell will provide its Safety Manager, Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS), Da Vinci Quality Control System (QCS) and OptiVISION manufacturing execution system (MES). -
Banner Engineering publishes 2011 Product Catalog
The 2011 catalog wraps Banner's sensor products together with lighting and indicators, machine vision, wireless and machine safety products. -
IEC publishes booklet for regulating hazardous areas
The booklet, "A Common Regulatory Framework for Equipment Used in Environments with an Explosive Atmosphere," can be used by countries that lack regulation in this sector as a blueprint for their legislation. -
Fieldbus Foundation appoints Larry O’Brien Global Marketing Manager
O’Brien has 18 years of experience in the process automation business as a research director and analyst at ARC, and has been closely tracking and reporting on developments surrounding FOUNDATION fieldbus for much of his career. -
Counterfeit exida safety certifications discovered
Counterfeit certificates claim exida certification to Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 capability of IEC 61508. Safety practitioners are advised to consult the Safety Automation Equipment List to verify certifications. -
Security Incidents Organization publishes report on Control System Malware Incidents
The report documents 60 incidents that have taken place between 1999 and 2010 that involved lost time, destruction of property and even fatalities. -
Invensys to supply DCS to China Nuclear Power
Invensys will to provide safety systems, HMIs and DCSes for Fujian Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant, units 3 and 4, two 1,000MW nuclear power units under construction in Fujian province in southeast China.