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Articles & News on Process Safety

Specifying Fire and Gas Detection Systems to Improve Operations

  • August 1, 2019
  • Feature

By Edward Naranjo, Emerson Accuracy, response speed and measurement range must be understood when designing, installing and maintaining fire and gas detection systems.

Automating a Workforce with Augmented Reality

  • July 26, 2019
  • Feature

By Seth Patin, Founder and CEO, LogistiVIEW AR technology ensures consistency, so an unskilled workforce can think and behave in the same way as those workers with years of experience. Workforce technology is all about efficiency, consistency, repeatability, and safety, regardless of the person performing the task.

AutomationDirect releases “Safety Components on Guard” white paper

  • July 26, 2019
  • News

This white paper offers an introduction to safety standards for guarding and protecting personnel; understanding safety fundamentals is critical to applying safety components properly.

EtherCAT Technology Group holds first Safety over EtherCAT Plug Fest

  • July 23, 2019
  • News

A total of 36 participants from 18 different companies came to Verl, Germany to test their FSoE devices for interoperability, and in total they brought nine masters, 15 slaves as well as one stack and one tool

Human Error: How Automation Can Mitigate Operational Risk

  • July 11, 2019
  • Feature

By Neil Ferguson, Opsview Automation can effectively monitor operations to reduce risk and flag issues caused not only by software bugs, attacks or unauthorized applications but by human error.

Quantum Water Services announces start of operations focusing on wastewater in oil & gas industry

  • July 2, 2019
  • News

The company looks to capitalize on this large and growing market focusing on comprehensive wastewater treatment generated during the on-shore production of oil and gas from either conventional or frac-drilled wells.

Cooling Tower Optimization

  • June 27, 2019
  • Feature

By Darcy Simonis, ABB Food and beverage production requires a large range of temperatures. This means that plants must have effective cooling systems to deal with the excess heat. Removing the excess heat from the system requires a cooling tower, however, traditional designs require frequent maintenance

IFR Report: UVD Robot by Blue Ocean Robotics earns IERA Award 2019

  • June 18, 2019
  • News

The collaborative robot autonomously drives around hospitals while emitting concentrated UV-C light to eliminate bacteria and other harmful microorganisms. As a result, hospitals can guarantee a 99.99% disinfection rate.

NEMA publishes NEMA SPD 1.1-2019 Part 1—Surge Protective Device Specification Guide for Low-Voltag

  • June 10, 2019
  • News

This guide is the first in a series intended to provide guidance on the evaluation, specification, and use of surge protective devices (SPD) deployed in low-voltage power distribution system applications.

NEMA publishes NEMA SPD 1.1-2019 Part 1—Surge Protective Device Specification Guide for Low-Voltag

  • June 10, 2019
  • News

This guide is the first in a series intended to provide guidance on the evaluation, specification, and use of surge protective devices (SPD) deployed in low-voltage power distribution system applications.