Plant safety and security
Wireless conductivity transmitters help prevent chemical discharge (16/11/2011)
Korsnäs Gävle is using Emerson Process Management’s Smart Wireless conductivity and temperature transmitters to collect critical leak-detection monitoring data at its board and paper production unit at Gävlebukten, Sweden, enabling it to verify its compliance with environmental monitoring legislation.
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Strategies for reliability in oil and gas (14/11/2011)
A plant breakdown or accident in the oil and gas sector can have huge financial implications, which puts a strong emphasis on maximising safety, reliability and performance in every aspect of operation. These three crucial factors are not independent of each other – it is impossible to maximise plant safety and performance without addressing reliability.
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Integrated safety, control and hazardous area capability (08/11/2011)
Addressing functional safety and regulatory control in a single system has been a challenge for many years – even more so when systems are destined for use in a hazardous area.
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Industrial video solution helps users meet safety and security regulations 08/11/2011
Honeywell has introduced the latest addition to its industrial wireless portfolio. The new OneWireless Video Solution, which allows for the enhancement of perimeter security by deploying industrial video cameras over the OneWireless network.
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Upgraded emergency shutdown systems at Lucite’s Cassel Works 04/10/2011
Hima-Sella, has started work on the upgrade of Emergency Shutdown (ESD) systems for Lucite International at its Cassel Works site in Teesside. The upgrade applies to MM7 - one of the site’s two methacrylate-based monomer plastics processing plants - and will see the gradual replacement of around 24 legacy ESD systems with a solution implemented using eight HIMA HIQuad H51q programmable electronic systems.
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Safe shutdown of motors up to SIL 3/PL e 12/07/2011
Two new fail-safe digital modules from Siemens Industry Automation & Drive Technologies (IA&DT) have been implemented with the motor management system, Simocode Pro for safe shutdown of motors in process automation.
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Safety is good business 05/07/2011
Stringent regulatory norms in Europe are supporting the strong growth of the machine safety market in the region. Enhanced productivity and profitability of processes and plants due to safer working environments provided by machine safety systems are set to boost market prospects.
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Machinery safety for packaging machines 14/03/2011
Following renewed risk assessments that led to an updated machine safety design concept for a servo-driven film wrapping machine, BVM Brunner now has the flexibility to meet a variety of customer requirements while ensuring the safety of machine operators.
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Radiometric safety monitoring offers visible benefits 22/02/2011
In addition to their temperature measuring duties, thermal imaging cameras can also offer cost-efficient monitoring and control capabilities, and are being used increasingly in safety monitoring applications
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Adopt new Machine Safety standards…now 21/02/2011
Machine builders should be adopting the Machinery Directive EN 13949-1 standards sooner rather than later, says Kevin Ives, Machinery Safety Consultant at Pilz Automation Technology.
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A safety solution for hand-fed platen presses 30/11/2010
With the Health & Safety Executive in the UK about to commence on-site inspections of hand-fed platen presses, users of this high-risk machinery need to ensure that their presses meet the required safety standards. CEE finds out about a novel, high integrity safety solution for a hand-fed platen press, which uses light beam sensors and a modular safety control and monitoring system.
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Safety switches get SIL 3 certification 21/10/2010
Independent testing by SIRA has seen Honeywell’s Mirco Switch, safety switches receiving SIL 3. This makes them suitable for a wide range of safety applications worldwide, including assembly, material handling, packaging, machine tools, conveying, metalworking, and robotics.
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