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South Africa Instrumentation & Control, March 2012
By Peter G. Martin, Invensys
The safe operations of industrial plants are now understood to be a direct factor in the profitability of those plants.

Flow Control, February 2012
By Tom Halaczkiewicz and Patrick Klima
This article outlines how to cut through the confusion and read a specification sheet to determine the real-world accuracy of a pressure measurement device.

South Africa Instrumentation & Control, March 2012
UK Coal’s Daw Mill installed intrinsically safe PLCs and intrinsically safe Ethernet systems on all underground production and conveying.

Automation.com, March 2012
By Staffan Dahlström, HMS Industrial Networks
Despite a turbulent market, we saw a growing interest in industrial communication solutions in 2011. Trends include the growth of networks (70 at last count), the need to save energy, integrated safety networks and remote access.

Automation.com, January 2012
By Advantech
This paper compares, contrasts and explains IEC and NEMA classification standards, and then explains how to protect automation system components using one of the three main methods of protection: Energy Limiting, Containment and Segregation.

Unnamed printer is housed in an in an Ex p pressurized enclosure which enables printing in hazardous areas.

VisuNet IND SlimLine Operator Workstations have received Zone 2 certification for use in hazardous environments.

Pope will address the ISA Safety and Security Division Symposium, held 25-27 April 2012, on the topic of “Is it a Bug or a Feature?”

The video shows how the STA can monitor potentially hazardous events as well as initiating emergency shutdown procedures or alerting personnel of unsafe process conditions.