News

Rockwell's free Safety Return on Investment (ROI) Tool relies on a basic calculation: benefits divided by costs equals ROI.

Process and Control, December 2011
The fledgling biogas industry as frustrating as it is rewarding for pump and mixer manufacturers. When it comes to standards, pump and mixer manufacturers have expressed concerns over health and safety, which range from excellent to poor, to almost non-existent.

Mercury News, December 2011
By Steve Johnson
Regulators also questioned PG&E's plans to install automated gas-line shut-off valves, a key issue in the wake of the September 2010 San Bruno disaster, where it took an hour and a half to turn off the gas feeding the inferno.

Embedded Computing Design, December 2011
By Freescale Semiconductor
The focus on safety-critical applications in both the automotive and industrial markets is significantly growing, bringing new and added pressures to systems engineers as they work to solve safety challenges. Registration required to read paper.

When fitted with InertSyst, Intertec’s enclosures fully comply with the IEC EN 60079-2 standard for equipment protection provided by pressurized enclosures in explosive atmospheres.

The Intrinsic Safety feature is available on 1/4", 3/8", ½", 3/4", 1", 1 ½" and 2" CoolPoint meters.

The Handbook is a technical reference guide for the control systems professional, as well as a study aid for the Control Systems Engineering (CSE) Professional Engineer (PE) Exam.

HazardEx, December 2011
By Martin Sedgwick, Scottish Power
Energy company Scottish Power set out to learn from others about asset integrity, process safety management and key performance indicators, so it looked to the chemical and major hazard industries for good practice.

Control Engineering Europe, January 2012
Petroplus is replacing SIS equipment that protects the Naphtha Hydrotreating and Continuous Catalytic Reformer processing units. The SIS is to be implemented using two HIMA HiQuad H51q-HS Programmable Electronic Systems.

PD&D, January 2012
By Michael P. Collins
U.S. Intelligence agencies say that both Russia and China steal technology information over the internet as a matter of national policy. It is hard to say if China is still the red menace from the cold war, or if they have morphed into a new form of winner-take-all amoral version of capitalism.