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Top 5 Automation & Control Trends to Watch in 2012

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Design News, January 2012
By Rob Spiegel
What we'll see through the deployment of new technology is higher productivity, greater throughput, and safer plants. These developments in technology are beginning to draw young engineers.

Simplifying Plant Safety Instrumentation

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Automation.com, December 2011
By United Electric Controls
For point safety applications, a properly designed and implemented digital switch with self-diagnostics can be an important part of the solution.

Improving Safety in Oil and Gas Production

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Automation.com, December 2011
By United Electric Controls
This white paper examines the changing oil and gas production safety environment, explores solutions, and outlines the advantagesthat can result.

Metso achieves ISO 15848-1 BH approval for Finetrol control valve

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The approval certificate covers the full 1” to 10” size range and ASME #150 and #300 pressure classes.

Advantech announces UNO-1100H Embedded Automation Computers

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UNO-1140FH, UNO-1150GH, UNO-1150GHE, and UNO-1172AH received Class I, Division 2 (Group A, B, C, D) certification expanding their uses to hazardous locations.

Level instrumentation works in Nuclear Decommissioning

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Vega level sensors are being used in the decommissioning of the Dounreay nuclear plant in north Scotland.

Siemens creates Smoke Detection Knowledge Center website

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The Smoke Detection Knowledge Center features a wealth of content regarding the value of smoke detection in commercial settings.

Magnetrol radar level sensor receives SIL 3 certification

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Exida certified the Eclipse Model 705 Guided Wave Radar Transmitter as Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 capable per IEC 61508.

Atlas Copco Rental provided 300 million m³ of "100% oil-free air" to Pearl GTL Project

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Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, Atlas Copco Services Middle East is unique in its rental equipment offering. Not only does the company run its own fleet of mainly oil-free air compressors and high pressure boosters, it also has access to the Atlas Copco Rental equipment worldwide. This ensures specialist equipment, purpose developed for applications within the oil and gas sector, is readily available throughout the Middle East.