News

Energy-Tech, October 2011
By Chris Griffin
Northern Indiana Public Service Company upgraded its conveyor feed systems, reducing fugitive material and the potential problems it can cause. By updating the facility’s longest conveyor, company officials have seen reductions in dust and spillage, contributing to greater plant safety, productivity and environmental responsibility.

ABB will supply process automation systems, safety systems, project management, engineering, and operator and maintenance technician training to Sadara Chemical Company.

Valve World, October 2011
The BP Refinery in Rotterdam installed over 1,000 explosion-proof actuators, Here’s how the retrofit was accomplished.

South Africa Instrumentation & Control, October 2011
By Dave Woll, ARC Advisory Group
Accidents continue to occur in many manufacturing facilities, even those in which safety systems and other safety protections have been installed. To ensure safety, the standards specify safety lifecycle activities that need to be followed over the entire life of a production system.

Industrial Automation Asia, September 2011
By Mike Scott, AE Solutions
Most users have little concern about being able to select a proper sensor, transmitter or valve positioner but when it comes to choosing from the vast array of logic solvers, they often do not know how to make a proper decision.

Control, October 2011
By John Rezabek
What's the status of Foundation fieldbus specification for Safety Instrumented Functions (FF-SIF)? The status is: Good luck finding any product, either in reality or even on suppliers' "roadmaps."

aeShield is a comprehensive platform for executing a sustainable risk management program through the automation of the safety lifecycle process.

Manufacturers, machine builders, partners, industry analysts and media from around the world will meet Nov. 16-17 at McCormick Place in Chicago for the 20th anniversary of Automation Fair.

The DeltaV CHARM I/O Card (CIOC) supports both conventional and IS CHARMs, providing flexibility in control system I/O topology.

openSAFETY has been declared an official communication standard by the DDASCA Consortium (Dependable Distributed Architecture for Safety Critical Applications).