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International Chemical Engineer, November 2011
By Dr Andrew Fowler
Plant safety and company profitability are actually very closely linked. Major accidents in high hazard industries can be extremely costly, with forced downtime, compensation claims, fines, clean-up costs, rebuilding expenses, damage to reputation, and in the worst case scenarios, loss of human life.

KCD2 and KFD2 transmitter power supplies reduce costs by enabling users to construct an intrinsically safe signal circuit for SIL 3 with a single transmitter.

Hydrocarbon Processing, November 2011
By C. Lyons, KBR
Today, the most successful safety programs are those recognizing that safety cannot be viewed in a vertical order of importance. Rather, safety must be looked upon as a value which is inherent to every part of a company’s operation with an underlying commitment to creating an incident- and injury-free work environment for all employees.

Hydrocarbon Processing, November 2011
By A.G. Kern, Tesoro
2oo3 is traditionally considered the only choice when nuisance trip reduction is also a high priority, despite its higher cost, greater contribution to probability of failure on demand (PFD), and often, a sense of transmitter overkill. Registration required to read article.

Vision Systems Design, November 2011
By Andy Wilson
Previously 120,000 film badges were evaluated manually. To speed this inspection and increase reliability, the Helmholtz-Zentrum has developed a machine-vision system to automatically inspect these films.

The PSR-TRISAFE/M connects up to 10 safe digital I/O modules, making it easy to expand I/O in a safety circuit.

Automation.com, November 2011
By Mikko Ristolaine, ABB
Offerings from safe stopping to more elaborate monitoring functions are being introduced and are heralding new opportunities in machine safety.

This revised best-seller addresses the increased realization that today’s engineering systems - and the computers used to control them - are capable of large-scale destruction. This book is a practical how-to text on the analysis, design, application and installation of safety instrumented systems.

Embedded Computing Design, November 2011
By Benjamin M. Brosgol, AdaCore
A coupled target emulator and non-intrusive coverage analyzer tool enhances safety-critical structural coverage verification and simplifies certification.

Qatargas, the world’s largest LNG producer, will install PAS PlantState Suite alarm management software across all their units.