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The OS32C Safety Laser Scanner is now available with selectable 30, 40, 50 and 70 mm resolutions to cover a wider array of area and machine safety applications.

Driver allows Red Lion's G3 Series HMIs, Data Station Plus and Modular Controller Series to monitor and control one or more Omron STI G9SPs.

The 12,000 sq ft manufacturing plant will build temperature sensors, thermowells, transmitters, recorders, flow computers, safety barriers, displays and other instrumentation.

8F-DI Ex Namur, 4F-DO Ex 40mA/17.4V and 4F-AI Ex HART meet the safety requirements of standards such as IEC 61508 to SIL 3, ISO 13849-1 to PLe.

Type-950XP Explosion-proof I/P Transducer achieved compliance to Single Seal ANSI/ISA 12.27.01-2003 for use with natural gas.

Control, June 2011
By Ian Verhappen
Intrinsic Safety (IS) makes it possible to perform live maintenance at any point in the control loop because, by its nature, it always keeps the amount of available energy on the wire pair below the ignition point for the gases/environment in which it's installed. So why don’t we use it?

Control, June 2011
By Robert M. Lee
A brief history of the Stuxnet worm including its targets, the initial findings, possible creators of the worm and its effects.

Control Engineering Asia, May 2011
By Hector Perez
How paying attention to alarm management and HMI design can yield higher plant safety, productivity and profitability. Registration required to read article.

Control Engineering Asia, May 2011
By Peter Clarke
How process plants can benefit through proper and careful adoption of the IEC 61511 safety standard. Registration required to read article.

Control Design, June 2011
By Aaron Hand
RFID technology makes users more accountable with their own access keys or tags, significantly reducing the likelihood that machine access control will be passed around.