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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.

Process & Control Today, June 2011
Portable mercury monitors hired from instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology have enabled the rapid assessment of working conditions for safety specialists undertaking vital maintenance checks on oil rigs in the North Sea.

Process & Control Today, June 2011
A Process Hydrogen Analyser from Quantitech is performing critical safety analysis in the UK’s largest ever cross sector hydrogen vehicle refuelling trial.

Process & Control Today, June 2011
Hima-Sella completed delivery of safety solutions at all 20 valve stations along the length of SABIC UK Petrochemicals’ 250km Wilton-Grangemouth Ethylene Pipeline (WGEP); one of a number of pipelines used to link ethylene production plants in the UK.

CC-Link IE Field Network with integrated safety meets international safety standards for SIL3 compliance and follows IEC61784-3:2010 for functional safety fieldbuses.