Articles and News

A new release of GAGEpack EZ, with enhanced email capabilities and a visual catalogue system for gages, offers improved capabilities for meeting customers’ measurement systems requirements and conforming to standards. The program can be downloaded for a 30-day free trial from PQ Systems’ web site.

In addition to the higher output voltage, the IEEE802.3at committee agreed on a motion to increase the number of classification levels for the PD to up to 10 classes for 2-pair systems, including existing IEEE802.3af classes.

To qualify for critical nuclear valve applications, the Fisher FIELDVUE valve controllers achieved commercially-dedicated status through a testing and dedication process, conducted in accordance with the industry-sponsored Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) guidelines. This process validates the use of commercial grade digital equipment for safety-related applications. The EPRI digital component evaluation process is defined in the publication, "Guideline on Evaluation and Acceptance of Commercial Grade Digital Equipment for Nuclear Safety Applications, TR-106439."

The Foxboro unit of Invensys Process Systems has announced that a control center at the Potomac River Generating Station, in Alexandria, Virginia, won a control room “makeover,” valued up to $350,000, following a nationwide campaign. The 482-megawatt, five-unit facility is owned by Mirant and serves customers in Washington, D.C.

The development partnership will involve the integration of Pertinence's Rules Maker and Operations Advisor business intelligence products into Apriso's FlexNet® operations execution platform. The combined solution will provide customers with a new tool for capturing data and learning best practices from product and process history. Empowered with that on-line information, operators will be better able to reduce scrap and improve quality.