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This course on Safety Instrumented Systems is designed to make the learning experience comfortable and easy. Everything is explained in easy to understand terms, with plenty of graphics, interactive simulations and worked problems. Everything that you need to know about Safety Instrumented Systems, put together, in an easily digestible form, stripped of all the complexity, but still useful to impart skills to you that you can actually use in your work.

Istec International is now an authorized reseller of the Wilcoxon Research product line in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

The brochure notes that this oxygen analyzer fits harsh applications in such industries as hydrocarbon processing, power generation, and process industries.

The MES aims to improve optimization of production and reduce costs through better production processes management at Avtodizel (Yaroslavl Motor Works).

Mechanical CAD drawings, wiring diagrams, software and detailed assembly instructions for the robot can be downloaded free of charge from Roboteq’s web site.

Several WAGO Through-Panel and Chassis-Mount Terminal blocks and Interconnect devices have earned a 100 kA SCCR rating with appropriate fuses.

27 models within the EPSITRON line of Electronic Circuit Breaker, PRO-Power Supply, Uninterruptible Power Supply and Redundancy modules achieved UL and cUL Certification.

Both organizations adapted the PLCopen XML Specification to the 2.01 version and generated a part of the AutomationML data exchange format.

The protocol, which has been certified by German testing authorities TÜV Rheinland and TÜV Süd, allows for communication cycles at the microsecond level.

DD-IDE Version 4.0 supports the HART enhanced Device Description Language (DDL) Specification, HART 7 and the development of Device Descriptions (DDs) for WirelessHART devices.

Handbook provides engineers with valuable “how to” information for integrating ultrasonic gas leak detectors into new oil and gas installations or when retrofitting existing facilities.

With successful completion of the tests, HIMax can be used worldwide in the oil company's future projects, without additional evaluations.

For the 2011 season, which marks the 20th anniversary of the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), igus has signed on as a diamond supplier for the event.

For the third consecutive season, igus is a sponsor for Botball, an educational robotics program funded by the KISS Institute for Practical Robotics.

CNL Software will use the OPC Servers in its IPSecurityCenter – a software-based integration and management platform.

SlotServer products provide in-rack connectivity between Rockwell Automation ControlLogix control platform and Building Automation Systems and Fire Alarm Control Panel protocols.

An IP66 rating means the enclosure provides effective protection from dust penetration and leakage from high pressure water jets or heavy seas.

Federal legislation will provide training for federal building personnel in the areas of building operations and maintenance, energy management, safety and design functions.

Products with the approval include the T-BOX WM Wireless Monitor and T-BOX LP RTU.

Shielded and UTP Z-MAX 6A connecting hardware and cable achieve component and full channel compliance with amendment 2 of ISO/IEC 11801 and both IEC 60603-7-51 and IEC 61156-5 for category 6A.

ABB will provide power supply infrastructure and equipment for several floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels.

The Class 100 cleanroom will serve primarily as the production area for Brooks’ GF Series ultra high-purity mass flow controllers for the high tech and electronics industry.

Advanced process control (APC) project helped save energy, reduce emissions, and double the ramp up rate for electric power plant units #1 and #2 in Baotou, Inner Mongolia.

Invensys expects the number of engineers operating from the Cairo Centre to increase to 500 within two years.

The MT5000 Series guided wave radar transmitter is certified to the IEC 61508 safety standard for SIL2/3.

The 754-page catalog highlights pushbutton, tactile, detect, toggle, rocker, DIP, slide, snap, rotary, switchlock and thumbwheel switches.

Markets in Western Europe and North America will continue expanding over the next few years due to the increasing demand to modernise power and water and wastewater infrastructure.

Alarm Management: A Comprehensive Guide, Second Edition, by Bill Hollifield and Eddie Habibi contains examples of good practices and poor practices.

NVision’s laser scanning provided highly accurate measurements, reducing engineering time and eliminating the need for field machining of valves and other hardware.

Determining the appropriate equipment for an operation is much easier with ToolSpec because it applies basic information supplied by users to find a suitable match.

Emerson will supply critical Fisher control valves to be used in Westinghouse AP1000 pressurized water reactors at both the Sanmen 2 and Haiyang 2 nuclear power plants in China.

In addition to providing user support HMS plans to specialize in helping device manufacturers add PROFINET to their products.

SAFCO's Jubail Saudi Arabia Urea plant, the largest in the world, has been running the MAX APC controller since April 2010.

Senior management at U.S. manufacturing companies is once again optimistic, according to a Grant Thornton November survey.

With a year-to-date total of $2,477.06 million, 2010 is up 83.2% compared with 2009.

The office in Munich is the first subsidiary of ASCON company in Europe.

By Ethernet Direct How to choose the right Industrial rated IP-67 switch? The need for Industrial switches is mostly defined by the environment they will be subjected to.

FANUC sold its 100,000th robot in North and South America to Schneider Packaging.

Specifications update EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, CompoNet and ControlNet, and the CIP Safety extension to the EtherNet/IP and DeviceNet networks.

ABB will supply complete electrical systems for the drill ships, used for oil and gas exploration drilling.

Professionals accustomed to measuring the performance of a digital video recorder (DVR) by way of frames-per-second at a certain resolution may be challenged to find a similar snapshot comparison for network video recorder (NVR) performance.

Located just three miles from the Memphis International Airport, the distribution center is expected to create approximately 200 jobs.

A package to develop new Safety over EtherCAT solutions is now available for automation system vendors.

ABB will supply a System 800xA integrated with drives, motors, and other electrical equipment to maximize productivity and equipment reliability in the Rourkela Steel plant in India.

ProtoCessor gateways have been tested to be compliant with OPC Foundation Specifications for DA 2.05a.

GE and Ingersoll-Rand will develop an automation platform to meet the energy and operational efficiency needs of data centers.

ABB supplied a 13,050 kW (17,500 HP) gearless drive motor including pre-assembled containerized electrical house containing cycloconverter, exciter rectifier, and low voltage MCC.

The office, located in São Paulo, will provide customer demos, support and training.

The worldwide market for Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) is forecast to grow 65 percent over the next five years, representing a compound annual growth rate of 10.5 percent

The catalog covers analog digital I/O, counter timers, ICP/IEPE interfaces, ARINC-429 and MIL-1553 avionics, serial and CAN-bus ports, and others.