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Control Engineering Europe, October 2011
By Steve Diggines, STICORP
With new FDA regulations, MES could play an important role in helping European food and beverage manufacturers that export to the US comply with FDA requirements.

This guide includes essential information and selection guidelines on the company’s family of machine and process safety solutions.

Exida will follow the new 2010 IEC 61508 safety standard, which includes cyber security threat analysis.

Exida will follow the new 2010 IEC 61508 safety standard, which includes cyber security threat analysis.

IMPO, October 2011
Latshaw Drilling modified the templates in Grainger’s Online SafetyManager software and fixed everything the OSHA inspector complained about in 90 days.

IEN, October 2011
FH Tank Storage AB is using Emerson’s wireless level and pressure transmitters to provide overspill protection at its Kalmar storage terminal on the east coast of Sweden. The company has installed a plant-wide Smart Wireless network, DeltaV digital automation system, and AMS Suite predictive maintenance software to automate tank storage level monitoring.

Plant Services, October 2011
An integrated system can change the way a company operates and make it more efficient. But with a shift toward dispersed operations with centralized control, the need has evolved for companies to more tightly intertwine control systems with safety, security, fire, manufacturing execution systems and more.

Power Engineering, October 2011
By Jerome Farquharson and Alexandra Wiesehan, Burns & McDonnell
When adding, modifying or upgrading a system, many critical infrastructures conduct a factory acceptance test (FAT). Because it is difficult to predict the correct operation of the safety instrumented system or consequences due to failures in some parts of it, a FAT provides a valuable check of these safety issues.

South Africa Instrumentation & Control, October 2011
By WIKA Instruments
SIL-classified temperature sensors do not exist. And a temperature transmitter without a sensor has no useful function. As a consequence, the evaluation of a temperature measuring point can only be made by a combination of sensor and transmitter.

Energy-Tech, October 2011
By Chris Griffin
Northern Indiana Public Service Company upgraded its conveyor feed systems, reducing fugitive material and the potential problems it can cause. By updating the facility’s longest conveyor, company officials have seen reductions in dust and spillage, contributing to greater plant safety, productivity and environmental responsibility.