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Market for industrial valves to reach $56bn in 2012
Over the next five years, demand for industrial valves in China will approach that of the US according to the McIlvaine Company
Surging demand for valves and actuators
Rising demand from diverse process industries supports steady growth in global valves and actuators market
Sensor market is forecast to grow
Frost & Sullivan predicts the market for sensors will grow, largely due to the development of sensors with greater functionality
Adopting a holistic approach to safety
Didier Turcinovic, founder and President of the Safety Users Group, explains the importance of a holistic approach to safety management
A lifecycle approach to security management
Karl Williams outlines how a novel lifecycle approach to security management is setting a new process industry standard
Wireless plant and the process environment
Hartmut Wallraf, Chief Technology Officer with Invensys Process Systems Europe, Middle East and Africa, outlines where the technology is now and what the future holds for it
Infrared temperature sensors suit predictive maintenance and safety-critical tasks

However, key electrical switchgear has traditionally proved very difficult to monitor, being inaccessible within metal enclosures.
Exertherm is a novel system from QHi-Systems that is based on patented small, low-cost, plastic-bodied, non-contact, infrared sensors, which require no external power source – so allowing the sensor to be placed inside the enclosure to continuously monitor any component, irrespective of its location.
Though originally designed to monitor electrical switchgear, virtually all key plant (anything which increases or decreases in heat as a symptom of fault or malfunction), can also be continually monitored.

For more information, visit www.qhigroup.com