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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
Vacuum component market ‘healthy’
Market is worth US$4.2bn, almost half of which is in Asia, has grown by 8 per cent
Pneumatics: reviewing the past
Can we learn about the future by reviewing the past? Ray Barnes applies the theory to 10 year increments in the pneumatics industry
Process intensification
Andrzej Stankiewicz looks at developing sustainable technologies for non-sustainable mankind
 

Northern European countries looking for processes to treat water contaminated with toxins from blue-green algae will benefit from a new research grant awarded by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Sean Ottewell reports.

For successful tar processing, moisture content must be known. In the past this has posed a serious measurement challenge, but all that has changed with the launch of a new water in oil analyser. Sean Ottewell reports.

An enterprise asset management solution is helping a major cement manufacturer to improve process planning, scheduling and compliance. Andrew Martin reports.

 
 
Process Equipment Update
Dresser Roots EasyAir X2 is a compact, pre-assembled, skid-mounted blower unit with all piping, valves, and instrumentation in place
Rexroth's 32 series A10VSO variable axial piston hydraulic pumps for applications in harsh environments
ITC series of dry block calibrators are slim and rugged and is suited to critical process control application
 
Automation/Control
Gefran's new GF_VEDO 35 and 57 series machine controllers offer PLC and HMI functionality, as well as expansion and fieldbus options
New from Magnet Schultz is a digital linear transducer that achieves high resolution, good linearity and a long service life
New modules for safety and standard decentralised I/O system enable direct communications with Profinet and Profinet safe
 
 
Waste Water Management
IFM Electronic is adding more models to its range of inductive proximity switches for use in safety-related control systems
A new study predicts substantial growth in the market for wireless sensors and systems in the process manufacturing sector
Scon unmanaged industrial Ethernet switches offer simple way to create redundant ring or redundant parallel network configurations
 
Materials Handling
Ingersoll Rand hook suited for all repetitive tasks involving handling of loads of up to 230 kg in industrial environments
With long strokes and the ability to be fitted with fingers up to 900mm long, PFH units can handle the parts other grippers cannot reach
Carlo Gavazzi's compact RSHR-MIDI starters are claimed to offer more starts per hour, thanks largely to an integrated external heat sink