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Safety Shutdown: How to Avoid the Cost of Separate Valves

Is It Allowable to Use the Control Valve as a Safety Shutdown System?
Post Date: 02/26/2013
Author: Katherine Bonfante

ISA100 Gives Up on Convergence

No Deal Between ISA 100 and Wireless HART Standards. Back to the Drawing Board
Post Date: 02/04/2013
Author: Dick Caro

Set New Standards in Productivity and Efficiency

The Right Instrumentation Can Help Both Processes and People Realize Their Full Potential
Post Date: 01/04/2013
Author: Control Global Staff

Risk Assessment Skills Needed for SIS Success

Instrument Engineers Must Lead the Way in Safety System Best Practices
Post Date: 10/30/2012
Author: Jim Montague

Invensys Driving Refinery Performance and Profits

Software Solutions Help Refiners Deal with Issues from Heavy Oils to Aging Operators
Post Date: 10/21/2012
Author: Keith Larson

WirelessHART Takes Off

Interoperable, Backward-Compatible, Future-Proofed, WirelessHART Is a Powerful and Flexible Industrial Wireless Standard
Post Date: 09/12/2012
Author: Control Global Staff

Using a DTM to Simplify Joining a BULLET WirelessHART Adapter to a Wireless Network

This Article Outlines the Steps Required to Add an Adapter and to Configure It to Join the Wireless Networking Using a Device Type Manager (DTM)
Post Date: 08/23/2012
Author: Garry Cusick

Airbags for Intrinsic Safety

It Is Crucial to Learn About IS, It Is Also Vital to Learn How It Can Be Aided by HPT, DART and Other Coming Tools
Post Date: 06/01/2012
Author: Jim Montague

Intrinsic Safety Innovations

Executive Editor Jim Montague Takes a Look at White Papers from Moore Industries International and Pepperl+Fuchs on Recent Innovations in Intrinsic Safety
Post Date: 05/12/2012
Author: Jim Montague

Cybersecurity in Your Safety DNA

If Your Functional Safety and Cybersecurity Programs Aren't Intertwined, You May Not Be as Safe as You Think
Post Date: 05/07/2012
Author: Walt Boyes

People Issues, Policy Uncertainties Headline Power Industry Concerns

Panelists Agree: Whatever Keeps You Up at Night, What Really Matters Is What You Do About It
Post Date: 04/24/2012
Author: Walt Boyes

Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire?

Our Very Own Ask the Experts Moderator Bela Liptak Learns a Lesson From One of Our Readers. Liptak Admits That Even Knowledgable People Can Be Wrong
Post Date: 02/06/2012
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Safety First?

The Wind Power Industry Is Experiencing a Learning Curve in Safety and Accident Prevention
Post Date: 01/05/2012
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Cybersecurity: Your Government Is Here to Help

From Training to Emergency Response, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Stands at the Ready
Post Date: 11/15/2011
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Safety Has Different Tactics, But Identical Goals

Leaders from L'Oreal, PepsiCo and General Motors Share Safety Best Practices
Post Date: 11/15/2011
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Less Bang for the Buck

Intrinsic Safety Makes Protecting Field Devices Easier and Cheaper
Post Date: 11/09/2011
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First Aid for Process Security

Viruses and Cyber Attacks ARE Looming. Help From Governments and Standards Is Lacking. Some Engineers and Managers Are Fighting Back to Protect Their Applications and Companies. Here's How They Do It
Post Date: 10/07/2011
Author: Jim Montague

Intrinsic Safety Often the Best Option

The Use of Intrinsic Safety Provides the Best Mix of an Affordable System and Safety Requirements
Post Date: 10/05/2011
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Are Users Happy with ESD Solutions?

Seems to Be That Users Are Quite Happy With Separate Emergency Shutdown (ESD) Packages
Post Date: 10/03/2011
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Protecting ICSs from Electronic Threats, Part 3

IT Security Certification Exams Don't Address ICS Issues, and Professional Engineering Exams Don't Address Cybersecurity
Post Date: 09/30/2011
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