Instrinsic Safety Obsolete Yet?
Like Most End Users, I Truly Value the Credibility and Security That Organizations Such as Factory Mutual, the Canadian Standards Association, CENELEC and Their Ilk Bring to the Devices We Use in Hazardous Environments. But Perhaps One Practice is Ready to Be Relegated to the ISA Museum of How We...

Just Because They Haven’t, Doesn’t Mean They Won’t
At the SANS Conference in January, CIA Representative Tom Donahue Revealed that the Agency Had Documentary Evidence of Attacks on Utilities Outside the U.S. Of Course, If Systems Can Be Hacked Outside the U.S., the Same Systems Are Vulnerable Inside. And the Systems Are the Same.

The Third Industrial Revolution
The Transition to a Solar/Hydrogen Economy Will Trigger an Economic Boom Unseen Since the Marshall Plan.

Fred Kindle Quits ABB
Surprise Resignation Hits Stock in Spite of Record Financial Performance.

New Things to Watch
Web Highlights. What’s New This Month on ControlGlobal.com

Lipták Takes Alternative Fuels Message to India
Control Columnist, Béla Lipták, Talks Alternative Energy Sources to Indian Engineers.

Endress+Hauser and CodeWrights Offer EDDL/FDT Integration
Instrumentation Vendor Endress+Hauser and Software Provider CodeWrights Have Commercialized an Integration Bridge Between the Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL) and Field Device Tool (FDT) Integration Technologies.

Siemens Gets Michigan Greenfield Contract
Siemens Energy & Automation Has Been Selected as the Main Automation Vendor (MAV) for the New BASF Joncryl Polymer Plant in Wyandotte, Mich.

Basic Training -- Cybersecurity Style
Cybersecurity Is a Must-Have Skill in Your Process Automation Toolbox.

A Measured Perspective
Measurement Can Be as Much a Challenge for Magazines as for the Process Industries.

A Willingness to Learn
You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks—and Old Editors and Engineers Too.

Integration
Read Dan Hebert's Article "Integration Operations to Enterprise" and other online resources on Software Management and Integration Systems

Pulling Together on Asset Management?
Users Are Implementing New Preventive Maintenance, Condition-Based and Optimization Tools in More Settings. Here’s How They Make Asset Management Pay Off—If They Can Get Their Staffs to Use It.

Integration Operations to Enterprise
Who’s the Best Choice to Help You Get the Job Done?

Leading the Way to Process Safety
The Basic Ingredient in Any Process Safety Program Is Strong Leadership.

More on Digital Valve Technology
Online Resources on Digital Valve Technology

A Dynamic Duo
Digital Valve Controllers Linked to Asset Management Systems Offer a Double-Barreled Approach to Valve Maintenance.

Six Sigma Alarm Management Part 2
Monsanto’s Soda Springs, Idaho, Phosphorus Plant Had Too Many Alarms, Until a Special Team Applied the Six Sigma DMAIC Tool to the Situation.

Process Safety

D/P Cell Installation, Elevation; Isolation Fuses in IS Circuits
Our readers ask Bela Liptak for advice regarding installing the new DP remote seal flanges in liquid level measurment applications. They are also looking for guidance as to reasons for not providing fuses at marshalling terminals for isolation and circuit protection purposes.

Contents Under–and About–Pressure
CONTROL’s Monthly Resource Guide

Two New MTL Isolators with “One Core”
The 4500 is a Direct Plug-In Replacement for Existing 4000 Series Isolators, and the 5500 Replaces the Existing 5000 Series Units.

Up From the Ashes
This Month’s Column Tells How One Intrepid Fellow Survived a hit From a Reorganization Meteorite and Went on to Find Happiness as Part of a Process Control Improvement Team.

Feedback March 2008
This Month, Our Readers Voice Their Opinions on Some of Our Videos and Previous Articles. Find Out What They Had to Say.

A Willingness to Learn
You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks—and Old Editors and Engineers Too

Field Calibration of Magnetic Flowmeters: Case Study
Is Not an Easy Task to Ensure That Flowmeters Function Accurately

Islands in the Stream
Unless You’re Talking Vacation Destinations, Islands Conjure Up Images of Isolation and Communication Difficulties

Training and Keeping Your Employees
How to Get and Keep the Best Techies

Control News from Europe March 2008
Read Andrew Bond’s Industrial Automation Insider, a monthly newsletter covering the important industrial automation news and issues as seen from the U.K.

Networking the Loop
Networked Ethernet, DeviceNet and Distributed Nodes Let Loop Controllers Speak