Vehicles and roads are talking to enable safety improvements
08 November, 2012Some day, your car and the roadway could be in constant communication and able to suggest route changes to avoid accidents, construction and congestion; coordinate your vehicle with traffic lights, other vehicles and lane markers; and let you know where you can park. Right now, a fleet of instrumented vehicles is testing these systems on two instrumented test beds - one in Northern Virginia and one in Southwestern Virginia.
ABB dry-type transformer range
07 November, 2012ABB has released three dry-type transformers. The improved EcoDry low-loss transformer, TriDry triangular transformer and PoleDry transformers provide users improved efficiency, safety and eco-compatibility.
Nederman acquires US industrial air filtration group
16 October, 2012Nederman is strengthening its position in industrial air filtration by acquiring US group Environmental Filtration Technologies (EFT).
CAC Gas Chem-Master regulator/manifold range
04 October, 2012CAC Gas has introduced the Chem-Master regulator and manifold product range.
Acrodyne Acro-Torq Portable Actuator range
03 October, 2012Acrodyne has released the Acro-Torq Portable Actuator range.
Fluid Components FS10A analyser flow switch/monitor
02 October, 2012The FS10A analyser flow switch/monitor from Fluid Components International has received FM and FMc (Canadian) approvals.
Quik Lok safety coupler
29 August, 2012The Quik Lok safety coupler provides security and safety with an inline compressed air connection system. The valve, fitted to the operator’s end of a compressed air supply hose, eliminates the risk of injuries from hose whip, incorrect connections or inability to release trapped pressure, lack of safety clips and shortcuts to the correct operating procedures.
Silvent 920 air nozzles
29 August, 2012The Silvent 920 air nozzles claim to reduce noise levels by up to 77% and compressed air usage by up to 55%.
Euchner CES and CET series tamper-proof safety switches
02 August, 2012The safety switches from Euchner’s CES and CET series have been specifically designed for use on decentralised machine systems. The safety switches from both series are based on transponder technology to ensure high protection against tampering.
Euchner CET4 safety switch with AS-Interface
01 August, 2012Through the integrated AS-i connection, the CET4 AS can be operated directly on an AS-i bus and provides the control system for both the door position as well as the actual locking position.
Exair dual high-temperature cabinet cooler systems for large electrical enclosures
23 July, 2012Exair’s UL-listed and CE-compliant dual high-temperature cabinet cooler systems purge and cool overheated electrical control panels in harsh environments up to 93°C.
Fortress Interlocks amGard Pro safety gate switch interlocks
18 July, 2012Fortress Interlocks has developed its range of heavy-duty, safety gate switch interlocks to create amGard Pro.
Hydratight Joint Data Management System
20 April, 2012The Joint Data Management System (JDMS) from Hydratight is designed to aid planning, enhance safety, ensure joint integrity and assist in reducing construction and maintenance schedules and costs in oil and gas projects. It does this by storing the entire life cycle data relating to every critical bolted joint on an installation.
Pilz PNOZmulti Mini configurable safety relay systems
23 March, 2012Additional base units are now available for Pilz’s configurable safety relays PNOZmulti Mini. These enable quick, easy connection of communication and safe link modules, as well as contact expansion modules. As a result, interlinked and decentralised plants can now also be monitored safely using PNOZmulti Mini.
PAS inBound application to identify safe operating limits
13 March, 2012Safe operating limit information is typically maintained by various groups within a plant and is not readily available to operators. As such, operators are generally unaware of the design and safety limitations of the processes they operate. PAS has addressed this with the release of inBound, a layered application for the PlantState Suite alarm management software that makes plant operators continually aware of safe operating limits.