Articles
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Several interesting new products got launched at ISA Expo. |
11/04/2008 |
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Plants are taking a broader view of the role of the technology |
11/01/2008 |
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Data Going Up, Data Going Down? Engineers and IT Shake Hands in the Middle as OPC Gives Way to XML, Web Services |
10/29/2008 |
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What We Think We Know About Upstream Straight Run |
10/29/2008 |
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Chemical Processing unveils its new look for new products through a resource center that covers hundreds of chemical industry must-haves. |
08/25/2008 |
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Polystyrene Plant Gains Extra Output and More Automation upgrade also extends asset life and boosts reliability |
07/14/2008 |
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Whats needed in process automation? A recent survey of end users provides an extensive wish list |
05/05/2008 |
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Rethink Batch-Manufacturing Alarm Systems You can avoid common failings and improve performance. |
02/13/2008 |
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Make the Most of Automation Upgrades Avoid common mistakes that undermine projects. |
01/23/2008 |
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Build reliability in during design Instrumentation that promises to improve reliability may not always be what they seem. You have to consider whether a site can properly maintain sophisticated instruments. |
12/19/2007 |
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EAM is different from industry to industry. Just what is enterprise asset management? |
12/19/2007 |
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Look into creating the perfect plant by integrating product and operational management into your environment. This provides the ability to respond faster and minimize impact to the business and bottom line, driving increased yields, asset utilization and order fulfillment. |
11/14/2007 |
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Automation, Operators and the bottom line Automation brings operator challenges as well as benefits. Addressing them means rethinking both control rooms and training. |
08/28/2007 |
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Good Control Room Alarm Management Still a Challenge Read about how process industries resolve the issue of operator overload, human error and organizational accidents. |
08/28/2007 |
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Paying attention to the following points can ease implementing and improving critical plant procedures: |
08/01/2007 |
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Automating procedures within control systems can serve to make your operators more effective and more consistent. With studies showing more than 40% of all plant incidents stemming from some form of human error, it makes sense to give automation a larger role in day-to-day operations. |
08/01/2007 |
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Politics, Appearances and Thinking Green The push to green energy is good for automation vendors everywhere, but U.S. government rhetoric may put companies on this side of the Atlantic at a competitive disadvantage. |
08/01/2007 |
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Users seeking appropriate process safety systems arent getting enough help from unspecific standards and ideal-world certifications. Heres how to gain useful safety capabilities in a buyer-beware world. |
06/01/2007 |
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The evolution of plant automation Understanding the purpose of control and safety systems helps users ensure each is appropriately optimized. The duties of the SIS are to protect the people, environment and assets against unsafe conditions. |
03/03/2007 |
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Plants get help in boosting reliability More and more companies are placing greater emphasis on maintenance and seeking help from vendors to boost the effectiveness of their efforts, as some recent major investment decisions demonstrate. Many automation companies now are benefiting by building up asset management services alongside process control capabilities. |
02/26/2007 |
