In 2009, the original version of ANSI/ISA-18.2, Management of Alarm Systems for the Process Industries, was published. It was further developed with ISA18 leadership into the IEC 62682:2014 ...

A war of words is raging in the process control industry over the “integration” of safety and control systems. It’s a debate that has been ongoing for years, but the recent introduction of new ...

Braskem—made the leading petrochemical company in the Americas and one of the largest in the world by the merger of six companies in 2002—has 40 industrial units around the world. Along the way, ...

PLC evaluation board applications for industrial process-controlsystems are diverse, ranging from simple traffic control to complexelectrical power grids, from environmental control systems ...

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Sartorius SPCfWin software provides for documentation of all quality parameters. The basic version of SPCfWin Xpress is now available for downloading. The ProControl for Windows (SPCfWin) quality ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Michael Boyle is an experienced ...