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FISCO is Fortified Intrinsic Safety - Control Global
WEBJun 3, 2010 · The Fieldbus Intrinsically Safe Concept (FISCO) provides the live working benefits of Intrinsic Safety (IS) without many of the limitations associated with the intrinsic safety (IS) entity techniques. These burdens usually include extensive calculations and restrictive power limitations, which are two main reasons why FISCO often is selected ...
Honeywell buys Sparta Systems to expand life science, software ...
WEBJan 12, 2021 · Honeywell reported Dec. 22 that it's agreed to acquire privately held Sparta Systems for $1.3 billion in cash from New Mountain Capital. Sparta Systems provides enterprise quality management software (QMS), including an SaaS platform for the life sciences. It has approximately 250 employees worldwide and serves more than 400 customers, including 42 of the world's top 50 pharmaceutical firms ...
Good grounding practices - Part 1 | Control Global
WEBNov 13, 2018 · Standard manufacturer’s recommended grounding practices for handling digital equipment should be followed. It's also common practice for raised-floor installations to specify a resistivity for the floor tile or a resistance to ground. For example, IBM specifies no greater than 2 x 1010 ohms to the ground reference.
Dos and don'ts of control room design | Control Global
WEBApr 26, 2019 · A control room that has no room for future expansion of people or equipment. Control rooms with poor lighting, leading to employee complaints and higher rates of absenteeism. Noisy, congested control rooms with sub-optimal workflow adjacencies. Delays in design and construction schedules required to address changes.
Top 50 Automation Companies of 2021: Green Muscles In
WEBNov 8, 2022 · The automation marketplace proved its resilience again in 2021 and returned to pre-pandemic levels. Despite advances in project engineering that reduced cycle times, automation projects in general are still long-cycle projects, and the overall market for systems took longer to recover than some of the more product-oriented and discrete automation businesses.
Understanding switch configurations - Control Global
WEBNov 25, 2019 · A: NO and NC are the fundamental blocks of understanding any logic, be it soft or hardware. Normal condition is defined as energized condition and when plant/equipment/machine is running in normal condition, logic is true. NC means normally-closed contact. NO means normally-open contact.
How valve failure modes interact with controller actions and …
WEBDec 9, 2021 · Loop Control Distributed Control PLCs & PACs SCADA Multivariable Control Industrial Computers AI & ML. Manipulate. Motors Valves Actuators Drives. Visualize. HMI Operator Interface Alarm Management Recorders Data Acquisition Mobile Access. Network. Wireless Industrial Networks I/O Systems Power Supplies Remote Access. Manage.
WirelessHART vs. ISA100.11a -- What's the Difference?
WEBAug 6, 2012 · Whereas WirelessHART extends HART by introducing device types, ISA100.11a introduces the concept of roles and allows these roles to be applied in various combinations. ISA100.11a includes backbone routers for bridging subnets vs. WirelessHART which uses Access Points. Backbone routers limit the throughput into and out of a single subnet to the ...
Controllers: Direct vs. reverse-acting control - Control Global
WEBMar 14, 2014 · A: Direct action means that the controller output rises if the measurement increases. Indirect (reverse) action means that the controller output drops when the measurement rises. A: Not quite right. The control valve failure action (and sometimes the valve positioner action) is also relevant.
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