Plant Safety and Security
Arc-resistant medium voltage motor control center
GE Limitamp AR Arc Resistant Medium Voltage Motor Control delivers increased safety, reliability and ease of maintenance for operations and maintenance managers, as well as contractors and specifiers... » more
Safety relays for machine safety applications
Idec HR1S safety relays are designed for machine safety applications and have instantaneous and time delay safety outputs, company said. » more
Redesigned motor control centers includes first arc flash resistant design
Siemens re-engineered tiastar motor control centers include its first arc resistant MCCs compliant with ANSI/IEEE C37.20.7 standards, which can be applied to multiple designs. A base model can ship... » more
When should you bypass your safety system?
How can it be considered "good engineering practice" to bypass your SIS during critical times with your process? See diagrams. » more
Manufacturing plant sets record with 2.5 million hours worked without lost-time incident
ABB's New Berlin campus and Fort Smith Drives Center are central to the company's focus on promoting safety, ABB said. » more
Enclosures for automation, robotics
Hemco's new enclosures have a flexible, modular design with available accessories useful for automation and robotics. » more
Check that thumb drive at the door? Seriously?
Where is the line between security efforts that are symbolic, and those that have a real purpose? » more
Developing People: Making operators more effective
Tools and methods for creating an industrial operator workplace ready for the needs of today and tomorrow. Improved situational awareness and better handling of abnormal conditions helps operators... » more
Cover story: Giving your plant a cyber health checkup
Creating a strong cyber security health regimen so you can defend against threats, external and internal. » more
Product Exclusive: Faster, more accurate pressure transmitter
Siemens expands pressure transmitter portfolio with Sitrans p500 with response time of 88 ms and reference accuracy of 0.03% for quick, accurate responses to process changes. » more
Jump-starting human reliability
Eddie Habibi, founder and chief executive at PAS, sat down and talked with ISSSource Editor and Founder Gregory Hale just before the release of PAS’ Integrity iMOC, electronic Management of Change... » more
After iPad plant blast China urges safety
Chinese officials urge companies to reevaluate safety measures in plants across country » more
For end users: Security 101
If end users were not frightened before the Siemens 2011 Automation Summit, they are now as cyber security took center stage. » more
Grid security exercise from NERC
The grid security exercise will test NERC and the electricity industry’s crisis response plans and validate current readiness in response to a cyber incident. » more
Preparing for all types of attacks
There are intended and unintended hits, or attacks, on control systems and if you believe what one study says, 20% are intentional and 80% unintentional. » more
Get grounded; No hysteria
Instead of getting caught up in the hysteria of vulnerability or an attack, manufacturers have to understand their core technologies and make sure they protect them. » more
Plants safe, but need work
The NRC’s resident inspectors were sent to every U.S. nuclear power plant to examine the plants’ Severe Accident Management Guideline, which should contain or reduce the impact of accidents that... » more
Analyzing Stuxnet with Siemens
Two security experts at the 2011 Siemens Automation Summit talked about lessons learned during the Stuxnet affair. » more
Stuxnet: A turning point
This is an explosive new age of industrial productivity and with that brings a bigger risk for cyber attackers to hit manufacturers. » more
Arc-resistant medium voltage motor control centerGE Limitamp AR Arc Resistant Medium Voltage Motor Control delivers increased safety, reliability and ease of maintenance for operations and maintenance managers, as well as contractors and specifiers... » more
Safety relays for machine safety applicationsIdec HR1S safety relays are designed for machine safety applications and have instantaneous and time delay safety outputs, company said. » more
Redesigned motor control centers includes first arc flash resistant designSiemens re-engineered tiastar motor control centers include its first arc resistant MCCs compliant with ANSI/IEEE C37.20.7 standards, which can be applied to multiple designs. A base model can ship... » more
When should you bypass your safety system?How can it be considered "good engineering practice" to bypass your SIS during critical times with your process? See diagrams. » more
Nuclear material site cleanup to be monitored, videotaped
IVC is supplying radiation tolerant video cameras that are radiation tolerant to Parsons Corporation to monitor processing operations in the Salt Waste Processing Facility in Georgia. » more
IVC is supplying radiation tolerant video cameras that are radiation tolerant to Parsons Corporation to monitor processing operations in the Salt Waste Processing Facility in Georgia. » more
Manufacturing plant sets record with 2.5 million hours worked without lost-time incidentABB's New Berlin campus and Fort Smith Drives Center are central to the company's focus on promoting safety, ABB said. » more
Enclosures for automation, roboticsHemco's new enclosures have a flexible, modular design with available accessories useful for automation and robotics. » more
Explosion-proof control panels
Control panels designed by Ross SysCon are explosion-proof, more efficient, and have a small, more compact design, the company said. » more
Control panels designed by Ross SysCon are explosion-proof, more efficient, and have a small, more compact design, the company said. » more
Power station in UK to use AMS Suite predictive software
Integrated asset management was chosen to reportedly ensure efficient work practices and inform business decisions. » more
Integrated asset management was chosen to reportedly ensure efficient work practices and inform business decisions. » more
Check that thumb drive at the door? Seriously?Where is the line between security efforts that are symbolic, and those that have a real purpose? » more
Developing People: Making operators more effectiveTools and methods for creating an industrial operator workplace ready for the needs of today and tomorrow. Improved situational awareness and better handling of abnormal conditions helps operators... » more
Cover story: Giving your plant a cyber health checkupCreating a strong cyber security health regimen so you can defend against threats, external and internal. » more
Product Exclusive: Faster, more accurate pressure transmitterSiemens expands pressure transmitter portfolio with Sitrans p500 with response time of 88 ms and reference accuracy of 0.03% for quick, accurate responses to process changes. » more
Jump-starting human reliabilityEddie Habibi, founder and chief executive at PAS, sat down and talked with ISSSource Editor and Founder Gregory Hale just before the release of PAS’ Integrity iMOC, electronic Management of Change... » more
After iPad plant blast China urges safetyChinese officials urge companies to reevaluate safety measures in plants across country » more
For end users: Security 101If end users were not frightened before the Siemens 2011 Automation Summit, they are now as cyber security took center stage. » more
Grid security exercise from NERCThe grid security exercise will test NERC and the electricity industry’s crisis response plans and validate current readiness in response to a cyber incident. » more
Preparing for all types of attacksThere are intended and unintended hits, or attacks, on control systems and if you believe what one study says, 20% are intentional and 80% unintentional. » more
Get grounded; No hysteriaInstead of getting caught up in the hysteria of vulnerability or an attack, manufacturers have to understand their core technologies and make sure they protect them. » more
Plants safe, but need workThe NRC’s resident inspectors were sent to every U.S. nuclear power plant to examine the plants’ Severe Accident Management Guideline, which should contain or reduce the impact of accidents that... » more
Analyzing Stuxnet with SiemensTwo security experts at the 2011 Siemens Automation Summit talked about lessons learned during the Stuxnet affair. » more
Stuxnet: A turning pointThis is an explosive new age of industrial productivity and with that brings a bigger risk for cyber attackers to hit manufacturers. » more
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