‘Safety Controller’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release ABB drives reduce swimming pool energy bills from ABB Automation Tech (Drives and Motors), which we summarised at the time by saying "ABB drives have helped a UK holiday park operator save GBP77,000 a year on energy bills for its swimming pools. ". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Actuator system for sampling applications from Heason Technology: "Heason Technology has launched a low-cost modular actuator range for pick-and-place and sample dispensing in life science and other analytical equipment applications. ".

In November 2009, we covered the news from European Safety Systems - take a look at E2S adds trumpet horns to range of warning devices which says: "The Spectra range of industrial warning devices from European Safety Systems (E2S) now includes 100dB and 110dB trumpet horns designed to provide an effective penetrating low-frequency buzzer sound.".

Take a look also at the news release from IFM Electronic, IFM releases safety monitors for AS-interface, as well as Liquiphant accurately measures liquid levels from Endress+Hauser, and Saft shows battery technologies for telecom market from Saft Industrial Batteries.

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Lifebatt offers high-power expertise (November 2009)

Lifebatt provides large-format rechargeable power solutions for a range of applications.

DTS system monitors power cable temperature (November 2009)

Lios has supplied its DTS system to a renewable energy company for monitoring the temperature of two medium-voltage power cables coming from a wind turbine towards the substation.

Weld controller manages three transformers (November 2009)

Merlin Control Systems has developed a version of the PWC8 range of weld control units that is suitable for multiple transformer machines, or more complex DC machines.

GE controller firmware has online programming (November 2009)

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms has released its Versamax Micro Plus controller firmware revision 4.0.

Emerson Smart Wireless monitors resin products (November 2009)

Emerson Process Management's Smart Wireless technology is monitoring resin-batch temperatures at AOC's Perris, California, USA facility to enable better process control.

Night Vision plus makes driving in the dark safer (November 2009)

Bosch's enhanced night-vision system, Night Vision plus, is said to make driving in the dark safer for drivers and other road users.

FAG Dtect prevents power-turbine failure at Corus (November 2009)

An FAG Dtect X1 online vibration-monitoring system has prevented the failure of a steam turbine at a Scunthorpe Corus plant, and in doing so has saved thousands of pounds in lost power generation.

SGS sponsors talk on Russian petrochemicals (November 2009)

SGS has announced it will sponsor the annual roundtable entitled 'Refining and Petrochemicals in Russia and CIS Countries', which will take place in Amsterdam from 1 - 3 December 2009.

Pilz introduces configurable safety controller

Pilz Automation Technology is launching the PNOZmulti Mini multifunctional safety controller for applications up to BS EN ISO 13849-1 Ple and BS EN 62061 SIL 3.
Safety controllers have metal-forming instructions

Rockwell Automation has received BG certification for a suite of 10 metal-forming instructions added to its Allen-Bradley Guardlogix safety controller.