‘Safety Critical’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release Safety relays simplify control-system design from Eaton Corp, which we summarised at the time by saying "Safety relays in the Eaton Moeller ESR5 range simplify the design and implementation of control systems that meet safety and reliability standards.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Abssac torsion springs have linear spring rates from Abssac: "Abssac supplies unwind and wind-up torsion springs with linear spring rates. ".

In November 2009, we covered the news from Parker Hannifin - Parker Sales UK - take a look at Nitrogen generators cut costs of food packaging which says: "Phil Green, at Parker Hannifin's industrial division, explains how the latest nitrogen-generation technology can help food and beverage companies increase their operational efficiency and cut costs. ".

Take a look also at the news release from SGS SA - Industrial Services, SGS inspects storage tanks at refinery, as well as LPC-395F fanless PC features removable storage from Stealth Computer Corporation, and Talisman chooses Aptiv film for CMOS / CCD mask from Victrex.

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Educational package models material responses (November 2009)

Field Precision has announced the availability of a free educational package to model material response at high temperature and pressure.

JTT uses Exide gel batteries and SP chargers (November 2009)

JTT Equipment Services of Grantham is using Exide Technologies' maintenance-free Sonnenschein monobloc gel batteries and high-frequency SP chargers.

F1 car features parts produced using Objet printer (November 2009)

The front and rear aerofoils and elements of the wheel mechanisms and axel supports in a winning Formula 1 (F1) car were produced using an Objet Alaris30 3D printer.

SKF systems boost uptime of Isis neutron choppers (November 2009)

SKF rolling bearings and condition monitoring systems are maximising the uptime of precision devices used in the Isis neutron and muon source at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire.

Barden provides super-precision bearings (October 2009)

The Barden Corporation offers custom-designed, super-precision bearings for use in a wide variety of high-performance air handling systems.

Conductive compounds reduce static noise (October 2009)

Connectors Unlimited has worked with RTP Company to formulate and supply plastic materials for a shielding solution for analogue cable and circuit connectors.

Lattice presents productivity webinar series (October 2009)

Lattice Technology, developer of digital manufacturing applications using the XVL format, has announced its Manufacturing Productivity webinar series.

Diversified Plastics helps produce medical device (October 2009)

Diversified Plastics has been chosen by Coaxia to produce a polycarbonate miniature manifold, which is part of Coaxia's Neuroflo catheter.

Tilt sensor aids safety critical applications

Penny + Giles has launched a robust tilt sensor, STT500, for use in safety critical applications used on cranes and lifting platforms.
CPU takes control of safety critical applications

A new fail-safe CPU for Simatic-S7 300 controllers is suitable for use in safety-critical applications conforming to Categories 1 to 4 (EN954-1) or SIL 1 to 3 (IEC61508).