‘Safety Standards’

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 Nitrogen generators cut costs of food packaging from Parker Hannifin - Parker Sales UK: "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. ".

In November 2009, we covered the news from Wilcoxon Research - take a look at Accelerometers obtain hazardous-area certification which says: "Wilcoxon Research has announced an additional intrinsically safe certification in accordance with IECEx requirements for six general-purpose accelerometers.".

Take a look also at the news release from SGS SA - Industrial Services, SGS inspects storage tanks at refinery, as well as Agilent adds J-Bert N4903B to Superspeed USB test from Agilent Technologies Europe, and Ceram tests resilience of YSZ used in implants from CERAM.

Latest stories...

Rotary encoders provide 1nm and 2nm resolutions (November 2009)

Renishaw has introduced 1nm and 2nm resolution versions of its Tonic incremental encoder range.

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.

ITT launches CGL power-input connector series (November 2009)

ITT Interconnect Solutions has introduced the CGL power-input connector series, which is fully rated from 230 to 630V.

Carlo Gavazzi launches RSBT-type 15kW soft starter (November 2009)

Carlo Gavazzi has introduced a 15kW soft starter, extending the company's range of compact modules for compressor applications such as geothermal heat pumps.

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.

Icount bottle sampler allows on-site oil testing (October 2009)

Particle counting technology from Parker Hannifin is being used by a laboratory services provider to test engine oil, hydraulic oil and kerosene samples on site.

Himax increases chlorine plant availability (October 2009)

Himax, the safety system from Hima Paul Hildebrandt for medium-sized and large applications, is safeguarding the chlorine production process at Vinnolit's Gendorf facility.

Festo develops low-cost electric actuator (October 2009)

Festo has entered the low-cost electric actuator market with the launch of a toothed belt drive axis that combines cost-optimised design rules with precision engineering.

Inductive sensors meet safety standards

IFM Electronic has developed a range of fail-safe inductive sensors that are fully compliant with the latest standards for safety-related parts of the control system.
Voltage testers conform to safety standards

Socket and See has introduced the VIP 100 and VIP 150 voltage testers.