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News Release from: GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms UK | Subject: Survivor-Wildcat industrial flat panel PC
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 17 January 2006
Flat panel PCs speed lifeboat response
GE Fanuc Embedded Systems Survivor-Wildcat industrial flat panel PCs have helped an And Group Crusafe system reduce lifeboat muster times by around 70%.
GE Fanuc Embedded Systems Survivor-Wildcat industrial flat panel PCs have helped an And Group Crusafe system reduce lifeboat muster times by around 70% Located outside in all weathers at each lifeboat station on a North Sea accommodation platform, the Survivor-Wildcats provide the muster station system control and act as a central panel providing information about the location of personnel
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 31 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The And Group has developed Crusafe to meet the growing need in the offshore and onshore industries to track personnel in dangerous and hazardous areas and to supply information on safety aspects of the site or plant.
Crusafe uses the industrial PCs supplied by distributor Acal Microsystems.
Contained in a Nema 4, environmentally-sealed, aluminium-fabricated enclosure, the flat panel computer can meet the harsh environments of exposure to salt spray in gale force winds, as well as being suitably sealed and protected for use in a potentially explosive atmosphere.
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During an incident, whether a trial muster or a real scenario, it is vital to have knowledge of where the site's staff or visitors are and to inform the staff of the status of the emergency.
Crusafe monitors personnel throughout a site or plant and includes access control, which is interfaceable with CCTV, public address and alarm systems.
The system communicates via Can technology with different devices, including card readers, flat screens, alarm inputs and web cams, and can be connected to the site LAN enabling remote monitoring onshore.
The central control displays where personnel are during the event and can monitor their movements through the site in real time.
Information can be relayed to the staff or visitors via information panels and by the PA system.
The PC has a 1GHz Intel Pentium III with up to 512Mbit SDRAM, a 40Gbyte hard drive, compact flash, ATA, disk on chip, two type two PCMCIA expansion slots, external PS2 keyboard and mouse ports, two RS232 serial ports, PC104 expansion and a 100dB alarm horn.
It provides onboard 10/100baseT (fibre optic, wireless, RJ45 or coax with lightning/surge arrestor) and is compatible with Windows 2000, Embedded NT, Win 9x and Linux. Request a free brochure from GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms UK ...
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