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News Release from: ICS (Industrial Control Software) | Subject: IMAC Custodian
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 23 November 2006
Alarm management tool wins innovation
award
Industrial Control Software has been awarded the 2006 Innovation Award by NOF Energy.
Industrial Control Software has been awarded the 2006 Innovation Award by NOF Energy, one of the UK's leading business development organisations for companies involved in the oil and gas and related energy sectors The Northern Offshore Federation (NOF) has more than 200 member companies that supply goods and services to the oil, gas, marine and renewable energy industries
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 24 Mar 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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ICS won the award for an innovative software product that aims to revolutionise the way alarm overrides are handled in the control room by eliminating the need for paper logbooks.
The product, IMAC Custodian will be a valuable addition to ICS's already comprehensive suite of process alarm management software tools.
Sean Herring, Sales and Marketing Manager at ICS said: "Having put years of man effort into the development of IMAC Custodian, Industrial Control Software are pleased to have won the NOF Energy Innovation Award".
"This award is particularly special as we feel it represents an endorsement by our peer group to the innovative nature of this new product".
ICS believes that on many sites, the problem is not the process of overriding alarms but the use of paper logbooks for recording what action has been taken.
The UK Health and Safety Executive's Hazardous Installations Directive states: "Logic systems are likely to incorporate provisions for overrides, for which there should be suitable management control arrangements".
"Procedures should be available which detail the operation of the protective system, including override management (authorisation, security, recording, monitoring and review of overrides, reset requirements)".
Designed to run on a network or stand alone, IMAC Custodian's simple web browser interface and secure database ensures storage and rapid data retrieval at all times, thereby improving overall alarm management and reporting processes.
This is the first award IMAC Custodian has won but given its innovative design and the obvious benefits in terms of improved safety and efficiency, Industrial Control Software believes it will prove popular not just in the energy sector but to all plants where paper logbooks are currently used.
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