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Mega heights, maximum safety

Efforts to maximise the performance, speed and safety of the next generation of luffing jib tower cranes from Recom Srl has resulted in the development of specific programmable logic controller (PLC) features, along with the supply of variable speed drives with FSO safety modules from ABB.

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Move to multiple controllers

ABB has moved from using just one central PLC controller to that of multiple controllers capable of communicating with many machines in real-time.

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Refrigeration plant: Optimising processes to cut costs

For refrigeration plants, sustaining the right temperature is essential for the flow of production but costly in terms of utilities usage. Here, Gernut van Laak, of ABB’s Food and Beverage business, explains why food manufacturers should optimise their processes to reduce energy consumption. 

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Fail-safe condition monitoring

What is said to be the world’s first safety PLC with integrated condition monitoring has been launched by ABB to improve overall functional safety of various applications to global safety standards and reduce manual inspection and maintenance.

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ABB supports train safe HMI

Under development by Deuta-Werke in collaboration with ABB, the Safe HMI safe-touch human-machine-interface (Safe HMI) up to SIL 3 (IEC 61508) for use in trains will support PROFINET/PROFIsafe fieldbus for standard and safety communication.

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