Plant, Process and Control
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Supports encoders to SIL3 level

SICK (UK) has introduced Hiperface
DSL, a fully digital encoder feedback
interface with both SIL2 and SIL3
safety capability for the
communication of feedback data
from brushless servo motors to
associated drive electro

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More torque with less vibration

Soft starters in the new DS7 range
from Eaton’s Electrical Sector are
reported to combine smooth starting
and freedom from vibration,
previously only available from threephase
units, with the economy and
space savings o

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Mechetronics integrated

Business unit of Curtiss-Wright
Controls and specialist in position
sensors, solenoids, and joystick
controllers, Penny + Giles, has
completed the operational integration
of industrial solenoid manufacturer
Mechetronics

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Servos help pack print

New from paper drilling machine
specialist, Dürselen, the VA.02
machine enables piles of print
products to be packed automatically
into telescopic containers.

The equipment’s high acceleration
and exact alignment is a

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Improved flow meter

The Thermatel Model TA2 air and
gas mass flow meter from Magnetrol
International was
introduced to the
marketplace almost 10
years ago. Although the
device had a proven track
record of reliability and
precise flow
me

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CSA approval

Alicat Scientific has
attained CSA approval for
the use of Alicat mass
flow meters, mass flow
controllers, and pressure
equipment, in Class 1
Division 2 hazardous
environments.With the
Class 1 Division 2 rating,
Alic

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Signalling an end to wireless worries

Steven Hill, general manager of .steute UK & Ireland,
examines control devices for use in safe and hazardous
areas and considers whether engineers still have concerns
specifying wireless in industrial applications

For

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Fieldbus indicators

BEKA associates’ eight variable
Foundation fieldbus indicators can
now be configured on-site as a fieldbus
Node or as a fieldbus Listener.

As a Node the indicator is
configured via the fieldbus host, the
instrument pu

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Australian order won

ABB has won a $58m order
from QGC, a BG Group
business, to provide integrated
automation, safety and
telecommunications systems
and related equipment for a
new upstream coal seam gas
project in Queensland,
Australia.

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Keeping track of employee time

Vaillant Group’s Belper operation relies on realtime
work information from Kronos to drive
efficiency and improve productivity at the plant –
from HR and payroll to logistics, assembly,
manufacturing and maintenance

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