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Certified Automation Professional (CAP) Exam Review Course (EC00)

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This course reviews the knowledge and skills areas included on the CAP examination.The intent is to prepare an automation professional who meets the exam criteria to take the exam.

General Monitors Flame Detector Obtains EN 54-10 Certification

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FL4000H flame detector has been certified by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) Global Group to the EN 54-10 standard of the European Construction Products Directive (CPD).

Honeywell to control petrochemical plant in Abu Dhabi

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Honeywell will supply integrated control and safety systems for the Borouge petrochemicals complex in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi.

3M introduces Personal Protective Equipment

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Equipment includes SecureFit Protective Eyewear, Peltor X Series Earmuffs, H-800 Series Full Brim Hard Hat, Safety Sunwear and Peltor WS Series Headsets.

Rotork actuator qualifies for nuke service

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The qualification encompasses the requirements of the Westinghouse AP1000 commercial nuclear reactor design.

Invensys adds OPC UA to Triconex Safety system

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The Triconex Trident and Triconex General Purpose safety instrumented systems now support OPC Universal Architecture for greater communications connectivity.

Valve monitoring system forms vital part of predictive maintenance solution

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Control Engineering Europe, February 2013 A networked solution for digital valve monitoring and partial stroke testing on an unnamed large scale oilfield installation in the Middle East will feature a Rotork SVM (Smart Valve Monitoring) system.

Triconex announces Safety View software

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Safety View software is certified by TÜV Rheinland to IEC 61508:2010 Systematic Capability 3 for use in applications up to Safety Integrity Level 3.

Honeywell to control Russian refinery

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Honeywell will supply an Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) and Advanced Alarm Manager system to OOO Kirishinefteorgsintez for its refinery in Kirishi, Russia.

Does it all come down to wearing a glove?

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What’s New in Process Technology, February 2013 By Max Scholz, Kontron Some operators need to wear thick gloves for their work, so they do not really benefit from multitouch. Consequently, there are applications where the potential of multitouch technology is not going to be exploited to the full.