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New safety products from Pepperl+Fuchs
January 2015, Pepperl+Fuchs
Pepperl+Fuchs offers a wide range of Ex e certified control stations and control units for operation in hazardous areas. Four comprehensive product series, covering all requirements on control and monitoring ...

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Room integrity testing in fire extinguishing systems
November 2014, Alien Systems & Technologies
All gas extinguishing system standards require a certain concentration of extinguishant to be maintained in an area for a minimum time period, generally 10 minutes for clean agents. Discharge testing ...

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Ingress protection increased to IP65
November 2014, Omniflex Remote Monitoring Specialists
Omniflex always takes note of customer feedback, and recent market response about the IP rating of the SIL2 Omni2 door warning signs and slave alarm units, originally designed with an IP55 rating, has ...

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Protecting the paper mill against fire
October 2014, Alien Systems & Technologies
Flammable material must be handled safely, sources of ignition excluded and good housekeeping standards maintained.

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Beka’s IS indicators with Profibus interface
October 2014, Extech Safety Systems
Beka’s eight variable Profibus indicators with large digits to complement its well-established Profibus displays are in use in petrochemical and pharmaceutical plants worldwide. The range comprises economical ...

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ATEX rated inductive sensors from Baumer
October 2014, Temperature Controls
These days, safety at work is of central importance and this trend is going to continue in the years ahead. Baumer has responded by expanding its portfolio of inductive sensors for the ATEX sector. Whether ...

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S instead of SOS
July 2014, Pepperl+Fuchs
New SC-System family of signal conditioners from Pepperl+Fuchs.

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Omniflex preserves integrity of SIL loops
July 2014, Omniflex Remote Monitoring Specialists
To cope with demands on the functional safety of systems, products and processes that is increasing by the day, Omniflex has become a leader in the development and manufacture of safety related products ...

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What is potentially explosive ­atmosphere certification?
July 2014, Extech Safety Systems
The Explosive Atmospheres Directive (ATEX 137) is a European Union Directive which requires employers to protect workers from the risk of explosive atmospheres. But, despite the fact that the ATEX Directive ...

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Hazardous area indicator lights
July 2014, Turck Banner Southern Africa
Banner Engineering has introduced the EZ-Light K30L and K50L hazardous area indicator lights. Featuring extensive ATEX and CSA approvals, the lights are safe to use in every classified zone or area in ...

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Booyco Electronics introduces Ex safe tablets
July 2014
Booyco Electronics has introduced one of South Africa’s first explosion protected (Ex) tablets that is Ex ma [ia] Group I certified for use underground in fiery mines. This robust, full sized unit carries ...

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ISA100.11a and WirelessHART: Convergence and co-existence
June 2014, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
Most potential users of industrial wireless networks will probably pick one of the two mainstream wireless technologies and accept that the choice is mutually exclusive – either ISA100.11a or ­WirelessHART.

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I/O solution for the petrochemicals industry
May 2014, Pepperl+Fuchs
Partition enables adjacent intrinsically and non-intrinsically safe signals.

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ARP 0108: What you need to do
March 2014, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
Following our article in the February 2014 issue of SAI&C we asked industry specialists how C&I engineers should approach a project where ARP 0108 is applicable.

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Pyrogen achieves SABS approval
March 2014, Alien Systems & Technologies
A remarkable and highly effective fire suppression system.

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Raytek MT-4IS IR thermometers with local IS certification
March 2014, R&C Instrumentation
R&C Instrumentation has introduced locally modified and certified infrared thermometers to the South African market.

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ARP 0108: What you need to know
February 2014, Endress+Hauser South Africa, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), Extech Safety Systems
A new edition of ARP 0108: Recommended Practice – regulatory requirements for explosion ­protected apparatus is imminent.

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Automatic self-contained fire extinguishing system
December 2013
The Pyrorack is a fully automatic, self-contained fire extinguishing system for use in applications such as telecommunications cabinets, banking, computer rooms, IT networks, CCTV equipment racks, website ...

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OSSDs, safety signals, or what’s in a name?
November 2013, SICK Automation Southern Africa
Electric conditioning circuits can make safety systems even safer.

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Omniflex protects tank farms for Simon Storage
November 2013, Omniflex Remote Monitoring Specialists
Safety critical site wide tank farm and utility monitoring annunciator system.

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