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February 20, 2015 | Product News
Interested in the practical implications of the new ATEX Directive update 2014/34/EU? Click on the links below to download documents that will explain the changes. Make sure you’re ready before April 2016.
February 20, 2015 | Product News
The GECMA RT is MTL’s new generation HMI series for safe operation in hazardous areas to reduce cost, maximize productivity, and increase plant safety.
The new GECMA RT is suitable for the strictest of hygienic conditions, aggressive production environments, and hazardous areas such as often found in the pharmaceutical, chemical, petrochemical, oil & gas and off-shore manufacturing industries. This future proof solution has been designed with state of the art technology and unique features to bring the best value:
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- Unique and innovative platform concept. modular design saves time and cost during installation, commissioning; and operation
- Individually certified modules for quick and easy on-site maintenance
- 19″, 22″ Full HD and 24″ Full HD displays with LED backlight technology for optimum quality and viewing
- Lightweight, Slimline design helps to optimize space and offers flexibility of application
- Fiber optic or copper data transmission for cost effective, reliable, and increased volume of data transfer
- Unique Intrinsically Safe connection and Alarm visualization to ensure safe, continuous operation in the hazardous area
- Single line data transmission for simple, cost-effective installation and reliable transmission
DVI & USB interfaces/transparent USB for quick and flexible connectivity
February 20, 2015 | Product News
The MTL4850 HART Multiplexer offers a smaller footprint solution ideally suited to both retrofit and new project applications. Termination boards, carriers, and integrated backplanes are available to enable the MTL4850 to interface to various instrumentation applications.
The MTL4850 Multiplexer offers the following benefits:
- Channel to channel isolation
- Isolated power supply
- Auto baud-rate detection
- LED indication for fault diagnosis
- Supports HART Rev. 5-7 devices
- SIL3 certified for connection to safety loop
- Onboard event log
- ATEX, FM and CSA certification
The MTL4850 Hart Multiplexer is now Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 rated for connection to instrument loops performing safety functions up to and including SIL3. The international standard IEC 61508:2010 provides guidelines to achieving an adequate SIL for systems, sub-systems, and components. Functional Safety Management requirements are found in IEC61508, which states that suppliers and subcontractors shall demonstrate functional safety management.
MTL conforms to the requirements of the international standard IEC 61508:2010 for functional safety by being certified as a Functional Safety Management company.
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February 20, 2015 | Product News
For a complete evaluation of your facility’s SCADA system, Neal Systems is pleased to offer Woodard & Curran’s SCADACheck service. SCADACheck is a full evaluation that includes assessment, planning, and budgeting for smart capital and operational decisions. SCADACheck can be scaled for both large and small operations to help save you time, reduce costs, and increase efficiency with these major benefits:
Implement Better Technology to Reduce Costs
The assessment will focus on solutions that make sense for your operation, merge with your strategic goals, and identify opportunities to reduce operational costs.
Smart Capital Planning
Woodard & Curran can provide guidance on capital needs based on the age of your equipment and the complexity of your system. Their recommendations have helped many clients justify their capital expenditure plans.
Use Their Experienced Team
Their extensive electrical, instrumentation, information systems, and control services expertise encompasses engineering and implementation services for water, wastewater, and industrial facilities.
Click here for more information.
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January 7, 2015 | Product News
Red Lion Controls, the global experts in communication, monitoring and control for industrial automation and networking, today announced that its newest plug-in modules for the popular Graphite™ series of advanced human machine interface (HMI) panels were named “Best Product of 2014” by Control Engineering China. Additionally, Red Lion was recently selected as a 2014 “Wind Industry Leader” by the readers of Windpower Engineering magazine, a leading North American publication on engineering, design and maintenance of wind power equipment. See the rest of the story here.