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2008-10-13 - At a time when the European dairy industry is adjusting to a complex new regulatory regime, modern instruments and recording equipment can help operators meet their growing obligations.
2008-10-13 - With food and beverage companies producing and despatching thousands of products each day, the need to pick the best technology to help ensure high levels of product quality and safety is of paramount importance. This article provides advice about key factors in control and recording equipment selection for food and beverage processes.
2008-10-13 - Whether you’re anxious to minimise the financial impact of potential product recalls or keen to mount an effective legal defence if something goes wrong, batch monitoring and recording can play a key role in preventing and containing any potential product problems
2008-10-09 - When it comes to safety, IEC 61508 has it covered. As compliance with the standard becomes a requirement for an increasing number of companies, Stuart Nunns, manager of safety critical consultancy for ABB and Roger Prew, manager of safety systems for ABB, explain the ins and outs of achieving it.
2008-10-09 - No one in industry can afford to ignore safety. Not only must companies operate safely but they must be seen to do so, which makes meeting agreed industry standards imperative, argues Stuart Nunns, manager of safety critical consultancy for ABB.
2007-12-21 - Thermowells must be properly designed and specified to withstand the pressure and stresses of their environment. Andrew Dunbabin, Product Manager, High Temperature Products for ABB Limited’s instrumentation business, argues that users should be aware of all the relevant standards, in order to guard against potentially disastrous failures.
2007-12-13 - The steady flow of new legislation aimed at reducing industrial pollution is obliging operators of heavy industrial processes to find new ways of cutting their emissions wherever possible. In this article, ABB explains how using the latest oxygen monitoring instruments can help power station operators to begin to improve their operating and environmental performance.
2007-12-13 - Developments in electronic data recording technology are opening up new possibilities for the collection, storage and retrieval of process data, making them appropriate for use in a host of new applications. Alan Hunt, Product Manager, ABB Limited, explains the benefits that electronic data recorders can bring and how they can be used to transform the way in which process data is collected and utilised.
2007-12-04 - ABB Limited has launched an easy to use wallchart to help users find their way through the maze of selecting flow metering equipment for process applications.
2007-11-15 - The Monitoring Certification Scheme (MCERTS) is designed to ensure that potential polluters are monitoring their emissions effectively and supplying the Environment Agency (EA) with reliable data. Although everyone welcomes initiatives to protect the environment, MCERTS has been criticised for being onerous and expensive. In fact, it should deliver a range of benefits in the future, including potential cost savings for some process operators, argues Tony Hoyle of ABB.