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Nov 20, 2024 · In another presentation, “Learnings and improvements in process safety,” Bridget Todd, VP of enterprise health, safety and environment (HSE) at Baker Hughes, reported that its Enterprise Risk Avoidance program includes KPIs that can be tracked quarterly, reported back to managers, and contribute to high-level HSE audits.

While President Donald Trump made headlines this week by withdrawing the United States' support of the 2015 Paris Agreement, it's this pundit's opinion that while the White House's endorsement for the next four years would be a welcome boost, the Net Zero train has already left …

Jan 31, 2024 · HL-750 series of intrinsically safe, hazardous-location, linear variable differential transformer (LVDT), position sensors monitor valve positions in harsh, hazardous chemical-plant environments, and provide accurate displacement feedback to determine if valves are properly open, closed, leaking, or even if they’ve failed.. Certified for use in Class 1, Zone 0, Zone 1 …

Jun 24, 2024 · During a Q&A session at the end of its May 8 earnings call, Rockwell Automation’s chairman and CEO, Blake Moret, acknowledged that its cost cuts for the second-half of fiscal-year (FY) 2024 will include an approximate 3% staff reduction. Because the company employs about 29,000 people, this translates to about 870 layoffs.

May 30, 2024 · Tim Wilborne. Digtial/analog I/O facts. The first of these two online articles, “Digital I/O basic knowledge,” covers digital I/O board types and applications, output and input circuits, bidirectional I/O circuits and selection hints.The second, “Analog I/O basic knowledge,” covers device classification, signal quantization, isolation types, photocouplers, channels, single …

Editorial. Len Vermillion, editor in chief Jim Montague, executive editor Madison Ratcliff, digital editor Sales. Keith Larson, group publisher Greg Zamin, sales representative Jeff Mylin, sales representative Digital Marketing Services Group. Carrie …

Jan 24, 2023 · But several essential aspects have remained constant. The Readers’ Choice Awards is perennially among our most popular feature articles. 2022’s version was no exception, ranking as the year’s most visited story on ControlGlobal.com. Instrumentation and control professionals refer to the Readers’ Choice Awards because they represent the collective …

Oct 15, 2024 · Hardware and services. This doesn’t mean hardware isn’t important. The influx of commercial, IT-based solutions began in the automation marketplace more than 30 years ago, too, with the adoption of commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) operating systems and …