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    Safety Instrumented Systems

    Digital data can streamline safety projects

    Jim Montague
    May 10, 2021
    Experts from Emerson, mCloud, Phoenix Contact, Schneider Electric and Yokogawa share process safety strategies
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    Safety Instrumented Systems

    A successful post-incident response

    Jim Montague
    May 7, 2021
    U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board reports on a corrective action that went beyond recommendations
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    Control Report with Jim Montague: Maybe don't save the CSB

    Jim Montague
    April 30, 2021
    Videos and reports are fine, but they need to be backed up by some louder advocacy
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    Safety Instrumented Systems

    Undercurrents continue in process safety

    Jim Montague
    April 29, 2021
    Jacob Morella of aeSolutions traces ongoing digitalization, cultural and other trends in process safety
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    Safety Instrumented Systems

    Acclimate to practical safety or else

    Jim Montague
    April 28, 2021
    Steve Gandy and Patrick O'Brien of exida examine the Texas freeze and other events, and show how online and digitalized tools can help users improve process safety

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    Flow

    Product roundup: Flow innovations come in waves

    April 27, 2021
    Improvements in Coriolis, ultrasonics—and increased accuracy—allow flow measurement in diverse settings
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    Enclosures

    The big bang of explosion proof enclosures

    Ian Verhappen
    April 26, 2021
    Scratch-free flanges and properly tightened bolts are critical to enclosure integrity
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    Safety Instrumented Systems

    Safety standards play catch up

    Jim Montague
    April 26, 2021
    Angela Summers of SIS-TECH charts the recent history of process safety, and details how standards can help digitalization evolve
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    Safety Instrumented Systems

    Pandemic stress drives digital safety transition

    Jim Montague
    April 23, 2021
    Faisal Khan and Stewart Behie of the Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center trace the global effects of COVID-19 on process safety, and how digital can assist users worldwide...
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    Safety Instrumented Systems

    Safety series: Digitalized process safety

    Jim Montague
    April 22, 2021
    In this series, Jim Montague dives into the latest trends and innovations in process safety, most notably driven by the COVID-19 pandemic
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    Safety Instrumented Systems

    Process safety boosted by digitalized lifeline

    Jim Montague
    April 22, 2021
    Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, new software and other digitalized tools and improving standards can streamline traditional process safety practices
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    AI & ML

    An introduction to natural language processing - Part 2

    R. Russell Rhinehart
    April 20, 2021
    Extending NLP to close the loop on human decision-making
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    Collaboration lost

    John Rezabek
    April 19, 2021
    Don't let pandemic constraints interfere with seeking feedback from the front line
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    Need more from your process? Invest in your people!

    Stephen Maddox
    April 16, 2021
    Why technology investments aimed at reducing headcount often miss the mark
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    There's room for an 'A' in STEM

    Keith Larson
    April 14, 2021
    Our Hall of Fame inductees are refreshed and sustained by artistic pursuits
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    2021 Control Process Automation Hall of Fame: John Rezabek

    Keith Larson
    April 13, 2021
    John Rezabek is among four inductees to the Control Process Automation Hall of Fame this year
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    2021 Control Process Automation Hall of Fame: Tom Burke

    Keith Larson
    April 12, 2021
    Tom Burke is among four inductees to the Control Process Automation Hall of Fame this year
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    Flow

    Orifice flowmeter inaccuracies

    April 12, 2021
    Given the multitude of contributors, don't place too much stock on absolute accuracy
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    2021 Control Process Automation Hall of Fame: Dr. Babatunde Ogunnaike

    Keith Larson
    April 9, 2021
    Dr. Babatunde Ogunnaike is among four inductees to the Control Process Automation Hall of Fame this year
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    2021 Control Process Automation Hall of Fame: Bridget Fitzpatrick

    Keith Larson
    April 8, 2021
    Bridget Fitzpatrick is among four inductees to the Control Process Automation Hall of Fame this year
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    2021 Control Process Automation Hall of Fame

    Keith Larson
    April 8, 2021
    This year's inductees to the Control Process Automation Hall of Fame are working to make a difference in ways big and small
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    HMI

    Is HMI downtime ever acceptable?

    April 7, 2021
    In this sponsored feature, we talk with Pete Diffley of Trihedral Engineering
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    Industrial Networks

    Reader feedback: Opportunities ahead for Ethernet-APL

    April 6, 2021
    Ian Verhappen raises quite a few good points in his recent opinion piece on Ethernet-APL ["Ethernet-APL: Potential vs. possible," Feb '21, p. 16]. I’d like to comment on a couple...
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    Valves

    Responsible control valve response

    Greg McMillan
    April 5, 2021
    Efforts are underway to include responsiveness measures in valve specifications