The Omni2 Door Warning Sign and Omni2S Slave Alarm Unit from Omniflex, are safety critical alarm systems designed to provide audible and visual warning to personnel when abnormal environment conditions are present. Continue reading "Increase Personnel Safety with a SIL2 Alarm System"
When Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the UK decided to collect energy consumption data in real time from over one hundred energy meters around it's two hospitals (Bradford & St Lukes), it chose Omniflex to provide the server and communications infrastructure. Continue reading "Omniflex Cures NHS Energy Monitoring Headache"
The Teleterm M3Re RTU from Omniflex is designed for remote monitoring and control applications where cable installations are impractical or too expensive.
Continue reading "Get Data Wirelessly to your SCADA System"
The new 64 Channel Digital Input Module, which forms part of the Maxiflex PLC/RTU system is one of the latest developments by Omniflex in Data Acquisition & Control. Continue reading "Save 30% Using Maxiflex 64 Digital Input Modules"
When ICI Dulux wanted to improve their Inventory Management and give direct access to on-site inventory status to vendors, they chose an advanced Data2Desktop ® data monitoring solution from Omniflex. Continue reading "Omniflex Adds Gloss to Dulux Vendor Managed Inventory"
FSS Refiners are the largest supplier of industrial heating fuels in South Africa. In order to improve fuel management they have introduced Omniflex's Remote Tank Level Telemetry systems on their suppliers' sites.
Continue reading "Omniflex Improves FFS Refiners Fuel Delivery Efficiency"
The Teleterm M3e RTU from Omniflex provides a simple, convenient and low cost way of getting remote data and alarms to your SCADA and DCS systems over Ethernet. Continue reading "Access Data and Alarms on your SCADA Using Your Ethernet Network"
When Mittal Steel Newcastle looked to invest in extensive upgrades to their plant wide utilities management information system, a major factor would be the cost of specialised cabling, potential plant downtime during installation, and additional remote I/O. Consideration was also needed to be given to the harsh environment. Continue reading "Mittal Steel Chooses Omniflex for DCS Front End"
The role of an operator can be sometimes seen as a drawback in managing plant safety, mainly because of basic unreliability of human actions. However it is true to say that operators can play a very important role.
Continue reading "Making Operators a Reliable Link in Managing Plant Safety"
Alarm annunciators are essential to the healthy functioning and operation of a plant. With many Legacy Alarm systems having been in operation for 30 to 40 years, companies are now finding that serviceability and spares are becoming scarce, presenting major problems and preventing the smooth operation of the plant.
To help with the increasing problem that companies are facing, Omniflex have launched a new web page dedicated to alarm obsolescence and Legacy Alarm replacement.
Continue reading "Legacy Alarm Systems - How Long Will Yours Last?"
Field isolation and protection are paramount in any plant installation. Unfortunately for many plants this can be the single biggest area of weakness. A common problem in many plants is the interface of plant measurement signals to the monitoring and control systems. With the success of the organisation depending on these measurements, more attention should be afforded to the integrity of signal conditioning systems. Continue reading "Protect Your Control Systems with Current Loop Isolators"
When Simon Storage decided to bring their legacy Rochester and Sentry annunciator systems up to modern day COMAH standards, they chose Omniflex to provide a new SIL rated distributed alarm annunciator system across four of their terminal sites. Continue reading "Omniflex Protects Tank Farms for Simon Storage"
The Ex nL non-sparking standard has been withdrawn and replaced by Ex ic. The Omni16 Intrinsically Safe Annunciator has now been re-certified as category Ex ic, which is more appropriate to this class of electronic instrumentation. This means that the Omni16C Ex ic Annunciator is suitable for use in hazardous areas (Zone 2, gas and dust, Propane to Hydrogen) in accordance with international standards IEC60079-0 and IEC60079-11. Continue reading "Omni16 Ex nL Annunciator Rating Changes to Ex ic"
The HART protocol is a comprehensive, open communications standard, for configuring and communicating with Smart field devices in industrial process applications. HART Data Acquisition is an important aspect of plant monitoring allowing existing Analogue loop philosophy to co-exist with data networks using the same cable.
The Maxiflex 8 Channel HART NIM (Network interface Module) is a plug in module for the Maxiflex Data Acquisition and Process Automation system. The NIM acts as a permanent host interface device (primary master or secondary master) on up to eight HART networks.
Continue reading "High Density Interfacing for your HART Enabled Devices"
The latest enhancement to the Maxiflex I/O Range is the M1434E High Accuracy Analogue Input module. Offering twice the resolution of the standard Maxiflex Analogue input module the M1434 has been designed to meet the demands of high value custody transfer applications within the Bio Fuels and Oil & Gas Industry, where isolation and high accuracy measurements are essential. Continue reading "Omniflex provides Precision 24-bit Analogue Inputs"