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With a no-nonsense, practical approach and extensive experience in temperature and power control technology and training, Arthur Holland looks at process sensors and controls in his Heating Highlights column.

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Signal Conditioners Revisited, Part 2

Arthur Holland
October 1, 2008
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Some of the little boxes wired or attached to parts of your process could be signal conditioners. They all have inputs and outputs and commonly perform some functions not being done by the main control system.
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What Does 'Fail Safe' Mean on Your Process?

Arthur Holland
September 1, 2008
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As noted so succinctly in Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, fail-safe or fail-secure describes a device or feature which, in the event of a failure, fails in a way that will cause no harm (or at least a minimum of harm) to other devices or create a dangerous hazard to personnel. What does fail-safe mean for you?
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Signal Conditioners Revisited

Arthur Holland
June 5, 2008
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Some little boxes, wired or attached to parts of your process, could be signal conditioners. They all have inputs and outputs and commonly perform some functions not being done by the main control system.
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Split-Range Controllers, Part 2

Arthur Holland
May 1, 2008
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In part 1 of this brief series (April 2008), I looked at the most common application for split-range controllers -- the heating and cooling of the barrel zones of plastics extruders. This month, I will continue the discussion and look at managing heat/cool processes using control valves.
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Split-Range Controllers, Part 1

Arthur Holland
April 1, 2008
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The most common split-range application is the heating and cooling of the barrel zones of plastics extruders. On startup, the heat output of the controller takes the barrel zone up to working temperature. Heat delivery is usually modulated (that is, turned up or down) using the time-proportioning mode, by magnetic or solid-state contactors.
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Hazards to People and Plant, Part 3

Arthur Holland
June 1, 2007
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In this brief series, I’ve described three industrial incidents that demonstrate the potential cascading effects that failing to consider the human factor and to ensure equipment reliability can have. What can we learn from incidents such as these?
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Hazards to People and Plant, Part 2

Arthur Holland
May 2, 2007
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In Part 1 of this brief series, I described three industrial incidents demonstrating the potential cascading effects that failing to consider the human factor and ensure equipment reliability can have. What can we learn from incidents such as these?
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Hazards to People and Plant, Part 1

Arthur Holland
April 4, 2007
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From the three incidents described here, culled from inquiry reports, it is clear that both the human factor and equipment reliability call for close examination in anticipation of the next disaster.
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Thermocouple Wiring Revisit, Part 2

Arthur Holland
March 2, 2007
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Last month, I started a brief series about the inaccuracies and instabilities caused by misuse of thermocouple extension cable on temperature control systems. I’ll continue by looking at other traps you can fall into when color confusion leads to the wrong thermocouple wiring use.
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Thermocouple Wiring Revisit, Part 1

Arthur Holland
February 1, 2007
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It has been some six years since I wrote about the inaccuracies and instabilities caused by misuse of thermocouple extension cable on temperature control systems. In 1989, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) published IEC 584-3. Yet even now, some 18 years on, the standard is virtually invisible in North America.
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