One smart instrument communication protocol has outlasted and outsold all of the alternative digital instruments and protocols introduced to market over the last thirty years -- HART and the devices that use it.  With over 40 million installed HART devices worldwide, HART is not only here to stay but unlike other protocols, it also continues to get updated revisions that enhance data exchange capacity, speed, number of devices on a network, support over Ethernet, and wireless capability. 

This blog was originally posted on Hydrocarbon Processing and is a follow-up article to “Automate furnace controls to improve safety and energy efficiency,” which was published in the June 2014 edition of Hydrocarbon Processing. That earlier article described how automatic controls could be used in furnaces to enhance both safety and efficiency at the basic process control system (BPCS) level.

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Timely knowledge about your process enables better decisions and faster preventive action. Now you can get the process detail that you need from your Smart HART devices to MODBUS/TCP and HART-IP based monitoring and control systems at the speed of Ethernet with the HES HART to Ethernet Gateway System from Moore Industries.

Fired Heater is widely used in oil refining and petrochemical industry providing heat for a main process or cracking reaction by fuel combustion.

Effective August 31, 2019, the FL3100H and FlameGard 5 UV/IR flame detectors will be discontinued. MSA will continue to support this product with replacement parts until 2023 or until critical components can no longer be sourced, whichever comes first.

Originally posted by Moore Industries.

The original goal when creating the WORM Flexible Temperature Sensor was to provide a sensor that could be cut in the field to accommodate various size wells and assemblies. Experience has proven this design helps with other obstacles in the field: 

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MSA announced the release of the ModCon 75 Touch Controller.  This new controller builds upon the success of the previous ModCon 75, but with added features such as a 7” touchscreen monitor for ease of use.