Walt Boyes' Blog

Thu, 11:16: Read our February 2014 edition at http://t.co/WFY3mLNAXl http://t.co/koFAui3bVO … [Read more...] about My tweets

Wed, 09:01: Process industries are inherently hazardous, and maintaining safety in processes and operations has become... http://t.co/TIiiBXANr5 … [Read more...] about My tweets

Tue, 08:46: Hollysys Automation Technologies Reports Financials #pauto #automation #manufacturing http://t.co/4dDxl5VteS Tue, 09:10: HIMA and TECNA Collaborate #pauto #sis #automation #oilandgas http://t.co/8Ch8MtzIcs Tue, 09:31: Video: Low Voltage drive Senior Application Engineer Jeff Fell discusses what cause harmonics and what kinds of... http://t.co/9lyeZdVnt1 … [Read more...] about My tweets

The debate about SIS systems rages on. In the absence of much actual data on performance in accidents, it has become almost a religious argument. Should the safety instrumented system be separate and distinct, or can it be mounted on the same backplane as the basic process control system? Eventually we'll find out. The INSIDER is beginning to think that the tide toward combined … [Read more...] about HIMA and TECNA Collaborate #pauto #sis #automation #oilandgas

Hollysys, one of two Chinese automation companies to be known on the greater stage outside of China, has reported its financials. In the bad old days, we used to divide sales, and sales goals, into US (or Europe) and ROW. ROW stood for "rest of world." Automation companies based in the US (or in Europe) generally did roughly 80% of their business in the home country, and around … [Read more...] about Hollysys Automation Technologies Reports Financials #pauto #automation #manufacturing