Explosionproof dust certified Infrared Camera System from Hawk IR International can help prevent dust explosions. Ex|CAM AF-Series, Fixed Infrared (IR) Cameras are now certified for use in Explosive Dust Atmospheres such as flour or sugar and provide 24/7/365 realtime thermal imagery to process operators and safety personnel from within the explosive atmosphere.

By Vicki Vaughan, San Antonio Express-News

Feb. 8--Valero Energy Corp.’s managers said Thursday that unplanned outages at its refineries cost the company $2 billion in “lost opportunities” last year.

Major unplanned outages at Valero’s plants included a February fire that prompted a two-month shutdown of Valero’s McKee refinery near Sunray in the Panhandle, a power outage at its Aruba plant in the Caribbean in October and a power disruption at its Texas City refinery in December. Also, the company’s massive Port Arthur plant had recurring problems with key units that produce gasoline.

The 4th Japanese Forum on Thermography, organised by Cedip Infrared Systems, attracted over 70 participants from leading academic institutions and companies from the automotive, electronics, steelworking and photonics sectors.

by Capt. Jason McCree
386th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

2/4/2008 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) —Sustaining combat-ready aircraft during the high operations tempo presented by the war on terrorism is a tough business in today’s expeditionary environment. Continuous challenges in logistics, maintenance, contracting, and supply must be overcome to ensure the Air Force can fly, fight and win in the area of responsibility.

Commtest is a world market leader in the design and production of vibration analysis and monitoring equipment. Jack Henderson, Chairman of the Board of Commtest, has announced the following new management structure of its senior management team.  Joining Jack Henderson as Global Managing Partners are John Cochrane- General Manager of Commtest Instruments LTD, Jack Dischner - President of Commtest Inc., and Mark Radburnd- CFO of Commtest Instruments, LTD.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., January 28, 2008 – Intergraph Corp. has released SmartPlant Enterprise for Owner Operators (SPO), a solution dedicated to owner operators. SPO is a new member of Intergraph’s widely adopted and proven SmartPlant Enterprise family of products.

Designed as an out-of-the-box configuration with predefined integrated work processes, SPO enables owner operators to manage their plant engineering design basis and synchronize it with operations and maintenance needs to increase interoperability throughout the plant life cycle and ensures fast-track implementation.

SPO supports leading integration technologies like SAP NetWeaver and Microsoft SharePoint.