Archive 2005

press releases


14-11-05
New safety solutions for factory automation

At this year's SPS/IPC/DRIVES in Nuremberg, HIMA will be presenting new safety solutions for the automobile industry, conveyor systems, passenger transport applications and sluice automation. The technical and economic advantages offered by the HIMA solutions are being clearly demonstrated using specific reference projects at DaimlerChrysler, Frankfurter Airport, Thyssen Krupp and the Hamm and Werries locks which were implemented with HIMA's HIMatrix series of safety-related controllers and safeethernet. ...

14-11-05
Luggage safety: HIMA safety technology for baggage handling system at Frankfurt Airport

HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG was commissioned to deliver safety-related HIMatrix controllers for the expansion of a baggage handling system at Frankfurt Airport. SEAP, a specialist for materials handling for airports, is carrying out the planning, delivery and commissioning of the electrical part of the plant expansion on behalf of Fraport AG. The delivery of HIMA includes the hardware and the support for SEAP with the concept planning. ...

14-11-05
Safely through the lock: HIMatrix safety system from HIMA for safe remote control of the locks at Hamm/Werries, Germany

The introduction of remote operation facilities is becoming ever more important even in the case of safety-critical shipping locks. Such facilities allow operators to increase operating times while maintaining the same number of personnel. Since May 2005, a HIMatrix system from HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG has been ensuring via Ethernet communication the safe remote control and monitoring of safety-critical states of the Werries lock through the Hamm lock in the Datteln-Hamm Canal. ...

22-08-05
Close to the customer in the Far East
Revamp with HIMA systems for Malaysian fertilizer plant

HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG supplied 4 Emergency Shutdown Systems (ESD) for the fertilizer plant of  ASEAN Bintulu Fertilizer Sdn. Bhd. (ABF) in Bintulu (Malaysia), which is one of the largest production plants for granular urea fertilizer in Asia. The safety-related systems of type H51q HRS are replacing the old relay systems in the plant. ...

01-08-05
It doesn't always have to be a PCS!
Safe and cost-effective automation using HIMA safety system and SCADA system installed at Degussa Initiators

Global competition as well as the growing need for change in the installed process control systems meant that Degussa Initiators GmbH & Co KG had to rethink the technical realisation of the entire OP operation (organic peroxide) at their production site at Pullach. Degussa commissioned Kiel Engineering GmbH to create the automation concept, the 40 application programs including the visualisation programs and also to provide support during commissioning. HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG delivered the hardware and provided support during the concept design. ...

25-04-05
Building a bridge to greater safety and lower costs
HIMA is supplying safety technology for the TDA production plant of Bayer MaterialScience

Safety-related controllers provided by HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG are monitoring diverse PLT protective equipment in Bayer MaterialScience AG's new TDA production plant at the Dormagen site. Toluene diisocyanate (TDI) is a preliminary product in the manufacture of polyurethane, a versatile plastic with a rising number of applications, e.g. in the automotive and furniture industries. A total of ten controllers of type H51q-HS will be used in the entire plant as emergency shut down systems (ESD) and also as a burner management systems (BMS) in the TAREX (thermal air purification for potentially explosive substances) plant area. Besides the good experience with HIMA safety technology from projects in the past, the feature "Maintenance Override" was a crucial factor for the customer's decision in favour of the H51q-HS systems. ...

11-04-05
World novelty: Ethernet communication in the Ex zone

On the occasion of the Hannover Fair 2005, HIMA presents the first Ethernet-Ex converter. This converter makes it possible to directly install IEEE 802.3-compliant Ethernet components in Ex zone 1 with the protection concept intrinsic safety (Ex)i. Until today, networking into the field could only be solved via serial fieldbuses (with approval for Ex zone 1). Now it is also possible to implement continuous communication from the process control level up to the Ex field level via Ethernet. This leads to improved data transparency and avoids the use of additional Ex fieldbuses. ...

11-04-05
Digital output module with shut-down
channel-by-channel for F&G applications

HIMA presents the new safety-related digital output module "F 3349" with eight channels, which is designed for an output voltage from 24 to 48 V DC. The F 3349 is certified to SIL 3/IEC 61508 or cat. 4/ EN 954 and completes the H41q/H51q system family of HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG, Brühl. ...

11-04-05
48-V power supplies and new current distribution

HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG completes the power supplies product line with two 48-V variants for 230 and 115 volts input voltage. HIMA now covers all voltage variations with the power supply cassettes. ...

01-03-05
Clear signals for cleaner air
ESD systems from HIMA for one of the most modern production lines for sulphur-free diesel

Emergency shut down (ESD) systems from HIMA are to be used in the Porvoo refinery in Finland in a new production line for sulphur-free diesel for the reliable operation of the plant. This project is a joint undertaking (among others) between HIMA and Metso Automation, the leading Finnish manufacturer of automation and control technology, who is implementing the automation systems on behalf of the operator Fortum Oil. The delivery from HIMA includes eight H51q-HRS ESD systems for the diesel plant, one H51q-HRS ESD system for the affiliated hydrogen system as well as technical support during the project. One of the decisive factors for the award of contract was the ease of integration into the Metso control system MetsoDNA. ...

 

16-02-05
HIMA opened a new branch office in Dubai

In December 2004, HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG opened a new branch office, HIMA Middle East, in the Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With the new branch office HIMA is strengthening its local support for the approx. 1,000 systems installed throughout the region. In addition a wide range of services are being offered with regard to intelligent safety controllers and solutions for safety-related automation processes in the process industry. This includes, for example, emergency shut down systems (ESD), fire and gas systems (F&G), burner management systems (BMS) as well as telemetry and high integrity pressure protection systems (HIPPS). ...

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