Version 2.1.1 of the Triconex Trident safety system contains two input modules that enhance worker safety and reduce downtime. An enhanced pulse-input module measures speed, rate of speed change, and rate of acceleration of rotating equipment in milliseconds, which permits faster prediction of over-speed conditions that could jeopardize personnel, interrupt operations, or damage equipment. A high-resolution digital input module optimizes trip-data analysis by monitoring changes of state and event sequences with a timestamp resolution of 1 ms and an accuracy of 1 ms.

MSDgen Version 6.04, the latest release of this software for generating Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), simplifies the development of hazard communication documents for implementing the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The software allows distinct classifications to be maintained for each material. It takes into account variations in classification logic, as well as variations in generic thresholds and concentration limits.

The Automated Independent Backup (AIB) system is a stand-alone, automated safety instrumented system (SIS). It is suitable for legacy process control systems where users have implemented safety logic in a distributed control system’s (DCS) software but the DCS does not meet modern safety specifications. The system can be installed to provide either Safety Integrity Level 2 (SIL2) or Safety Integrity Level 3 (SIL3) protection, without requiring any changes to the existing hardware or DCS software.

CarbonPlanner is a financial planning tool that helps to prioritize investments for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Its easy-to-understand graphics display presents the aggregate costs and impacts of various short- and long-term GHG reduction scenarios. This enables strategic decision-making for capital project funding and sequencing. Its users can quickly evaluate multiple investment opportunities and their associated GHG-reduction targets to meet the organization’s GHG-reduction goals.

Designed for environmental, health and safety (EH&S) and sustainability information management, opsInfo 8.1 provides accurate, verifiable greenhouse gas (GHG) and sustainability reporting. This information helps to ensure compliance with rigorous market-based emissions management protocols and third-party emissions auditing procedures. Its use leads to efficiency gains and cost savings by streamlining data collection, processing and reporting across the enterprise.

The Simulator, an ultrasonic gas-leak simulation tool for ultrasonic gas detection, can be used in challenging conditions, such as those found in most outdoor oil and gas installations. The system responds to the distinctive ultrasound created by a leak, allowing leaks to be detected at the speed of sound without having to wait for the gas to accumulate and enter a conventional point gas detector or open-path gas detector. The acoustic detection method is unaffected by wind conditions, gas dilution, and leak direction.

3E Online MSDS now includes the Revision Alert module, which centralizes the detection and reporting of revisions to the Material Safety Data Sheet management system. It allows users to quickly view exact changes made to any MSDS in a company’s inventory. It provides notification via a weekly e-mail report of key data element revisions, including Chemical Abstract Service registry number (CAS RN) changes, National Fire Protection Association/Hazardous Materials Identification System (NFPA/HMIS) changes, and physical and health hazard modifications.

Designed for occupational safety professionals who work with aggregate environmental exposure data from multiple measurement instruments, Insight allows data to be downloaded and stored into one package. It maintains a secure database from which information can be analyzed to determine whether action is necessary to reduce exposure in the workplace. The program is capable of generating reports that combine multiple hazards simultaneously, such as noise and dust.

Lab Forms 2.5 is a suite of gas chromatography / mass spectrometry (GC/MS) software designed for applications in environmental, clinical research and forensic toxicology, food safety, and general QA/QC laboratories. The suite includes three analysis and reporting software components. QuanLab Forms enables users to perform high-throughput quantitative and semi-quantitative GC/MS experiments. EnviroLab Forms assists environmental laboratories in balancing high productivity and throughput with strict quality-control standards.

ESS, maker of crisis management and environmental, health and safety (EH&S) software, has entered into a strategic alliance with Atrion International, a provider of product compliance solutions. Their partnership will address product and Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) compliance goals in a more comprehensive and cost-efficient manner than either firm could accomplish on its own.