Unlike comparable products, panel PCs of R. STAHL HMI Systems' Open HMI series consist of modules with individual explosion-protection. Users with appropriate training may therefore open the devices for maintenance purposes or to replace individual parts. To date, panel PCs
A new version of the IS1 remote I/O system for hazardous areas, which can communicate via Modbus TCP, is suited for industrial ethernet environments. A DTM developed by R. STAHL allows users to configure, parameterize and diagnose such systems by
China's leaders are facing renewed pressure over shortfalls in diesel and gasoline, with lines growing at filling stations in major cities Monday as the gap widens between international crude oil values and centrally controlled fuel prices. The shortages, first reported
High prices still haven't prompted companies to use advanced extraction methods. Even with record-high oil prices, about two-thirds of the oil in known oil fields is being left in the ground. That's because existing technologies that could extract far more
OJSC "Tyumenneftegeofizika" that is a member of Integra Group reported that its RAS net income in January-March 2008 was 140,243 million rubles, as compared to 137,514 million rubles of net loss in the first quarter 2007. Pretax income in the
THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: (A Trip Down Memory Lane) Gov. George W. Bush of Texas said today that if he was president, he would bring down gasoline prices through sheer force of personality, by creating enough political good will with oil-producing
Democrats reveal deposition that he changed view after White House talks WASHINGTON - The head of the Environmental Protection Agency initially supported giving California full or partial permission to limit tailpipe emissions — but reversed himself after hearing from the
High prices of petrol and diesel are making UK drivers think twice about travelling by car, a survey suggests. The AA polled 17,500 members, and found 27% had cut back on other areas of spending, 16% had decided to travel
Worried about the high cost of filling up? President Bush is on the case. Last Friday he arrived in Riyadh to urge King Abdullah, the leader of the world's largest petroleum producer, Saudi Arabia, to put more oil on the
So, with gas approaching $4 a gallon, why are the vast majority of us still zooming along above the speed limit? Or letting our parked vehicles idle -- getting 0 mpg -- as we go into convenience stores? Increased fuel
Gazprom, the Russian state-controlled gas monopoly and the main supplier to the EU, should concentrate on supplying its domestic market to avoid shortages at home, one of the country's leading liberals has argued. Anatoly Chubais, architect of Russia's 1990s privatisation
Iraq dramatically increased the official size of its oil reserves yesterday after new data suggested that they could exceed Saudi Arabia's and be the largest in the world. The Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister told The Times that new exploration showed
NEW YORK - More gas and oil records fell Monday as retail fuel prices struck new highs and crude settled above $127 for the first time, tightening the squeeze on drivers planning holiday road trips next weekend. Light, sweet crude
Nearly two decades ago, Republicans won the West by linking Democrats to environmentalists, who supposedly cared more for the spotted owl and other favored species than they did for the jobs of loggers or miners. But now, as a boom
On a rainy day last month, four drummers, three guitarists, a bagpiper, two didgeridoo players and 186 others assembled in the rural English town of Cirencester to discuss turning their neighbourhoods into low-impact communities built around farming, arts and crafts
