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News Release from: Transmitton | Subject: Integrated Safety Management (ISM) system
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 17 October 2003
Put safety first with ISM, says
Transmitton
In this safety-conscious world, systems that can control and monitor sites like large factories, airports or railway stations are increasingly in demand
In this safety-conscious world, systems that can control and monitor sites like large factories, airports or railway stations are increasingly in demand Which is why infrastructure software control company Transmitton believes its latest concept, a state-of-the-art Integrated Safety Management (ISM) system, heralds the way forward for large organisations seeking to manage risk
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 18 May 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Current stringent safety regulations have made owners of industrial and commercial sites more aware of the need for incident management and the efficient operation of safety equipment.
The public also expects there to be an effective safety system in place to meet any demand, from fire detection to explosive threats and toxic releases.
Site managers need access to information on a real-time basis and events logged to provide historical incident information, all leading to minimise personal and commercial risk.
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An enhancement to a distributed control system gives manufacturing personnel access to customised information according to their job function.
But instead of being specifically designed for use as an integrated facility, safety command centres often simply evolve and tend to be limited in capability because single function systems are used to monitor specific hard-wired protection devices, such as fire panels.
ISM, on the other hand, is an open fault tolerant distributed system, which is modular and simple to use with flexible, mixed communications.
Proprietary sub-systems for fire security and voice alarm can be combined with inputs from more site specific, but equally critical, sources such as detecting toxic release, or monitoring lifts, to provide one unified system.
It is also designed for a long field life with a clear development upgrade path.
Operator workstations offer user-friendly data presentation for safety management staff - altogether a complete, ergonomically-sound solution for safety management at the low cost of lifetime ownership.
A major UK pharmaceutical company has installed Transmitton's ISM for over 3,000 points monitoring fire hazard and security alarms, logged centrally and displayed on a site map with building layout graphics.
The system is fully redundant and has a hot-standby server, located in the standby command centre.
Operations are supported by on-line access to emergency procedures and alarm-linked displays.
The system also monitors the status of the safety equipment, including sprinkler systems and critical pumps.
Transmitton Business Development Manager Ron Foster says: "The site is anticipating significant change in the near future and ISM will assist the move towards a technically innovative future with safety, which is very much the way forward for developing organisations." At the heart of ISM is the proven Cromos suite of real-time control software, which allows operations staff to monitor and manage site security through the multi-headed workstations.
Benefits include upgradable sub-systems with the minimum of re-engineering and re-configuration costs; easy diagnosis and repair of sub-system problems almost independently of the command centre operation; site safety functions designed to continue in the unlikely event of a total computer system failure; a modular design making ISM understandable and engaging to use.
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