Safe Man Hours with SIS-TECH’s ICE Team
September 2016
SIS-TECH’s I.C.E Team has completed over 800,000 man hours in field services since 2006 with zero work-related injuries. With 17 years in the process industry with zero incidents, SIS-TECH employees can claim that safety is in their DNA. Our on-boarding processes combined with on-the-job safety training make it clear to our employees and contractors that safety is our top priority and highest value. We create a safe work plan for each job to establish strict guidelines on how we control the quality of our work while assuring safety. SIS-TECH is an industry leader in instrumentation and controls and safe work!
Dr. Angela Summers (CEO & President) and Brant Smith (ICE Director)
HIMA Training
September 2016
Houston, TX – SIS-TECH continues to expand its technical offerings for programmable controllers in safety applications. Recent training held on-site at SIS-TECH was “intended to expand the capabilities of our staff in the programming, diagnostics, and test tools provided by the HIMA controller.” according to Brant Smith, Director of SIS-TECH’s ICE Team. “We have worked with HIMA before, but the number of SIS-TECH personnel trained this year is unprecedented,” states Angela Summers, President of SIS-TECH. SIS-TECH is also well-versed in other programmable control systems, such as Honeywell, Delta V, Triconex, ABB, Siemens, Yokogawa, and GE.
SIS-TECH provides professional technical services for projects, turnarounds, and long-term site support. Expertise includes analyzers, field sensors, valves, hardwired systems, power distribution, programmable controllers, and non-programmable controllers like the cyber-secure Diamond-SISâ. SIS-TECH understands how to get the best performance from the individual pieces of equipment and how to integrate the overall system to accomplish the site’s safety objectives. SIS-TECH’s highly trained personnel provide assurance that the instrumentation and controls in safety applications perform reliability and earn the trust of engineering, operations and maintenance.
SIS-TECH announces the latest revision of the Diamond-SIS
August 2016
Houston, TX – SIS-TECH announces the latest revision of the Diamond-SIS- an alarm/trip module used for safety alarms, equipment protection interlocks, and safety instrumented systems in the process industry. The same input signal used to trigger the safe state of the Diamond-SIS output (rated for 5 amps total load) is easily transmitted back to the process control system through the isolated 4-20mA output now included in the same hand-sized footprint as the original release. No 3rd party equipment is needed to send the input signal to other systems. The Class 1 Div 2 rating of the din-rail mountable Diamond-SIS supports installation near tanks, boilers, heaters, furnaces, pumps, and other applications where the operator needs to interact with the process equipment locally, while being monitored for safe operation.
Jose Angel Camacho Joined SIS-TECH Solutions
August 2016
Jose Angel Camacho joined SIS-TECH Solutions LP as a Senior SCAI consultant to take a lead role in the design and implementation of state-of-the-art safety controllers for safety control, alarm, and interlock applications. Jose has more than 24 years of experience, is a certified functional safety engineer and is a recognized expert in safety instrumented systems. Jose is bilingual and conducts training in English and Spanish.
Jose Camacho, Senior SCAI Consultant
SIS-TECH Celebrates 17 Years
August 2016
HOUSTON — SIS-TECH Solutions is currently celebrating 17 years in business. Founded by Dr. Angela Summers in 1999, SIS-TECH has evolved to be an industry leader in the application of instrumentation and controls in safety applications.
The company’s team has expanded significantly over the years. And since it supports the testing of safety instrumentation such as safety alarms and safety instrumented systems during turnarounds and short outages, it sometimes grows significantly for periods of time. The company’s onboarding processes are state-of-the-art and ensure consistency of work.
For more information, visit https://sis-tech.com or call (713) 909-2100.
Importance of Auditing Automation in Safety Applications
August 2016
Published as “How Effective Are Your Instrumented Safety Systems? The Importance of Functional Safety Auditing” at AIChE Spring Meeting & Global Congress on Process Safety April 2016.
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Reliability as a plant function depends somewhat on one’s perspective and goals
July 2016
By: WILLIAM “BILL” L. MOSTIA JR., P.E. and Fellow SIS-TECH Solutions
SIS-TECH has named Brant Smith its ICE Director
July 2016
SIS-TECH has named Brant Smith its ICE Director. Smith joined SIS-TECH as a design consultant in 2008 and has served in multiple leadership roles. Smith will manage and expand SIS-TECH’s Instrumentation, Controls and Electrical (ICE) services, while assuring quality control, sustaining safe work practices and instituting reliable record management systems. Since 2012, he has taken a lead role in new product development, including SIS-TECH’s newest product the ICE-TabletTM. Brant will lead ICE efforts from SIS-TECH’s office in Houston, TX.
SIS-TECH introduces the ICE-Tablet™
July 2016
Houston, TX – SIS-TECH introduces the ICE-Tablet™. This innovative new product reduces the time required to execute turnaround testing of protective instrumentation. The ICE-Tablet™ was “designed to manage work flow and to ensure quality record retention” according Brant Smith, Director of SIS-TECH’s ICE Team. The ICE-Tablet™ is constructed of rugged hardware suitable for hazardous environments and the user interface is ergonomically configured for use in the field. The innovative design, slim profile, and HART compatibility allows the ICE-Tablet™ to support in-service testing of any protective systems, including safety controls, alarms, interlocks, and safety instrumented systems.
SIS-TECH Workshop Coming to a City New You
July 2016
Houston, Texas – SIS-TECH is now offering workshops with topics such as What Makes a SIS; IEC 61511 Edition 2 Changes; Independence and Separation of Process Control and Safety; Functional Safety Auditing; and Instrument Reliability and Maintenance Management Systems.
These workshops are an excellent opportunity to speak to the leading experts in the safe and reliable automation of chemical processes and to network, ask questions, and gather quality information about the latest process safety practices. The SIS-TECH Workshops include technical lectures, Q&A, and live demonstrations, followed by a cocktail reception.
We are currently holding these workshops throughout the Gulf Coast region. Make sure to visit our new and improved website www.SIS-TECH.com to join our mailing list and to stay informed on the latest news concerning SIS-TECH.
Dr. Angela E. Summers in Houston, TX