Issue 08
November 2010
 
 

►  Content


 

  What's new with HIMA

  Burner Management - Integrated Burner Control and Safety Solution brochure

  Success Story - HIMA's safety solution, HIMax, is to be installed in one of the world's largest nickel
      mines

  Success Story - HIMA systems installed at the Pohokura field provided scalable (expandable) systems

  Upcoming Courses

  HIMA Australia facilitated TÜV Functional Safety Program

  Analysis and Design of Safety Instrumented System Course

  Operation and Maintenance of Safety Instrumented System Course

  HIMA Advanced System Training Course

  HIMA Maintenance & Troubleshooting Training Course

  Contact

 

►  What's new with HIMA



Safety systems donated to ECU Joondalup

HIMA Australia has donated a number of safety equipment to Edith Cowen University (ECU) in Joondalup to provide future engineers with the opportunity to develop their practical skills.

The donation was welcomed by ECU's spokesperson, Allen Tighe "The FF-EUC & ECU are very grateful for HIMA's donation of fieldbus equipment that will go a long way to helping establish the new Fieldbus Centre at the ECU School of Engineering."


Welcome to HIMA Australia

We are excited to introduce two new employees: Brian Mulcahy as Managing Director and Mark Alderson as Project Engineer.

 

Brian Mulcahy - Managing Director

Brian Mulcahy joins us after twenty-three years of experience in the field of engineering. Having completed a trade and later diploma in electrical engineering Brian started his own system integration company, a privilege he enjoyed for more than sixteen years. In the year 2000 Brian started with Rockwell Automation (Application Engineering Division) where he enjoyed several roles including Engineering Manager NSW and Sales Manager / Solutions Consultant (National).  In 2007 Brian accepted a role as General Manager (WA) for Serck Controls that saw his family, wife Sue of 26 years and son Cody, move from Sydney to Perth. Brian’s favourite pastimes are golf, boating and surfing.
 

 

Mark Alderson - Project Engineer

Having recently relocated from Manchester to Perth, Mark Alderson is a HIMA newbie making his mark on the Aussie land. With ten years experience as Project Engineer and two years experience as Field Service Engineer, you can rest assured your projects will be looked after
by an expert in the field. A lover of all sports you’ll find Mark, on the weekends, swinging a club on the golf course, kicking a football on the field or swinging a bat on the cricket ground.



 


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►  Burner Management - Integrated Burner Control and Safety Solution brochure


Click here to download HIMA Australia's Integrated Burner Control and Safety Solution brochure.


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►  Success Story - HIMA's safety solution, HIMax, is to be installed in one of the world's largest
     nickel mines


The development of the Koniambo Nickel Project, located in the North of New Caledonia, is a joint-venture partnership between Société Minière du Sud Pacifique (51%) and Xstrata Nickel (49%). Koniambo Nickel SAS (KNS) will construct a nickel refining facility using an ore calcining and smelting process to manage the giant deposits of nickel ore. When built, the open pit nickel mine will be one of the largest mines in the world.


HIMA Australia was commissioned by HATCH/Technip to provide a safety system solution for KNS’s calciner units and power stations. The purpose of the calciner units is to turn liquid nickel into solids whilst the power stations produce steam to drive turbines that produce electrical power via turbine generators. To ensure the calciner unit and power station processes are safely managed, HIMA will supply four HIMax safety systems (‘CPU’ panels) and twelve HIMatrix ‘Remote I/O’ panels, housing 126 HIMatrix modules to monitor and execute the safety functions.

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►  Success Story - HIMA's systems installed at the Pohokura field provided scalable (expandable)
     systems

 

The Pohokura field is an oil and gas field located 4km offshore of north Taranaki in New Zealand and is the largest gas producing field. Part owned by Shell (48%), OMV (26%) and Todd Energy (26%), the field was discovered in 2000 by Fletcher Challenge and has total estimated reserves of 996 Bcf (1167 PJ) of gas and 59.4 mmbbls of condensate. Situated in approximately 30m of water, the field has six offshore and three onshore wells with the production station located on shore, adjacent to the Motunui methanol plant.

The scalable type H51q HIQuad controllers are each suitable for automation tasks with up to 4096 I/O points, and are certified according to the standard AS(IEC) 61508.

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►  Upcoming Courses - HIMA Australia facilitated TÜV Functional Safety Program


HIMA Australia facilitated
TÜV Functional Safety Program


Perth | 15 - 18 March 2011
New Plymouth | 22 - 25 March 2011

World-class training from a world-class trainer


As a professional involved with functional safety, your ability to demonstrate competency in this subject is taking on greater importance and is being driven by standards such as AS 61508  and  AS 61511.

The HIMA Australia facilitated TÜV Functional Safety Program will provide you with valuable skills and knowledge which can be used in your daily activities. It also offers TÜV approved certification on the successful completion of a final exam.


The course has been developed to provide an overview of current industry standards, functional safety concepts and current tools used to determine safety integrity levels while applying industry recognised techniques and methodologies.

Below are testimonials from clients who have successfully completed the HIMA Australia facilitated TÜV Functional Safety Program with Tino Vande Capelle, HIMA's TÜV Functional Safety Expert and trainer.

"HIMA's Functional Safety Management (FSM) course is in the forefront of delivering the best knowledge outcomes for achieving world class process safety standards." Mahesh Murthy

"His knowledge of the subject was excellent and he could give examples from his own work experience. He could gauge a person's understanding and give extra help and support if required. From a personal point of view I would have no hesitation in recommending Tino."
Peter Smith

"The course was very helpful and practical, with good quality training materials. Tino is an excellent presenter who was able to clearly communicate the concepts and provide examples from his experience to illustrate the points." Rebekah Mutton

"He proved to be a highly knowledgeable expert in functional safety with lots of practical experience. His teaching style is easy-going, entertaining even but highly effective. I thoroughly recommend Tino as a functional safety expert and trainer." Tung Nguyen

Click here to download the TÜV Functional Safety Program flyer.

For further information please see our Events page.


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►  Analysis and Design of Safety Instrumented Systems Course

 



 

Analysis and Design of Safety Instrumented System Course

Melbourne | 16 March 2011
Perth | 20 April 2011
Brisbane | 8 June 2011

During this course, engineers are provided with the knowledge required to analyse and design safety instrumented systems (SIS). An overview of the requirements is provided, allowing attendees to use this starting point  to further develop their knowledge of SIS.

Click here to download the Analysis and Design of Safety Instrumented System Course flyer.

For further information please see our Events page.


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►  Operation and Maintenance of Safety Instrumented Systems Course

 
Operation and Maintenance of Safety Instrumented Systems Course
 

Melbourne | 17 March 2011
Perth | 21 April 2011
Brisbane | 9 June 2011

Operation and maintenance personnel will understand why certain maintenance procedures must be performed on a safety system. They will understand the impact that correct maintenance procedures have on safety systems and how they can manage them.

Click here to download the Operation and Maintenance of Safety Instrumented Systems Course flyer.


For further information please see our Events page.





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►  HIMA Advanced System Training Course



HIMA Advanced System Training Course

Training course provided upon request

An in depth understanding of HIMA's safety instrumented systems is provided by this course. It is intended to provide a complete overview of the safety lifecycle of the HIMax, HIMatrix or HIQuad Programmable Electronic System (PES). It provides training on hardware and communication configurations including system architectures and maintenance along with the configuring, loading and modifying of a HIMA PES application program.

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HIMA's Training brochure.

For further information please see our Events page.


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►  HIMA Maintenance & Troubleshooting Training Course


HIMA Maintenance & Troubleshooting Training Course

 

HIMatrix

HIQuad

HIMax

Perth | 9 - 10 February

Perth | 9 - 10 March

Brisbane | 26 - 27 May

Sydney | 23 - 24 March

Brisbane | 13 - 14 April

New Plymouth | 27 - 28 April

Adelaide | 12 - 13 May

 

Instrument and Electrical technicians who work closely with HIMA safety systems will find the topics covered in this course invaluable. Students will be provided with hands on maintenance training for HIMA's HIMax, HIMatrix or HIQuad safety controller systems.

Click here to download HIMA's Training brochure.

For further information please see our Events page.


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►  Contact


For more information visit our website www.hima.com.au or call to speak to a safety specialist.
 

(Head office)
Western Australia
Unit 4, 25 Belgravia Street, Belmont WA 6104 Australia
Tel: +61 (0) 8 9323 2100 | Fax: +61 (0) 8 9323 2192 |
Email: info@hima.com.au

Victoria
Unit 13, 21 Sabre Drive, Port Melbourne VIC 3207 Australia
Tel: +61 (0) 3 8645 3600 | Fax: +61 (0) 3 9645 3295 | Email:
info@hima.com.au


Queensland

Building 6, 2404 Logan Road, Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113 Australia
Tel: +61 (0) 7 3118 1708 | Fax: +61 (0) 7 3340 5119 | Email
: info@hima.com.au


New Zealand

PO Box 95-212, Swanson, Auckland, New Zealand
Tel: +64 (0) 9 810 9669 | Fax: +64 (0) 9523 6759 | Email:
jellis@hima.com.au

 


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