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Plant Efficiency: Innovative Process Instrumentation Solutions by Siemens
Embracing the Future: The Transition from Siemens MFA 4p to the Feature-Rich SITRANS WM300 MFA
Key WM300 MFA Features:
- Its dual channel design enables the monitoring of two applications using a single electronic system.
- Unlike the MFA 4p, which requires two separate configurations for slow speed and standard speed, the WM300 MFA has the ability to accommodate both in the same unit.
- Optionally, it can provide an analog output, offering a signal proportional to the rotation speed of the machine.
- When used with the remote amplifier, it's compatible with all existing MSP probes.
- The WM300 MFA is designed to be space-efficient, with its size being approximately 1/4 that of the MFA 4p.
Electronic Pressure and Temperature Switches
- Greater accuracy: Electronic switches use electronic sensing elements, which are more accurate than mechanical ones.
- Faster response time: Electronic switches can respond much faster to changes in pressure or temperature than mechanical switches.
- Greater durability: Electronic switches have no moving parts, so they are less likely to wear out or fail.
- Increased flexibility: Electronic switches can be programmed to perform a variety of functions and are easily integrated with other electronic devices.
- Lower maintenance: Electronic switches require less maintenance than mechanical switches, as they have no moving parts to wear out.
- Greater control: Electronic switches can be programmed for various set points and output multiple signals.
- Cost Savings: Electronic switches are generally less expensive over their lifetime because of their durability and lower maintenance requirements.
Sanitary and Hygienic Tubing, Fittings, Valves, and Pumps
Low Cost Toxic, O2 and Combustible Fixed-point Gas Detection
Siemens SITRANS P Pressure Instrumentation from Ives Equipment
Automation and Control Solutions for Hydrogen Production and Alternative Energy
Control Performance Analytics (CPA) by Siemens - Efficient Plant Optimization Using Automated Control Loop Analysis
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Excela™ Electronic Switch Increases Efficiency in Industrial Plants
Excela™ is the first switch of its kind. D designed to provide plant operators with an affordable way to upgrade to electronic performance, Excela™ has only two wires and retrofits quickly into existing mechanical switch infrastructure. This innovative, high-quality electronic pressure and temperature switch provide everything operators require for improved performance at an affordable price.
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Excela™ is particularly relevant for industrial plant upgrades because of the ease of maintenance and low costs associated with electronic switches installed in the existing two-wire mechanical switch infrastructure. Upgrades to ruggedly reliable, cutting-edge technology are simple, quick, and inexpensive. Unlike other options, which require reprogramming set points or other adjustments, making the transition difficult and costly, electronic switches provide an easy alternative.
The United Electric Excela™ provides:
- Two wire design allows for easy integration and lower initial costs.
- Simple programming and precision settings for better operational control and performance.
- LED display and red/green indicator lights provide visual status of operational performance.
- Rugged, solid state design delivers reliable performance, low maintenance, and lower cost of ownership.
The Siemens SITRANS LT500 Continuous Level Measurement Controller
SensAlarm FLEX All-in-1 Universal Fixed Point Gas Detection System
Turn-Key Solution for Wide Range of Critical Safety Applications
SensAlarm FLEX is a complete gas detection system in a single enclosure. The system includes built-in LED strobes, a horn, and a highly visible 7" color LCD screen. SensAlarm FLEX is built around an advanced Intelligent Sensor platform that includes non-volatile memory for all key application variables and sensor data. A non-intrusive user interface allows for operational customization as well as access to sensor life parameters, TWA alarms, calibration data, and other data with date and time recording.
SensAlarm Plus is the ideal gas monitoring solution for labs, gas cylinder storage, industrial work areas, control room protection, or other applications where users benefit from a packaged gas detection system that works with all SensAlert Plus sensors.
All Sensidyne Plus Series sensors are supported by the SensAlarm FLEX sensor interfaces. Remote mounting the sensor up to 100 feet away simplifies monitoring in high, low, or adjacent locations. When a sensor is plugged in, the automatic uploading of variables, alarm values, and sensor information greatly simplifies installation and maintenance. Transportable calibration enables sensor calibration at the point of installation or in a workshop, followed by sensor hot-swapping in the field.
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100% Hygienic Tank Cleaning Coverage & Water and Chemical Savings with Alfa Laval PlusClean® Nozzle
In the food, dairy beverage farmer, and personal care industries, sufficient tank cleaning can challenge certain products. It's not just about the tank walls. Internals like agitators connections and coils can create shadow areas with a high risk of product contamination. Solving this has meant techniques like spray balls, retractable cleaning devices, or the fill and dump method. These consume time, significant cleaning media, and energy, and they compromise hygienic safety.
Alfa Laval PlusClean® makes this challenge a thing of the past. This new cleaning nozzle ensures 100% cleaning coverage, even in shadow areas. Installed flush with the tank wall it, doesn't interfere with other internals in the tank and can even be used in tanks with components close to the walls.
Activated during cleaning-in-place, PlusClean® reduces water and chemical consumption by up to 80 percent and delivers a spray pattern optimized to cover shadow areas. It thereby guarantees 100 cleaning coverage regardless of your specific tank design, while a revolutionary built-in adjustment function makes installation and operation effective and easy.
PlusClean® is available with a pneumatic driven option combined with alpha level think top for intelligent control. It also comes in an ultra-pure version with the comprehensive Alfa Laval Q-doc documentation package.
With 100 cleaning coverage, the alpha level PlusClean® cleaning nozzle eliminates risk while reducing water and cleaning media consumption. It's easy to install, simple to use, and delivers rapid payback time.
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SITRANS LR560 Long-Range FMCW Radar Level Transmitter Improves Production, Inventory Control, and Costs at PET Container Plant
In the southeastern United States, a corporation manufactures and provides beverage containers for many bottling facilities. The company manufactures a wide range of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles in various sizes for both carbonated soft drinks and water. PET bottles are manufactured in two steps using injection molding and blow-molding equipment.
The Level Application Challenge
The customer requires monitoring crystalline PET plastic pellets used to produce plastic soft drink bottles in storage tanks. The density of the crystalline pellets ranges from 30 pounds per cubic foot to 56 pounds per cubic foot, and the tanks can be up to 60 feet tall.
Level measurement for inventory control and maintaining material availability during production periods is critical. If the inventory is running low, production needs to know if they will need to swap tanks.
The customer had previously used a plumb-bob for level measurements and had tested ultrasonic level measurement tools from a different vendor. The plumb bob cord had become a mechanical annoyance, and the customer had encountered frequent echo loss using the ultrasonic level devices due to high dust levels.
The Level Transmitter Solution
The customer installed a trial unit of the Siemens SITRANS LR560 radar level transmitter, as the local Siemens salesperson suggested. The LR560 transmitter offers a continuous, consistent, and low-maintenance solution for level measuring. The SITRANS LR560 unit's plug-and-play functionality is suited for most solids level monitoring applications, including those involving severe dust and high temperatures.
Its one-of-a-kind design enables safe and straightforward programming with the intrinsically safe handheld programmer without opening the instrument's lid.
The Results
After a year-long trial, the customer ordered an additional nine instruments for their storage silos.
Benefits of the SITRANS LR560
- Time savings
- No maintenance is required. Because the SITRANS LR560 radar transmitter is a non-contacting instrument, eliminating the risk of product contamination as well as extended delays when plumb-bob cables get caught or broken.
- Improved process reliability
- Continuous level measurement is an accurate time indicator of how much is in the silo. A plumb-bob cable getting stuck at a certain distance can lead to misinterpretation of the actual level. After the line gets attached, there is no level history before the last request on-demand from the instrument.
- Easier to use
- The SITRANS LR560 transmitter uses a quick start wizard, and no further tuning or maintenance is required.
SITRANS LR560 Unique Product Features:
The local user interface allows for ease of configuration and setup. Since the customer only uses the removable, local display during setup, the customer can save money by moving the indicating component from unit to unit as needed. The narrow, 4-degree beam angle enables reliable depth penetration into the silo and ignores potential silo wall interference.
The SITRANS LR560 2-wire, 78 GHz FMCW radar level transmitter monitors solids in silos to a range of 100 meters or 328 feet. Its plug-and-play performance is ideal for most solids applications, including those with extreme dust and high temperatures to +392ºF. Its unique design provides safe and simple programming using the intrinsically safe handheld programmer without opening the instrument's lid.
The SITRANS LR560 transmitter includes an optional graphical local display interface (LDI) that improves setup and operation using an intuitive Quick Start Wizard and echo profile display for diagnostic support. The startup is easy using the QuickStart wizard with a few parameters required for essential operation. The SITRANS LR560 instrument measures virtually any solids material level up to a range of 328 feet.
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The UE 12 Series - SIL 2, 316 SS, Pressure, Differential Pressure & Temperature Switches
The United Electric 12 Series hazardous location switches are excellent for use in demanding settings where space is limited. In most models, a snap-action Belleville spring assembly offers vibration resistance and extended switch life. In addition, the 316 stainless steel shell and hermetically sealed switch provide rugged environmental protection.
UE 12 SERIES FEATURES
- UL, cUL, ATEX and IECEx approved for Div. 1 or Zone 1 hazardous locations; CE compliant
- Dual seal compliant to ANSI/ISA 12.27.01 & NEC 501.17
- Many models compliant to NACE MR0175.
- Snap-acting Belleville spring for long life, vibration resistance and stability
- Optional Hastelloy and Monel sensor material for corrosive media
- Mounting bracket available for retrofit applications
- 72" leadwires
- 3-year warranty
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Valve Positioners for Every Process Control Application
The Role of Valve Positioners
As a control valve accessory and the interface between the control system and valves, the valve positioner plays a vital role in ensuring reliability and optimal performance in your process control loops. Using a valve positioning device, you can adjust the valves' opening to allow for varying flow rates, from entirely on or off to anywhere in between.
Valve positioners move a valve in the right direction by increasing or reducing the actuator's air load pressure. The position of the valve stem or shaft corresponds to the setpoint from the control system.
On linear control valves, positioners mount to the pneumatic actuator's yolk or top framework. Rotary control valves mount to the end of the shaft. For either set-up, the positioner is attached mechanically to the valve stem or valve shaft, allowing the valve position to respond to the controller's demands.
Valve Positioners from Siemens
SIEMENS offers you a broad choice of positioners to ensure an ideal fit for every application. Visit this link to view a summary of their positioner offerings.
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An Advanced, Single Housing, All-In-One Gas Detection System
SensAlarm Plus is a complete, turn-key gas detection system preassembled in one housing. The system comes standard with strobe lights, horns, high-visibility four-digit LED display, and LCD display/interface. At the heart of the SensAlarm Plus is an advanced Intelligent Sensor platform with non-volatile memory for all critical application variables and sensor data. A non-intrusive user interface enables easy operator customization and a quick review of sensor life parameters, TWA (Time Weighted Average) alarms, calibration data, and other information with date and time recording.
The SensAlarm Plus sensor head is universal in that it accepts all Sensidyne Plus sensors. Monitoring in high, low, or adjacent locations is simplified by remote mounting the sensor head using a four-conductor cable. With a sensor connected, the automatic uploading of variables, alarm values, and sensor information dramatically simplifies installation and maintenance. Transportable calibration allows sensor calibration at the installation location or in a workshop, then hot-swapping the sensor in the field.
SensAlarm Plus is the ideal gas monitoring solution for many applications. Most laboratories, gas cylinder storage facilities, industrial work areas where gases are present, control room protection or other applications where users benefit from a packaged gas detection system are common areas that need SensAlarm Plus.
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Whatever You Need Weighed and Measured - Crushed Stone, Ore, Cement, Coal, Food, Chemicals - We Can Help.
What do you need weighed and measured? Crushed stone? We can do that. Ore? That too. Cement? Coal? Food? Chemicals? No problem.
With SIEMENS field-proven SIWAREX weighing electronics, SIWAREX load cells, conveyor belt scales, solids flow meters and weighfeeders, SIEMENS weighs your world - with first-class solutions that help you accomplish almost any weighing task.
SIEMENS delivers over 50 years of experience in the weighing technology for continuous or static weighing and batching applications to optimize your process costs and quality.
- Process weighing and gravimetric level measurement
- Dosing/Filling/Bagging scale
- Continuous Weighing
- Force/Torque measurement
SIWAREX weighing electronics for SIMATIC
- Seamless integrated weighing electronics for SIMATIC automation systems.
Stand-alone Weighing Electronics
- SIWAREX weighing terminals and Siemens Milltronics integrators for stand-alone applications.
SIWAREX Load Cells
- A wide selection of different designs, rounded off by mounting units to protect the against overloads or transverse loads.
Belt Scales
- Systems for belt weighing featuring simple mounting and low maintenance, complemented by our high-resolution speed sensors.
Weighfeeders
- Intelligent systems that continuously measure the load on the belt and the belt's velocity, from which they calculate the current delivery rate.
Solids flow Meters
- Low-maintenance solids flow meters for every application requiring continuous measurement of free-flowing bulk materials, powders, or granulates.
The SIEMENS SIPART PS100 Electropneumatic Positioner
The SIEMENS SIPART PS100 electropneumatic positioners are used to control the valve or damper position of pneumatic linear or part-turn actuators. The SIPART PS100 electropneumatic positioners control the valve according to the setpoint value. A hallmark of the SIPART PS100 is its own extremely low consumption of air. Thanks to the piezoelectric technology, compressed air is only required to move the valve. In the controlled state, consumption of air is negligible.
SIPART PS100 FEATURES:
- Fast commissioning at the push of a button
- Simple operation via the display and four buttons
- Display symbols according to NAMUR NE 107
- Negligible air consumption in stationary operation
- Setting the application profile based on predefined selection options, e.g. tight-closing valve, open/close valve, small valve
- Fast response in end positions ensures short positioning times and tight valves
- Insensitive to vibrations and steam hammer
- Leakage compensation ensures a constant actual value and protects the actuator
- Only one device version for linear and part-turn actuators
SIPART PS100 INDUSTRIES:
- Power stations
- Paper and glass
- Water and wastewater
- Food and pharmaceuticals
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The MIcroMod 353 RetroPAK - An Alternative for Siemens 353 and Moore 352 Users
The 353 RetroPAK is the best choice on the market to update your controllers with the least disruption to your plant operation.
The Siemens 353 and Moore 352 controllers have been extremely popular, but they are no longer manufactured or supported. MicroMod has a cost-effective migration solution offering up-to-date technology that will be available for years to come. We understand the dilemmas faced by companies that need to ahead and be able to support their control systems without abandoning their control philosophy or incurring large up-front installation costs.
The 353 RetroPAK provides the same process control functions as the Moore 352 and Siemens 353 controllers. Factory templates (in the Siemens 353 FCO style) that can be loaded from the front keypad along with a function block library in Windows configuration software mean less time spent learning new programs and re-engineering your system. The RetroPAK suits the same panel cutout, has the same simple I / O add-on, and offers dual communication networks.
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SIEMENS Process Analytics Products from Ives Equipment
SIEMENS Process Analytics Products from Ives Equipment
SIEMENS Analytical Products and Solutions is a leading provider of process analyzers and process analysis systems. They offer innovative analysis technologies, customized system engineering, sound knowledge of their applications, and professional support. Ives Equipment and SIEMENS Analytical Products and Solutions is your fully qualified and preferred partner for efficient solutions that integrate process analyzers in automation systems in the process industry.
SIEMENS Analytical Products Include:
- Process Gas Chromatograph - MAXUM
- Process Gas Analyzers - Series 6
- Multicomponent Gas Analyzer - ULTRAMAT 23
- UV Absorption NO, NO2, SO2 and H2S Measurement - SIPROCESS UV600
- Chemiluminescence (CLD) Measurement of NO or NOx in Gas Measurement - NOXMAT 700
- Laser Spectroscopy - LDS 6
- Laser Spectroscopy - SITRANS SL
- Continuous Emissions Monitoring System - (CEMS)