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• Measurement validation can improve safety, reliability

  By John Rezabek

  “Sometimes just OK is not OK,” says the narrator of the cellular provider’s TV commercial. The scenes are humorous, as the befuddled customers are confronted by lackadaisical service providers, whether a surgeon, auto repairman or tattooist. In our discipline, we hope our service providers…

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• Vega 80 GHz Radar Available with HART or FOUNDATION Fieldbus

  By FieldComm Group

  Get all the benefits of 80 GHz radar with HART and FOUNDATION fieldbus. The choice is simple with the VEGAPULS 64 and the VEGAPULS 69: one radar to measure level for liquids and one for bulk solids.The higher frequency transmission gives operators unprecedented focus, allowing reliable and accurate…

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• Log, Transfer, Analyze – Siemens Helps to Close the Gap Between Field and Cloud

  By FieldComm Group

  Let sleeping dogs lie, they say. But would you also let sleeping or “stranded” data lie?To date, 85% of the data produced by a sensor remains unused. So why let this potential slumber in the age of big data? The NAMUR Open Architecture (NOA) allows simplified access to this wealth of data and…

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• ProComSol COM-PWR: PC-Based HART Communicator with Power Supply

  By FieldComm Group

  ProComSol’s COM-PWR is a full featured, DD-based HART communicator for Windows packaged with a USB HART modem and integrated +24Vdc loop power supply makes instrument setups a snap.The COM-PWR includes these components:DevCom2000, Smart Device Communicator for Windows Uses the registered DD…

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• Moore Industries Offers STZ Functional Safety Dual Input Smart HART Temperature Transmitter

  By FieldComm Group

  Designed and built in compliance with IEC 61508 for use in Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), Moore Industries SIL 3-capable STZ temperature transmitter offers dual sensor input that reduces process interruptions. Backup and fail-over protection allows either of the sensors or inputs to be…

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• Endress+Hauser Field Xpert and Netilion Library Take Headache Out of Paperwork

  By FieldComm Group

  How much time do you spend writing and filing reports each month, let alone trying to find what you or someone else wrote two years ago? The necessity, sometimes legal, to record what happened, where and when in a plant is to the point where administration forms a major part of everyone’s job,…

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