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Process Control
Indicating Controller is Ethernet-Enabled changing viscosity conditions.They utilize stainless
The UT551 digital indicating steel gears and bearings, and the bodies are made of
controller allows users to Type 303 or 316 stainless steel or high-strength alu-
acquire temperature, pressure minum. These units are available in 1/4-, 1/2- and 1-1/4-
and flowrate data and to make in. NPT port sizes for flows ranging from 0.003 to 120
changes to controller settings gal/min, and can operate at pressures up to 5,000 psi
via an Ethernet connection. It and temperatures up to 400°F.
employs the Modbus/TCP pro- Hedland Flow Meters
tocol and is equipped with a www.hedland.com
10BASE-T interface. A gateway
function allows a PC or other Flow and Temperature Measurement in One Unit
host system to access non-Ethernet-enabled indicating CalPoint combines a vortex shed-
controllers or peripheral devices by simply connecting ding flowmeter and temperature
them to the UT551. transmitter in a single instrument.
Yokogawa Electric Corp. Repeatability is ±1% of actual
www.yokogawa.com flow and ±0.25% of actual tem-
perature; accuracy is ±2% of
Controllers Accept a Variety of flow. Temperature range is 32°F
Temperature and Process Inputs to 210°F, and readings can be
The wMPC Series controllers displayed in either Fahrenheit or
provide up to seven zone con- Celsius. The meter is available in
trollers in a single wall-mount- pipe sizes ranging from 3/4 in. to
ed package. Input type can be 2 in. for flowrates of 2.5–200 gal/min.
individually configured for Universal Flow Meters, Inc.
each zone from the keypad. www.flowmeters.com
Thus, a single unit can accom-
modate multiple sensor types Positioners Set Up and Calibrate Valves Quickly
(temperature, pressure, veloci- The explosion-proof Logix
ty, flow, volume, etc.) at the same time. Each zone has its 3200IQ and the intrinsically
own ramp and soak profile or a manual setpoint. Several safe 500si series use piezo tech-
control modes are available (on/off, PID and heat/cool), as nology and inner-loop feedback
well as multiple display modes. to quickly set up and calibrate
Kaif Digital diaphragm- or piston-operated
www.kaifdigital.com valves without additional hand-
held devices, software or con-
Relay Controls Multiple Pumps figuration/calibration tools. The
The intrinsically safe ISS-105 IS Super Cell can operate 500si series is available in two models — the 510si for ana-
as a controller for eight different pumping configurations log applications and the 520si, which, like the 3200IQ, uses
where duplex, triplex, quadplex and duplex SPS (separate the HART communication protocol.
pump stop) pumping methods are possible. It can indicate Flowserve Corp.
low, high and out-of-sequence alarms, and has a variable- www.flowserve.com
lag pump delay setting. When used as a five-channel
relay, all five channels can be set to positive or negative pH, ORP Controller is Watertight
logic with the possibility of two latched relays, and the Enclosed in a standard 1/4-DIN watertight housing, the
fifth relay can be configured as a delay-on-make or model 3679N features two on/off relays for pH or ORP,
delay-on-break output with variable time delay. automatic-temperature-compensated (ATC) pH readings,
SymCom, Inc. and a shorting plug selectable to pH or ORP. It also has
www.symcominc.com selectable hysteresis settings for customized control and
isolated 4–20-mA current output that can be used as a pro-
Flowmeters and Controllers Handle Viscous Liquids portional output. The operating ranges are 0.00–14.00 for
Flowrates of high-viscosity, non-abrasive fluids can be pH (with an accuracy of ±0.03 pH units) and –1,999 to
measured and controlled by the positive-displacement +1,999 mV for ORP (with an accuracy of ±0.1% full scale).
flowmeters and batch controllers comprising the HPD Kernco Instruments Co.
Series. Accuracy is ±0.5% at low flowrates, even under www.kerncoinstr.com
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