INDECON Instrumentation - SA Instrumentation & Control Buyers' Guide (IBG)

Barnard, Trevor Director indecon@indecon.co.za	Brinkhuis, Ziyaad Technical Manager indecon@indecon.co.za	Kilian, Le Roux Director indecon@indecon.co.za
Nel, Annemarie Office Administrator indecon@indecon.co.za	Rossouw, Arno Sales Engineer indecon@indecon.co.za	Smit, Riaan Sales Consultant indecon@indecon.co.za
van der Walt, Marietjie Internal Sales indecon@indecon.co.za	Visagie, Nelia Internal Sales indecon@indecon.co.za

Algoa Controls	Despatch tel: +27 41 922 0160 fax: +27 86 517 1626 cobus@algoacontrols.co.za
Global Valves & Automation	Richards Bay tel: +27 35 789 7066 fax: +27 35 789 4705 globalmk@mweb.co.za

Industrial Controls	East London tel: +27 43 732 1552 fax: +27 86 688 2550 workshop@icontrols.co.za
Valve Smart Solutions	Middelburg tel: +27 13 246 2963 martin@valvesmart.co.za

Beamex (Western Cape)
(Sole Agency)

Beko (Western Cape)
(Sub Agency)

GEMÜ (Western Cape)
(Sole Agency)

Shimaden
(Sole Agency)

Siemens Digital Industries (Western Cape)
(Sole Agency)

Turtle Tough (Western & Northern Cape)
(Sub Agency)

Variflo (pump stations)
(Manufacturer)

Section - Data Acquisition & Remote Control
–+ Data acquisition & logging systems
-Recorders
- chart paper
- disposable pens
- events
- paperless
- strip chart
–+ Monitoring & sampling systems
-Hygrometers
-Monitors
- air quality
- density
- gas
- moisture
- vibration
- water quality
-Sampling equipment
- gases
Section - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation
–+ Hardware: Calibration, configuration & adjustment
-Handheld/portable
- Hardwired point-to-point HART device calibrator/configurator
- Network capable HART device calibrator/configurator
- Wireless HART device calibrator/configurator
–+ Hardware: Conditioning systems
-In-stream/in situ
- Pneumatic air filtration/conditioning
-Out-of-stream/ex situ
- Pneumatic air filtration/conditioning
–+ Hardware: Monitoring, analysis & in situ testing
-In-stream/in situ
- General purpose data-logger
- Pneumatic air
- Valve stroke testing
Section - Miscellaneous Hardware
–+ Industrial cabinets & enclosures
-Enclosures (special)
- Environmentally protected
-Pole mount accessories
–+ Protection systems & alarms
-Hazardous gas detection
-Visible alarms
- Annunciator displays
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
–+ Control valve actuators
-Electric
-Partial stroke testing devices
-Pneumatic
-Valve position transmitters
- Valve positioners
–+ Control valves
-Control valves (applications)
- Globe - sanitary
- Hygienic
- Safety release
- Steam conditioning
-Control valves (type)
- Ball
- Butterfly
-Globe
- double seated
- split-body
- three-way
-Lined valves
-Manifolds
-Sliding/knife gate
-Solenoid
-Weir-type diaphragm
–+ Controllers (standalone)
-Communications
- RS232
- RS422/RS485
-Functionality
- Adaptive gain
- Auto/self tuning
- Cascade control
- Logic
- Maths/calculations
- Pattern/profile
- PID/PD
- Ratio control
- Scaling of I/O
-Inputs
- 0/4-20mA
- mV/V
- RTD
- Thermocouple
-Number of loops
- 1-16
-Outputs
- 0/4-20 mA
- 0-5V
- mA/mV
- Pulse
- Relay contact
-Panel size (mm)
- 48x48
- 48x96
- 72x72
- 96x96
-Visual display
–+ Flow measurement
-Flowmeters (application)
- Batching
- Partially filled pipes/channels
-Flowmeters (type)
- Clamp-on, non-invasive
- Coriolis
- Custody transfer
- Differential pressure (DP)
- Doppler ultrasonic
- Magnetic/electromagnetic
- Mass
- Open channel, flume, weir
- Orifice plate, flow nozzle
- Pitot tube
- Positive displacement
- Target
- Thermal dispersion/calorific
- Turbine
- Variable area
- V-notch 
- Vortex
-Monitors/indicators
-Pipeline monitors
-Regulators
-Switches
-Totalisers and correlators
–+ Hazardous areas equipment
-Intrinsic safety
- Batch controllers
- Transmitters - flow
- Transmitters - level
- Transmitters - pressure
- Transmitters - temperature
- Valve positioners
–+ Level measurement
-Capacitive & conductive
-Float-operated
-Microwave, guided & radar
-Pressure/hydrostatic
-Rotary paddle
-Tank gauging
-Thermistor / thermal
-Tilt switch
-Ultrasonic
-Vibrating fork
–+ Mass measurement
-Automatic dispensing systems
-Batching
-Belt scales
-Coriolis
-Density
-Drum filling
-Impact plate
-In-motion
-Loadcell
–+ Operator interfaces & annunciators
-Alarm indicators
-Digital panel meters
-Digital process indicators
–+ Pressure measurement
-Differential pressure transducers
-Instrument manifolds
-Manometers
-Pressure gauges/indicators
-Pressure switches
-Pressure-electrical transducers
-Regulators
- Pilot operated pressure reducing
- Rupture disk
- Self-acting back pressure
- Self-acting pressure reducing
–+ Sensors
-Acoustic
-Density
-Flow
-Gas
-Humidity
-Interface in solids/liquids
-Level
-Loadcell
-Mass
-Other
-Vibration
–+ Signal conditioning
-Converters
- I-P, P-I
- mV/current
-Isolators
-Root extractors
–+ Temperature measurement
-Panel-mount indicators
-RTDs (Pt 100, Ni)
-Temperature switches
-Thermocouple reference units
-Thermocouples (Type S, T, etc)
-Thermowells
–+ Transmitters
-Control signal
-Differential pressure
-Flow
-Humidity
-Level
-Pressure
-Resistance
-Temperature
-Universal, programmable
Section - Services & Systems
–+ Services (industrial)
-Contractors
- Maintenance 
- Process control
- System wiring/installation
-Programmers
- PLC
- Scada
-System integration/consulting
- Factory automation
- Process control
- Scada/DCS/PLC
–+ System integration: process or technology specific
-Compressed air
-Food & beverage
-Mining & metals
-Packaging and Labelling
-Petrochemical
-Pharmaceutical
-Power generation & distribution
-Rubber & plastics
-Textiles
-Water & waste water
Section - Test, Measurement & Calibration
–+ Analytical instrumentation
-Analysers
- Density
- Dissolved oxygen
- Flue gas
- Gas
- Gas chromatograph
- Oxygen
-Conductivity
-ORP
-pH
-Turbidity meters
–+ Calibration equipment & services
-0/4-20 mA loop simulators/calibrators
-Deadweight testers
-Decade boxes, R/I/C
-Documenting process calibrators
-Frequency, time simulators/calibrators
-mV simulators/calibrators
-Pressure simulators/calibrators
-RTD simulators/calibrators
-Temperature (dry block)
-Temperature baths
-Thermistor simulators
-Thermocouple simulators