Morton Controls - SA Instrumentation & Control Buyers' Guide (IBG)

Section - Data Acquisition & Remote Control
–+ Data acquisition & logging systems
-Recorders
- chart paper
- circular chart
- disposable pens
- events
- instrumentation magtape
- paperless
-Standalone data loggers
–+ Manufacture/management systems
-Process simulation & design
-Process/capacity planning
-Product data interchange
-Production management systems
–+ Monitoring & sampling systems
-Monitors
- chlorine
- density
- effluent
- gas
- moisture
- scale build-up
- vibration
- water quality
-Sampling equipment
- liquids
Section - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation
–+ Hardware: Monitoring, analysis & in situ testing
-In-stream/in situ
- Corrosion
- Insulation/insulation oil
-Sampling/ex situ
- pH
- Spectral analysis (of process fluids)
–+ Hardware: Test & monitoring
-Bench
- Instrument power supply
- Other
- Ultrasonic tester
-Handheld/portable
- Data-logger
- Multimeter
–+ Plant optimisation services
-Consulting
- Technical
-Education & training
- Onsite
-Maintenance
- Calibration
- Maintenance
- Testing
-Performance monitoring
- Process/production
–+ Plant optimisation software
-Calibration, configuration & adjustment
- Networkable HART device calibration/configuration
- Networkable Profibus device calibration/configuration
- Networkable proprietary device calibration/configuration
- Point-to-point Profibus device calibration/configuration
- Point-to-point proprietary device calibration/configuration
-Optimisation & efficiency
- Asset optimisation
- Expert systems
- Maintenance optimisation
- Process/production modelling
- Root cause analysis
- Simulation for optimisation
Section - Miscellaneous Hardware
–+ Cables for instrumentation & control
-Power
- Armoured
- PVC
- Silicon
-Signal
- Armoured
- Coaxial
- Computer, LAN
- Explosion proof / intrinsically safe
- Flat, ribbon
- High temperature
- Multiwire
- Optical fibre
- Screened
- Single conductor panel wires
- Temperature compensated cable
- Twisted pair
–+ Connectors for instrumentation & control
-Circular DIN, control
-Circular, mixed signal
-Explosion proof
-Fieldbus interface
-Harsh environment
-High temperature
-I/O
-Optical fibre
-Thermocouple
-Watertight
–+ Protection systems & alarms
-Audible alarms
- Bells
- Horns, sirens
-Hazardous gas detection
-Light curtains
-Visible alarms
- Indicator lights
–+ Terminal blocks for instrumentation & control
-I/O system
-PLC interface
-Thermocouple
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
–+ Control valve actuators
-Limit switches
-Valve position transmitters
- Valve positioners
–+ Control valves
-Control valves (applications)
- Hygienic
- Pump protection
-Control valves (type)
- Ball
- Butterfly
-Solenoid
–+ Controllers (standalone)
-Communications
- Fieldbus
- Proprietary
- 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
- Strain gauge
- Thermocouple
-Number of loops
- >16
-Outputs
- 0/4-20 mA
- 0-5V
- mA/mV
- Pulse
- Relay contact
-Panel size (mm)
- 150x150
- 24x48
- 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
- Positive displacement
- Solids
- Target
- Thermal dispersion/calorific
- Turbine
- Variable area
- Venturi tube
- Vortex
-Monitors/indicators
-Pipeline monitors
-Potable water meters
-Regulators
-Switches
-Totalisers and correlators
–+ Hazardous areas equipment
-Explosion proof
-Flameproof
-Gas detection
-Intrinsic safety
- Sensors
- Solenoid valves
- Transmitters - flow
- Transmitters - level
- Transmitters - pressure
- Transmitters - temperature
–+ Level measurement
-Capacitive & conductive
-Float-operated
-Loadcell
-Microwave, guided & radar
-Optical, laser
-Pressure/hydrostatic
-Rotary paddle
-Tank gauging
-Ultrasonic
-Vibrating fork
–+ Mass measurement
-Batching
-Blending
-Coriolis
-Density
-Loadcell
–+ Operator interfaces & annunciators
-Analog panel meters
-Digital panel meters
-Digital process indicators
-Displays
- Display wall (control room)
-HMI
–+ PLCs - Programmable Logic Controllers
-Display
-Multiprocessor
-Networking
- 20 mA loop
- Ethernet
- Fieldbus
- PLC-to-PLC
- Proprietary data bus
- Remote I/O
- RS232, RS422, RS485
-Operator interface panel
–+ Position/motion control
-Control transducers
- Displacement/position transducers
- Tacho generators
- Torque
-Rotary encoders
-Servo motors
- DC motors
- Linear motors
- Synchro motors
–+ Pressure measurement
-Differential pressure transducers
-Manometers
-Pressure gauges/indicators
-Pressure switches
-Pressure-electrical transducers
-Regulators
- Self-acting back pressure
- Self-acting pressure reducing
–+ Proximity sensors and switches
-Capacitive
-Colour mark
-Edge detection
-Hot metal
-Inductive
-Infrared
-Laser
-Limit switch
-Machine guard
-Magnetic
-Photoelectric
-Ultrasonic
–+ Sensors
-Acoustic
-Anemometers
-Current
-Density
-Displacement
-Flow
-Gas
-Humidity
-Interface in solids/liquids
-Level
-Light intensity
-Loadcell
-Mass
-Metal detectors
-Moisture
-Other
-Presence
-Strain gauges
-Vibration
–+ Temperature measurement
-Heat flow monitors
-Infrared (IR) line scan
-IR non-contact
-IR thermal imaging
-Panel-mount indicators
-Pyrometers (IR non-contact)
-Pyrometric cones
-RTDs (Pt 100, Ni)
-Temperature indicating paints/labels
-Temperature switches
-Thermistors (PTC, NTC)
-Thermocouple extension cables
-Thermocouple reference units
-Thermocouples (Type S, T, etc)
-Thermowells
–+ Timers and counters
-Counters
- Batch 
- Panel mount
- Rail mount
-Timers
- Analog
- Digital
- Panel mount
- Rail mount
–+ Transmitters
-Conductivity
-Control signal
-Differential pressure
-Electrical power
-Flow
-Frequency
-Gas
-Humidity
-Level
-pH
-Pneumatic
-Pressure
-Resistance
-Temperature
-Universal, programmable
-Vibration
-Wireless
Section - Services & Systems
–+ Services (industrial)
-Consulting engineers
- Gap analysis
- Project management
- Systems specification
-Contractors
- Factory automation
- Panel builders
- Process control
- System wiring/installation
-Programmers
- PLC
- scada
-Project Management
-System integration/consulting
- CIM/CAM
- Factory automation
- Materials handling
- Process control
- Quality control
- Scada/DCS/PLC
–+ System integration: process or technology specific
-Batch production
-Blending
-Boiler/furnace control
-Chemicals
-Compressed air
-Food & beverage
-Furnace control & management
-Kiln control
-Laboratory control & management
-Marine
-Materials handling
-Mining & metals
-Petrochemical
-Pharmaceutical
-Power generation & distribution
-Pulp & paper
-Rubber & plastics
-Sugar
-Water & waste water
Section - Test, Measurement & Calibration
–+ Analytical instrumentation
-Analysers
- Basis weight, consistency
- Boiler feed water 
- Carbon concentration 
- Chlorine 
- Colorimetric 
- Combustion 
- Density
- Dissolved oxygen
- Distillation
- Flotation froth
- Flue gas
- Gas
- Gas chromatograph
- Hydrocarbon
- Liquid chromatograph
- On-line process
- Oxygen
- Particles
- Single element
- Suspended solids
- Viscosity
-Conductivity
-ORP
-Petroleum testing
-pH
-pH handheld
-Pyrometers
-Redox measurement
-Sampling equipment
- Gases
- Liquids
- Solids 
-Spectrometers (UV, IR, etc.)
-Turbidity meters
–+ Calibration equipment & services
-0/4-20 mA loop simulators/calibrators
-Calibration services (SANAS accredited, etc.)
-Flow calibrators