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

Section - Data Acquisition & Remote Control
–+ Data acquisition & logging systems
-Recorders
- chart paper
- circular chart
- disposable pens
- events
- paperless
- strip chart
-Standalone data loggers
Section - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation
–+ Hardware: Calibration, configuration & adjustment
-Handheld/portable
- Hardwired point-to-point device calibrator/configurator
- Hardwired point-to-point HART device calibrator/configurator
- Network capable HART device calibrator/configurator
- Network capable proprietary device calibrator/configurator
- Other
- Wireless HART device calibrator/configurator
- Wireless proprietary 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
- Bearing
- General purpose data-logger
- Pneumatic air
- Thermal imaging/thermography
- Valve shut-tight testing
- Valve stroke testing
- Vibration/balance
-Sampling/ex situ
- pH
–+ Hardware: Test & monitoring
-Bench
- Instrument power supply
-Handheld/portable
- Data-logger
- Electrical motor tester
- Multimeter
- Other
- Thermal imager
- Thermometer
–+ Plant optimisation services
-Maintenance
- Calibration
-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 HART device calibration/configuration
- Point-to-point proprietary device calibration/configuration
- Wireless HART device calibration/configuration
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
–+ Control valve actuators
-Electric
-Hydraulic
-Pneumatic
-Valve position transmitters
- Valve positioners
–+ Control valves
-Control valves (applications)
- Globe - sanitary
- Safety release
-Control valves (type)
- Ball
- Butterfly
-Eccentric plug
-Globe
- double seated
- split-body
- three-way
-Manifolds
-Sliding/knife gate
-Solenoid
–+ Controllers (standalone)
-Communications
- Fieldbus
- Proprietary
- RS232
- RS422/RS485
-Functionality
- Adaptive gain
- Auto/self tuning
- Cascade control
- Logic
- Pattern/profile
- PID/PD
- Ratio control
- Scaling of I/O
-Inputs
- mV/V
-Number of loops
- >16
- 1-16
-Panel size (mm)
- 150x150
–+ Flow measurement
-Flowmeters (type)
- Clamp-on, non-invasive
- Custody transfer
- Differential pressure (DP)
- Doppler ultrasonic
- Magnetic/electromagnetic
- Mass
- Open channel, flume, weir
- Orifice plate, flow nozzle
- Pitot tube
- Positive displacement
- Turbine
- Variable area
- V-notch 
- Vortex
-Monitors/indicators
-Pipeline monitors
-Potable water meters
-Regulators
-Switches
-Totalisers and correlators
–+ Level measurement
-Capacitive & conductive
-Float-operated
-Loadcell
-Pressure/hydrostatic
-Rotary paddle
-Tilt switch
-Ultrasonic
-Vibrating fork
–+ Mass measurement
-Loadcell
–+ Operator interfaces & annunciators
-Alarm indicators
-Analog panel meters
-Annunciator panels
-Digital panel meters
-Digital process indicators
-Displays
- Bar graphs
- Characters
- CRT
–+ Pneumatics
-Actuators
- Linear
- Rotary
-Controllers/logic devices
-Cylinders
- Double acting 
- Positioners
- Single acting
-Pressure/vacuum switches
-Tubes & fittings
-Valves
- Flow
- Pressure
–+ Pressure measurement
-Differential pressure transducers
-Manometers
-Pressure gauges/indicators
-Pressure switches
-Pressure-electrical transducers
-Regulators
- Pilot operated pressure reducing
- Self-acting back pressure
- Self-acting pressure reducing
–+ Proximity sensors and switches
-Capacitive
-Inductive
-Infrared
-Laser
-Limit switch
-Machine guard
-Magnetic
-Photoelectric
-Ultrasonic
–+ Sensors
-Anemometers
-Current
-Density
-Displacement
-Fibre-optic
-Flow
-Humidity
-Level
-Loadcell
-Mass
-Moisture
-Radiation
-Strain gauges
-Vibration
–+ Signal conditioning
-Amplifiers & pre-amplifiers
-Converters
- A-D
- D-A
- I-P, P-I
- mV/current
-Isolators
–+ Temperature measurement
-IR non-contact
-Panel-mount indicators
-RTDs (Pt 100, Ni)
-Temperature switches
-Thermocouple extension cables
-Thermocouples (Type S, T, etc)
-Thermowells
–+ Timers and counters
-Counters
- Batch 
- Handheld tally
- Mechanical
- Panel mount
-Timers
- Digital
- Panel mount
–+ Transmitters
-Differential pressure
-Flow
-Frequency
-Level
-pH
-Pressure
-Resistance
-Temperature
-Universal, programmable
-Vibration
Section - Test, Measurement & Calibration
–+ Analytical instrumentation
-pH handheld
-Redox measurement
–+ Calibration equipment & services
-0/4-20 mA loop simulators/calibrators
-Deadweight testers
-mV simulators/calibrators
-RTD simulators/calibrators
-Strain gauge simulators/calibrators
-Thermocouple simulators