Progressive Measurement & Control - SA Instrumentation & Control Buyers' Guide (IBG)

Section - Data Acquisition & Remote Control
–+ Data acquisition & logging systems
-Barcode systems
- Handheld
-In-transit temperature/event
-Logging printers
-PC based data acquisition
- automatic data acquisition
- data acquisition cards
-Portable data collection terminal
-Recorders
- chart paper
- circular chart
- disposable pens
- events
- paperless
- strip chart
-Standalone data loggers
–+ Monitoring & sampling systems
-Anemometers
-Barometers
-Hygrometers
-Meteorological instrumentation
-Monitors
- air quality
- chlorine
- dust
- effluent
- flame
- gas
- moisture
- vibration
- water quality
-Sampling equipment
- gases
- liquids
- solids
–+ Telemetry & remote control systems
-Remote sensing & control
- cable link
- cellular
- infrared (IR)
Section - Miscellaneous Hardware
–+ Cables for instrumentation & control
-Signal
- Armoured
- Coaxial
- High temperature
- Multiwire
- Screened
- Single conductor panel wires
- Temperature compensated cable
- Twisted pair
–+ Connectors for instrumentation & control
-Coaxial connectors
-Thermocouple
–+ Energy sources/management
-Batteries
- Primary
-Battery chargers
-Instrument power supplies
-Mains AC-DC converters
-Mains/power conditioners
-Uninterruptible power supplies
–+ Industrial cabinets & enclosures
-Boxes - electronics
- Metal construction
- Plastic construction
-Cabinets
- Explosion protected
- Free-standing
- Wall mount
-Enclosures (special)
- Environmentally protected
–+ Protection systems & alarms
-Audible alarms
- Horns, sirens
-Gas burner safety control
-Hazardous gas detection
-Smoke/fire detection
-Visible alarms
- Annunciator displays
- Indicator lights
- Industrial beacons
- LED
- LED for traffic lights
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
–+ Control valve actuators
-Electric
-Hydraulic
-Pneumatic
-Valve position transmitters
- Valve positioners
–+ Control valves
-Control valves (applications)
- Safety release
- Slurry control
-Manifolds
-Solenoid
–+ Controllers (standalone)
-Functionality
- Auto/self tuning
- Cascade control
- 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)
- 24x48
- 48x48
- 48x96
- 72x72
- 96x96
-Visual display
–+ Flow measurement
-Flowmeters (application)
- Partially filled pipes/channels
-Flowmeters (type)
- Clamp-on, non-invasive
- Differential pressure (DP)
- Doppler ultrasonic
- Magnetic/electromagnetic
- Mass
- Open channel, flume, weir
- Orifice plate, flow nozzle
- Pelton wheel
- Pitot tube
- Positive displacement
- Solids
- Thermal dispersion/calorific
- Turbine
- Variable area
- V-notch 
-Monitors/indicators
-Pipeline monitors
-Potable water meters
-Switches
-Totalisers and correlators
–+ Hazardous areas equipment
-Flameproof
-Intrinsic safety
- 3.5 & 4.5 digit indicators
- 4-20 mA set-point stations
- Flashing beacons
- Sensors
- Solenoid valves
- Sounders
- Totalisers
- Transmitters - flow
- Transmitters - level
- Transmitters - pressure
- Transmitters - temperature
- Valve positioners
-Pressurisation
-Type 'n' protection
–+ Level measurement
-Capacitive & conductive
-Float-operated
-Microwave, guided & radar
-Optical, laser
-Pressure/hydrostatic
-Tank gauging
-Thermistor / thermal
-Tilt switch
-Ultrasonic
-Vibrating fork
–+ Machine vision
-Visual inspection systems
–+ Mass measurement
-Automatic dispensing systems
-Batching
-Density
-Loadcell
–+ Operator interfaces & annunciators
-Analog panel meters
-Digital panel meters
-Digital process indicators
-Displays
- Bar graphs
- Display wall (control room)
–+ Pneumatics
-Controllers/logic devices
-Cylinders
- Positioners
-Pressure/vacuum switches
-Valves
- Check
- Manifolds
- Pressure
–+ Position/motion control
-Control transducers
- Displacement/position transducers
- Tacho generators
- Tilt transducers
–+ Pressure measurement
-Differential pressure transducers
-Instrument manifolds
-Manometers
-Pressure gauges/indicators
-Pressure switches
-Pressure-electrical transducers
-Regulators
- Self-acting pressure reducing
–+ Proximity sensors and switches
-Capacitive
-Edge detection
-Hot metal
-Inductive
-Infrared
-Laser
-Limit switch
-Photoelectric
-Ultrasonic
–+ Pumps
-Positive displacement
- Proportioning/dosing
–+ Sensors
-Anemometers
-Current
-Displacement
-Flow
-Gas
-Humidity
-Interface in solids/liquids
-Level
-Light intensity
-Metal detectors
-Moisture
-Other
-Presence
-Thickness
-Vibration
–+ Signal conditioning
-Amplifiers & pre-amplifiers
-Converters
- I-P, P-I
- mV/current
- Power (VAR, F, kWh, etc.)
- Programmable
-Isolators
-Root extractors
–+ Temperature measurement
-Heat flow monitors
-Infrared (IR) line scan
-IR non-contact
-IR thermal imaging
-Panel-mount indicators
-Pyrometers (IR non-contact)
-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 
- Mechanical
- 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 - Test, Measurement & Calibration
–+ Analytical instrumentation
-Analysers
- Chlorine 
- Combustion 
- Dissolved oxygen
- Flotation froth
- Flue gas
- Gas
- On-line process
- Oxygen
- Particles
- Suspended solids
-Conductivity
-GLC & HPLC
-ORP
-pH
-pH handheld
-Pyrometers
-Redox measurement
-Turbidity meters
–+ Calibration equipment & services
-0/4-20 mA loop simulators/calibrators
-Calibration services (SANAS accredited, etc.)
-Deadweight testers
-Documenting process calibrators
-mV simulators/calibrators
-Pressure simulators/calibrators
-RTD simulators/calibrators
-Temperature (dry block)
-Temperature baths
-Thermocouple simulators
–+ Electrical test equipment
-Clampmeters
-Insulation testers
-Mains power analysers
-Multimeters
-Ohmmeters
-Phase rotation
-Pipe & cable locators
-Portable power meters
-X/Y, Y/t chart recorders
–+ Physical/mechanical test equipment
-Adhesion
-Coating thickness
-Crack/flaw
-Density
-Dust level
-Gloss (paint materials)
-Hardness testers
-Humidity
-Leak detection
-Light level
-Magnetic material
-Moisture content
-Noise/sound level
-Oil in water
-Particle size
-Pinhole/porosity
-Pyrometers
-Roughness
-Strain gauging
-Stroboscopes
-Surface roughness
-Tachometers
-Temperature
-Thickness, wall, plating
-Vibration/machine health
- Non-contact/ultrasonic
- Physical contact
-Water-in-oil