Protea Automation Solutions - SA Instrumentation & Control Buyers' Guide (IBG)

Fisher, Chantelle National Sales Manager [email protected]	Hamilton, Debra Internal Sales - Instrumentation [email protected]	Johnston, Gary Managing Director [email protected]
Moodley, Kasie Analytical Sales [email protected]	Smith, Nadine Senior Sales Engineer - Ashcroft [email protected]	Venter, Eric Product Manager [email protected]
Walsh, Frances Financial/Operational Manager [email protected]

Ashcroft
(Sole Agency)

Ecom
(Sub Agency)

ESP Safety
(Sole Agency)

Fairchild
(Sole Agency)

Galvanic Applied Sciences
(Sub Agency)

GF Signet
(Sole Agency)

Industrial Physics
(Sub Agency)

Land Instruments (combustion)
(Shared Agency)

Land Instruments (infrared)
(Sole Agency)

MBA
(Sole Agency)

Meriam
(Shared Agency)

RKI
(Shared Agency)

Rotork
(Sub Agency)

Sensortech
(Sole Agency)

Steinfurth
(Sole Agency)

Section - Data Acquisition & Remote Control
–+ Data acquisition & logging systems
-Ethernet-based systems
-Logging printers
-Recorders
- chart paper
- circular chart
- disposable pens
- events
- paperless
- strip chart
-Standalone data loggers
–+ Monitoring & sampling systems
-Monitors
- effluent
- flame
- gas
- moisture
- opacity
- water quality
-Sampling equipment
- gases
- liquids
- solids
–+ Telemetry & remote control systems
-Cable telemetry
- copper wire
- Ethernet LAN
- fibre-optic
-Radio telemetry
-Remote sensing & control
- infrared (IR)
Section - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation
–+ Hardware: Calibration, configuration & adjustment
-Handheld/portable
- Network capable HART device calibrator/configurator
- Network capable Profibus device calibrator/configurator
- Wireless HART device calibrator/configurator
- Wireless Profibus device calibrator/configurator
–+ Hardware: Monitoring, analysis & in situ testing
-In-stream/in situ
- Pneumatic air
-Sampling/ex situ
- pH
- Spectral analysis (of process fluids)
–+ Hardware: Test & monitoring
-Bench
- Hydraulic fluid analyser/tester
- Instrument power supply
- Insulating oil analyser/tester
- Lubricating oil analyser/tester
- Ultrasonic tester
-Handheld/portable
- Data-logger
- Electrical motor tester
- Multimeter
- Other
- Thermal imager
- Thermometer
- Vibration/balance
Section - Miscellaneous Hardware
–+ Energy sources/management
-Uninterruptible power supplies
–+ Industrial cabinets & enclosures
-Cabinets
- Explosion protected
- Free-standing
- Industrial computers
- Wall mount
-Cases/housings
- Benchtop
- Card cages
- Portable
-Desks, consoles, furniture
-Thermal control
- Fans, blowers
- Heat exchangers/airconditioners
–+ Industrial switches & relays
-Heavy duty power switching
-Relays
- DIN-rail mount
- General purpose, control
- Plug-in
- Solid state (photo MOS)
- Solid state (zero-crossing)
- Time delay
-Switches
- Intrinsically safe
- Magnetic
- Rotary selector
–+ Instrumentation & control installation
-Electrical power
–+ Terminal blocks for instrumentation & control
-DIN rail-mount
-Fieldbus terminal blocks
-I/O system
-Thermocouple
Section - Networks for Communication & Control
–+ Wireless - accessories
-Antennas
- outdoor
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
–+ Control valve actuators
-Pneumatic
-Valve position transmitters
- Valve positioners
–+ Control valves
-Manifolds
-Rotary control valves
-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
- 1-16
-Outputs
- 0/4-20 mA
- 0-5V
- mA/mV
- Pulse
- Relay contact
-Panel size (mm)
- 24x48
- 48x48
- 48x96
- 96x96
-Visual display
–+ DCS - Distributed Control Systems
-DCS
-Emergency shut-down systems
-Entry level DCS
-Networked controllers
–+ Flow measurement
-Flowmeters (application)
- Partially filled pipes/channels
-Flowmeters (type)
- Coriolis
- Differential pressure (DP)
- Magnetic/electromagnetic
- Open channel, flume, weir
- Orifice plate, flow nozzle
- Pitot tube
- Turbine
- Variable area
- Venturi tube
- V-notch 
- Vortex
-Monitors/indicators
-Regulators
-Switches
-Totalisers and correlators
–+ Level measurement
-Capacitive & conductive
-Microwave, guided & radar
-Pressure/hydrostatic
-Rotary paddle
–+ Mass measurement
-Batching
-Blending
-Coriolis
–+ Operator interfaces & annunciators
-Analog panel meters
-Digital panel meters
-Digital process indicators
–+ Pneumatics
-Actuators
- Linear
- Rotary
-Cylinders
- Positioners
-Seals
-Valves
- Gauge
- Isolation
- Manifolds
- Pressure
–+ Pressure measurement
-Differential pressure transducers
-Instrument manifolds
-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
–+ Sensors
-Density
-Flow
-Gas
-Moisture
-Vibration
–+ Signal conditioning
-Converters
- I-P, P-I
- mV/current
- Power (VAR, F, kWh, etc.)
-Root extractors
–+ Temperature measurement
-Infrared (IR) line scan
-IR non-contact
-IR thermal imaging
-Panel-mount indicators
-Pyrometers (IR non-contact)
-RTDs (Pt 100, Ni)
-Temperature switches
-Thermocouple extension cables
-Thermocouple reference units
-Thermocouples (Type S, T, etc)
-Thermowells
–+ Transmitters
-Conductivity
-Differential pressure
-Flow
-Gas
-Humidity
-Level
-pH
-Pneumatic
-Pressure
-Resistance
-Temperature
-Universal, programmable
-Wireless
Section - Services & Systems
–+ Services (industrial)
-Contractors
- Process control
–+ System integration: process or technology specific
-Automotive
-Batch production
-Boiler/furnace control
-Building management
-Chemicals
-Compressed air
-Energy management
-Environmental control & monitoring
-Extrusion control
-Food & beverage
-Furnace control & management
-Gas, infrared heating systems
-HVAC control
-Induction heating systems
-Injection moulding
-Kiln control
-Laboratory control & management
-Laser-based
- cutting, drilling
- marking
- welding
-Marine
-Materials handling
-Mining & metals
-Packaging and Labelling
-Petrochemical
-Pharmaceutical
-Power generation & distribution
-Pulp & paper
-Rubber & plastics
-Shop-floor data collection
-Sugar
-Textiles
-Trace heating
-Transportation
-Water & waste water
Section - Test, Measurement & Calibration
–+ Analytical instrumentation
-Analysers
- Boiler feed water 
- Chlorine 
- Colorimetric 
- Combustion 
- Dissolved oxygen
- Flue gas
- Gas
- Hydrocarbon
- On-line process
- Oxygen
- Single element
- Suspended solids
- Viscosity
-Conductivity
-ORP
-pH
-Pyrometers
-Redox measurement
-Sampling equipment
- Gases
- Liquids
-Spectrometers (UV, IR, etc.)
-Turbidity meters
–+ Calibration equipment & services
-0/4-20 mA loop simulators/calibrators
-Calibration services (SANAS accredited, etc.)
-Deadweight testers
-Flow calibrators
-Frequency, time simulators/calibrators
-Loop optimisation analysers & software
-mV simulators/calibrators
-Power, energy calibrators
-Pressure simulators/calibrators
-Reference materials (certified)
-RF reflectometers
-RTD simulators/calibrators
-Spectrometers
-Strain gauge simulators/calibrators
-Temperature (dry block)
-Temperature baths
-Thermocouple simulators
–+ Electrical test equipment
-Clampmeters
-Insulation testers
-Magnetic measurements
-Multimeters
-Portable power meters
–+ Physical/mechanical test equipment
-Corrosion
-Dust level
-Hardness testers
-Humidity
-Leak detection
-Magnetic material
-Moisture content
-Pyrometers
-Tachometers
-Temperature
-Thermal imaging
-Velocity
-Vibration/machine health
- Non-contact/ultrasonic
- Physical contact
-Viscosity