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Top five dominate process level measurement devices
The market for level measurement devices remains robust as manufacturers continue to launch new instruments and drive new projects forwards. Sean Ottewell reports.
process level measurement devices world- wide are: Endress+Hauser, Emerson Process Management, VEGA Grieshaber, Yokogawa Electric Company, and Siemens Milltronics Process Instruments.
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Emerson Process Management and Siemens lead the way in shipments of the two largest product categories – hydrostatic devices and sonic/ultrasonic devices.
“While these five suppliers of process level measurement devices have the lion’s share of the market, it is critical to remember that this market is highly fragmented, with dozens of other segment leaders operating in very specific technical or installation environment niches,” indicated Chris Rezendez, Executive Vice President of VDC Research Group.
The study, which forecasts the market through 2013 also found that: the global market for process level measurement sensors is expected to decline by nearly 15 per cent in 2009 but will begin to grow in late 2010 or the first half of 2011; increased efficiency demands and regulatory compliance drivers are the top factors driving long term growth; the greatest gains in shares are seen in Foundation Fieldbus as the standard is becoming more widely accepted; emerging wireless standards are expected to make inroads into the global market over the forecast period; and worldwide, the verticals exhibiting the strongest now- and near-term performance are chemical/specialty chemical markets, petrochem and pharmaceutical. Emerson Process
Management has demonstrated its ongoing commitment to level measurement with the
Fig. 1. Rosemount Guided Wave Radar level transmitter for Safety Instrumented Systems.
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new market study by VDC Research on the global process level measurement market finds that the top five suppliers of
new Rosemount 5300 guided wave radar (GWR) level transmitters for SIL 2 safety instrumented systems. Following successful third-party evaluation, the 5300 series now comes with the required failure modes, effects and diagnostic analysis (FMEDA) report. As a result, says Emerson, companies in the oil and gas production, refining, petrochemical, chemical and power industries can benefit from the superior performance of GWR technology while ensuring compliance with associated IEC industry standards.
The 5300 Series was evaluated, as per hardware assessment IEC 61508, by global organisation Exida. The resulting FMEDA report, with safe failure fraction (SFF) over 90 per cent, shows SIL 2 suitability. As per
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