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NEW WATER CONTROL AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM USES PLUG-IN ‘SENSOR CUBES’ TO MONITOR ESSENTIAL WATER PROCESSING PARAMETERS
This June, Bürkert Fluid Control Systems held a major international press conference at its facility in France in which it introduced two brand new products to market. Here we will concentrate on its innovative online analysis system for water processing, but we will then introduce its second product next month, before taking an in-depth look at the technology and applications for this in October. So, firstly, monitoring.
Often when continuously analysing water parameters, different systems with separate displays, different controls and individual sensors are necessary. Now, however, Bürkert has developed a new water control and analysis system designed to perform monitoring and analysis tasks during water processing. Using ‘smart Sensor Cubes’, the Online Analysis System Type 8905 can be used to monitor and control five measurement parameters – pH, chlorine, conductivity, ORP
and turbidity – from one single unit. The Sensor Cubes are simply plugged directly
into the main unit without the need for wiring. These are held in the lower half of the unit and are plugged into the controller’s backplane, connecting the sensors to the power supply, internal serial bus and fluidic connections. Each of the Cubes has the same dimensions and connections, so can therefore be plugged in and removed while the unit is operational. When a new Sensor Cube is plugged in, it registers with the system and makes its features available to
all other modules present in the system. The sensor itself stores its calibration data and the menus needed for operation, as well as the configuration and specific functions. The top half of the unit
contains the electronic control, a 7in touchscreen display and comms modules. USB, Ethernet and fieldbus connectivity offer easy integration and flexible communications options.
According to the company, the complete
system is designed to provide all the necessary analysis data as well as the ability to act as a data logger. For applications where multiple water flows need to be analysed, it is already possible to link up to 30 analysis Sensor Cubes and combine their operational controls to a single touch-screen display. As for the future, Bürkertwill be developing
additional analysis Cubes to measure other parameters as well as increasing the expansion capabilities, the company explains. The scope of the system is initially
optimised for applications in waterworks. As an example, it supports the drinking water treatment specialist in his daily work, and can contribute to cost-effective and safe drinking water production through optimisation of the controls for single process steps. The new system is based on the company’s
Efficient Device Integration Platform – EDIP – a concept which allows a level of flexibility by offering modularity in the hardware as well as the system software. Additional information on the new analysis
system and its Smart Sensor Cubes can be found on
www.connectindustry.com.
Bürkert Fluid Control Systems T: 01285 648720
www.burkert.co.uk
CALIBRATING TEMPERATURE SENSORS
New from Isothermal Technology (Isotech) is an advanced range of portable temperature calibrators designed for the calibration of RTDs, thermocouples, thermostats, thermistors and process inputs. The range spans -45 to 1200˚C with models that can be used as dry blocks and
stirred liquid baths. Options enable the calibration of infrared thermometers, surface sensors and the operation of ITS-90 fixed point cells. Features of the calibrators include a built-in three channel temperature
indicator for simultaneous connection of both reference and test thermometers, and a colour display with a 0.001˚C resolution that can be viewed in all conditions. In addition, data can be logged to a USB memory drive or internal memory and opened in Microsoft Excel.
Isothermal Technology T: 01704 543830 JTAG OPTION FOR PXI TESTERS
A JTAG/boundary-scan hardware interface is now available for the Peak Production family of PXI test systems. The JT 2147/VPC from JTAG Technologies is a signal-conditional module that allows ‘ideal world’ connections from JTAG Technologies PXI and PXIe DataBlaster high-speed boundary-scan controllers to the VPC (Virginia Panel Corporation) mass interconnect system supplied and used in Peak’s configurable PXI-based functional testers. This has been specifically designed for connection into VPC’s G20x or G14x 192-pin ‘QuadraPaddle’ connectors, and is fully compatible with the Peak system design. The JT2147/VPC features four independent JTAG test access ports (TAPs)
along with 16 static DIO (digital input/output) channels and 64 dynamic DIOS (digital input/output scan) channels. Adding boundary-scan capabilities to any board or system tester will increase fault coverage of interconnections, logic parts and in-signal passives, the company explains.
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An AIA certified and USB3 Vision- compliant series of cameras has been introduced by IDS Imaging Development Systems. The new camera range will be starting with both housing and single-board level versions equipped with the latest generation of 1.3, two and five megapixel CMOS sensors. According to the company, the design of the USB3 Vision models and the cameras of the USB 3 uEye LE and ML series with the IDS software package is the same. Described as ‘all-rounders’, the cameras can be supplied with a monochrome, colour or NIR sensor, with applications including automation engineering and robotics, small device construction, and applications in the printing and packaging industry or medical technology.
IDS Imaging Development Systems
www.ids-imaging.com
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