The Process Technology Blog provides educational and product information for the industrial process control and factory automation markets. Posts will include application information, new product announcements, How-To's, and process control education. This blog is sponsored by Process Technology, Inc. Contact PTI by calling 801-264-1114 or visiting their website at https://process-tech.com.
Process Technology, Inc. is pleased to introduce Steve Pitkin as the new Sales Manager in our Montana Territory.
Steve has over 30 years of managing civil engineering, distribution and manufacturer’s rep sales. He enjoys engaging with engineering groups and working closely with his customers to find solutions, uncover opportunities and build strong relationships.
He has a love for everything outdoors and isa bit of an adrenalin junkie. With these two guiding forces, Steve has already started exploring the great frontier of Montana and bringing PTI’s solutions to new and existing customers.
The Banner PTL110 is a multifunctional pick-to-light indicator with flexible pick functionality that creates a powerful picking system. They are multifunctional indicators with options for touch button, optical sensor, and three-digit display, connected in series to create a powerful picking system. With fast response times and flexible installation options, PTL110 systems improve speed, productivity, and quality in picking, kitting and related applications.
Red Lion’s rugged Graphite® operator panels are the industry's first HMI touchscreens to combine all-aluminum construction with an I/O module architecture. All of the Graphite HMI models offer drag-and-drop protocol conversion, data logging and web-based monitoring and control. With UL Class 1, Division 2, ABS, ATEX and IECEx approvals, Graphite HMIs enable customers to connect, monitor and control processes in harsh environments.
Available in eight different sizes ranging from 7 inch to 15 inch, Graphite HMIs feature sleek full-color touchscreens in a streamlined, compact footprint for easy installation. Rugged cast-aluminum construction supports outdoor and indoor display with wide operating temperatures and high shock/vibration tolerances that enable organizations to connect, monitor and control processes regardless of environment. Unify disparate devices by converting up to 20 industrial protocols simultaneously from a built-in library of over 300 supported drivers. In addition, select from a wide variety of module and expansion options to seamlessly extend capabilities and address varying requirements.
Industry 4.0 has arrived, and Smart factories and machinery are shaping the next industrial revolution. The user benefits derived from Smart products include higher availability, better quality assurance, and more efficient production, even in smaller batches. Process Technology, and our factory automation partner Turck, are ready to support you.
From RFID and IO-Link, to OPC-UA and Industrial Ethernet, we have the key technologies of the future, supporting you with reliable solutions for collecting, transmitting, and processing relevant production data.
Choose the path to a smart factory with Turck and Process Technology, Inc., your automation partners for Industry 4.0.
What do you install in that application that needs the best of both worlds: a hardworking and rugged device that provides reliable measurements without the high-end price tag?
The SiemensSITRANS Probe LU240 ultrasonic level transmitter is ideal for level, volume, and volume flow measurements in a wide range of applications. It works with liquids, slurries, and bulk materials up to 40 feet (12 meters).
From liquid chemical inventory to monitoring small process vessels monitoring to level monitoring measurement in the environmental industry, this versatile device lets you get on with your day. Easy setup with its 4-button user interface or remote configuration with SIMATIC PDM will have you up and running in no time.
The Siemens SITRANS Probe LU240 is ideal for level monitoring in the water and wastewater industry, chemical storage vessels, and small bulk hoppers.
Key Features:
Digital communications with HART 7
Superior and Reliable Performance
Adapts to Changing Conditions Like Wind, Snow and Temperature
Resistant to Corrosion, Chemicals, and Extreme Shocks
A belt conveyor is the most efficient and cost-effective method of transporting bulk materials. The challenge is how to accurately weigh the amount of material being transported over the conveyor. The answer is with a Siemens belt scale system.
A belt scale system consists of three main components: the belt scale; the speed sensor; and the integrator. Belt scales are seamlessly integrated into conveyors to continuously weigh the material load without process interruptions.
Siemens Milltronics conveyor belt scales combine simple, drop in installation, low maintenance (no moving parts) and repeatable accuracy for productive operations.
With their field-proven weighing electronics, load cells, conveyor belt scales, solids flowmeters, and weighfeeders, Siemens provides all the components required to install and operate an efficient, problem-free, and money-saving belt scale system.
Siemens Milltronics MSI is a heavy-duty, high accuracy full frame single idler belt scale used for process and load-out control.
Milltronics MSI belt scale provides continuous in-line weighing on a variety of products in primary and secondary industries. It is proven in a wide range of tough applications from extraction (in mines, quarries and pits), to power generation, iron and steel, food processing and chemicals. The MSI is suitable for monitoring such diverse products as sand, flour, coal, or sugar.
The MSI’s patented use of parallelogram-style load cells results in fast reaction to vertical forces, ensuring instant response to product loading. This enables it to provide outstanding accuracy and repeatability even with uneven loading and fast belt speeds.
