Intrinsic Safety Barriers
Intrinsic safety barriers from Pepperl+Fuchs limit the energy that is supplied to a circuit and protect hazardous areas from excess energy. By limiting energy to a safe level, intrinsically safe circuits prevent the ignition of potentially explosive atmospheres. This simplifies maintenance and repair of Ex i circuits.
Pepperl+Fuchs offers a variety of intrinsic safety barriers for different requirements. Select between isolated barriers and Zener barriers that ensure safe signal transmission in hazardous areas.
Signal Conditioners
Signal conditioners protect signal transfer between field devices in safe areas and control systems by galvanic isolation of the loop.
Particularly in case of long transmission paths, signal conditioners avoid compensating currents which may occur from ground loops. Signal conditioners also offer effective protection against electromagnetic disturbance or dangerous over voltages on the signal loops.Depending on the type, signal conditioners offer additional features like limit switching, transformation from field in standard signals, as well as splitting of signals, which means doubling the input signal.
HART Interface Solutions
HART Interface Solutions from Pepperl+Fuchs consist of two HART Multiplexer Systems for multiple signal loops and a HART Loop Converter for single loop applications. The Multiplexer is used to connect HART field devices to Asset Management Systems like AMS™ Suite: Intelligent Device Manager from Emerson Process Management. At the heart of HART Interface Solution (HIS), the HART Multiplexer acts like a gateway device, routing communications between the maintenance workstation PC and the HART field devices.
It interrogates each HART device, retrieves device information, and stores it in an internal database. This information is made available by the AMS Device Manager or PACTware. The HART Multiplexer also acts as a message coordinator for communication between the maintenance workstation PC and the HART devices.
For a single loop solution, the HART Loop Converter allows access to all process variables provided by a field device and transfers them to conventional 4…20 mA loop. This enables it to make use of the hidden measurements done by many field devices and feed them to conventional DCS Systems.
Surge Protection
In process engineering plants such as refineries with exposed building parts or extensive water management systems, surge eventscan cause disastrous consequences: from damage or destruction of expensive components and machines to breakdown of complete automation systems—not including risks to personnel.
Besides these dangerous risks to people and environment, overvoltages are still one of the most common causes of damage in electrical plant engineering.
They primarily occur due to lightning strikes or switching operations, but also due to the following causes:
- Electrostatic discharge
- Brush fire of large electric machines
- Fluctuations in power supply
- Ground faults / short circuits
- Triggering fuses
- Parallel installation of energy and information technology control systems
Pepperl+Fuchs‘ surge protection modules reliably divert surges and currents to ground and protect people and machines against possible negative consequences. Our product range provides you with powerful surge protection solutions for various applications. Find devices for signal line protection, supply line protection, fieldbus, and wireless solutions.
Intrinsically Safe Mobile Devices
By acquiring ecom, Pepperl+Fuchs expands its portfolio with a partner that has been a household name in the industry for decades—the market leaders for intrinsically safe mobile devices such as featurephones, smartphones, and tablets for explosion-hazardous areas.
With solutions for mobile safety and communication, customer applications are quickly digitized. This unlocks new potential and increases workflow safety, efficiency, and transparency—either in conventional applications or for Industry 4.0 scenarios.
Electrical Explosion Protection Equipment
Ekotek offers a broad Pepperl+Fuchs portfolio of electrical equipment and solutions for installation and control of machinery and electrical networks in harsh environments and explosion hazardous areas. Various types of protection and enclosure variants along with a high level of flexibility allow the design of the most efficient control and distribution solutions for any application and industrial environment.
Purge+Pressurization Systems
With Pepperl+Fuchs’ Bebco EPS purging and pressurization, you get:
- State-of-the-art solutions based on more than 20 years of experience – a family of automatic purge and pressurization systems that make hazardous location protection easy
- Technical support – anywhere in the world
- Purge and pressurization systems designed according to ATEX direction 94/9/EG, NFPA 496, and ISA 12.4 standards
- Easy integration – compact, low-profile designs that can be internally or externally mounted
- Automatic temperature and leakage control and alarming
- User interface with programming to meet most users’ demands
Ekotek offers a full range of Pepperl+Fuchs purge and pressurization equipment to meet the needs of your application. Another benefit of purging and pressurization is use of the standard Type 4/12 enclosure as the protected enclosure. This saves money, weight, and space over explosion-proof methods. Need a certified solution? The Pepperl+Fuchs Systems and Solutions group can also design custom, certified enclosure solutions.
Industrial Monitors+HMI Solutions
With VisuNet, Pepperl+Fuchs solves the environmental challenges and obstacles presented by taking HMIs into hazardous areas with simple and safe communication technologies. The core VisuNet communication technologies draw on decades of experience and expertise in hazardous locations. Depending on your application, select a communication technology from our family of industrial solutions so that each workstation is a perfect fit for your HMI visualization infrastructure.
