New Signal Conditioning Catalog includes four new product lines for process instrumentation applications. 

Acromag’s recently released 150-page product catalog features four new product lines and a broad range of transmitters, isolators, and alarms. A series of application notes and drawings demonstrates how these products can be used to reduce costs, improve performance, and increase safety. A price list, easy-to-use product selection tables, and diagrams help engineers select and specify the correct product for their application. Acromag’s comprehensive offering of accessories includes mounting racks, industrial enclosures, power supplies, and cables to complete the installation. An online catalog can be accessed at www.acromag.com/pdf/8400100e.pdf.

The newest products apply the latest microcontroller technologies to signal conditioning applications. The result is a variety of instruments with superior performance, additional capabilities, easier configuration and maintenance, and lower overall costs. High-resolution A/D converters and digital signal processing techniques improve accuracy and increase immunity to noise and temperature drift. The internal microprocessor is capable of performing many calculations and signal comparison functions using multiple inputs that previously required expensive controllers or software programs. Some models use menu-driven configuration software to select input/output ranges, setpoint limits, and other functions. Other units automatically sense the input type and set the optimal ranges while simple pushbuttons help the user quickly calibrate the output and store the settings in the signal conditioner’s memory. Multi-channel units are ideal for tight budgets and installations with severe space limitations. Up to four I/O channels can be isolated in a single, compact enclosure for as little as $250 or just $62.50 per channel.

One of the new products, the IntelliPack Math Module, is ideal for integrator/totalizer applications used to calculate flow rates, volume, power, and other process variables. The unit can perform nearly any mathematical computation or conditional argument on two DC input signals and provide a frequency output to a PLC or a pulsed output to a counter. A software program simplifies configuration with spreadsheet-style equation entry and a simulator screen to test the equations.

The new 600 series of isolated transmitters condition DC voltage, DC current, thermocouple, RTD, resistance, and AC current input signals. Multi-channel units lower expenses and save space. DC-powered and loop-powered (two-wire) units are available.

Another new item, the ACR4380 transmitter, is a plug-in module for use with industry-standard octal-pin sockets. One model provides universal DC voltage and current input/output ranges, as well as support for AC and DC power supplies. The unit is drop-in compatible with competing units, but is up to 20% lower in cost. A self-ranging function helps speed configuration and installation.

Other new products are two-wire temperature transmitters with an optional HART^® protocol interface. They maintain 0.5°C accuracy with very low drift for minimal maintenance requirements making them ideal for remote mounting applications. 155H (with HART) and 151T models are both hockey-puck style devices and offer an optional plug-in LCD display. Inputs (TC or RTD) are selected using a HART communicator, a software configuration program, or pushbuttons on the display panel.

Acromag, a multimillion dollar international corporation, has been manufacturing and developing measurement and control products for more than 40 years. They offer a complete line of industrial I/O products including process instruments, signal conditioning equipment, data acquisition boards, distributed I/O systems, and communication devices.

For more information about Acromag products, call Inside Sales or Marketing Communications at (248) 624-1541, (800) 881-0268, FAX (248) 624-9234, send e-mail to sales@acromag.com, or write Acromag, Inc. at P.O. Box 437, Wixom, MI 48393-7037 USA. Information is also available on the Internet at www.acromag.com.

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March 14, 2000

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Sales - Inside Sales
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Editorial-Robert Greenfield, Marketing Communications Manager
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