Press Release 2009
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Amersfoort, The Netherlands -
March 19, 2009 Yokogawa adds PROFIBUS PA communications to ADMAG AXF flowmeter  The Yokogawa ADMAG AXF magnetic flowmeter is now available with PROFIBUS PA communications, allowing its easy integration into process environments. With a market share of over 60%, PROFIBUS is Europe’s leading bus protocol, and PROFIBUS PA (with the suffix ‘PA’ standing for process automation) is customised for use in the process industry.
With PROFIBUS PA, field instruments are simple to integrate into the structure of a plant control system, and can transmit measured values as well as being monitored, diagnosed and configured via the bus. Because the bus protocol integrates diagnostic functions and pre-emptive maintenance information, it is particularly suited for comprehensive solutions that minimise outages and enhance plant safety. Users of Yokogawa’s ADMAG AXF can now choose among five different interfaces. Versions for HART, BRAIN and FOUNDATION Fieldbus have been on the market for some time, in addition to instruments with an analogue 4-20 mA output. The ADMAG AXF flowmeter is ideally suited to use in demanding applications: in particular, for making reliable measurements in difficult media such as those with a large proportion of solids or with low conductivity. Operation only requires 1.0 µS/cm media conductivity. The standard accuracy is 0.35% of reading, but a high-grade option with an accuracy of 0.2% of reading is available. Both compact and remote types are available with PROFIBUS PA communications. About Yokogawa Europe B.V. The European headquarters of Yokogawa were founded in Amersfoort in the Netherlands in 1982. Throughout Europe Yokogawa has its own sales, service and engineering operations. This dedicated network has been extended to Central and East Europe and Southern Africa to further enhance the coverage and support associated with serving the process control and automation market place. Yokogawa develops and produces flowmeters at Rota Yokogawa in Germany and liquid analysers and industrial safety systems in the Netherlands. In addition to this dedicated network of Yokogawa subsidiaries, a select organisation of Test & Measurement (T&M) subsidiaries and distributors is established in certain areas to support the specific customer needs of this continuously developing and specific market of T&M instrumentation.
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