October 3rd, 2018, Published in Articles: EngineerIT

The SAIMC JHB had a technology evening on 19 September at Endress+Hauser. The evening was well attended with interesting topics such as calibration of flowmeters and Heartbeat verification covered by Jenine Jansen van Vuuren and Frans van den Berg respectively. Heartbeat technology provides diagnostics and verification without process interruptions. It ensures a cost-efficient and safe plant operation during the entire life cycle. It combines diagnostic, verification and monitoring functions for process optimisations. Hearbeat monitoring minimises the probability of a sudden breakdown or failure of the measurement point, and helps define when maintenance may be needed. Monitoring function benefits are sensor health trending, tracking the quality of calibrations and integrating a maintenance timer to ensure optimal sensor performance is delivered. Heartbeat verification permits a measurement point to be assessed at any time in situ, without removing the sensor or shutting down the process. This qualitative function checks the entire measurement loop, verifying sensor and transmitter performance. Verification results are provided via an audit safe report, automatically generated by the transmitter. Calibration in measurement technology and metrology is the comparison of measurement values delivered by a device under test with those of a calibration standard of known accuracy.

Contact Natlee Chetty, Endress+Hauser, Tel 011 262-8000, natlee.chetty@za.endress.com

 

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