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Condition monitoring for

process instrumentation

Condition monitoring makes is possible to check a device’s health and to ensure that
processes remain in a safe condition.So how can measurement device users begin to
take advantage of these capabilities? We asked the experts at ABB
lants such as water treatment facilities Today’s process instrumentation is largely
and food and beverage factories rely on a digitally based. As such they produce a wealth of
large range of process instrumentation – information, not only about the behaviour of the
Pquite obviously, without accurate parameters they are designed to measure, but also
readings of parameters such as flow rates, pressures about their own performance and accuracy. Many
and temperatures, their operations would grind to a modern devices can check their own circuitry, help
rapid halt. with their own calibration and evaluate their own
Devices such as flow meters and pressure performance. Yet, these capabilities are not as
transmitters perform this vital work, but is enough widely used as they could be. Many operators are
attention paid to the health of these instruments – not using this available data to its full extent and are
who monitors the monitor and how is it done in a therefore missing out on the revolution in device
way that improves the efficiency and performance diagnostics and maintenance that has happened
of the whole plant? over the last four decades.

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