Abstract:
A magnetic actuator (15) for providing mechanical actuation representative of an input electric current has a housing (25) that supports a coil (40) surrounding a central core (26), and includes a diaphragm type spring (35) above the central core (26). A cover of high magnetic permeability (39) is mounted on the housing (25) spaced from the diaphragm spring (35). A permanent magnet (42) is mounted on the diaphragm spring (35) in a predetermined pole orientation and the magnet (42) extends through an opening (43) in the cover (35). The permanent magnet (42) provides flux through the housing (25) and the core (26). Sensitivity is increased by using the permanent magnet (42) to provide a magnetic flux in addition to that created by currents in the coil (40). The magnet (42) is oriented in relation to current flow in the coil (40) so that the flux from the magnet (42) will add to that generated by the coil (40) in the gap (38) between the pole face (31) formed by the core (26) and the spring (35) and will subtract from the flux generated by the coil (40) in the gap (45) between the spring (35) and the cover (39) to provide a substantially linear deflection versus current relationship.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reduced-stress coupling structure for joining a transmitter housing with a sensor module in an industrial process transmitter.SOLUTION: An industrial process transmitter comprises a sensor module, a housing and a compression ring. A process sensor is located in the sensor module. The housing comprises an electronics compartment having an internal space in which transmitter electronics are located, and a module compartment having opening into which the sensor module is inserted. The compression ring is attached to the sensor module or the housing and is configured to arrest rotation of the housing with respect to the sensor module.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology of a configuration of field apparatuses in a digital communication network.SOLUTION: Field apparatuses 18 on a communication network 10 can be constructed by using a component apparatus 20 for storing respective component data of the field apparatuses 18 in a network configuration domain in a nonvolatile memory. Each field apparatus 18 includes a component domain related to component data to be stored in a nonvolatile memory of the field apparatus 18. The field apparatus uploads the component data to the component apparatus 20 and downloads the component data from the component apparatus 20 in response to a command from the component apparatus 20. The field apparatus 18 receives the component data from the component apparatus 20 to regulate the configuration of the field apparatuses 18, and stores the received component data in a nonvolatile memory.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system to configure a field device of the type used to calculate a flow of a process fluid.SOLUTION: The system includes a flow repository comprising: a list of process fluids with which the field device can be used; fluid equation data which provides information regarding fluid equations for calculating fluid parameters of the process fluids; a list of primary elements; and primary element equation data which provides information regarding primary element equations and fluid equations for calculating the flow of the process fluids. A flow application is adapted to retrieve data from the flow repository and to generate information which is used by the field device to calculate the flow of the process fluid.