Process Instrumentation for the
Chemical Industry
World-Class Field Devices
Foxboro
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Experience has taught us that no industry has a greater demand for process
control than the thousands of chemical plants in operation worldwide.
From petrochemicals to agrochemicals, industrial gases to plastics, pigments, “The Foxboro
and more, the industry that manufactures, processes, transports, and stores solution measures
thousands of hazardous materials every day requires one thing above all – and maintains
absolute confidence in the quality, reliability, accuracy, and safety of the a predetermined
devices entrusted with controlling some of the most complex, pressurized, percent solids
and volatile processes known. ratio based
on conductivity,
Foxboro field devices provide reliability and safety to an industry that must which assures
not only produce products of impeccable quality and purity, but also do so accurate batch
with an uncompromising commitment to environmental and plant safety. composition
every time.”
Foxboro’s complete line of robust, field-proven instrumentation provides
Vice President
measurement solutions for temperature, pressure, flow, process analysis, Chemical Processing Plant
level, and data acquisition. Additionally, our line of valve positioners offers
the highest accuracy in the industry.
Our SIL2 TÜV pressure transmitters cover absolute, differential, and gauge
pressure and have a certification rating of over 90% Safe Failure Fraction
(SFF) and the longest Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) on the market.
Reliable, accurate, safe, and efficient
process control for the chemical industry Foxboro pressure transmitters provide best-in-class accuracy levels, backed
by the longest standard and optional warranties in the industry. Our mass
flowmeters include the most advanced Coriolis meters available. Our Radar
level measurement and pioneering level displacer devices lead the industry in
For more than 200 years, Foxboro by Schneider Electric, a leading
advanced level-measurement technology. Our liquid analytical sensors are
manufacturer of precision controls, have served the chemical and other
revolutionizing pH and conductivity measurement. Our positioners offer all the
industries offering process control. Through the years, Foxboro has been an
precision control, interoperability benefits, and asset management advantages
innovator of measurement technologies including the development of the first
of the latest field device technology.
d/p Cell, the award-winning Digital Coriolis Mass Flowmeter, the DolpHin™
pH sensor, and the Magnetic Flowmeter.
For the efficient operation of your plant utilities or the precision processing of
your finished products, you can trust Foxboro process instrumentation for the
ultimate in quality, reliability, accuracy, and safety.
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Automated process management
It is the lifeblood of your production efficiency, product quality and To handle the wide range of application needs required by chemical processing, Foxboro offers
customer satisfaction. Accurate, efficient delivery of multiple media industry-leading process management solutions:
“We will be from multiple sources, at varying pressures and flow rates, requires
recommending devices of exceptional precision, and accuracy. Coriolis flowmeters: the most advanced Conductivity measurement equipment.
the Foxboro Digital Coriolis flowmeter in the industry – the first The broadest range of electrodeless conductivity
Coriolis to our Coriolis meter capable of multi-phase performance, sensors, with convenient shirt-pocket calibration tools
clients for batching overcoming problems measuring fluids with for fast, safe checking and calibration from outside
applications entrained air bubbles, empty tube conditions, the pipe. Easy-to-use analyzers and transmitters
With Foxboro field devices, you have a range of capabilities available to meet or flash-prone fluids. with all the most common chemical concentration
where entrained
the need of even the most complex batching and process applications: and temperature compensation curves built in.
air is an issue.
This is a significant Vortex flowmeters: the industry workhorse of
• Highly accurate metering of multiple ingredient streams being blended into flow measurement and one of the highest-perform- pH measurement equipment. The combination
extension of
a single reactor feed line ing flowmeters on the market, capable of measuring of best-performing flat, ruggedized glass pH elec-
Coriolis capability.”
• Start-from-empty measurement accuracy for maximum operating efficiency liquid, gas, and steam for temperatures up to 800°F trodes and a unique Nafion ion barrier for protecting
Director of Technical
without workarounds, restarts, purging, or wasted materials (426°C) under every operating condition. the reference junction from fouling results in sensors
Support
• Precise, reliable level measurement of reactor liquids with long lifetimes and low cost of ownership.
• High turndown metering to monitor a range of pressures while maintaining S-Series pressure transmitters are capable
reference accuracy, eliminating the need for multiple devices to monitor of storing 11 calibration points in its firmware,
at variable pressures allowing customers to realize inventory savings
• Accurate measurement of cooling liquid levels in heat exchangers/cooling and high turndown while maintaining reference
towers accuracy. It lowers your cost of ownership and
• Special cleaning for oxygen and chlorine services to ensure absolute simplifies model range selection.
contaminant-free operation for high-value materials and end products
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Support for plant operations
“We found many
vendors that
offered quality
sensors, but
Foxboro was the
only one that could
To support your plant operations, Foxboro offers a range of meters and analyzers: provide a robust
design that could
Mag flowmeters offer field-proven stability and Radar level measurement transmitters stand up to all
lower cost of ownership. Vortex meters are some of provide contact and non-contact antenna that is the reagents and
the highest-performing flowmeters on the market. virtually unaffected by the environment, making solvents in our
them exceptionally effective for all liquids, including solutions.”
It is one thing to produce a quality product to send out your door. IMV Series multivariable pressure transmitters corrosive, sticky, and other difficult media. Senior Technical
But equally important to the long-term success of your enterprise allow you to use a single transmitter to do the job Supervisor
Pharmaceutical
“With the Foxboro is the operation of your plant at maximum efficiency and safety. of three. Buoyancy level measurement devices Manufacturing
“DolpHin
With thepHFoxboro
sensors, are based on the Archimedes buoyancy principle
DolpHin
our pH sensors,
equipment IDP Series intelligent two-wire Differential Pressure to provide measurement inside the reactor and
our equipment
and maintenanceand
transmitters offer complete measurement ranges, are designed to measure liquid level, interface or
maintenance
costs costs
were eight static pressure ratings, materials, analog and digital density of liquids.
were eight times
times lower than Foxboro field devices made with the same attention to quality, reliability, communications and premium performance.
lowerthe
with than with the
previous and safety that control your production processes can also monitor your Liquid analysis equipment features easy-to-use
previous sensors,
sensors, and the plant utility operations: Valve positioners provide accurate internal valve analyzers and rugged, accurate sensors for critical
and the efficiency
efficiency of our parts monitoring to ensure the final control element measurements of pH, ORP, contacting conductivity,
of our scrubber
scrubber operation • Measurement of fuel feed in boiler operations is free of fugitive emissions and safe for shutdown. and electrodeless conductivity.
operation
was was
optimized.” • Measurement of temperature, pressure, and flow of steam production
optimized.”
Senior Control Systems • Analysis of steam condensate, boiler feed water, and boiler blowdown
Senior Control Systems
Technician
• Flow-rate measurement for filling and emptying of storage tanks
Technician
• Analysis and measurement of flow rate for water streams Environmental monitoring
• Level measurement of feed water in high-pressure, high-temperature
boilers to ensure adequate water supply for continuous steam production
Foxboro offers a complete line of analyzers and sensors to monitor pH, ORP,
and dissolved oxygen in effluent streams and wastewater systems with precision
and reliability. Foxboro analytical, mag flow, temperature, and pressure devices
are used to measure and control environmentally sensitive applications:
• Scrubbers to remove caustic and toxic gases
• Waste treatment ponds
• Early-warning system monitors for waste stream
to detect when pre-treatment would optimize
the process
• Level measurement of all liquids involved in
wastewater neutralization
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