|Articles|June 2, 2017

Pharmaceutical Technology

  • Pharmaceutical Technology-06-02-2017
  • Volume 41
  • Issue 6

Paperless Recorder Shortens Sampling Intervals

The SMARTDAC+ GX series panel-mount type paperless recorder from Yokogawa Electric Corporation comes with new functions, including sampling intervals as short as one millisecond and the control and monitoring of up to 20 loops.

The SMARTDAC+ GX series panel-mount type paperless recorder from Yokogawa Electric Corporation comes with new functions, including sampling intervals as short as one millisecond and the control and monitoring of up to 20 loops. The recorder includes an analog input module for high-speed sampling. The system can sample data at intervals as brief as one millisecond and is suitable for high-performance applications. 

The combination of the continuous recording function of the SMARTDAC+ and proportional integral derivative (PID) control module allows for critical process data to be controlled and recorded in one system. The SMARTDAC+ can control, monitor, and record up to 20 loops. Each PID control module comes with two analog inputs, two analog outputs, eight digital inputs, and eight digital outputs. The recorder also includes a four-wire resistance temperature detector for precise temperature measurements.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation


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