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Pepperl+Fuchs Ltd


77 Ripponden Road
Oldham
Lancashire
OL1 4EL
United Kingdom

Telephone : +44 (0) 161 633 6431
Fax : 17 @ Hazardex Live 2024
Email : pa-info@gb.pepperl-fuchs.com
Web : www.pepperl-fuchs.com


Editorial archive;

Fill level management in the IoT 15/04/2019
Pepperl+Fuchs has introduced a level sensor which transmits data to a secure remote station in the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Full Story...

Diagnostics-enabled process safety relays 04/09/2018
The KFD2-RSH safety relays from Pepperl+Fuch  are designed to overcome the weaknesses of force-guided contacts. The device combines diagnostics, line fault transparency, and triple redundancy in a one-out-of-three architecture. Full Story...

New optical sensors see further 10/06/2018
With the R200 and R201 photoelectric sensors, Pepperl+Fuchs offers a solution where longer operating distances are required. The new optical sensors offer all the photoelectric functional principles and features of other products in the range. Full Story...

Versatile and compact ultrasonic sensor with IO-Link 09/06/2017
A new compact ultrasonic sensor from Pepperl+Fuchs is said to offer a wide detection range with a minimal dead band. The parameters of these sensors, including the bean width, can be adjusted directly on the device. An IO-Interface is also included.  Full Story...

Ultrasonic sensors ensure reliable material flow 07/11/2014
Speed and cleanliness are the determining factors in many food and beverage industry applications. Short cycle times and minimum machine and plant downtimes are of particular importance, while hygiene requirements cannot be ignored.  Full Story...

Bringing diagnostic capabilities to the field 22/07/2014
Intelligent Fieldbus is a generation of components from Pepperl+Fuchs that are said to bring diagnostic capabilities into the field. Full Story...

Absolute rotary encoders with magnetic detection 04/06/2013
Absolute rotary encoders with magnetic detection principle from Pepperl+Fuchs are said to combine compact designs, robustness, and service life with high resolution and accuracy. Full Story...

HART is put to the test 14/09/2010
NAMUR and the HART Communication Foundation have joined forces to conduct a field test at the BASF plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The test, supported by Pepperl+Fuchs, was said to have yielded positive results albeit with certain areas for improvement. Full Story...

Fieldbus Foundation: Better Device Descriptions, Device Coupler Test Spec, board member 08/08/2008
Fieldbus Foundation has streamlined fieldbus development for device and system suppliers by enhancing its Device Descriptions (DD). In separate announcements, the organisation released the final Device Coupler Test Specification and named a DuPont executive to its board. Full Story...

Fieldbus heads for Wembley 04/08/2008
Fieldbus Foundation is to host its next UK roadshow at Wembley Stadium, London, UK, following similar events in Reading, Manchester and Middlesbrough. Presentations and practical demonstrations will aim to demonstrate how Foundation fieldbus technology can be used as part of a single plant-wide solution. Full Story...

Installing Fieldbus - Part Three 04/06/2008
Many automation engineers are coming face to face with real fieldbus applications for the first time. Fieldbus (the use of digital communications networks for distributed instrumentation & control) is a wonderful technology with many benefits, but fieldbus installation requires some additional considerations over and above normal 4-20mA projects. In this article, we will discuss some of those issues, and show you how to deal with them. Full Story...

Big Breakthrough for Intrinsic Safety 06/05/2008
For 40 years intrinsic safety (EX i) has meant limiting the amount of electric power to less than two watts in dangerous areas, for fear any spark could ignite an explosion. A whole industry has grown up of companies who supply isolators and barriers to build this type of protection Full Story...