Flowmeters with Ethernet-APL awarded Fieldcomm Group Certification

Flowmeters Flowmeters with Ethernet-APL awarded Fieldcomm Group Certification

2024-07-24 Source: Press release ABB 1 min Reading Time

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ABB’s FSS400 Swirl and FSV400 Vortex flowmeters have become the first flowmeters in the market to obtain a Fieldcomm Group Ethernet-APL physical-layer certification. The certification assures product quality for process instrumentation and reliable interoperability throughout industrial communication networks.

ABB Swirl and Vortex flowmeters with Ethernet-APL. (Source: ABB) — ABB Swirl and Vortex flowmeters with Ethernet-APL.
(Source: ABB)

Following a comprehensive series of tests, Fieldcomm Group has awarded Ethernet-APL physical-layer conformity certification to ABB’s first vortex flowmeter (Vortexmaster FSV400) and swirl flowmeter (Swirlmaster FSS400) with Ethernet-APL communication interface. Vortex and Swirl flowmeters are among the most widely used flowmeters in process industries.

Ethernet-APL, the new member of the Ethernet family, provides full Ethernet and TCP/IP connectivity in hazardous environments such as in chemical factories, oil and gas operations, and hydrogen plants. Up until now, the application of Ethernet in most process industries has remained minimal due to concerns around safety, cost and limitations on cable length that has made it difficult to establish communication networks across large industrial facilities.

For ABB, this certificate is an important milestone on its journey towards a fully digitalized instrumentation and network-centric architecture, mentions the company. Getting this certificate means that it can be quick in rolling out APL technology to other instruments based on the same platform. More specifically, pressure and temperature instrumentation is expected in 2025, adds the firm.

Product certification is key for assuring superior product quality and interoperability in industrial communication networks, opines the company.

In June 2024, ABB announced that it is bringing the benefits of Ethernet communications to flow measurement with the integration of Ethernet-APL connectivity in its flowmeters for the first time. The new FSS400 Swirl and FSV400 Vortex flowmeters offer possibilities for simplified connectivity and high-speed collection and analysis of a wealth of process and diagnostic data in the field.

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