CiDRA (“CiDRA”) proudly announces that SONARtrac Flow Monitoring Systems are now officially registered with PROFIBUS. Following extensive testing with an officially authorized PI Test Laboratory (PITL), the SONARtrac suite of products has been granted a PROFIBUS certificate ensuring conformance with the PROFIBUS Specifications and Guidelines as well as interoperability with devices from other manufacturers. SONARtrac systems are now available with a choice of FOUNDATION Fieldbus™, PROFIBUS, or MODBUS® in addition to 4-20mA current outputs with HART®, providing multiple options for integration into customer control systems. All SONARtrac Flow Monitoring Systems are available with Class I Division 2, or ATEX Class I Zone 2 hazardous area certifications. These certifications allow CiDRA to address customer needs in Oil and Gas, Oil Sands refining, Minerals Processing, Chemical processing, and other hazardous area applications around the globe.

“The addition of PROFIBUS will enable our customers to further leverage the existing data and functionality resident in the SONARtrac flow and entrained air/gas transmitter to enhance value-added information on demand, ” said Mike Davis, Vice President of Advanced Technology at CiDRA.

CiDRA's SONARtrac Flow Monitoring System addresses long-standing needs of the industry from both a technical and economic perspective. SONARtrac systems are capable of providing multi-variable measurements, such as volumetric flow, speed of sound, and entrained air/gas, in a wide variety of fluid regimes – liquids, gases, slurries, and multiphase fluids. These systems are robust, full bore clamp-on solutions and scalable to large pipe diameters. This means that there is no restriction to the flow, no need to cut the pipe and therefore no process downtime or disruption during installation. The SONARtrac flowmeter enables reliable and accurate measurement of aggressive liquids.

Additional information about CiDRA can be found at www.cidra.com.
SONARtrac is a trademark of CiDRA

SONARtrac is a registered trademark of CiDRA.
FOUNDATION Fieldbus is a trademark of Fieldbus Foundation.
PROFIBUS PROCESS FIELD BUS is a registered trademark of PROFIBUS NUTZERORGANISATION e.V
MODBUS is a registered trademark of Schneider Automation, Inc.
HART is a registered trademark of HART Communication Foundation.

Contact:
Ruth O'Connell
CiDRA Corporate Services
203-626-3568 (office)
email Ruth O'Connell