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3738-50
Electronic limit switch with FOUNDATION™ fieldbus communication
PRODUCT
Limit switch
USAGE
- On/off service
- Challenging transit times
- Safety-instrumented system
- Challenging ambient conditions
ATTACHMENT TO
- Linear actuator, single acting
- Linear actuator, double acting
- Rotary actuator, single acting
- Rotary actuator, double acting
EXPLOSION PROTECTION
- Without certification
- Type of protection "Intrinsic safety"
COMMUNICATION
- FOUNDATION™ fieldbus
CONTROL LOOP
- Without
OPTIONAL SOLENOID VALVE
- 3/2-way
- 5/2-way
- External
VALVE DIAGNOSTICS
- With
Special features
- Electronic limit switch with FOUNDATION™ fieldbus communication
- Automation of on/off applications
- Compact die-cast aluminum housing
- Attachment to linear actuators according to IEC 60534-6 or SAMSON integral attachment
- Attachment to rotary actuators according to VDI/VDE 3845
- Proven operating scheme: menu-driven, on-site operation using one rotary pushbutton, display easy to read in any mounting position
- Trouble-free integration into existing systems: 24 V DC forced venting function, intrinsically safe version
- Contactless, wear-free travel sensor
- Powered over FOUNDATION™ fieldbus
- Automatic initialization
- Diagnostic functions: partial stroke test (PST), travel vs time diagram, movement counter, operating hours counter, dead time and transit time measurement
Accessories
Options
- Version with emergency shutdown
- Device compatible with paint
- Version with solenoid valve (3/2- or 5/2-way)
Information
WA 280
Brochure: Electronic Limit Switches for On/off Valves
[EN][DE][ES]WA 333
Special Print: Safety in the Process Industry
[EN][DE]WA 227
Flyer: Smart Valve Monitor
Type 3738 Electronic Limit Switch
[EN][DE]WA 331
Brochure: Valve Accessories
Limit Switches · Solenoid Valves · Pneumatic Lock-up Valves · Supply Pressure Regulators · Volume Boosters · Quick Exhaust Valves · Applications
[EN][DE]WA 284
Special Print: Control Valve Diagnostics in Safety-instrumented SystemsA Comparison of Architectures[EN][DE][NL]WA 258
Sonderdruck: Integrationsservice weltweit
Intelligente Aktorik ist wichtige Komponente der Leittechnik
[DE]
T 8390-5
Type 3738-50 Electronic Limit SwitchWith optional solenoid valve and FOUNDATION™ fieldbus communication[EN][DE]T 8350
Information Sheet of Valve Accessories
Positioners · Limit Switches · Solenoid Valves · Valve AccessoriesSelection and Application[EN][DE]T 6661
TROVIS-VIEW software
TROVIS 6661
[EN][DE][JA]
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