Product highlights 2023

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Highlights 2023

Glossary Quality marks and standards

Bluetooth® Bluetooth® is an industry standard de veloped in the 1990s by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group for wireless data transmission between devices over a short distance.

EX Explosion protection falls under safety engineering and is intended to prevent physical harm and material damage.

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CE With the CE mark, the manufacturer declares conformity with the direc tives in force in Europe.

Foundation Fieldbus Foundation Fieldbus is a fully digital, serial and bidirectional communica tion system used as the basic network in an automation environment.

CSA The CSA Group (formerly Canadian Standards Association) is an indepen dent standards organization and accredited certifier for the North American and global market.

HART The HART protocol is a digital communication protocol for field devices.

DIN Deutsche Institut für Normung e. V. is the independent platform for indus trial and national standardization in Germany. Ethernet-APL Ethernet Advanced Physical Layer describes a physical layer for Ethernet communication, based to some extent on single-pair Ethernet and developed specifically for the requirements of the process industry.

Heartbeat Technology Endress+Hauser's Heartbeat Technology is a tool for internal device diagnostics, verification and monitoring.

Hermes Award First granted in 2004, the Hermes Award is the technology innovation award of the Hannover Messe (Hanover trade fair).

IECEx IECEx is the IEC system for certifying devices for use in potentially explosive atmospheres around the world.

EtherNet/IP EtherNet/IP is a real-time Ethernet used mainly in automation engineering.