If you’re in the field of industrial process control, automation, or instrumentation, you’ll appreciate the name PR electronics—though you may not have realized just how deep and focused their offering is. This blog post takes you through who they are, what they sell, and what sets them apart in the world of industrial instrumentation.
Who is PR Electronics?
PR Electronics has over 50 years of experience in the automation and process industry. Their headquarters is near Aarhus, Denmark where the company designs, develops, and manufactures signal-conditioning (“interface”) devices for process and factory automation. Additionally, they are a company who is vertically integrated, meaning they do everything from bare board manufacture to final product testing in-house.
What Do They Sell?
PR Electronics at its core specializes in signal conditioning devices. These are instruments that bridge sensors/field devices and control systems, converting, transmitting, isolating, or communication signals in industrial contexts.
Temperature Instruments
Temperature is a key process variable. A high-quality transmitter, sensor, or converter ensures the signal is accurate, stable, isolated and reliable. Some examples of their features include dual sensing, drift detection, and SIL rating, which go beyond a “basic” transmitter.
Intrinsic-Safety/Interface Modules
For safety-critical or hazardous-area environments, ordinary signal modules won’t do. Devices must be certified for intrinsic safety, provide isolation and diagnostics, and ensure that even in fault conditions they won’t cause ignition risks. PR’s modules support zones, divisions, and include full assessments for safety. For instance, the PR 5331A mentions ATEX/IECEx certificates for hazardous zones.
Multifunction/Universal Converters and Signal-Conditioning Devices
Process plants have a mix of sensor types or legacy equipment. Having a converter/conditioner that can “bridge” many types, provides flexibility, a few examples are relays, configurable ranges, and SIL support. Thus, by utilizing this equipment it reduces complexity, the burden of spare-parts and costly upgrades. PR Electronics emphasizes its depth of signal-conditioning expertise and modularity.
What Makes Them Unique?
PR Electronics is unique for a variety of reasons. Examples of how they stand out is as follows: they are solely focused on signa-conditioning and interface devices, they are reliable, have quality credentials, and their devices feature modern age features.
