Process Automation.

Complete solutions from a single source.

As a specialised development service provider, we develop complete system solutions and products that encompass all aspects of electronic components, firmware and the appropriate housing. 

Our many years of experience extend from the design, development and verification to the series production of functionally safe sensors, IOS and control systems used in both hazardous and non-hazardous environments in process automation. 

We use either your existing tool environment or our own tool landscape to realise your product developments efficiently and on schedule, while strictly adhering to the agreed manufacturing and development costs.

Development services.

 

Concept and design

  • Implementation of rapid prototyping and development of demonstrators and functional models
  • Creation of safety requirements specifications, safety concept and development of your functionally safe product
  • Process-compliant implementation of threat analyses and creation of risk assessments for cybersecurity
  • Creation of security concepts in accordance with IEC 62443 and in compliance with the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)

Development

  • Implementation of electronics with suitable firmware and enclosures for all protection classes and in accordance with the required environmental conditions
  • Development of explosion-protected equipment and related equipment
  • Development of functionally safe devices, e.g., according to IEC 61508 and EN 13849
  • Expansion of the scope of functions of your system, e.g., with fieldbuses and interfaces such as Ethernet-APLwith PROFINET
  • Safeguarding of functional safety through cybersecurity
  • Use of a broad range of tools for efficient co-operation
  • Verification and support for the certification of your functionally safe product by TÜV or another certification body of your choice 
  • Creation of secure source code and performance of security-related tests in accordance with EN 50128 and IEC 62443

Series transfer and follow-up support

  • Responsible management of your production – or that of an EMS – after completion of development
  • Support for your successful branded products and relief of your team
  • Support in revising your products in the event of component discontinuations
  • Support of the PSIRT team in product maintenance

Guidelines & standards.

We are certified according to IEC 61508 and work in accordance with the following guidelines and standards, among others:

  • Maschinenverordnung (EU) 2023/1230
  • Niederspannungsrichtlinie 2014/35/EU
  • IEC 61010-1
  • IEC 60950-1
  • IEC 62368-1 Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment
  • EMV Richtlinie 2014/30/EU
  • IEC 61326-1 Electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use - EMC requirements
  • EN 55011 Industrial, scientific and medical equipment – Radio-frequency ...disturbance characteristics - Limits and methods of measurement
  • IECEx IEC System for Certification to Standards Relating to Equipment for Use in Explosive Atmospheres, established by the IEC
  • ATEX Directive relating to equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres
  • NEC 500 National Electric Code, Article 500 - Hazardous (Classified) Locations, Classes I, II, and III, Divisions 1 and 2
  • NEC 505 National Electric Code, Article 505 Zone 0, 1, and 2 Locations
  • NEC500 / NEC505 oder nordamerikanische Zulassung nach Zonen- und/oder Divisions-Modell
  • IEC 60079 Explosive atmospheres
  • IEC 61511 Functional safety - Safety instrumented systems for the process industry sector
  • IEC 61508 Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems
  • EN ISO 13849 Safety of machinery - Safety-related parts of control systems
  • IEC 62443 Security for industrial automation and control systems
  • EN 298 Automatic burner control systems for burners and appliances burning gaseous or liquid fuels

Communication

As an experienced development service provider, we expand the functionality of your systems by integrating fieldbuses and interfaces such as:

  • PROFINET and PROFIsafe
  • Ethernet-APL
  • IO-Link
  • HART
  • OPC UA
  • Modbus-TCP
  • Ethernet-IP
  • CIPSafety

Developed products.

Our technologies are used wherever the highest demands on functionality, safety and reliability are required in process automation:

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  • M• Measurement technology and sensors for pressure, temperature, flow, level, density, conductivity, concentration and pH

  • • Measurement technology and sensors for angle, torque and position for use in process automation

Our expertise in process automation.

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Your contact person

Tim Vogt

Head of Process Automation Division
Marketing and Sales

Phone:   +49 761 479799-431
Mobile: +49 160 6173 053
E-Mail: tim.vogt@embex.de