An automation field device includes a metallic field device housing enclosing an interior; a sensor element and/or actuator element placed on one side on the field device housing, for actuating and/or acquiring a process variable; an electronic circuit that is arranged in the interior of the field device housing and is configured to provide and/or process a sensor and/or actuator signal for and/or from the sensor element and/or actuator element, the electronic circuit furthermore having at least one field contact plug for transmitting data and/or energy, the field contact plug being guided outward through an opening in the field device housing, a custom-fit plug sleeve being plugged over the field contact plug, said plug sleeve being welded onto the field device housing and being fastened to a retaining means arranged in the interior.

An assembly for attaching and detaching an electronics module from a base includes a feedback assembly that provides an operator with tactile feedback on the relative positioning of the module with the base during attachment or detachment of the module to or from the base. The feedback assembly includes cams on the electronics module and a follower attached to an end of a spring arm on the base. The spring arm forms a portion of a wall that guides movement of the module along the base during attachment or detachment of the module.

Disclosed is an IPx9-compatible automation field device at least comprising: a preferably metallic field device housing that encloses an interior and includes an integrated recess for accommodating a front film; a control and/or display element arranged in the area of the recess in the interior of the field device housing; a front film applied to the field device housing, said front film being introduced into the recess integrated into the field device housing.

An electronic device includes a housing having at least two plug-in receptacles, each intended for one additional module that comprises a module housing. The electronic device is characterised in that the plug-in slots are each arranged in a corner region of the housing so that the relevant module housing of the additional module expands the housing on three outer sides which form a corner. The plug-in slots and the module housings are designed in such a way that each of the module housings fits into each of the plug-in slots.

The invention relates to an electric field device (10) with an ignition protection-type pressure-tight encapsulation for use in explosion-prone regions for controlling and/or regulating a valve unit of a process system, comprising a housing (12), in which a control unit (48) that comprises electronic components and is used as a monitoring, control, and/or regulating unit is arranged, said control unit (48) having a releasable communication connection to an operating unit (62). The housing (12) can be connected to a drive housing of the valve unit via a mechanical interface (42), and the housing has at least one connection feedthrough (44), via which at least one line can be connected that is connected to the control unit (48) via a connection interface (46). The invention is characterized in that the housing (12) is designed as a housing assembly with a modular structure, having a first module (16) which is formed together with the mechanical interface (42) to the drive housing and the connection feedthrough (44). The control unit (48) is secured in the first module (16) and has an interface to a control center, wherein the first module (16) can be mechanically connected to a cover element (20) selectively either directly or indirectly in a releasable manner, and the indirect connection of the first module (16) to the cover element (20) is produced with the interposition of a second module (18). The operating unit (62) is arranged in a stationary manner in the second module (16), and the second module (18) can be fixed in different angular orientations about a longitudinal axis of the electric field device relative to the first module (16).

The invention relates to a field device of automation technology, including a housing with an opening for accommodating field device components, wherein the housing has at an edge of the opening a first screw thread, a lid for closing the opening of the housing, wherein the lid has at an edge of the lid a second screw thread, wherein the first and second screw threads are embodied to be complementary to one another, so that the housing after closing by means of the lid fulfills all Ex-d requirements, wherein the first and second screw threads are embodied as multi-start screw threads.

A field device includes a housing and a process variable transducer configured to measure or control a process variable in an industrial process. Field device circuitry in the housing is coupled to the process variable transducer. A meter body mount is carried in housing. A meter is affixed to the meter body mount by an attachment mechanism. The meter includes a display element. A cover seals the meter in the housing.

An electronic device includes a container, a partition wall dividing a space within the container, a through-hole provided in the partition wall, an electrical connection component attached to the partition wall so as to be removable from the container and having an insertion portion inserted into the through-hole, a first electronic component attachable to the electrical connection component on one side of the partition wall so as to be removable from the container, and a second electronic component attachable to the electrical connection component on another side of the partition wall so as to be removable from the container. The first electronic component and the second electronic component can be electrically connected to each other via the electrical connection component by each being attached to the electrical connection component.

An automation field device having a housing and a modular field device electronics unit located inside the housing. The electronics unit has a first circuit board having at least one first and one second plug-in connector element, wherein the first plug-in connector element is used to electrically connect a peripheral unit, wherein both the first and the second plug-in connector elements can be contacted essentially from the same preferred plug-in direction, and a second circuit board having at least one third plug-in connector element, wherein the circuit boards are arranged such that the second plug-in connector element is connected to the third plug-in connector element in a detachable manner to electrically connect the peripheral unit to the second circuit board, and the second circuit board has at least one opening, via which the first plug-in connector element of the first circuit board is accessible for connecting the peripheral unit.

A wireless process communication adapter for field devices is provided. The adapter includes a metal housing having a first end and a second end. A chamber is defined between the first and second ends. A radio-frequency transparent radome is coupled to the first end. The second end has a field device coupling configured to attach to a field device. At least one circuit board is disposed within the chamber. The circuit board supports at least wireless process communication circuitry. A plurality of wires is coupled to the at least one circuit board and extends through the field device coupling. A silicone potting fills substantially all volume within the chamber not occupied by the at least one circuit board and wireless process communication circuitry.