Abstract: A measuring arrangement having a first dual conductor field device with a first sensor and a first dual conductor interface for the power supply of the first dual conductor field device and for the transmission of data from the dual conductor field device to a superordinate unit, wherein the first dual conductor field device has at least one second dual conductor interface suitably designed to receive data from at least one second dual conductor field device.

Abstract: A method for signal diagnosis, in particular for noise detection, of a radiometric sensor, that includes detecting of a first pulse rate by way of a first discriminator and a first counting circuit, detecting of at least a second pulse rate by way of a second discriminator and a second counting circuit, wherein the amplitude sensitivity of the first discriminator is different from the amplitude sensitivity of the second discriminator, determining a ratio between the detected pulse rate of the second discriminator and the detected pulse rate of the first discriminator , and comparing the determined ratio with an expected value.

Abstract: A detachable display and operating module for a field device with an energy storage device, an energy supply interface and a radio interface for wireless communication with the field device.

Abstract: A method of putting into operation level measurement apparatus is provided. The method may include detecting, by means of a radar sensor unit of the level measuring device, an echo curve, wherein the echo curve comprises at least a first echo; selecting, from the echo curve, the first echo corresponding to a first distance and having a first amplitude, the first amplitude having the highest amplitude of the echo curve; determining a calculated first amplitude, wherein the calculated first amplitude is a function of the first distance; and if the first amplitude is higher than the calculated first amplitude, evaluating the echo curve as acceptable for putting into operation the measuring device.

Abstract: A measuring assembly with at least two measuring devices and a higher-level unit, characterized in that the measuring assembly further has a network distributor, wherein the measuring devices are connected to the network distributor via a two-wire Ethernet connection, the measuring devices are fully supplied with power via the two-wire Ethernet connection, and the network distributor is connected to the higher-level unit with an Ethernet connection.

Abstract: A radiometric measurement device is provided, including at least one at least partially bent source receiving tube configured to receive a radiation source; and at least one transmission tube configured to provide a guiding path within the transmission tube for at least a portion of radiation emitted by the radiation source, the source receiving tube and the transmission tube being arranged with respect to each other such that at least a portion of the radiation emitted by the radiation source is guidable in a straight line through a material disposable between the radiation source and a distal end of the transmission tube and the guide path, and the source receiving tube and the transmission tube being arranged adjacent to each other.

Abstract: A detachable display and operating module for a field device with an energy storage device, an energy supply interface and a radio interface for wireless communication with the field device.

Abstract: A measuring arrangement having a first dual conductor field device with a first sensor and a first dual conductor interface for the power supply of the first dual conductor field device and for the transmission of data from the dual conductor field device to a superordinate unit, wherein the first dual conductor field device has at least one second dual conductor interface suitably designed to receive data from at least one second dual conductor field device.

Abstract: A radiometric measurement device is provided, including at least one at least partially bent source receiving tube configured to receive a radiation source; and at least one transmission tube configured to provide a guiding path within the transmission tube for at least a portion of radiation emitted by the radiation source, the source receiving tube and the transmission tube being arranged with respect to each other such that at least a portion of the radiation emitted by the radiation source is guidable in a straight line through a material disposable between the radiation source and a distal end of the transmission tube and the guide path, and the source receiving tube and the transmission tube being arranged adjacent to each other.

Abstract: A method for compensating a measurement deviation of a first scintillator and/or a photodetector of a radiometric fill level measuring device is provided, including detecting, by a second scintillator, radioactive emissions from the second scintillator; transmitting, in response to radioactive emissions, a first light signal from the first scintillator and a second light signal from the second scintillator, the first light signal being different from the second light signal; receiving, by the photodetector, the first light signal from the first scintillator and the second light signal from the second scintillator, and converting the light signals into electrical signals; comparing the electrical signals with deposited reference signals by means of a comparator; and adjusting the gain of the photodetector in response to comparing the electrical signals and stored reference signals.

Abstract: A printed circuit board for a radar level measurement device with a printed circuit board substrate is provided, wherein a microwave signal is coupled via a microwave conductor into a waveguide. A connection region on a front side of the printed circuit board substrate serves to receive the waveguide. A shape of a resonator shell is generated inversely by producing an annular peripheral recess whose wall has an electromagnetically reflecting coating on a rear side of the printed circuit board substrate. The annular peripheral recess on the rear side, together with a region surrounded by the recess, forms a resonator for the injected microwave signals.

Abstract: A printed circuit board for a radar level measurement device with a printed circuit board substrate is provided, wherein a microwave signal is coupled via a microwave conductor into a waveguide. A connection region on a front side of the printed circuit board substrate serves to receive the waveguide. A shape of a resonator shell is generated inversely by producing an annular peripheral recess whose wall has an electromagnetically reflecting coating on a rear side of the printed circuit board substrate. The annular peripheral recess on the rear side, together with a region surrounded by the recess, forms a resonator for the injected microwave signals.

Abstract: Radiometric measuring arrangement comprising a detecting device having a longitudinally elongated scintillator, a photomultiplier for transforming flashes of light, generated in the scintillator, into electric signals, and an electronic measuring unit for processing the electric signals with a temperature monitoring device for the scintillator, wherein the detecting device has at least one interrupting device as a part of the temperature monitoring device, and said interrupting device interrupts an electric connection when a specified threshold temperature is exceeded.

Abstract: A method for filling level measuring includes generating an echo curve. The echo curve is analyzed by at least one analysis method selected from analysis methods including analyzing the echo curve by at least two parallel tasks or is analyzed by comparing the echo curve with a spurious-echo curve at the IF-level.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mounting device for fastening a module onto a component, in particular an outside housing of another module. The device includes a fastening screw having a thread, a screw carrier to receive the screw shaft of the fastening screw, and a thread carrier which is connected to the component and has an inside thread corresponding to the thread of the fastening screw. A force-locking connection between the screw carrier and the thread carrier is established by means of the fastening screw in the fastening position, and the module is supported on a supporting element of the component in the fastening position. The screw shaft of the fastening screw has an additional shaft section which is connected to the front shaft section at the screw head end for receiving a spring element.

Abstract: Described is diagnosing radiometric detectors. The pulse amplitudes of the pulses acquired by the radiometric detector can be measured and stored temporarily. The pulse amplitude distribution determined in this manner is compared to a reference amplitude distribution, whereby error diagnosis and, if applicable, recalibration of the measuring device are made possible. In this manner temperature drifts and damage to the scintillator, EMC radiation and an increased rate of dark pulses of the photosensitive component may be detected and corrected.

Abstract: To cool detectors of level measuring devices, it is possible to use cooling compresses which are fastened to the detector housing. Such a cooling compress includes a cooling body which at least in part consists of a deformable material. The inner wall of the cooling body of the cooling compress is configured such that it moves towards a corresponding region of the outer surface of the detector to form a thermal contact with a corresponding region of the outer surface of the housing when a cooling fluid flows through the cooling body.

Abstract: A level or density of a medium in a tank is radiometrically measured by detecting the light flashes generated by a scintillator with an array of photodiodes. Corresponding voltage pulses are summed up and analyzed with respect to their relevance before they are used for determining the level or the density of the medium.

Abstract: A field device for measuring the filling level, the pressure or the density of a medium in a container is described. The field device comprises two processors that are separate from each other. The first processor corresponds to a lower safety standard while the second processor corresponds to a higher safety standard. Functions of the field device that are directed towards safety are carried out in the second processor. Functions that are less critical to safety are carried out in the first processor. Data exchange between the two processors is controlled by way of an operating system.

Abstract: Described is diagnosing radiometric detectors. The pulse amplitudes of the pulses acquired by the radiometric detector can be measured and stored temporarily. The pulse amplitude distribution determined in this manner is compared to a reference amplitude distribution, whereby error diagnosis and, if applicable, recalibration of the measuring device are made possible. In this manner temperature drifts and damage to the scintillator, EMC radiation and an increased rate of dark pulses of the photosensitive component may be detected and corrected.