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CCI Successfully Earns HART® Certification for QuickTrak™ Press Release

Rancho Santa Margarita, California, USA - HART® Protocol is the leading communication technology used with smart process instrumentation today and is well recognized in the industry as a global standard for smart instrument communication.

In March, having passed all the relevant tests, CCI obtained the HART® certification for QuickTrak™, CCI’s revolutionary pneumatic digital valve controller. The QuickTrak™ system combines a microprocessor-based control system and a high capacity servo valve positioning device, providing unparalleled performance for fast stroking and precise valve positioning applications.

CCI successfully completed the development of the adapters necessary to fully utilize the technologies of handheld communicators and to interact with the AMS environment. The certification further testifies to the credibility of QuickTrak™ and serves as an additional indicator to customers of the high caliber and standards of CCI technology.

Unlike other digital communication technologies, HART® Protocol provides a unique communication solution that is backward compatible with the installed base of instrumentation in use today. This compatibility ensures that investments in existing cabling and current control strategies will remain secure well into the future.

QuickTrak Press Release

Rancho Santa Margarita, California – CCI is pleased to announce the release of its innovative QuickTrak™ (patents pending) electronic valve controller, designed to meet the high-performance requirements of turbine bypass, compressor recycle, nuclear vent, and boiler control applications. This groundbreaking design eliminates the need for accessories such as quick exhausts, volume boosters, and their connecting tubing. The QuickTrak™ system also provides very fast stroke speeds with no visible overshoot, instantaneous response (less than 200 ms dead time on seat), and better than 0.25% resolution. This gives the user maximum control while meeting the application’s performance requirements.

The QuickTrak™ system operates without using a mechanical linkage, allowing it to be remotely mounted. The QuickTrak™ system, with over 50 times the flow capacity of conventional “smart” positioners, also improves hysteresis, dead band, and resolution while eliminating the harmful effects of vibration, temperature, and hazardous environments. A uniquely designed electronic feedback module prevents non-linearity of the feedback signal to improve plant performance.

QuickTrak™ offers all the latest features of “smart” positioners (including diagnostics and compatibility with Hart® or other protocols) but provides a complete system of actuation control. Conventional “smart” positioner systems for fast-acting control valves can take up to 12 hours to tune because of the interactions among all the system components. In contrast, the CCI QuickTrak™ system can be tuned in minutes and does not lose calibration between system outages. QuickTrak™ will save your plant valuable time, energy, and money.