
16 EB 8484-3 EN
Design and principle of operation
3 Design and principle of oper-
ation
ÎRefertoFig.1.
TheTROVIS3730-3ElectropneumaticPosi-
tioner is mounted on pneumatic control
valves and used to assign the valve position
(controlled variable x) to the control signal
(set point w). The positioner compares the
electric control signal of a control system to
the travel or opening angle of the control
valve and issues a signal pressure for the
pneumatic actuator.
The positioner mainly consists of a non-con-
tact travel sensor system (2), pneumatics and
the electronics with the microcontroller (4).
The valve position is transmitted either as an
angle of rotation or a travel to the pick-up le-
ver, from there to the travel sensor (2) and
forwarded to the microcontroller (4). The PID
algorithm in the microcontroller compares
the valve position measured by the travel
sensor(2)tothe4to20mADCcontrolsig-
nal issued by the control system after it has
beenconvertedbytheA/Dconverter(3).
In case of a set point deviation, the activa-
tionofthei/pmodule(7)ischangedsothat
the actuator of the control valve (1) is pres-
surized or vented accordingly over the
downstream booster (6). As a result, the clo-
sure member of the valve (e.g. plug) is
moved to the position determined by the set
point.
The positioner is operated by a rotary push-
button (9) for menu navigation on the plain-
text display (11).
The extended EXPERTplus diagnostics are in-
tegrated into the positioner. They provide in-
formation on the control valve and positioner
and generate diagnostic and status messag-
es, which allow faults to be pinpointed
quickly.
3.1 Types of attachment
TheTROVIS3730-3Positionerissuitablefor
the following types of attachment using the
correspondingaccessories(seesection3.5):
−Direct attachment to SAMSON
Type3277 Actuator
ÎSeesection5.3.
−Attachment to actuators according to
IEC60534-6:
ÎSeesection5.4.
−Attachment according to VDI/
VDE3847-1:
ÎSeesection5.5.
−Attachment according to VDI/
VDE3847-2:
ÎSeesection5.6.
−Attachment to Type3510 Micro-ow
Valve
ÎSeesection5.7.
−Attachment to rotary actuators accord-
ing to VDI/VDE3845:
ÎSeesection5.8.
E
E
E
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FSK
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#B
C
A
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Exhaust Supply 9 Output 38
y
x
Serial Interface
M
1
2
M.1
M.4
M.5
M.6
M.2
M.3
3
4
8
7
56
12
910
1 Control valve
2 Travel sensor
3A/Dconverter
4 Microcontroller
5 Pressure reducer
6 Air capacity booster
7i/pconverter
8D/Aconverter
9 Communication interface
10 Rotary pushbutton
11 Display
12 HART®connection
A Option A
B Option B
C Option C
M Available options
M.1 Forced venting (Slot B only)
M.2 Position transmitter
M.3 Binary input
M.4 Software limit contacts with binary output (PLC)
M.5 Software limit contacts with binary output (NAMUR)
M.6 Inductive limit contacts with binary output (NAMUR)
11
Fig.1: Block diagram