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Ceramat® WA160(X) User Manual Ceramic Retractable Fitting Read before installation. Keep for future use. www.knick.de...
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Exclusions from Warranty Wear parts (gaskets) and damage caused by improper use are excluded from warranty. Return of Products Please contact our Service Team before returning a defective device. Ship the cleaned device to the address you have been given. If the device has been in contact with process fluids, it must be decontaminated/disinfected before shipment.
Ceramat® WA 160(X) Retractable Fitting Process-Related Risks Knick Elektronische Messgeräte GmbH & Co. KG assumes no liability for damages caused by process-related risks known to the operator, which would in fact not permit the use of the WA 160(X) retractable fitting.
Table of Contents Ceramat® WA 160(X) Retractable Fitting Safety Instructions ......................3 Table of Contents ....................... 4 Intended Use ........................5 Package Contents ......................7 Ceramat® WA 160(X) Product Code .................. 8 Function Description .......................10 Composition of the Retractable Fitting .................11 Modules Available: Drives, Process Connections ................12 Information on Installation ....................13 Mounting on Holding Bracket, Installing the Outlet Hose .............14...
There is no particular direct hazard caused by the operation of the device in the specified environ- ment. To ensure smooth performance of the measuring points with the Ceramat®, a number of impor- tant operating and maintenance parameters must be complied with (see Ceramat WA160 Maintenance Instructions).
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Intended Use Ceramat® WA 160(X) Retractable Fitting Rating Plates Ceramat® WA 160(X)- N Drive unit Process Process, small rating plates Ceramat® WA 160(X)- X Drive unit Process Process, small rating plates...
Package Contents Ceramat® WA 160(X) Retractable Fitting Check the shipment for transport damage and completeness. The package should contain: • Retractable fitting • Documentation • Test certificates...
Ceramat® WA 160(X) Product Code Ceramat WA160- - 000 Basic device with pneum. drive, stainless steel version Explosion protection ATEX Zone 0 Without ...
Function Description Ceramat® WA 160(X) Retractable Fitting The pneumatically operated retractable fitting allows calibrating or adjusting the measuring sys- tem and cleaning the sensor in the running process. For that purpose, the sensor can be moved between two positions: PROCESS position: The sensor is located in the process medium. SERVICE position: The sensor is located in the calibration chamber.
Composition of the Retractable Fitting Ceramat® WA 160(X) Retractable Fitting The Ceramat® retractable fitting consists of 2 main units: drive unit and process unit. The drive unit performs the movements required to open and close the ceramic rotary slide and to move the sensor into and out of the process.
Composition of the Retractable Fitting Modules Available: Drives, Process Connections Drive Units (for immersion depths 600, 1000, 1500, 2000 mm, others on request) Process Connections (for immersion depths 600, 1000, 1500, 2000 mm, others on request) Versions with flange, dairy pipe, DN80, pipe clamp Immersion tube, made of stainless steel 1.4571 Immersion tube made of PVDF...
Information on Installation Ceramat® WA 160(X) Retractable Fitting For operation of the Ceramat®, you must connect control air, rinsing or calibration media, and the electrical check-back signal for indicating the probe position. There are two possible ways to do so. When the Ceramat is operated with a Unical®...
Information on Installation Mounting on Holding Bracket, Installing the Outlet Hose The following procedure is recommended for installing the media connection (also applies to installation of ZU 0631 standard media interface): Mounting on the holding bracket of the Ceramat® Screw the bracket of the media connection to the holding bracket of the Ceramat.
Information on Installation Installing the Multiplug,Installing the Sensor Cable Installing the multiplug Install multiplug (A) with 2 screws (B) as shown. Installing the sensor cable Attach the connecting cable (A) to the sensor and connect to the fixing bracket (B) in a loop as shown in the illustration. Using clamp (C), attach the cable lightly so that the cable is secured and not con- stricted.
Information on Installation Positioning the Sensor Protection Positioning the sensor protection For the probe housing with sensor protec- tion option, pay attention to the position of Against the sensor protector, for example in flowing direction of media. With corresponding installation in the flow flange bores, the retractable fitting can be Probe housing...
Connection to Unical® or Uniclean® Ceramat® WA 160(X) Retractable Fitting The media connection is available in 5 m or 10 m length (other lengths on request). It consists of a Ø 30 mm corrugated hose with a metal coil. 2 variants are available: for rinsing only (without branch outlet to media adapter) for calibration and cleaning function (with branch outlet to media adapter) Connections...
Installing and Removing a Sensor Ceramat® WA 160(X) Retractable Fitting NOTICE! Sensors must only be installed or removed by trained personnel authorized by the operating company. The Ceramat WA 160(X) retractable fitting must be in SERVICE position. This position is attained by: •...
Removing the Drive Unit Ceramat® WA 160(X) Retractable Fitting NOTICE: Be sure to follow these instructions in the correct sequence. Take appropriate safety precautions against escaping process fluids. 1) Move probe into SERVICE position. Only in this position can the drive unit be removed. 2) Switch off compressed air and deaerate device! 3) Make sure that no process fluid is leaking from the outlet.
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Removing the Drive Unit Ceramat® WA 160(X) Retractable Fitting NOTICE: Be sure not to damage the glass body of the sensor at the lower end of the drive unit!
Installing the Drive Unit Ceramat® WA 160(X) Retractable Fitting NOTICE: Be sure to follow these instructions in the correct sequence! 1) Before installing the drive unit in the process unit, check whether the drive unit is in SERVICE position. Only then can the drive unit be inserted sufficiently deep into the process unit so that the groove can engage with the cou- pling nut.
Installing the Sensor Ceramat® WA 160(X) Retractable Fitting Installing the Sensor First, remove drive unit (page 19) 1) Use appropriate sensors (C) only: Diameter: 12-0.5 mm Length: 225 mm Observe the pressure resistance of the sensor. 2) Check whether slide ring (A) or O-ring (B) on the sensor are damaged.
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4) Screw in the sensor head (E) (19 mm A/F, PG 13.5) with a max. torque of 3 Nm (recommended tool: 19 mm wrench, e.g. Knick ZU 0647). 5) Attach the cable connector (F). Push the sensor end back (direction of arrow).
Removing the Sensor Ceramat® WA 160(X) Retractable Fitting Removing the Sensor First, remove drive unit (page 19) 1) Bend the sensor end (A) in direction of the arrow (until it noticeably snaps in). This gives access to the sensor coupling. 2) Loosen the cable connector (B).
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Removing the Sensor Ceramat® WA 160(X) Retractable Fitting 3) Remove the sensor.
Functioning of the Cavity Rinsing Ceramat® WA 160(X) Retractable Fitting In SERVICE position, inlet and outlet are directly connected with the calibration chamber. The ceramic slides are mounted in an outer housing made of plastic, which is in contact with the process.
Condensate Drain Ceramat® WA 160(X) Retractable Fitting The Ceramat WA 160(X) retractable fitting is equipped with a condensate drain. Functioning of the Condensate Drain Water that has condensed in the fitting collects in the lower part of the immersion tube (A). This area is con- nected to the channels of cavity rinsing (C) through a spring-loaded check valve (B).
Automatic Condensate Drain Ceramat® WA 160(X) Retractable Fitting In conjunction with the Unical 9000 probe controller, you can take the required compressed air from the Aux2 valve of Unical 9000, limit the maximum pressure through a pressure reducer (accessory ZU 0670/2), and automatically perform a preventive daily condensate drain using a special program.
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Automatic Condensate Drain Ceramat® WA 160(X) Retractable Fitting Parameter setting Menu Display Condensate drain Interval 7.05 pH For daily condensate drain, specify an interval of 25.6°C Fixed interval (Administrator) 24 h in the "User 2" program. Confirm with "OK". User 2 Program 024.0 h Then ”return”...
Permissible Forces and Flow Rates Ceramat® WA 160(X), 1.4571 Variant Vmax Fmax 1.4571 Variant Immersion depth 1500 mm 2000 mm 400 N 300 N 4 m/s 3 m/s...
Specifications Ceramat® WA 160(X) Permissible process pressure and temperature, general Process connection with probe housing material PEEK, PVDF, 1.4435 6 bar (at 0 ... 90 °C) and immersion tube material stainless steel or stainless steel, PVDF sheated Process connection with probe housing material PEEK, PVDF 6 bar (at 5 ...
Maintenance Work on the Drive Unit Ceramat® WA 160(X) Retractable Fitting The drive unit must be removed, for example: • for general maintenance or inspection • to clean the calibration chamber, e.g. after a sensor has broken • to change the sensor / calibration-chamber gaskets •...
Maintenance Intervals Ceramat® WA 160(X) Because of the highly variable process conditions (pressure, temperature, chemically aggressive media etc.), general information on necessary maintenance intervals is difficult to provide. If you have gained proven experience from similar points of measurement with regard to the materi- als used and their resistance under process conditions, you can adapt the maintenance intervals accordingly.
Gasket Sets for Maintenance and Servicing Ceramat® WA 160(X) The gasket sets are available in different materials. The new O-rings must be lubricated with the included lubricant. The following gasket sets are available for repair and servicing: Immersion tube Process-wetted Order No.
Material Properties of the Available Probe Housings and Sensor Sockets Stainless steel material no. 1.4571 3 1) Hastelloy C-22 material no. 2.4602 PEEK (carbon fiber-reinforced) 2 2) PVDF (carbon fiber-reinforced) 2 3) 1 = very good 5 = unsuitable 1) not resistant to hydrochloric or sulfuric acid 2) not resistant to strongly oxidizing media (conc.
Lubricants, O-Rings Ceramat® WA 160(X) Application Pharma / Food Chemistry / Wastewater Lubricant Beruglide L Paraliq GTE 703 Syntheso Glep 1 (silicone-free) (silicone-containing) (silicone-free) FDA compliant FDA compliant NSF-H1-registered (USDA H1) Elastomer seal mate- rials FFKM EPDM For fittings used in the chemical industry, the lubricant Syntheso Glep1 (silicone-free) is applied. For fittings used in the pharmaceutical / food industry (when FDA conformity is required), the lubricant Beruglide L (silicone-free) is applied (registered according to NSF-H1).
Accessories / Spare Parts Overview for Ceramat® WA 160(X) Accessories / Spare Parts Order No. Sensor mounting wrench, 19 mm ZU 0647 Ceramat® mounting wrench ZU 0648 Pneumatically operated manual control valve ZU 0646 Standard media (SM) interface ZU 0631 Pneumatically controlled 3/8” valve for additional medium ZU 0669 Adapter for additional medium, PEEK/FKM ZU 0654/1...
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Accessories / Spare Parts Ceramat® WA 160(X) ZU0647 Sensor mounting wrench, 19 mm Required for safely screwing in the sensor without overloading the PG 13.5 plastic thread of the sensor head by an excessive torque (caused by an open-end wrench). ZU0648 Ceramat®...
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Accessories / Spare Parts Ceramat® WA 160(X) Long sensor socket with mounted O-rings This sensor socket is recommended for brittle incrusta- tions (e.g. lime). (Hastelloy C22 material can be identified by a missing grip recess.) • ZU 0672/A Sensor socket 1.4571, O-rings FKM •...
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Accessories / Spare Parts Ceramat® WA 160(X) Sensor socket with mounted O-rings and scraper ring with scraper edge made of PEEK This sensor socket is recommended for sticky media and for particles in the process medium. • ZU 0705 Sensor socket PEEK, O-rings FKM •...
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RV/01 check valve is suitable for preventing back- flow of process medium or rinse/calibration solution into the inlet of retractable fittings, controllers or fit- tings made by Knick. Connections: G1/8 or G1/4 )female or male thread) Housing material, valve body: stainless steel 1.4404 or PEEK...
This document was last updated on March 5, 2018 Elektronische Messgeräte The latest documents are available for download on our website GmbH & Co. KG Beuckestraße 22, 14163 Berlin, Germany 20180305 Phone: +49 30 80191-0 Fax: +49 30 80191-200 Declaration of Contamination 087148 info@knick.de • www.knick.de...
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Knick Elektronische Messgeräte GmbH & Co. KG Headquarters Beuckestraße 22 • 14163 Berlin Germany Phone: +49 30 80191-0 Fax: +49 30 80191-200 info@knick.de www.knick.de Local Contacts www.knick-international.com Copyright 2019 • Subject to change. Version 5 This document was last updated on August 2, 2019 The latest documents are available for download on our website under the corresponding product description.
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