Installation In Stilling Well - Endress+Hauser FOUNDATION Fieldbus Micropilot FMR50 Brief Operating Instructions

Installation
Suitable thickness of the tank ceiling:
Penetrated material
DK / ε
r
1)
Optimum thickness
1) Other possible values for the thickness are multiples of the values listed (e.g. for PE: 7,6 mm (0.3 in), 11,4 mm
(0.45 in)
6.4

Installation in stilling well

 7 Installation in stilling well
1 Marking for antenna alignment
• For horn antenna: Align the marking towards the slots of the stilling well.
• Measurements can be performed through an open full bore ball valve without any
problems.
• After mounting, the housing can be turned 350° in order to facilitate access to the display
and the terminal compartment →  28.
6.4.1 Recommendations for the stilling well
• Metal (no enamel coating; plastic on request).
• Constant diameter.
• Diameter of stilling well not larger than antenna diameter.
• Diameter difference between horn antenna and inner diameter of the stilling well as small
as possible.
• Weld seam as smooth as possible and on the same axis as the slots.
• Slots offset 180° (not 90°).
• Slot width or diameter of holes max. 1/10 of pipe diameter, de-burred. Length and number
do not have any influence on the measurement.
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PE
2.3
3.8 mm (0.15 in) 4.0 mm (0.16 in)
Micropilot FMR50 FOUNDATION Fieldbus
PTFE PP
2.1 2.3
3.8 mm (0.15 in)
1
Perspex
3.1
3.3 mm (0.13 in)
A0016841
Endress+Hauser