Proper Mounting; Nozzle Location Note; Nozzle Location - Siemens SITRANS LR260 Operating Instructions Manual

Installing/mounting

4.3 Proper mounting

4.3 Proper mounting
4.3.1

Nozzle location note

Note
Beam angle depends on horn size. For details on avoiding false echoes, see Auto False Echo
Suppression (Page 55).
4.3.2

Nozzle location

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● Keep emission cone free of interference from ladders, pipes, I-beams or filling streams.
● Avoid central locations on tall, narrow vessels.
● Align the antenna so that the radar cone is perpendicular to the surface of the monitored
material, if possible. See Easy Aimer (Page 28)
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Minimum 1 m (39")
Beam angle 2" horn = 15°
3" horn = 10°
4" horn = 8°
SITRANS LR260 with mA/HART
Operating Instructions, 11/2019, A5E32337683-AD