Three compact sensors for pressure, continuous and point level in hygienic life sciences or food/beverage
Three compact sensors use three different principles to measure pressure and continuous, continuous and point levels and meet hygienic requirements in life sciences or food and beverage applications. Their small process connections and compact sensor design provide flexibility in small vessels and a standardized, user-friendly design. These sensors can be used in small vessels and pipes and in bigger process tanks, while their 360°, hygienic design and IP69 ingress protection class enable efficient cleaning. These fully welded, stainless-steel devices can also remain in place during cleaning and sterilization processes of plants or tanks, which saves time, simplifies cleaning procedures, and helps avoid contamination. Thanks to their touchscreen, settings can be made intuitively and directly on devices within minutes. Because the display is gap-free, there’s no risk of contamination. These three sensors include:
- Cerabar PMP43 for pressure measurement has a wide range of sensor variants, with fully welded, hygienic process connections used in food/beverage and life sciences sectors.
- Liquiphant FTL43 detects point levels in almost all pumpable liquids using its proven vibronic technology. It also handles a wide range of applications that no longer require adaptation to different media.
- Micropilot FMR43 free-space radar sensor for continuous, contactless level measurement ensures reliable measurement, even under rapidly changing or turbulent process conditions.
To serve the smallest process tanks, these device and establish a 0.5-inch process connection thanks to a 180 GHz frequency option. This is in addition to their use of proven, 80 GHz technology.
Maximized product and process safety
All three of these technologies maintain required industry certificates, such as EHEDG, 3-A, EG 1935 or ASME BPE, to comply with industry requirements. Material conformity and traceability are assured by declarations and certificates (e.g. EC1935/2004, FDA and cGMP). They were also developed with a tamper-proof design, which means protection against manipulation. Process-critical parameters can be safely locked and configuration integrity maintained using their safety-mode Wizard. Likewise, a proven user-role concept supports operators by assigning distinct roles and permissions to control who accesses what, enhancing security and accountability.
They also employ Endress+Hauser’s Heartbeat technology to ensure batch-centric operations. Within minutes, it offers traceable, documented, on-demand verification according to ISO9001. Combining Heartbeat with reliable and comprehensive diagnostics, process and device monitoring lets users detect process anomalies, such as foam formation or build-up at an early stage, reducing the risk of plant shutdowns. Also, qualitative device health verifications are performed in less than three minutes without disassembly or process interruptions.
Using Heartbeat’s traceable in-situ verification function, calibration intervals can be optimized. For example, Micropilot FMR43 and Radar Accuracy Index (RAI) can evaluates reference measurement accuracy during traceable verification according to ISO 9001 to analyze possible measurement drifts compared to the validated state via factory calibration. This means users always have transparency regarding the accuracy of these measuring devices.
Easy to operate due to digital assistance
All three sensors use an identical user interface, which makes installing, commissioning and operating them easier and more intuitive. Many digital Wizards guide users through commissioning and parameterization, which saves time and helps prevent human errors. All analyses, controls, maintenance or function checks can be conveniently performed remotely via smartphone or tablet using Bluetooth and Endress+Hauser’s SmartBlue app. In addition, these devices can be integrated into engineering systems or software tools for parameterization and control via digital communication with an IO-Link or HART connection.
