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Level Sensors and Leak Detectors
News Release from: Endress + Hauser | Subject: Micropilot M
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 07 August 2003
Safety boost for radar level gauge
Since its introduction, the Micropilot M radar level gauge has proved its reliability in thousands of applications.
Since its introduction, the Micropilot M radar level gauge has proved its reliability in thousands of applications By using the well-established time-of-flight measuring principle in conjunction with specially developed algorithms, it is now widely accepted in all industry sectors
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 12 Oct 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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There are a wide range of radar level devices available on the market today, all using the time-of-flight measuring principle.
So what makes the Micropilot M different? From the outside, most radar devices look similar - a rod or horn antenna, process connection, a transmitter and terminal housing.
The key to Micropilot's success lies within the heart of the unit - the echo platform.
This echo platform, now applied across the whole Endress + Hauser time-of-flight product basket, allows simple step by step commissioning, easy analysis and system optimisation and the ability to document the specific measuring point as part of quality procedures.
The local display guides the user through the setup procedure by asking simple questions and offering a choice of answers - the user simply selects the one that applies to the application.
For added security, the envelope curve can be plotted on the local display allowing the user to see exactly what the Micropilot M sees.
Micropilot M is the only radar level gauge available today which has been certified compliant with IEC61508 and returns figures which typically fall within the requirements for SIL2 systems.
It can therefore be included as an overspill protection device in safety instrumented systems in accordance with the standard.
It joins other compliant products such as the Liquiphant M and S vibrating level switches and the Cerabar T and S and Deltabar S pressure transmitters.
In line with these other products Endress + Hauser has produced a safety manual, detailing all the necessary figures needed to include the Micropilot M in safety instrumented system calculations. Request a free brochure from Endress + Hauser ...
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