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News Release from: SensorsOne | Subject: LEX-1 digital pressure comparator
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 03 January 2007
Pressure comparator cuts calibration
costs
If your costs are running high in order to maintain ISO9000 adherence for calibrating pressure gauges used on production machinery, maybe it is time to invest in a precision digital manometer.
If your costs are running high in order to maintain ISO9000 adherence for calibrating pressure gauges used on production machinery, maybe it is time to invest in a precision digital manometer You will dramatically reduce your annual recalibration charges and there will be no need to maintain a buffer stock of dial pressure gauges to keep manufacturing processes running while other critical production test pressure instruments are sent away for their annual calibration
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 24 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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If all analogue pressure gauges are fitted with a three-way isolation valve they can be calibrated in-situ by teeing into the pressure gauge with a quick release pressure connection and isolating the device under test.
You can then apply pressures with a hand-pump to the pressure gauge and calibrate at each set-point.
When setting each pressure calibration point use the cardinal points on the device under test rather than using the pressure calibrator.
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This way it is easier to measure the error from the digital pressure gauge fully using the resolution of the digital readout rather than trying to guess the error on the device under test which has a much lower resolution.
The LEX-1 high accuracy digital pressure gauge has a standard accuracy of 0.05% of full scale with enhanced precision options of 0.025 and 0.01% of full scale if required.
A complete selection of pressure ranges are available: -1 to 2, -1 to 20, 200, 400, 1000bar gauge or absolute.
If an absolute range is chosen for the LEX-1 digital manometer it can be easily converted to gauge reference pressure by using the zero tare feature so the display reads zero pressure when measuring atmospheric pressure rather than a reading close to 1000mbar.
The display features of the LEX-1 digital test gauge also include 13 pressure units: bar, psi, mbar, inHg, mmHg, inH2O, ftH2O, cmH2O, mH2O, kg/cm2, kPa, MPa, hPa.
The maximum or minimum pressure reading can be displayed in the lower portion of the display and can be reset to the actual pressure at anytime via the two push buttons on the pressure gauge front panel.
For continuous use, the auto off after 15 minutes since last key press can be turned off if required for use as a process pressure gauge.
For hazardous environments the LEX-1 portable pressure indicator is ATEX approved for intrinsic safety with a II 1 G EEx ia IIC T6 or T5 certification.
The LEX-1 digital pressure comparator uses silicon strain gauge technology to achieve a high precision accuracy and stability of pressure measurement over time and the instrument need only be calibrated once per year as part of ISO9000 compliance to maintaining a traceable calibration standard.
The LEX-1 digital pressure gauge is a convenient compact size measuring only 59 x 95 x 32mm and with a battery capacity of 2000 hours from a single small CR2430 battery it is a useful instrument for any factory maintenance or quality assurance engineer carrying out calibration of pressure gauges on production equipment.
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