New pressure sensor range launched
An easy-to-clean range of high precision pressure sensors designed to offer users in the pharmaceutical and food industries high operating temperatures of up to 300°C has been launched.
The new x|act i is a piezoresistive stainless steel pressure sensor that can operate in temperatures of up to 150°C or 300°C.
Its smooth, stainless steel ‘globe’ type display housing prevents the build-up of dirt, dust, chemicals or foodstuffs.The multi-function display can be rotated to provide users with the most suitable angle for reading the display values.
The sensors can be used with any liquid or gaseous media and operate at nominal pressures of between 0 and 350 mbar up to 0 to 600 bar. The sensor can be configured in situ via an integrated display and operating module, or by remote access using HART communications interface.
There are three primary applications for the x|act i sensors. The stainless steel globe-housing version is ideal for applications in which hygiene is a high priority, such as food and beverage processing.
There’s also an aluminium die cast housing, two-chamber version, which is suitable for general process industry applications, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals processing.
The third option is a stainless steel field housing, which is ideal for harsh environments including heavy industries such as hydraulics, construction equipment, mining, quarrying, cement and mineral processing.
‘The fact that users can read off maximum and minimum pressures and also media temperature is particularly useful,’ said Sam Drury, sales and marketing director at Impress Sensors & Systems. ‘For example, if part of a process goes into alarm mode, engineers can look back and check what the maximum and minimum temperatures and pressures were during the alarm phase.’
The sensors are accurate to ±0.1% FSO (IEC 60770). With a turndown ratio of 1:10, and maintaining the same accuracy through 1:5 turndown, enables customers to purchase one type of sensor for many different pressure ranges throughout a process plant.
The sensor is supplied by Berkshire-based company Impress Sensors & Systems – a specialist manufacturer and distributor of sensors, instrumentation and complete system packages.