Levelflex FMP55 HART
Mounting
Hauser
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6.2
Mounting the device
6.2.1
Required mounting tools
• For flanges and other process connections: appropriate mounting tools
• To turn the housing: Hexagonal wrench 8 mm
6.2.2
Mounting the device
Flange mounting
If a seal is used, be sure to use unpainted metal bolts to ensure good electrical contact
between probe flange and process flange.
Mounting rope probes
NOTICE
Electrostatic discharges may damage the electronics.
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Earth the housing before lowering the rope into the vessel.
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When lowering the rope probe into the vessel, observe the following:
• Uncoil rope and lower it slowly and carefully into the vessel.
• Do not kink the rope.
• Avoid any backlash, since this might damage the probe or the vessel fittings.
6.2.3
Mounting the "Sensor remote" version
This section is only valid for devices of the version "Probe Design" = "Sensor remote"
(feature 600, option MB/MC/MD).
For the version "Probe design" = "Sensor remote" the following is supplied:
• The probe with the process connection
• The electronics housing
• The mounting bracket for wall or pipe mounting of the electronics housing
• The connection cable (length as ordered). The cable has got one straight and one angled
plug (90°). Depending on the local conditions the angled plug can be connected at the
probe or at the electronics housing.