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ITABAR Flow Sensor Type 

FTMD 

Operating manual

 

 
 
 

 

 

Type FTMD

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Table of Contents: 
 
1. 

Product 

Description 

        2 

2.  General 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. 

Pre-Installation 

Checks 

       2 

4. 

Equipment 

required 

for 

Installation 

      2 

5. 

General 

Installation 

Notes 

       3 

 

 

5.1 

Determination 

of 

Pipe 

Arrangement 

     3 

 

 

5.2 

Vertical 

Pipe 

Arrangement 

      3 

 

 

5.3 

Horizontal 

Pipe 

Arrangement      3 

 

 

5.4 

Misalignment 

       4 

   

5.5 Required undisturbed Pipe 

Run 

Lengths 

    5 

6. 

Installation 

of 

the 

ITABAR 

Sensor 

      6 

   

6.1 Installation of  Type FTMD25 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

6.2 Installation of  Type FTMD26 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.3 

Insertion 

Procedure 

for 

FTMD 

     8 

 

 

6.4 

Retract 

Procedure 

for 

FTMD      8 

7.  Installation of the Attachments and the 

p-Transmitter 

   9 

 

 

7.1 

Attachments        9 

   7.2 

p-Transmitter 

       9 

8. 

Measurement 

Start-Up 

       9 

9.  Preventive Maintenance of the ITABAR Sensors 

 

 

 

 

10 

10.Trouble 

Shooting 

        10 

 
 

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Meß- und Regelinstrumente 
Otto- Hahn- Straße 20 
D-41515 Grevenbroich / GERMANY 
 
Tel.:  (+49) 21 81/68761 
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   BA-E-041Rev.0/03.09.97 

Summary of Contents for Analog Node

Page 1: ...Installation of the ITABAR Sensor 6 6 1 Installation of Type FTMD25 6 6 2 Installation of Type FTMD26 7 6 3 Insertion Procedure for FTMD 8 6 4 Retract Procedure for FTMD 8 7 Installation of the Attach...

Page 2: ...ept for drilling and welding equipment These instructions call for the use of a Mueller DH 5 drilling machine or equivalent which is rated for 80 bar at 35 C with a maximum temp erature of 120 C This...

Page 3: ...1 Determination of Pipe Arrangement For design reasons the pipe arrangement at the installation location has to be known before the sensor is manufactured For horizontal pipe arrangements the instrume...

Page 4: ...flow measurements in a horizontal pipe the ITABAR Sensor must be installed in the lower half of the pipe circumference the connections to the instruments have to be located below the pipe axis Fig 5...

Page 5: ...eous installation location As a general rule regulating valves throttle valves and gate type valves should be installed behind the sensor Note If the recommended straight pipe run lengths are not avai...

Page 6: ...l flanged nipple 8 Drill through the pipe wall in accordance with the instructions supplied with the drilling machine For type FTMD 25 35mm 9 Withdraw the drill past the Flo Tap unit isolating valve C...

Page 7: ...one end around the installed weld socket 4 Wrap the other end of the cord around the pipe so that it forms a loop around the pipe Mark the half way point of the pipe circumference on the pipe 5 Now dr...

Page 8: ...h temperature gland additional adjustment may be required at this time 8 6 10 3 4 Fig 13 retracted Flo Tap Sensor 5 Connect instrument lines to the instrument valves and to the appropriate meter recor...

Page 9: ...followed by a zero point error We recommend you to install the differential pressure lines close together connect hi and lo line heat conducting to maintain equal temperature Attention The differenti...

Page 10: ...ng signal The ITABAR sensors are head measuring devices and will not accurately measure two phase flow ITABAR Flow Sensors for low pressure steam have condensate pots in which the condensate water lin...

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