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6 Installation
CAUTION
If the medium temperature is above 50 °C (122 °F), parts of the
housing can increase in temperature to over 65 °C (149 °F).
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Risk of burns.
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Protect the housing against contact with flammable substances
and unintentional contact.
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Ensure that the system is free of pressure during installation.
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Ensure that no media can leak at the mounting location during
installation.
6.1 Process connection
Using process adapters the unit can be adapted to different process connections.
Adapters have to be ordered separately as accessories.
• Information about the available mounting accessories at www.ifm.com.
• A correct fit of the unit and ingress resistance of the connection are only
ensured using ifm adapters.
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Observe the instructions of the mounting accessories.
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Use a lubricating paste which is suitable and approved for the
application. Grease the threads of the process connection, adapter and
sensor. Ensure no grease is applied to the sensor tip.
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Take the tightening torques of sensor and fixing elements into account:
sensor 25 Nm; fixing element
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Technical data sheet at www.ifm.com
6.2 Interference
Structures in the pipe, bends, valves, reducing pieces and the like affect the
function of the unit.
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Adhere to the distances between sensor and interference.
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