Product category:
Level and tank contents instrumentation
News Release from: Winton House Instrumentation | Subject: FITCON
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 02 September 2004
RF Admittance level probes for car paint
control
When a leading car manufacturer began the process of changing over from solvent based paint to the new water based paint for environmental reasons, they needed a future proof liquid level sensor
When a leading car manufacturer began the process of changing over from solvent based paint to the new water based paint for environmental reasons, they suddenly realised they would meet problems with their installed brand of level measurement products The existing capacitance level probes would need replacing since the product could not ignore conductive coatings
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 8 Jun 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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These new water solvent paints would coat the probe surface and cause false readings on product levels.
However with Winton House Instrumentation it was explained that the Future Technology Instrumentation Product FITCON has as standard electronics that can be externally set for conductive or insulating materials.
With this feature the same level measurement system could be installed within the solvent paint vessels and upon the change to water solvent material the probes operation could be reconfigured with no need to change internal settings.
The unit also has the facility for a greater zero suppression due to the built in capacitor values which may be adjusted externally.
The other features that persuaded the client to change are the technical innovations with the probe construction.
The client was very surprised to find that FITCON is very economically priced yet offers both RF Capacitive and RF Admittance features in one unit, and is used to detect levels of conductive materials (not effected by vapours); conductive materials (whilst ignoring build up on the probe); interfaces between two dissimilar products Insulating materials (not effected by insulating coatings).
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