Flow monitoring is critical in applications that demand reliable and reproducible surveillance of limit values and flow patterns. Flow sensors detect critical deviations of the flow rate in liquid and gaseous media – and being able to monitor the flow visually is just as important as the continuous output signal.
The FS+ flow sensors feature the same plain text display as other sensors in Turck Banner’s Fluid+ family.
Turck Banner recently added the FS101 flow sensor to its line-up. The device will have the same look and feel as all other sensors in the FS+ fluid sensor family and is equally easy to run and commission. The four-digit 12-segment display on the device shows the current flow value clearly as a percentage of the setpoint.
The implemented IO-Link smart sensor profile simplifies the conversion of IO-Link flow sensors of other manufacturers to the FS+ devices as process data, parameters and functions are standardised.
Easy commissioning
The FS101 retains the Quick Teach and Delta Flow functions that simplify commissioning – as initially introduced in the FS100 with a bar graph display. Delta Flow ensures the teach-in is not performed until the warm-up phase of the temperature peak is completed and a constant flow is present. This eradicates a frequent source of errors in traditional parameterisation processes. Users also benefit from the device’s trouble-free operation via capacitive touchpads. Alongside the FS101, Turck Banner will continue to offer the earlier FS100 devices with a bar graph display.
Typical areas of application are the monitoring of cooling circuits in welding applications for example, protection against dry running of pumps, as well as flow monitoring in air ducts and air conditioning equipment. Because of the calorimetric mode used, the media temperature is also monitored.
The FS101 flow sensor provides for fast and easy commissioning, high reliability based on error-proof teach-in support with Delta Flow, and easy operation via the plain text display with capacitive touchpads.
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