Fluid Components International FS10i flow switch/monitor

The Fluid Components International (FCI) FS10i flow switch/monitor is designed for operation in rugged industrial processes.

It has obtained hazardous area approvals from multiple agencies for a wide range of liquid or gas monitoring applications that require accurate, reliable flow assurance and alarming.

Ingress protection meets IP65, IP66, IP67 in non-hazardous locations; CE Marking, CRN, complies with Canadian Electrical code requirements of ANSI/ISA 12.27.01-2011 as a single seal device. It carries a SIL 2 compliance rating per IEC 61508 and has a 90% safe failure fraction (SFF).

The product’s SIL-2 compliance also ensures a highly reliable flow sensing instrument for repeatable and fast-responding flow trip point or alarm warning within seconds.

The product features an air/gas sensitivity and setpoint range from 0.076 to 122 MPS and for water or liquids from 0.01 to 0.5 FPS. It is suitable for use in fluid temperatures from -40 to 212°C and at pressures up to 138 bar.

The product comes standard with both an SPDT 1A relay output for alarm/trip point setting instead of an open collector and a 4–20 mA analog output for trending and monitoring. Trip points can be set as high or low and can be adjusted with hysteresis and/or time delay settings. The 4–20 mA output is rangeable by the user in the field installation.

It is suitable for monitoring cooling water and fluids, leak detection, lubricant flow assurance, ventilation verification, chemical injection assurance, nitrogen purge verifications and compressor leak detection.