Krohne introduces new pressure transmitter

The Optibar PM 3050 compact pressure transmitter is for pressure and level applications.
The Optibar PM 3050 compact pressure transmitter is for pressure and level applications.

Krohne’s Optibar PM 3050 is a compact pressure transmitter for pressure and level applications with 2-wire 4…20mA HART communication, intended for use in the food & beverage, water & wastewater, iron & steel, OEM/automation and other process industries.

Typical applications include absolute and gauge pressure measurement of gases, vapours and liquids, hydrostatic level measurement in open tanks, pressure monitoring in pipelines, dry-run protection of pumps or compressor monitoring.

Optibar PM 3050 is designed for applications which need a device between Krohne’s ultra compact pressure transmitters and the high-end process series Optibar 5060. It can be used for process temperatures between -40–150°C/-40–302°F without additional diaphragm seal. For aggressive media and/or higher temperatures, it can be combined with the Optibar DSP series diaphragm seal assemblies, providing a temperature decoupling up to 400°C/752°F.

The measuring range reaches from 0.1–100 bar/1.45–1450 psi, with a smallest measuring range of 100 mbar/1.45 psi and a measuring accuracy up to ±0.1% of set span. It offers high overload factors especially for small measuring ranges, and a quick step response time < 80 ms.