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Universal connectivity The Sick FTMg, which stands for Flow Thermal
Whether working on a computer, mobile device or Meter for gases, is suitable for use with inert gases
through a controller, using the Sick FTMg keeps such as argon, helium, carbon dioxide and nitrogen,
production, maintenance teams and energy as well as compressed air. It uses the dynamic
managers immediately informed of the system calorimetric principle for precision measurement to
performance. reliably detect even the smallest changes. Its
The FTMg industry variant supports integration straight measurement channel design ensures
into a PLC control system e.g. via 4-20mA or switch highly accurate measurement with almost zero
outputs, as well as via IO-Link, through which it can pressure loss as gases flow through the sensor
also be connected with higher-level fieldbus during measurement.
gateways such as the Sick SIG200 Profinet Sensor The Sick FTMg comes in three pipe diameters
Integration Gateway or with the cloud via devices and process connections. On each, the easy-to-
like the Sick Telematic Data Collector (TDC) Alerts read crystal-clear OLED colour display shows
and dashboards can be sent directly from these measured values, together with a simple trend
devices to smart phones or tablets. graphic, enabling quick and accurate interpretation
The Power over Ethernet (PoE) version is of measured data.
designed for connection into plant-based condition The multifunctional FTMg flow sensor is able to
monitoring systems, higher automation levels such output up to eight process parameters in total: flow
as ERP systems and cloud-based applications via speed, flow volume, cumulative volume, mass flow,
OPC UA and MQTT interfaces. Its integrated web cumulative mass, energy consumption, current
server enables simple operation by computer and pressure and temperature.
standard browser. www.sick.co.uk

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