OPTIBAR FC 1000

Flow computer for process control of liquids, gases and steam

High performance flow and energy calculation with DP flow elements, volumetric or mass flowmeters
Compact design, quick and easy-to-operate via TFT touch screen
Enables split-range operation with two pressure transmitters for increased measuring dynamics
HART^® communication with all common DP transmitters for loss-free measured data transmission and possibility of automatic zero point adjustment

Depending on selected device configuration

Product type	Flow component/auxiliary equipment
Product family name	OPTIBAR
Product positioning	For process control of liquids, gases and steam
Product variants	OPTIBAR FC 1000 for panel mounting OPTIBAR FC 1000 for wall mounting

Ingress protection	IP65

Flow meter	Special calculation algorithms for differential pressure instruments, ultrasonic flowmeters, volumetric instruments and mass flow sensors
Heat carrier oils	Parameterisation based on individual properties
Other fluids	Constant characteristics
Technical gases	Ideal gas law, Redlich-Kwong, Redlich-Kwong-Soave, Peng-Robinson, AGA-8 DC/GC, SGERG 88, AGA-NX19
Water and steam	IAPWS-97

Temperature	2 × Pt100 2 × 0/4 … 20 mA
Absolute pressure	1 × 0/4 … 20 mA
Flow	2 x 0/4 … 20 mA (with FSK-Modem for HART^® devices) 2 × Frequency

Analogue outputs	0…20 mA, 4…20 mA
Discrete outputs	1 x mechanical relay, 2 x electronic relay
Digital outputs	HART^®, Modbus RTU, USB, Modbus TCP, M-Bus, Profibus-DP (with protocol converter), PROFINET (with protocol converter)