Product Overview
The F5162 is the Flo-tech pickup built for flow sensing in a classified (hazardous) area. It is a sensing element rather than a meter: a magnet sealed inside a 300-series stainless housing threads in above the rotor of a Flo-tech turbine body, and each rotor blade that sweeps the pickup’s field produces one pulse, with the resulting pulse train proportional to flow rate for the coupled meter electronics to interpret. The housing is solid-epoxy encapsulated with a 430F stainless pole and a 2-pin MS connector, rated −150 to +330°F (−50 to +175°C). It carries intrinsic-safety certification under ATEX, IECEx, and CSA w/NRTL/C to the IEC 60079-11 standard. Treat intrinsic safety as a loop, not a single part: this pickup belongs in the hazardous zone only within a certified intrinsically-safe loop wired to the conditions of safe use stated on its certificate, and the certification reaches the pickup alone — the array electronics stay in the safe area. Use the input form to send us the area classification and the turbine body, and we verify the certificate, its conditions of safe use, and the barrier scheme with Badger Meter before anything is quoted.
Key Features & Benefits
- Senses the rotor in a Flo-tech turbine body — the sealed magnet threads in above the rotor; every blade that crosses its field generates a pulse, and the coupled meter electronics turn that pulse train into a flow reading. It is the sensing element for the turbine, not a meter on its own.
- Sealed stainless housing, nothing to service — a 300-series stainless body with solid epoxy encapsulation and a 430F stainless pole — a rugged, fully sealed assembly with no internal parts to wear or adjust. Built for the field.
- Wide temperature window — a process range of −150 to +330°F (−50 to +175°C), so it follows the turbine into cold and hot hydraulic service. The same pickup spans the line’s temperature range.
- Certified for classified areas — carries ATEX, IECEx, and CSA w/NRTL/C intrinsic-safety certification to IEC 60079-11, so the pickup goes into the hazardous zone within a certified loop installed to its certificate’s conditions of safe use. Engineered to your area classification, not taken off the shelf.
Specifications
- Measurement principle
- Magnetic (variable-reluctance) pickup — a magnet sealed in the housing is threaded into the turbine body directly above the rotor; as each rotor blade passes through the pickup’s magnetic field it generates a pulse, and the pulse train is proportional to flow rate. The pickup senses the rotor — it has no flow rating of its own; flow is interpreted by the coupled meter electronics.
- Measured parameters
- Rotor-blade pulses (raw frequency) from a Flo-tech turbine flow meter — transferred to the coupled reading element / flow monitor for flow calculation.
- Operating / fluid temperature
- −150 to +330°F (−50 to +175°C).
- Port / connection sizes
- Flow-meter side 3/8-18 NPSM-2A thread (into the turbine body); connector side 5/8-24 UNEF-2A thread with a 2-pin MS connector (MS3106-10SL-4S mating type).
- Body / housing materials
- 300-series stainless steel housing with solid epoxy encapsulation — a sealed, rugged assembly with no serviceable internals.
- Wetted materials
- Pole: 430F stainless steel, 0.10 in. (2.54 mm). The pickup threads into the turbine body and senses the rotor magnetically — the sealed electronics never contact the process fluid.
- Outputs
- 55 mVrms AC min.; 1.2–1.4 Vp-p max. AC pulse. Magnetization approximately 325 Gauss (typ.); coil resistance 1450 Ω ±10%; dielectric strength 500 VAC (either pin to case).
- Hazardous-area certification
- ATEX, IECEx, and CSA w/NRTL/C intrinsic-safety certification to the IEC 60079-11 standard. A classified-area installation follows the certificate’s conditions of safe use. The certification covers the F5162 pickup only; the array electronics are not rated for the classified area. Confirmation of the certificate and its conditions of safe use is routed through Badger Meter before a hazardous-area build is quoted.
- Dimensions / weight
- Sealed stainless housing about 2.875 in. (73 mm) long with a 3/4 in. (19 mm) hex; pole 0.10 in. (2.54 mm).
Common Applications
- Hydraulic flow sensing in classified (hazardous) areas — paired with a Flo-tech turbine flow meter
- Oil & gas, refining and petrochemical service where the measuring point sits in a classified area
- Chemical and process-industry hydraulic circuits requiring an intrinsically-safe flow pickup
- Concrete-production and heavy-industrial hydraulics in classified locations
Design & Selection Considerations
- Intrinsic safety is a system — not a single part — the F5162 is deployed in the hazardous area only as part of a certified intrinsically-safe loop and is installed to the conditions of safe use on its certificate, so the loop design follows the certificate rather than a generic rule of thumb. Use the input form to send us the area classification — Division or Zone, gas group, and temperature class — and the turbine body, and we confirm the certificate, its conditions of safe use, and the barrier scheme with Badger Meter before anything is quoted.
- Only the pickup is rated — keep the electronics out of the classified area — the certification covers the F5162 pickup. The array electronics — the IFC converter and the integral pressure and temperature transmitters — are not hazardous-area rated and are mounted outside the classified area. Plan the installation so the pickup sits in the hazardous zone and the electronics sit in the safe zone.
- It replaces the standard pickup, not the turbine — the F5162 replaces the standard magnetic pickup on a Flo-tech turbine body — the same single-rotor bodies the Classic and Quad sensors use — so a hazardous-area build pairs the certified pickup with a compatible turbine body and the right output / display chain. Use the input form to tell us the flow range, port, and pressure with the area classification and we size the body to match.
To spec the right hazardous-area pickup & turbine body:
Use the input form to tell us the area classification — Division or Zone, gas group, and temperature class — the turbine body and its flow range, port size, working pressure and temperature, and the fluid, and we confirm the certificate, its conditions of safe use, and the barrier scheme with Badger Meter, match the pickup to a compatible turbine body and output, and price it — with programming and commissioning available as an optional, quoted service.
Flow Meter Application Sheet ›Talk to an engineer directly — Scott Prater, Principal · 917-580-0878 · scott@pratertechnical.com
Specifications compiled by Prater Technical Partners from Badger Meter Flo-tech hydraulic test & diagnostics product literature.