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Grounding in pipelines with electrically insulating inside walls

In pipelines made of plastics or concrete, or those which have an
insulating lining or coating inside, the process liquid needs to be
grounded by additional measures.
For this purpose, metal grounding rings are normally used whose
inside face is in contact with the process liquid and which are fitted
and grounded between the pipe and flowmeter flanges (see right-
hand figure ”metal pipelines, with or without internal coating, and
plastics pipelines”).

Grounding diagrams
Metal pipelines, not internally coated Metal pipelines, with or without internal
coating, and plastics pipelines
Grounding without grounding rings Grounding with grounding rings

D1, D2, D3 Gaskets, not included with supply, to be provided by customer

E Grounding rings (option)
F Flowmeter flanges
FE Functional ground, cable > 4 mm2 Cu, not included with flowmeter,
to be provided by customer
PE Protective conductor required if the IFS 4000 F is operated together
with a signal converter supplying a field current of > 125 mA / > 60 V
Cable ≥ 4 mm Cu (10 AWG), not included with flowmeter, to be provided
by customer.
R Pipeline
RF Pipe flanges
V1, V2 Interconnecting wires, included with flowmeter
Y Terminal box or signal converter

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