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Inline sensor arrangement and method for commissioning same

US10705044B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Michael Hanko · Dresden, DE
Angela Eubisch · Chemnitz, DE
Anne Heymann · Rochlitz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 21, 2016
Grant date	Jul 7, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 22, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N27/283
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present disclosure includes an inline sensor arrangement and a method for bringing an inline sensor arrangement into service, where the inline sensor arrangement includes a sensor embodied to produce and to output a measurement signal correlated with the measured variable, and where the sensor has at least one sterile sensor element for contact with the measured medium and at least one housing, which surrounds the sensor element and encloses the sensor element in a chamber sealed from an environment of the housing. The method includes performing a heat sterilization of at least one part of the inline sensor arrangement comprising a housing exterior of the housing, opening the housing after terminating the heat sterilization, and bringing the sensor element into contact with the measured medium.

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