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What products are involved in this article?
SRV Inline viscometer.

What is the purpose of this article?
To give an overview of the SRV inline viscometer with Ingold process connection, its uses, and installation options.

1. Overview

The Ingold process connection is designed by Mettler Toledo to provide a reliable and secure connection between a sensor or probe and the industrial process it's monitoring or controlling in demanding process environments. It's often used in industries like pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, chemical manufacturing, and water treatment, where accurate measurement and control of process parameters are critical for product quality and safety.

2. Rheonic sensor Ingold process connection

SRV is a Rheonics sensor for inline viscosity measurement. Read more on SRV here.

The Ingold version of the SRV inline viscometer, as shown in Figure 1, is specifically designed to allow mounting the sensor probe into an Ingold DN25 adapter for the installation of hygienic instruments. 

Figure 1. SRV-SLP Ingold process connection

The Rheonics SRV requires two installation criteria to ensure repeatable and reproducible readings while maintaining the configured accuracy.

• Have the SRV sensing element (shown in Figure 2) always immersed in the fluid.

• Avoid deposits and dead zones around the sensing space.

Figure 2. Sensing zone on SRV SLP

In addition to the SRV, the Ingold DN25 installation needs other parts to be installed in a tank or a pipe. The following image shows what is needed and their parts description.

3. How to order

How to Order Rheonics Ingold Slimline viscometer
1	Rheonics SR- Type sensor SRV: Inline Viscometer	3	Insertion Length "A" Distance from sensor connection to tip.Defined by client.
2	Probe Design - Slimline SLP: Slimline probe	4	Process Connection "B"     BI25: Ingold DN25 process connection.
The appropriate RFQ page for SRV viscometer should be used to configure other options of the sensor, like viscosity range, calibration accuracy, pressure rating, etc.

The weld-in socket of the Ingold installation has the following dimensions:

Figure 4. Ingold DN25 welded adapter (QRI) Romynox vendor dimensions.

4. Installation of DN25 Ingold sensors

The Ingold connection is commonly used in bioreactors. The Ingold adapter could be installed in different parts of a tank (Figure 5) like from the side or on top because the adapter must have a self-draining orientation to ensure the liquid is not stagnant there. An installation from the bottom of the tank is also a valid option mostly used in double-jacket tanks (Figure 6) but this option has a potential issue with good cleaning. We can see some examples of installations of this sensor in the following images.

4.1 SRV reactor probe in a tank with different types of installations:

Figure 5. SRV-SLP Ingold installation in a tank

4.2 SRV reactor probe in a double jacket tank:

Figure 6. SRV-SLP Ingold installation in a double jacket tank

4.3 SRV reactor probe installation in a glass reactor

Figure 7. SRV-SLP Ingold installation drawing description

Figure 8. SRV-SLP Ingold installation in a Glass Reactor

Resources

[1] Mettler toledo Webpage.

[2] Ingold Mettler toledo catalog.

[3] Romynox Ingold DN25 adapter.

[4] Rheonics SRV sensor.

[5] Rheonics EHEDG certification.

[6] Learn more about EHEDG.

[6] Inline process density and viscosity meter SRD with Ingold connection - options and installation

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