Setting the switch points of an electric pressure switch for a credit card applicatoin in the vacuum range is not a self-explanatory task. The following article therefore explains what must be taken into account with this setting. It involves a pressure switch with a hysteresis function. Instruments with this particular configuration are most frequently installed in industrial applications.
Electronic pressure switches, like the WIKA models PSD-4 and PSD-4-ECO or the A-1200 pressure sensor with IO-Link, operate as ? Calm closed? or ?normally open?, with respect to the task. The following graphics illustrate both switching functions with the respective switch and reset points:
In principle, the next applies: The switch point (SP) is greater than the reset point (RP) and the start of measuring range (MRS) is always smaller than the end of measuring range (MRE). This rule can be easily understood with settings for ambient air pressures.
Example: Control of a vacuum pump
On the other hand, setting the switch points in the vacuum range and therefore, ultimately, the switching function, requires more attention. To illustrate this, let?s take the control of vacuum pressure pump, for example, which must maintain vacuum pressure between -0.7 bar and -0.5 bar. For the task described, we select a pressure switch with a measuring range of -1 ? 0 bar.
The beginning of measuring range (MRS) is therefore -1 bar, the finish of measuring range (MRE) 0 bar. This implies: At 0 bar (= start of operation) the switch should be closed, as a way to switch on the vacuum pump. If the pressure drops to -0.7 bar, the switch must open and prevent the pump. When the pressure reaches top of the limit value of -0.5 bar, the pump should once again start and run before pressure has again dropped to -0.7 bar.
ow must the switch points be set in this vacuum range? Let?s take the two pictures and translate MRS and MRE:
Here it really is clear that the ?normally open? function should be selected, otherwise the pump wouldn’t normally switch on. After entering the switch points, the schematic is obtained, which ultimately shows the way the pressure switch functions relative to the example:
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