The News Center brings together METRAVON company news, level measurement and industrial weighing technical articles, bulk material industry knowledge and application cases to help users.
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Radar Antenna Selection: Lens, Horn or Encapsulated Designs2026-08-10Compare lens, horn and encapsulated radar antennas using beam angle, buildup, condensation, process compatibility, nozzle geometry, temperature and cleaning needs.
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Radar Display Is Stable but the PLC Value Jumps: A Diagnostic Guide2026-08-10Diagnose a stable radar display with a jumping PLC value by separating transmitter output, loop power, shielding, analog input, scaling and software behavior.
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Connecting an RS485/Modbus Radar Level Meter to a PLC2026-08-10Connect an RS485/Modbus RTU radar level meter to a PLC by matching serial settings, addresses, register offsets, data types, byte order and bus termination.
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Wiring 4–20 mA/HART Radar Level Meters: Power, Load and Shielding2026-08-10Wire and commission a 4–20 mA/HART radar level loop by checking supply voltage, loop resistance, polarity, grounding, shielding, scaling and fail-current behavior.
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Radar Level Range Setup: Empty Distance, Zero Point and Span2026-08-10Prevent radar level offsets by measuring the antenna reference, empty distance, zero point and span consistently, then verifying transmitter and PLC scaling.
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Radar Level Meter Dead Zones: Setting Safe High and Low Measurement Limits2026-08-10Understand upper blocking distance and lower measurement limits, then set radar level alarms so the antenna, nozzle, tank bottom and process risks remain outside unreliable zones.
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Radar Level Meter Beam Angle: How to Check the Complete Signal Path2026-08-10Use beam angle and beam-width calculations to check nozzles, walls, ladders, filling streams and material piles across the complete radar level measurement path.
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Remote Monitoring for Distributed Tanks, Basins and Silos2026-08-09Design remote monitoring for distributed level assets with safe local control, timestamped buffering, alarm ownership, communication quality and secure integration.
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Radar Level Measurement for Crude Oil and Light-Oil Tanks2026-08-09Select and apply radar level measurement for crude and light oils by checking dielectric behavior, vapor, tank internals, hazardous areas and inventory uncertainty.







