Anemometers

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Yes. The reed switch cartridge assembly can be unscrewed from the anemometer housing and replaced in the field with a new one. This modular design allows for quick field service without replacing the entire anemometer.

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The difference lies in the wind cup rotor construction:

• The C5C63 uses incredibly strong deep drawn and welded stainless steel cups, creating a strong, lightweight, highly responsive rotor.
• The C5C65 uses a heavier one piece cast stainless steel cup and arm assembly, offering even greater durability and mass for harsh or high wind speed environments with the potential for impacts.

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Both designs deliver accurate wind speed measurement in challenging environments, but each offers unique benefits:

C5C63 anemometer — Deep Drawn and Welded Stainless Steel Cups

• Lightweight and fast responding.
• Low inertia for quick reaction to changing wind conditions and wind spikes.
• Ideal for applications requiring sensitivity to low wind speeds and gusts.

C5C65 anemometer — One Piece Cast Stainless Steel Rotor

• Extremely rugged and impact resistant.
• Designed for long term durability in harsh or turbulent environments.
• The added mass provides natural damping of short gust spikes, reducing nuisance wind alarm triggers and improving stability in systems with shutdown relays.

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The C5C Series anemometer provides industrial grade wind speed measurement for cranes, mills, marine systems, and other wind alarm and shutdown system applications. Its rugged stainless steel and titanium construction with reliable switch pulse output make it ideal for environments where accurate, realtime wind data is essential in industrial and high wind speed applications.

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The C5C industrial anemometer uses a precision stainless steel and Titanium three cup rotor mounted on low friction bearings to convert wind motion into rotation. Inside the anemometer, a small permanent magnet passes a reed switch sensing element four times per revolution. Depending on the anemometer model, this produces one of two types of output signal:

• SwitchPulse (Reed Switch) Output Signal
  As the shaft magnet inside the anemometer housing rotates past the reed switch, the magnetic field causes the switch contacts to momentarily close, generating a clean electrical pulse. The pulse frequency increases with wind speed, providing a simple, reliable signal for wind monitors and alarms such as the 490A wind alarm.
• LowLevel AC Frequency Output Signal
  In coil pickup versions, the rotating shaft magnet induces a tiny alternating voltage in the coil mounted inside the anemometer housing. The voltage amplitude is small, but the frequency is directly proportional to rotor speed, allowing controllers to measure wind speed by counting AC cycles.

Both output types convert the anemometer’s wind cup rotor speed into an electrical frequency that represents true wind speed, making the C5C anemometer compatible with a wide range of industrial wind monitors, displays and control systems.

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C5C series anemometers are precision CNC machined from stainless steel and titanium, providing exceptional durability in harsh weather and high wind environments. The design is engineered to withstand extreme wind conditions up to 230 MPH, making it suitable for exposed industrial and marine installations.

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The C5CD anemometer includes dual independent switch pulse outputs, allowing two separate systems to receive wind speed data simultaneously. This is ideal for redundant safety systems in container cranes and radial stackers, where one channel may feed an operator wind speed display and the second feeds a shutdown controller or wind alarm module.

Additionally, the C5CD anemometer features two separate signal cables, each terminated with its own M8 connector, providing fully isolated routing for dual channel installations and simplifying integration into high wind speed safety critical control systems.