Flow Meter Installation

The industry if packed with various flow meters with applications in different areas. Here are some common types of Flow Meters:

Variable Area/ Rota Meter Flow Meters – these meters comprise of floats and tapered tubes. Used in application areas with the need to measure fluid and gas flows. They come in simple designs, relatively large range-ability, low costs, linear outputs and low drop in pressure.

Mass Gas Flow Meters – designed in the form of thermal meters, these flow meters slightly depend on pressure, density and viscosity of fluids to operate.  To function and determine true mass flow rates, these meters work based on either principles of thermodynamic heat conduction and elements that sense heat or temperature sensors and transducers of differential pressure.

They come with critical displays and analogous outputs to support logging of data. Mass gas flow meters mainly find use in leakage testing and measurements of low flow of ml fluids in every minute.

Piston and Spring Flow Meters – designed in the form of pistons, these flow meters feature tapered cones and piston to form annular orifice. Available in simple designs, piston and spring flow meters easily transmit electrical signals. Therefore, they’re more economical in control and indication of flow rates, making them good alternatives to rota meters.

Turbine Flow Meters – designed for high accuracy, these flow meters are ideal for measuring the flow rates of viscous and clean fluids. Made up of internal pipes, these flow meters feature mounted rotors with several blades.

Ultrasonic Flow Meters – these flow meters find use in dirty areas with dirty fluids such as wastewater and slurries that can easily damage ordinary sensors.

Paddlewheel Flow Meters – featuring rotors and 10 pipe diameters, these flow meters are among the most cost-effective.

Vortex Meters – designed for low-sensitivity and wear. Although they require sizing, they come with low maintenance costs hence their increasing popularity.

Positive Displacement Flow Meters – these meters find use in areas with high turbulence hence paddlewheel and turbine flow meters can’t be deployed. They are also useful in areas with viscous fluids or when straight pipes aren’t accessible.

Magnetic Flow Meters – they’re useful in areas with wastewater or any other conductive dirty fluids. Designed in insertion and in-line styles, these flow meters don’t feature movable components. Data logging or remote wastewater flow monitoring is possible through analog outputs or displays.

Pitot Tubes – these flow meters are cheap and to install, require low maintenance, experience lower long-term loss of pressure and resistant to wear. However, they require sizing.

Anemometers – hot air flow meters support air flow management. They lack movable components use ducts and pipes to measure air. On the other hand, vane flow meters are larger, more economical and more rugged. There’re versions for measuring humidity and temperature.

Note that we only install and service flow meters with applications in contaminated or dirty areas.