Low-cost clamp-on flowmeters

Flow Measurement & Control

October 2005 Flow Measurement & Control

Controlotron Corporation, a leader in non-intrusive clamp-on ultrasonic flow measurement is offering its low-cost version Model 1020 system.

The 1020 system provides affordable high performance for most flow measurement and control applications. The compact integrated design makes the 1020 simple and inexpensive to install and provides numerous advantages never before available in a low-cost ultrasonic flowmeter.

The instrument's Wide-Beam technology has been delivering high performance clamp-on flow measurement capability to all industries since 1976. The System 1020 takes the best of that technology, omitting many of the high-cost options that are not required in typical flow metering applications.

System 1020 is available as an integrated flow display computer/transmitter and sensor package or with a remote wall mounted one or two channel system. Instead of requiring different transducers for pipes constructed of materials other pipe than steel, System 1020 matches its transducers to other pipes using its 'Wide-Band' operation mode.

Matching transducers to the pipe is what distinguishes Controlotron's clamp-on technique from other manufacturer's products and is crucial to obtaining high performance, reliability and stability from a clamp-on flowmeter. All pipes are sonic waveguides which prefer transducers matched to their particular sonic properties and typical clamp-on flowmeters offer only one or two transducers, no matter what the pipe size. Since there are so many different pipes, Controlotron manufactures a range of standard transducers and provide the one that is optimised to a particular pipe's sonic properties. This guarantees optimum performance and stability.

The compact integral design eliminates the cost of running sensor cables and is suitable for difficult applications including multiproduct lines, aerated lines and low flow rates. The Zeromatic Path automatically sets zero without stopping flow and eliminates zero drift and the System 1020 is sensitive and responsive enough even for small size batching applications.

Capable of measuring bi-directional flow up to 15 m/sec on pipe sizes from 12 mm to 9,15 m, the System 1020 offers a blind transmitter or 2x 16-character LCD, up to two programmable isolated 4 to 20 mA outputs, dual channel option (ie, measure two pipes simultaneously with one flow computer), 0 to 5 kHz pulse rate and an RS232 serial port with various status/alarm options.

For more information contact Tyco Valves & Controls, 011 454 4801, [email protected]

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