| ing use of flow meters in the mnaufacturing of food | | | | pipe wall and which do not intrude into the pipe. |
| and drink | | | | These flow meters are ultrasonic and can be used to |
| In food and beverage production proecssing plants | | | | efficiently monitor information abuot the pipse |
| acrss the UK there is a constsant requirement to | | | | contents through the exterior wall. |
| measure the flow of ingredients. Of course not only | | | | Let us have a look at just one ingredient used in the |
| the flow and doasge of ingredients will need to be | | | | food and drinnk industry, water. In food and drink |
| moniored. Durting manufacturing processes there will | | | | manufacturing one of the most importtant |
| no doubt be a need to use water for cleaning. There | | | | commodities is a clean supply of fresh water. Hot and |
| will also probably be a requirement for perhaps oil and | | | | cold water, so essential in a numbner of proocesses |
| gas for heating. Thesse too will need their flow | | | | is now an extremely expensive product wihch |
| movement measured. This is where clever flow | | | | requires constant meetring. This is whree ultrasonic |
| meter technology comes into play. | | | | flow meter devicres come into their own. Ultarsonic |
| If you have never heard of a flow meter then it | | | | flow meters can be appied to measure and recodr |
| probably best to give you a quick explanation. Flow | | | | data aceross the manufaccturing process including |
| meters are instruments designed to measure the | | | | water consumption/loss, water temperatures, biler |
| linear, nonlinear, mass or volumetric flow rates of | | | | chiller evaluaiton and pump evaluations. |
| gases or liwquids. Thre are many different tytpes of | | | | The great benefit of ultrasonic flow meter |
| flow mteer sysetms on the market today. The flow | | | | technology is that is does not need to penetrate pipe |
| mteer device chgosen to use will naturlly be dictated | | | | work as it can be clamped onto the surface. |
| by a series of important factors. These include what | | | | Engineers can also take advantage of totally |
| type of lquid or gas neeeds to be monitred and | | | | portsable ultrasonic flowmeters that can be taken |
| whethewr this liquid or gas is toxic or haazardous. | | | | around a processing plat and used for a variety of |
| Also the pressure and temmperature of the liqid or | | | | taasks. |
| gas is very imoportant, as is what kind of flow | | | | If you perhaaps would like to find out more about |
| measurements will need to be collectred. | | | | this exciting technology and how ultrasonic flow |
| Flow meetrs can be invasivve or non-invasive. That | | | | meters are used in the food and drinnk industry then |
| means some devices can be installed within the pipe | | | | why not pay a visit to the website for Katronic. |
| that the liqiud or gas flows through (invasive), or be | | | | Katronic have been establisshed since 1996 are have |
| attached to the outside of the pipe (non-invasive). | | | | become highy specialised manufacturers and |
| Again, whether the flow meter is instaled within a | | | | supplkiers of ultarsonic clamp-on flow meters and |
| pipe, or sited on the pipes surface will depend on a | | | | contactless level measurement equipment. On the |
| whoe range of factors concerning the liquid or gas | | | | Katronic website you will be discover that this |
| passing through the tube. In this article we will be | | | | technolopgy is beiing used across a wide range of |
| looking at flow meters that are used on the exterrnal | | | | industries. |