Online Ultrasonic Clamp-On Flow Meter

FLEXIM’s FLUXUS® ultrasonic flowmeters are used wherever something flows. Non-intrusive clamp-on ultrasonic technology opens up an unrivalled wide range of applications. FLUXUS® reliably measures on very small tubes (e.g. DN 6 tubes in paint finishing systems) and very large pipes (e.g. DN 6500 downpipes in hydropower plants). The field of application is not only limited to liquids. FLEXIM is also particularly proud of its pioneering work carried out in transferring ultrasonic technology to the non-intrusive flow measurement of gases. Clamp-on measuring technology also covers an extraordinary range of applications in this area – from the recording of quantities drawn off by individual pneumatic consumers in a compressed air network, to the non-intrusive measurement of gas quantities conveyed in a gas transmission pipeline.
Progressive process analytics with PIOX® Clamp-on ultrasonic technology can also be used for process analytics through non-intrusive determination of the acoustic velocity in the medium. PIOX® S ultrasonic systems really stand the test in applications where wetted measuring equipment is subject to considerable wear and tear, for example during concentration and mass flow measurements of acids. Measurement of light refraction is a proven method for determining concentrations. Laboratory accuracy is ensured in the process with the patented PIOX® R transmitted light refractometer. If both measuring methods are combined, multicomponent mixtures can also be analysed accurately and reliably.
FLUXUS® measures flow rates non-intrusively with ultrasound. Clamp-on ultrasonic transducers are simply mounted on the outside of the pipe. The practical advantages are obvious: no wear and tear by the medium flowing inside the pipe, no risk of liquid leakage or fugitive gas emissions, no pressure loss and, above all, unlimited plant availability.