Why is Ultrasonic flow meters becoming a favourite choice in the Industry?

Ultrasonic Flow Meters

 The Ultrasonic flow meters operate on the principle of Ultrasonic sound waves when passed through a flow pipe, determining the velocity of the fluid in it. When there is no flow in the pipe, the frequency of the ultrasonic sound waves gives out the same input frequency. When there is a flow inside the pipe, the frequency of the Ultrasonic flow meters increase in response with the speed of flow in Linear.

Nagman Instruments a pan India Company since 1972, with global supply, is a pioneer in Instrumentation & calibration systems. The company with its five types of flow meters that operates on by principles, has introduced a versatile Ultrasonic flow meter that can be used in various industrial applications. Nagman Ultrasonic flow meter comes with a wall mounted & handheld with three types of sensors S2, L2 & M2 that can be fitted with purpose applications. Virtually supports all sorts of fluid and liquid flow in Industrial applications. Interfaced through RS 232 communication mode; it comes with a 7 digit totals for positive and negative flow. Nagman Ultrasonic flow meter has a temperature range of -10 to 160 deg Celcius, Sound accuracy of  ±1% of Reading at rates > 0.2 mps, velocity of 0 to 10m/s.

Why is Ultrasonic flow meters becoming a favourite choice in the Industry?

Ultrasonic flow metres when compared to other types based on their principles of working, has its own salient features.

-          Ultrasonic flow meters have less connected parts or in other words devoid of internal design complexity.

-          Its working principle just depends on a beam of sound waves passed through the pipe medium which makes it a precise and accurate measuring in flow meters.

-          The frequency variation does not distort or trouble the flow of fluid in pipes, as it just a sound wave passing through or transmitted across the medium.

-          Ultrasonic flow meters are versatile with wall-mounted and handheld options in AC/DC supply.

  Flow meter hire is the same ultrasonic flow meter with hiring (use & return) option. The Instrument, when required for a short period time in measuring flow in pipes in certain critical & remote applications, can make use of the flow meter hire. Not all industrial applications are in the house in piping and flow. Many applications are external in offshore and onshore with pipelines. So Ultrasonic flow meter hire options enhances the safety and reliability of piping systems in those areas, with its accurate and steady working principle.

Flow Meter Calibration system

Flowmeter calibration can be divided into four sections, namely level, liquid, gas & mobile flow calibration meters.

Level calibrations use Electrical / Electronic and Pneumatic Consoles are housed in a sleek Panel / Test Bench Rack, designed ergonomically; a stand-alone Hydro (Water) Intensifier Unit caters to Pressure Tests. With Built-in Intelligent Software (with the facility of Retrieving / Recording / Interpreting & Displaying the Readings / Values received from various Test and Standard Instruments in easily understandable/user-friendly format) is provided for generation of Calibration Certificate / Chart / Report.

Types of level Instruments –best Suited for	Tests that can be performed
Float type level instruments	Linearity
Displacer	Dead band
Radar	Sensitivity & Resolution
Capacitance	Pressure test
Ultrasonic	Hysteresis
Magnetic	Repeatability
Built-in & External chamber	Functional

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Nagmanflow’s Water meter calibration system is most suited for verifying / Calibrating – Domestic Water Meters of Sizes from DN 15 to DN 50 and Bulk/Industrial meters of Sizes above DN 50 up to DN 300.

Complete Integrated System with Pumps (with VFD), Rotameters or Flow meters / Manual or Automatic Throttles for Flow Rate Control. Reservoir, Test Bed with Quick Clamping Systems / Spacers & Blanks and Electric Control Console / Calibration Software.

Boon to Water Boards / Jal Nigam / Municipal Corporations / OEMs & Calibration Labs

Best Suited for Single JET, Multi Jet, Electromagnetic and Ultrasonic water meters covering AMI / AMR features.

Nagmans gas Calibration Standard’ of the Test Bench is “Bell Prover”, which is considered a Primary (Calibration) Standard to Test & Calibrate Domestic Gas Meters (& Gas Meters used in Hotels/Restaurants etc.). The device is ideal for OEMs, Calibration Laboratories & Calibration Service Providers.

The Test Bench, with 2 Sizes of Bell Prover (20L & 100L)will effectively cover Very Low (Qmin – typically 0.016 m3/h (0.27 LPM)) to Maximum (Qmax – 6 m3/h (100 LPM)) Flow Rates. Available Accuracies : 0.2% & 0.5% F.S.

Upto 4 Gas Meters can be connected (inserted) during a campaign. Facility provided for continuously monitoring Differential Pressures (DP) across each Meter as well as upstream & downstream Line Pressures & Line Temperatures. Line Pressures are regulated typically around 500Pa.

Nagman’s BELL PROVER

Bell prover helps the gas flow meter test bench to sample and calibrate the gas flow. It can test rota meter, gas meter, and other forms of a gas flow meter. The bell prover can move up and down automatically and the gas-output valve can switch automatically.

The Bell prover and liquid cell form a sealed space of variable volume. When the Bell moves down into the sealed liquid, through pressure compensation mechanism, the internal gas pressure does not vary along with the changed depth of the sealed liquid. Meanwhile, the gas in the Bell is exhausted to the flow meters through a connect pipe. The exhausted gas volume will be detected compared with the cumulative in the meters.

Sizes	G 1.6 to 6
Working pressure	1 KPa to 5 KPa
Flow range	0.2 m3 / hr. to 120 M3/hr
Accuracy	0.2 to 0.2%

Nagmanflow’s Sonic Nozzle

A “sonic nozzle” (also known as “Critical Flow Venturi” or “Critical Flow Nozzle”) is a flow meter that can be used as a calibration standard for gas flow meters or any flow measurement device. By design, sonic nozzles are a constant volumetric flow meter.

The nozzles are designed and manufactured to the ISO standard and as such the gas is accelerated along the Bell Mouth converging section and then is expanded in a conical diverging section, which is designed for pressure recovery. In the throat or minimum area point of the Sonic Nozzle, the gas velocity becomes equal to the speed of sound. At this point, gas velocity and density are maximized, and the mass flow rate is a function of the inlet pressure, inlet temperature, and the type of gas. So, you only need to measure the inlet pressure and temperature to determine the flow rate.

Flow Meters

Nagman flow meters are uniquely designed with engineering perfection for various flow measuring and detecting applications.

The electromagnetic flow meters operate on the principle of EM wave deduction and widely used in all water related industries like, desalination, sludge, wastewater, industrial water treatments, cooling plants, leakage detections, water distribution and Irrigation. Nagmans Electro-Magnetic flow meters are made of graded carbon steel with quality polymers in linear cover and titanium electrodes. With sound accuracy, wide temperature range & 0.5 to 15m/s velocity, Nagman’s EM flow meters are variably instrumental in providing, controlling & delivering outputs Can be operated with normal 220AC, 24VDC supply with 3.6 volts battery.

Nagmanflow'sCoriolis mass flow meters are designed to measure liquid flow inside tubes range from 8 to 2500000 kg/hr for liquid & 4 to 2500000 kg/hr for gases. These Coriolis meters have a temp range from -50 to 200 deg Celcius & a fine accuracy range from 0.1 to 0.5.

Nagmansflow's vortex flow meters are designed to measure flow in high viscous fluids, with the principle of vortices vs flow velocity calibration. These vortex flow meters are widely used in oil, petrochemical, pharmaceutical & water treatment industries. Nagmans Vortex flow meters come with wide flow range for liquid and gases, wide temperature range and fine accuracy of 0.1.

Nagmanflow's positive displacement flow meters work in the principle of internal parts disruption by fluid flow, which tends to measure the output with the flow velocity. These positive displacement flow meters have a flow range of 0.3 m3/hr to 1800m3/hr with medium temp range from -20 to 250 deg Celcius. Proofed with anti-explosion grade pressure loss parameters, repeatability & the accuracy are its unique instrumentation merits in performance. 

Nagmanflow's ultrasonic flow Meters measures the velocity of flowing fluid with ultrasonic sound beams in volumetric. These ultrasonic flow meters come with fine accuracy 0.1, medium temperature range -10 to 160 deg Celcius & velocity to 0 to 10m/s. Ultrasonic flow meters are designed to meet versatile.

Process flow calibration systems from Nagmanflow/ Mobile flow calibration systems are customized designed instruments considering various industrial applications where required. These process flow calibration systems come with fine accuracy of 0.2 to 0.05, flow range from 1 to25000 lpm, calibration methods such as volumetric/ Gravimetric / comparison. Retrofitted with display, control and timer options, these process flow calibrations systems are embedded with PLC/ SCADA/ HMI remote control options. The all advantage is that all variants of flow meters can be used as a principle in design based on customer demand.  

The Features of Water Meter Test Bench

Nagmanflow is a part of Nagman consortium, a Pan India company expertise in supplying flow meter and measure technology Instruments to the global market since 1972. The company is ISO certified and accredited to NABL industry standards.

The water meter test bench Instruments from Nagman features with WATCAL SERIES (WATER CALIBRATION SYSTEM). Designed to meet the ISO 4064/3, OMIL R-49 Industry standards, Nagman’s water meter calibration and bench test system are designed to meet efficiency, versatile performance for multipurpose readings, cost effective and optimal.

The salient features about Nagmanflow water meter calibration system are that it’s designed to meet customized needs in the global market as per Industrial requirements. All these customized solutions are engineered with solid scientific way of measures, to produce accuracy in measurements.

Those are namely

• Through Comparison – Master/Slave – Method - Pre-calibrated Electromagnetic Flow Meter Masters.
•  Through Gravimetric Method – employing 1 or more SS Collection Tanks mounted on Precise Weighing Scales.
•  Through Volumetric Method – employing 2 or more Pre-calibrated Stainless Steel Volumetric Tanks (Low Volumes).
•  Complete Integrated System with Pumps (with VFD), Rotameters / Manual Throttles for Flow Rate Control. Reservoir, Test Bed with Quick Clamping Systems / Spacers & Blanks and Electric Control Console / Calibration Software.
•  Boon to Water Boards / Jal Nigam / Municipal Corporations / OEMs & Calibration Labs

These well-thought engineering designs from Nagman, suit domestic, industrial, bulk measurements in all related engineering divisions of flow (Mechanical, electrical and Ultrasonic). Water meter test bench is available in the range between DN 10 to DN 40 to DN 300, in low, medium & high. The test bench for water meter is designed to measure flow rates from 1 LPM TO 335 LPM for domestic purposes and 10 LPM to 1500 MH/hr for Industrial purposes.

The multiple Rotameters and electromagnetic flowmeters are enhanced to meet precise measurements in water meter test bench, which includes damping tanks, spacers’ controllers and VFD’S to support the measuring machine in the instrument system.