by Cadillac Meter | Jan 14, 2024 | Magnetic Meter, News and Events, Vortex Meter
Flow meters measure the amount of liquid, gas or vapor passing through a piping system. Most flow meters are designed to measure the velocity, or speed at which the fluid flows through a pipe. They use that information along with the pipe’s inner cross sectional area...
by Cadillac Meter | Jan 14, 2024 | Magnetic Meter, News and Events, Vortex Meter
As energy usage has become a lightning rod for conversation and studies regarding efficiency, the ability to measure and quantify energy consumption has become forefront in the battle to get a handle on what is being used and how efficient or inefficient that use may...
by Cadillac Meter | Jan 14, 2024 | News and Events
This time I will review the specsmanship of a single turbine insertion style meter. Its manufacturer infers the meter’s performance by once again mixing and matching information in an attempt to project its capabilities beyond what is possible, with regard to the...
by Cadillac Meter | Jan 14, 2024 | News and Events
This installment of “Truth In Specsmanship” will examine the insertion magmeter technology as it relates to turndown. Turndown is the operating range of a given meter, based on the maximum operating velocity, divided by the turndown factor. For example, suppose a...
by Cadillac Meter | Jan 14, 2024 | News and Events
Most of today’s flow technologies (paddle wheel, turbines, orifice plates, variable area, pitot tube, vortex, and magnetic) are volumetric, meaning that these devices measure velocity and then calculate volume by using a known cross section area (Velocity...
by Cadillac Meter | Jan 14, 2024 | News and Events
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