Fischer & Porter Company

Dieter Meier

Eggert Appel

Wilfried Kiene

Peter Nissen

Rudi Kuchemann

A measuring tube for a flowmeter. The measuring tube is lined with a tubular lining of thermoplastic material, particularly PTFE or PFA, which comes into contact with the measured substance which flows through the tube. The ends of the tubular lining are flanged around end flanges of the measuring tube after the ends of the tubular lining have been plasticised by heating. The plasticised ends of the tubular lining are turned outward by more than 90.degree. and then forced into undercuts in the end faces of the end flanges. Upon cooling, the ends of the lining are in intimate contact with the end faces of the end flanges and the undercuts in the end faces.

Flowmeter measuring tube

A measuring tube for a flowmeter and a process for making the measuring tube. The measuring tube is lined with a tubular lining of thermoplastic material, particularly PTFE or PFA, which comes into contact with the measured substance which flows through the tube. The ends of the tubular lining are flanged around end flanges of the measuring tube after the ends of the tubular lining have been plasticised by heating. The plasticised ends of the tubular lining are turned outward by more than 90.degree. and then forced into undercuts in the end faces of the end flanges. Upon cooling, the ends of the lining are in intimate contact with the end faces of the end flanges and the undercuts in the end faces.

Process for lining a tube

An electromagnetic flowmeter in whose primary the fluid to be metered is conducted through a flow tube to intercept a composite magnetic field to induce therein a voltage which is picked up by capacitive metering electrodes. The composite field is formed by a low-frequency comparison field having a long period on which is superimposed a high-frequency switching field having a short period. The voltage from the capacitive electrodes is fed by way of a high pass filter to the input amplifier of a secondary whose amplified output is analyzed to provide separate components, one originating from the comparison field and the other from the switched field. An output signal is produced in accordance with the time phasing of these components, after compensating for the signal loss experienced in the filter by the comparison field component by means of a compensation voltage derived from the switched field component.

Capacitive type electromagnetic flowmeter

An electromagnetic flowmeter which includes a flow tube through which the fluid to be metered is conducted, the fluid intercepting a magnetic field to induce a voltage therein which is transferred to a pair of electrodes mounted at diametrically opposed positions on the tube. The inside surface of the meter tube is protectively lined with a stable liner assembly constituted by a three-dimensional stiffening structure embedded in an insulating layer which conforms to the surface.

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Gottingen, Germany

Dieter Meier