Sick Ag

Sick Engineering Gmbh

Gerry Schroeter

Andreas Ehrlich

Mario Künzelmann

A flow meter, such as a gas meter, for measuring the flow velocity and/or the volumetric through-flow of fluids. The flow meter has a body with connecting flanges for connecting the meter to a pipeline for the fluids. The meter has a tubular center piece that, on its exterior, has at least two receptacles, each of which receives a measuring device. The measuring devices are coupled to a signal processing unit. Electrical cabling between the measuring devices (probes) and the signal processing unit is completely covered against damage from the exterior by partially guiding the cables through bores in walls of the center piece of the flow meter and by covering portions of the cable and protruding sections of the probes with a cap.

Apparatus for measuring the flow velocity and/or flow throughput of fluids

A body for a flow meter for measuring the flow velocity and/or the volumetric through-flow of fluids. The flow meter body has a tubular center piece with connecting flanges for connection to a pipeline for fluids. On its exterior, the center piece has at least two substantially flat mounting surfaces (), each of which has at least one receptacle () for mounting a probe (). To enable the use of linearly emitting ultrasound probes in such flow meters, and to use the flow meter as a substitute for prior art flow meters without significant effort and cost, it is proposed to arrange the mounting surfaces (andand) diametrically opposite each other as a mounting surface pair () so that the probes () in the opposing mounting surfaces (andand) define a measuring path (). The mounting surfaces (andand) are parallel to each other and at an angle to a longitudinal axis () of center piece ().

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Dresden, Germany

Gerry Schroeter