Endress + Hauser Flowtec Ag

Severin Ramseyer

Alfred Rieder

Christof Huber

Martin Josef Anklin

Benjamin Schwenter

Christian Schütze

Marc Werner

Claude Hollinger

Dieter Mundschin

Jean-Claude Chevrolet

Martin Stucki

Johan Pohl

Dirk Butzbach

Matthias Achermann

Hans-Ruedi Zimmermann

Marco Oliver Scherrer

The present disclosure relates to a Coriolis measuring sensor of a Coriolis measuring device for measuring a density or a mass flow of a medium flowing through a pipeline, including: at least one measuring tube for conducting a medium; a support body for supporting the at least one measuring tube; at least one vibration generator for generating measuring tube vibrations; at least two vibration sensors for sensing measuring tube vibrations, wherein the vibration sensors each have at least one permanent magnet and at least one sensor coil, and wherein the vibration generator in each case has at least one permanent magnet and at least one exciter coil, characterized in that the Coriolis measuring sensor includes an amplitude sensor designed to sense a vibration amplitude of the measuring tube vibrations.

Coriolis measuring sensor and Coriolis measuring device

The invention relates to a coil apparatus of an oscillation sensor or exciter of a measuring transducer or a measuring device for measuring a density or mass flow of a medium flowing through a measuring tube of the measuring transducer or measuring device, comprising: a circuit board having a circuit board layer, at least one coil registering or producing a time varying magnetic field, wherein the coil has a winding region and a central region lacking turns of a winding, wherein the central region of a coil has a rectangular shape with oppositely lying, first sides and with oppositely lying, second sides, wherein the first sides have a first side length, and wherein the second sides have a second side length, wherein the electrically conductive trace has a trace breadth of at least 30 micrometer, wherein a ratio of first side length to second side length is greater than 3.25.

Coil apparatus of an oscillation sensor of a measuring transducer, measuring transducer of a measuring device and measuring device

An interface adapted for connecting a fluid measurement point includes a body including at least two connection locations, wherein the body has fluid ducts, each of which has a connection location, wherein the fluid ducts have at their connection locations first duct axes, wherein the connection locations are especially coplanar, wherein the connection locations are adapted for connecting process connectors from a connection direction for sealed communication with the fluid ducts, wherein the fluid ducts are adapted via the process connectors to supply, and drain, a medium, respectively, to and from the fluid measurement point, wherein the interface has at least one holding element for releasably securing at least one process connector to the body, wherein the holding element has at least one process connector seat, wherein the holding element is adapted to be moved into an end position (EP) effecting the securement.

Interface for connecting a fluid measurement point and a modular fluid measurement system

A measuring device for measuring flow velocity includes a measuring tube, a measuring transducer for registering a measured variable and outputting a first measured value representing the measured variable, a temperature sensor, and an electronic measuring/operating circuit. The temperature sensor has a sensor element and electrically conductive leads. Each lead is connected with the sensor element and has a first section following on the connection location. The sensor element has a maximum periphery. The first section has a separation of less than 5% of a measuring tube radius from a measuring tube wall, wherein a length of each lead in the first section is at least 25% of the maximum periphery. The leads are guided in their first section at least in certain regions along the maximum periphery, and in their first section are in certain regions in thermal contact with the measuring tube.

Measuring device

The sensor assembly of the present disclosure comprises a temperature detector and a support element having a middle segment, a first end segment and a second end segment. A coupling body couples the temperature detector thermally conductively with the support element. The temperature detector and coupling body are connected by material bonding and arranged on a first surface of the support element. The coupling body is connected with the support element by material bonding to form a coupling body to support element connection zone. Additionally, a smallest bending stiffness, which the middle segment has in the region of the coupling body to support element connection zone, is greater than a smallest bending stiffness, which the support element has, as a whole, and/or greater than a smallest bending stiffness, which the first end segment has, and/or greater than a smallest bending stiffness, which the second end segment has.

Sensor assembly

A Coriolis measuring device for measuring volume flow or density of a medium flowing through a measuring tube is disclosed, the device comprising: the measuring tube for conveying the medium; at least one exciter, which is adapted to excite the measuring tube to execute oscillations; at least one sensor, which is adapted to register the oscillations of the measuring tube; an electronic measuring/operating circuit, which is adapted to operate the exciter as well as the sensor and to determine and to output flow and/or density measurement values; wherein the electronic measuring/operating circuit has an electronics board, wherein at least one exciter has a stationary exciter element, and/or wherein at least one sensor has a stationary sensor element, wherein at least one stationary exciter element and/or at least one stationary sensor element is integrated into the electronics board.

Coriolis measuring device

A mass flow sensor includes: a vibratory measurement tube bent in a tube plane; a vibration exciter for exciting bending vibrations in a bending vibration use-mode; two vibration sensors for sensing vibrations; a support system having a support plate, bearing bodies on the inlet and sides; and a sensor housing, wherein: the support system has support system vibration modes which include elastic deformations of the support plate; the measurement tube is connected fixedly to the support plate by the bearing body on the inlet side and by the bearing body on the outlet side; and the support plate has a number of spring-loaded bearings exposed through cut-outs in the support plate by which the support plate is mounted on the sensor housing with degrees of vibrational freedom, the natural frequencies of which are lower than a use-mode natural frequency of the bending vibration use-mode.

Sensor for measuring the mass flow rate of a flowable medium

An assembly procedure for an electrode anchor, and a magnetic-induction flow meter, particularly for high pressure applications with medium pressures above 5.1 MPa (51 bar), having a measuring tube on which a multi-part electrode anchor for securing a measuring electrode is arranged. Included are: a) a coupling fitting, which is materially bonded to the measuring tube wherein the coupling fitting comprises a groove, or forms a groove together with the measuring tube; and b) a coupling insert for guiding and/or securing the measuring electrode the coupling insert being connected to the coupling fitting by way of a coupling. The coupling insert comprises anchoring wings which engage in the groove by a partial rotation and thereby effect the coupling.

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