Endress + Hauser Flowtec Ag

Tobias Baur

Hanno Schultheis

Stephan Gaberthüel

Alexander Grün

Anastasios Badarlis

Martin Barth

Axel Pfau

Martin Arnold

Oliver Popp

Lars Neyerlin

Achim Wiest

Panagiotis Papathanasiou

Heinerich Hagenmeyer

Mathieu Habert

Alex Pfau

Roy Senn

Arno Lang

Stephan GABERTHÜEL

Fanos Christodoulou

A method for producing a probe of a thermal flowmeter for measuring mass flow of a medium in a measuring tube, wherein a probe core is provided arranged loosely in a probe sleeve having a longitudinal axis, wherein the probe sleeve is deformed relative to the longitudinal axis completely radially in the direction of the probe core by means of high energy rate forming, wherein a material-locking connection between probe sleeve and probe core results and a rod is formed, wherein the rod represents a base body that is used for probe production, wherein a deformation speed reaches values greater than 100 m/s, and wherein the high energy rate forming includes explosive forming or magnetic forming.

Method for producing a probe of a thermal flowmeter, probe of a thermal flowmeter, and thermal flowmeter

The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a probe of a thermal flow meter for measuring the mass flow rate of a medium in a measuring tube, the method having the following steps: introducing a probe core in the form of a material to be melted into a first probe casing, the first probe casing having an open first end and a closed second end facing away from the first end; melting the probe core; quenching the probe core to a temperature below the solidification temperature; attaching a thermoelement to a contact surface of the solidified probe core. The invention also relates to a probe obtained according to the production method and to a flow meter including the probes according to the present disclosure.

Method for producing a sensing element for a thermal flow meter, sensing element and flow meter

A thermal, flow measuring device comprising a sensor with a metal sensor housing, which has a hollow body for connecting to a plug-in apparatus and/or a tube or pipe wall, wherein the hollow body has a base area; wherein the sensor housing has at least first and second pin sleeves, which protrude starting from the base area, wherein the metal sensor housing is embodied as one piece and the pin sleeves and the hollow body are connected together seam freely, especially weld seam freely.

Thermal flow measuring device and method for its manufacture

Disclosed is a sensor of a thermal, flow measuring device. The sensor includes a sensor cup having at least one protrusion on the floor of the cup that assures a constant spacing of a sensor element from the cup floor so that a good temperature transfer between the sensor element and a medium flowing around the sensor is assured. Also disclosed is a thermal, flow measuring device employing such a sensor.

Sensor for a thermal, flow measuring device having sensor element spacing protrusions

The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a probe of a thermal, flow measuring device for measuring mass flow of a liquid in a measuring tube, wherein the method includes: introducing a probe core including a hard solder and a core element into a first probe sleeve, wherein the first probe sleeve has an open first end and a closed second end away from the first end; melting the hard solder; affixing the core element by cooling the hard solder to a temperature less than the solidification temperature; and applying a thermoelement to a contact area of the core element or of the solidified hard solder. The present disclosure relates, furthermore, to a probe resulting from the manufacturing process as well as to a flow measuring device having at least one probe of the-present disclosure.

Thermal flow measuring device including probe having probe core with hard solder

A temperature sensor comprising a housing having a housing body and a housing chamber, in which housing chamber are arranged terminally two temperature sensor elements, which are especially embodied as thin-film resistance thermometers, one of the temperature sensor elements is heatable, and from each temperature sensor element at least one connection wire leads away, which is connected with a circuit board. The circuit board is arranged in the housing chamber. The circuit board is positioned in the housing chamber by a snap-in connection. A connection wire of a first temperature sensor element is led with strain relief in a first direction through the circuit board and connected with such. The housing chamber contains at least a first elastic body. The circuit board has a first number of cavities, for connection of connection wires and/or cables and a second number of cavities, for reducing thermal expansion of the circuit board. Also presented is a thermal, flow measuring device.

Temperature sensor and thermal, flow measuring device

A thermal, flow measuring device for determining and/or monitoring a mass flow of a measured medium through a measuring tube, comprising a sensor having a first heatable resistance thermometer and at least a second heatable resistance thermometer, wherein the sensor has a longitudinal axis and an end face, which is divided into at least two adjoining segments, wherein a surface normal vector of at least a first segment forms with the longitudinal axis of the sensor an angle of at least 5&#xb0;; and use of a thermal, flow measuring device.

Thermal, flow measuring device

A method for determining mass flow of a gas by means of a mass flow meter, which has a first and a second temperature sensor, which can be flowed around by the gas. The first temperature sensor is heated with a heating power Q, wherein the mass flow of the medium is determined by means of a power coefficient PC=Q/&#x394;T as a function of a heating power Q and a temperature difference &#x394;T=T&#x2212;Tbetween the measured values of the temperature sensor. A corrected power coefficient PCis determined, wherein at least one correction occurs by means of at least one recovery correction term K, wherein the recovery correction term Khas the form K=&#x394;&#xb7;u/(2&#xb7;c), wherein u is the flow velocity and cthe heat capacity of the medium, &#x394;is an element of the set {&#x394;; &#x394;; &#x394;}, &#x394;:=e&#x2212;c, &#x394;:=e&#x2212;cand &#x394;:=e&#x2212;e=&#x394;&#x2212;&#x394;, eand eare the recovery factors of the first, respectively second, temperature sensors, and wherein cis a constant reference value, for which holds c&#x2266;1, especially c=1.

Method for thermally determining mass flow of a gaseous medium and thermal mass flow meter

A temperature sensor and a flow measuring device. The temperature sensor comprising: a housing which comprises a housing body from which at least a first shell and a second shell protrude, each of which shells comprises a first end section, a second end section and a longitudinal axis. A temperature sensor element is arranged, which has especially a thin-film resistance thermometer, wherein one of the temperature sensor elements is heatable, and which shells have outsides, which interface the housing with the environment. From each temperature sensor element at least one connection wire leads away, which is connected with a circuit board. The housing body has a housing chamber, which is connected with inner hollow spaces of the shells, wherein the circuit board is arranged in the housing chamber, and wherein the circuit board is positioned in the housing chamber by a snap-in connection.

Temperature sensor and thermal flow-measuring device

Thermal flow measuring device and method for the manufacture of a thermal flow measuring device with a spacer having a first cavity for accommodating a resistance thermometer, wherein the spacer has at least a first planar area, which faces the first cavity, and a second cavity, through which the resistance thermometer can be pressed by means of a hold-down onto the first planar area of the spacer.

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Reinach, Switzerland

Tobias Baur