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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2008
Ikuhiko Ishikawa, Musashino, JP;
Yasumi Koike, Musashino, JP;
Toru Shimura, Musashino, JP;
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electromagnetic flowmeter for giving a magnetic field to a measurement fluid, detecting an electric signal occurring in the measurement fluid according to the magnetic field, and computing a flow quantity value based on the electric signal includes a zero point measurement section for measuring a zero point of the measurement fluid; a storage section for storing the measured zero point measurement value; a determination section for determining whether or not the difference between the preceding zero point measurement value stored in the storage section and the present zero point measurement value is beyond a predetermined value range; and at least either a transmission section for transmitting the determination result or a display section for displaying the determination result when the determination section determines that the difference is beyond the predetermined value range.