Advantages of Flow Rate Measurement

Flow rate is the volume of fluid that passes through a given cross-sectional area per unit time. Accurate flow rate measurement using an appropriate flow meter is paramount to ensuring fluid control processes run smoothly, safely and cost-effectively.

Flow Meter

A flow meter is an instrument that is used to indicate the amount of liquid, gas, or vapor moving through a pipe or conduit by measuring linear, non-linear, mass, or volumetric flow rates. Since flow control is often essential, measuring the flow of liquids and gasses is a critical need for many industrial applications – and there are many different types of flow meters that can be utilized depending on the nature of the application.

Advantages of Flow Rate Measurement

• Quality control

Flow rate measurement is an essential parameter in many applications. Whether you are measuring gas or liquid, it is vitally important to ascertain that the right fluid is going to the right place at the right time. Flow rate measurement is especially important in applications requiring stringent quality control, such as batch control or time-pressure dosing processes in the pharmaceutical industry.

• Health and safety

The health and safety of personnel is at the forefront of all industrial processes and none more so than those involving liquids and gases. Taking regular, reliable and accurate flow rate measurements is one of the best ways to protect the safety of personnel. A safer working environment is likely to be a more productive environment, with machinery operating efficiently and downtime kept to a minimum.

• Cost-efficiencies

There are inherent cost-efficiencies that arise as a direct consequence of adhering to high standards of quality control and plant safety. In pharmaceutical and F&B applications, there is an obvious cost benefit of using flow meters to detect dead legs and minimise wastage of expensive media. Furthermore, if pipelines and machinery are kept operating optimally, the subsequent reduction in maintenance delivers tangible savings.

Flow Rate Measuring Equipment

HTAIPL manufactures and supplies a wide range of flow meters and flow controllers to suit a wide range of fluid control applications.