Flow Meters suit automated and robotic machinery.
Press Release Summary:
Offered in ½, ¾, 1, 1½, and 2 in. pipe sizes, CoolPoint(TM) vortex shedding flow meters measure and monitor flows of cooling water, water/glycol coolant, and low-viscosity fluids in process industries. Units come with ±1% full-scale accuracy, flow repeatability of ±.25% of actual flow, and 1% accuracy pulse out for totalization and batching. Other features include flow turndown of 20:1 and field adjustability of flowmeter response time to 4-20 mA transmitter flow rates.
Original Press Release:
Universal Flow Monitors Upgrades Coolpoint Flowmeters for Automated and Robotic Machinery
Universal Flow Monitors, Inc. introduces upgrades in CoolPoint(TM) vortex shedding flowmeters for improved flow accuracy, increased turndown and response-rate adjustability in automated and robotic machinery applications.
The CoolPoint(TM) upgrades provide added capabilities and greater flexibility in measuring and monitoring flows of cooling water, water/glycol coolant and low-viscosity fluids in most process industries. The new features are offered as nominally priced options on the CoolPoint(TM) series' five most popular pipe sizes: ½ inch, ¾ inch, 1 inch, 1 ½ inches and 2 inches.
Improved Flow Accuracy - The five CoolPoint(TM) models are now available with ±1 percent full-scale accuracy, compared with ±2 percent FS as a standard feature. Flow repeatability of ±.25 percent (¼ of 1 percent) of actual flow continues as standard. The additional accuracy combined with continued high repeatability provides inherent advantages in measuring and monitoring precise flows for demanding applications such as batching. Improved-accuracy units also feature 1 percent accuracy pulse out for totalization and batching.
Increased Turndown (Rangeability) - Flow turndown of 20:1 is now an option on the five CoolPoint(TM) models, up from 10:1 turndown as standard. Turndown is the ratio of the maximum to the minimum flow rate that a flowmeter can measure. The increased turndown ratio improves user capability to detect, read and record low flows, an advantage in many batching operations and in standardizing on a single flowmeter model for multiple applications.
Response-Rate Adjustability - Field adjustability of flowmeter response time to 4-20 mA transmitter flow rates is a new feature offered on the five models. The user can adjust the meter's response time from .9 (nine-tenths) seconds up to 7.5 seconds. This adjustability enables the user to set the meter for a very fast response time, a necessity for signaling a robotic controller immediately in event of trouble, or a slower time that minimizes effect of flow fluctuation and enables a control system to respond to data based on flow averages.
The upgraded CoolPoint(TM) models accommodate maximum flow rates as follows: ½
inch size, 12 gallons per minute (45 liters per minute); ¾ inch, 25 GPM (95 LPM); 1 inch, 50 GPM (190 LPM); 1 ½ inches, 100 GPM (380 LPM); and 2 inches, 200 GPM (750 LPM).
CoolPoint(TM) flowmeters have no moving parts to stick or coat, eliminating potential for jamming. The series also includes ¼ inch, 3 inch and 4 inch models for flow rates up to 600 GPM (2271 LPM). The ¼ inch and ½ inch sizes are offered in 316 stainless steel construction for low-viscosity corrosive fluids and water with chemicals added. Pipe sizes from ¾ inch to 4 inches are available with a temperature transmitter for flow applications involving heat removal.
Universal Flow Monitors, Inc.,
(248) 542-9635;
Tech Contact:
Todd Sprentall,
sales engineer.
