Air Flow Meters: A Computer’s Best-Friend

Kytola Instruments Air Flow MetersFlow Meters Photos Courtesy of Kytola Instruments.

Among the many applications that air flow meters are involved in monitoring and managing, there is one that strikes a particularly consonant chord of importance as I type this blog into being on my keyboard and computer. For many technologically advanced machines, a certain amount of air intake is key to keeping it from overheating; when a machine such as a computer is working at such speed and Continue reading

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Flow Indicators: Through the Looking Glass

Dwyer Instruments, Inc. Flow IndicatorsFlow Indicator Photos Courtesy of Dwyer Instruments, Inc.

It may not be the sort of looking glass that allows us to cross into an alternate universe as Alice did in her second Wonderland adventure, but the flow indicators do allow the owners and operators of fluid and gas piping systems to keep a visual eye on their products. Although not nearly as exciting as Continue reading

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Water Flow Meters: Studying the Sewer System

John C. Ernst Co., Inc. Water Flow MetersWater Flow Meter Photos Courtesy of John C. Ernst Co., Inc.

Although water flow meters are utilized in a variety of contexts including the research of natural bodies of water, petroleum and gas companies, water treatment facilities and other academic ventures such as rainwater runoff studies, one particular industry has to do with us all. The sewer system is two-fold, and both sides of the sewer coin require maintenance and study that is aided by the use of water flow meters. The style of Continue reading

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Turbine Flow Meters: Within the Aerospace Industry

Hoffer Flow Controls, Inc. Turbine Flow MetersTurbine Flow Meter Photo Courtesy of Hoffer Flow Controls, Inc.

When watching a space shuttle launch from a pillow of red and orange and gray smoke, slowly rising to pierce through our atmosphere and into the vast solar system, turbine flow meters never cross my mind. However, they play a part in getting that space shuttle, as well as other aerospace crafts such as Continue reading

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Peak Flow Meters: Battling Asthma

In the medical field there are many incredibly impressive little mechanisms that have improved the lives of those struggling with non-curable diseases. One of these is the peak flow meter, which is used to monitor the amount of oxygen getting in and out of an asthma patient’s lungs. Often used twice a day, it enables the asthma patient to have an overall picture of their breathing for that day, which Continue reading

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Rotometers: The Laws of Physics

One of the easiest to use flow meters on the market today, the rotometer functions based on very basic but very effective principles. Like all flow meters, it is meant to gauge the rate of flow as well as other substance characteristics of a liquid or gas passing through a piping system. It is often connected to an alarm system, which when activated sends Continue reading

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