G01F1/8413

TRANSDUCER FOR A VIBRONIC MEASURING SYSTEM AND VIBRONIC MEASURING SYSTEM FORMED THEREWITH
20200333229 · 2020-10-22 ·

The present disclosure relates to a transducer comprising a tube, a converter unit, an electromechanical exciter arrangement for stimulating and sustaining forced mechanical vibrations of the converter unit, and a sensor arrangement for detecting mechanical vibrations of the converter unit and for generating a vibration signal representing mechanical vibrations of the converter unit. The converter unit includes two connection elements connected to a displacer element and is inserted into the tube and connected thereto. The converter unit is configured as to be contacted by a fluid flowing through the tube and enabled to vibrate such that the connection elements and the displacer elements are proportionately elastically deformed. The transducer can be a constituent of a measuring system adapted to measure and/or monitor a flow parameter of the flowing fluid and further includes an electronic measuring and operating system coupled to the exciter arrangement and the sensor arrangement of the transducer.

Fluid line system

A fluid line system comprises fluid lines (100, 200, 300, 400). Each of the two fluid lines (100, 400) has in each case one lumen (100*; 400*) which is enclosed by a wall, and extends from a flow opening (100a; 400a), located in a respective first line end (100+; 400+), of the respective fluid line both to a flow opening (100b; 400b) which is located in a line end (100#; 400#) of said fluid line (100; 400) and also as far as a flow opening (100c; 400c) which, spaced apart from said flow opening (100b; 400b), is likewise located in each case in the line end (100#; 400#) of said fluid line (100; 400). Each of the other two fluid lines (200, 300) in turn has a lumen (200*; 300*) which is enclosed by a wall and extends from a flow opening (200a; 300a) which is located in a line end (200+; 300+) of the respective fluid line (200; 300) as far as a flow opening (200b; 300b) which is located in a line end (200#; 300#) of said fluid line (200; 300), in such a way that a greatest flow section (A.sub.200,Max; A.sub.300,Max) of the respective fluid line (200; 300) is spaced apart both from its line end (200+; 300+) and from its line end (200#; 300#). Both the fluid line (200) and the fluid line (300) are connected by way of their line end (200+; 300+) in each case to the line end (100#) of the fluid line (100) and by way of their line end (200#; 300#) in each case to the line end (400#) of the fluid line (400). The flow openings (200a; 200b; 300a; 300b) form in each case one inlet-side and outlet-side flow cross section (A.sub.200a, A.sub.200b; A.sub.300a; A.sub.300b) of the respective fluid line (200; 300). In addition, the fluid lines (100, 200, 300, 400) are configured in such a way that an outlet-side flow cross section (A.sub.100,min; A.sub.100,min) of the fluid line (100; 400) which is located at the line end (100#; 400#) of the fluid line (100; 400) and adjoins both the flow opening (100b; 400b) and the flow opening (100c; 400c) of said fluid line (100; 400) and flow cross sections (A.sub.200a; A.sub.200b; A.sub.300a; A.sub.300b) overall fulfil the conditions: (I) and (II), and (III) and (IV).

Sensor for measuring the mass flow rate of a flowable medium

A mass flow sensor includes: a vibratory measurement tube bent in a tube plane; a vibration exciter for exciting bending vibrations in a bending vibration use-mode; two vibration sensors for sensing vibrations; a support system having a support plate, bearing bodies on the inlet and sides; and a sensor housing, wherein: the support system has support system vibration modes which include elastic deformations of the support plate; the measurement tube is connected fixedly to the support plate by the bearing body on the inlet side and by the bearing body on the outlet side; and the support plate has a number of spring-loaded bearings exposed through cut-outs in the support plate by which the support plate is mounted on the sensor housing with degrees of vibrational freedom, the natural frequencies of which are lower than a use-mode natural frequency of the bending vibration use-mode.

Integrated brace bar

A flow conduit assembly (300), a method for making the same, a brace bar (304), and a vibrating flowmeter including the flow conduit assembly are provided. The flow conduit assembly includes a first flow tube (302), a second flow tube (303), and a first brace bar (304) coupled to the first flow tube, wherein the first brace bar does not enclose the first flow tube and the second flow tube.

Flowmeter sensor with interchangeable flow path and related method
10794744 · 2020-10-06 · ·

A flowmeter (5) is provided. The flowmeter (5) has a wetted assembly (200) comprising one or more conduits (208, 208), and at least one driver magnet (218, 218) attached to the one or more conduits (208, 208). A dry assembly (202) houses a driver coil (224), and meter electronics (20) are in electrical communication with the driver coil (224). A case (236) at least partially covers the wetted assembly (200) and the dry assembly (202). The dry assembly (202) is removably attachable to the wetted assembly (200). The driver coil (224) is in magnetic communication with the at least one driver magnet (218, 218) when the dry assembly (202) is attached to the wetted assembly (200), and the driver coil (224) is configured to provide a vibratory signal to the at least one driver magnet (218, 218) when the dry assembly (202) is attached to the wetted assembly (200).

Measurement sensor of the vibrational type for measuring the density and/or the mass flow of a flowing medium

The present disclosure relates to a measurement sensor of the vibrational type for measuring the density and/or the mass flow of a medium, including: two oscillators; an exciter for stimulating oscillator vibrations; and two vibration sensors, wherein the first oscillator includes first and second measuring tubes and a first resilient vibration coupler for coupling the measuring tubes, wherein the second oscillator includes third and fourth measuring tubes and a second resilient vibration coupler for coupling the third and fourth measuring tubes, wherein perpendicularly to a measuring tube transverse plane a measurement sensor longitudinal plane extends between the third and the fourth measuring tube, wherein the first and third measuring tube relative to a measurement sensor longitudinal plane are in mirror symmetry relative to one another, and wherein the second and fourth measuring tube relative to the measurement sensor longitudinal plane are in mirror symmetry relative to one another.

Measuring transducer of vibration-type as well as measuring system formed therewith

A measuring transducer comprises two flow dividers having, in each case, two tubular chambers separated from one another and adapted for guiding in- and out flowing fluid, of which each has a chamber floor, in which are formed, in each case, two mutually spaced flow openings communicating with a lumen of the chamber, and as well as a tube arrangement having at least four measuring tubes connected to the flow dividers for guiding flowing fluid with parallel flow. Moreover, the measuring transducer comprises an electromechanical exciter mechanism for exciting mechanical oscillations of the measuring tubes as well as a sensor arrangement for registering oscillatory movements of the measuring tubes and for generating at least two oscillation measurement signals representing oscillations of at least one of the measuring tubes. The measuring system includes besides the measuring transducer also transmitter electronics electrically connected therewith for activating the exciter mechanism and for processing at least one of the oscillation measurement signals generated by the sensor arrangement.

FLOWMETER SENSOR WITH INTERCHANGEABLE FLOW PATH AND RELATED METHOD
20200200582 · 2020-06-25 · ·

A flowmeter (5) is provided. The flowmeter (5) has a wetted assembly (200) comprising one or more conduits (208, 208), and at least one driver magnet (218, 218) attached to the one or more conduits (208, 208). A dry assembly (202) houses a driver coil (224), and meter electronics (20) are in electrical communication with the driver coil (224). A case (236) at least partially covers the wetted assembly (200) and the dry assembly (202). The dry assembly (202) is removably attachable to the wetted assembly (200). The driver coil (224) is in magnetic communication with the at least one driver magnet (218, 218) when the dry assembly (202) is attached to the wetted assembly (200), and the driver coil (224) is configured to provide a vibratory signal to the at least one driver magnet (218, 218) when the dry assembly (202) is attached to the wetted assembly (200).

Vibrating meter with a synthetically wrapped case

A sensor assembly (10) of a vibrating meter (5) is provided. The sensor assembly (10) comprises one or more fluid conduits (103A, 103B). The sensor assembly (10) also includes a case (200) surrounding at least a portion of the one or more fluid conduits (103A, 103B). A synthetic wrap (300) is applied to at least a portion of the case (200).

INTEGRATED BRACE BAR

A flow conduit assembly (300), a method for making the same, a brace bar (304), and a vibrating flowmeter including the flow conduit assembly are provided. The flow conduit assembly includes a first flow tube (302), a second flow tube (303), and a first brace bar (304) coupled to the first flow tube, wherein the first brace bar does not enclose the first flow tube and the second flow tube.