By: Mass Flow Controller

Mass Flow Controller — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:49:02 +0000

I read the article with interest and indeed note that folks buy flowmeters that they are familiar with. I make thermal mass flow meters, like these here, Mass Flow Controllers, and I find folks wanting to get rotameters when they really need electronic mass flow meters or mass flow controllers and vice versa. The guy who only needs to know if flow exists will buy the thermal mass flow meter and the guy who needs to control the rate of gas into a process will use a rotameter.

It is my theory that as the next generation of folks roll in there will be little room left for non electronic anything as the cost of communication drops and automation of processes becomes the norm rather than the exception.

In the end I do like the idea of setting the price then selecting the appropriate flow meter. But BEWARE part of the cost of the flowmeter is the cost of MONITORING that flow… It is less costly to datalog an electronic signal than to send Joe down to read it for you….

Thanks,

Dave Korpi

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