Flow Sensors for Special Requirements

Flow meters are omnipresent in food and beverage production, but certain processes require compliance with regulations or standards such as PMO, NTEP, TC7520, M-b, 3-A or others. Technical or media properties may also influence sensor selection. Anderson-Negele has the “Flow-How” and offers expertise to address these specialized requirements with their sensor range.

PMO / M-b

The IZMS series electromagnetic flow meter is an ideal solution for measuring conductive fluids and slurries, including those used in the dairy industry. With its PMO M-b (Memorandum-b) approval, it meets the strict requirements for meter-based timing applications in US Grade “A” pasteurization processes. 

NTEP 

The IZM-Q series electromagnetic flowmeter is NTEP certified and an accurate and reliable choice for US milk receiving applications. It ensures precise measurements regardless of product properties and can be paired with the Air Eliminator (AE) for unparalleled accuracy.

TC7520 / 2014/32/EU 

The IZMSA series electromagnetic flowmeter possesses the EU Evaluation Certificate TC 7520 for installation in official measuring systems according to 2014/32/EU and Custody Transfer Measurement. With these approvals it is optimized for automated monitoring, especially for keg filling, blending vessels and other dosing applications. Overrun control, quantity preselection and temperature detection create more accuracy, reproducibility, and process reliability.

3-A 

All Flow sensor series (electromagnetic, turbine, Coriolis, flow switches) offer process connections which are 3-A approved.

Other factors / media properties

Anderson-Negele offers a comprehensive range of flow sensors with different measurement technologies. The most important product category for hygienic applications is Electromagnetic (Magnetic-Inductive) Flow Meters. This product line includes a wide range of series with a big diversity of variants and technical specifications. For non-conductive media Turbine Flow Meters are the suitable alternative. Finally, there are Calorimetric devices that, being pure flow switches, only transmit an I/0 signal. Anderson-Negele offers devices developed and manufactured in-house for all these areas. These are supplemented by Micro Motion brand Coriolis devices for flow and density measurement. These were added to the Anderson-Negele product portfolio as part of a distribution partnership with Emerson, one of the world’s leading suppliers of such systems. 

Due to the wide range of requirements, all sensors are available in many configurations and with additional options. This enables the best solution for almost every purpose and application, even with specialized technical and media requirements like:

Measurement Accuracy: Up to ±0.5 %, ± 2 mm/s (Electromagnetic)

Repeatability: ± 0.2 % (Electromagnetic)

Non-conductive liquids: (Turbine)

Process temperature: 0…165 °C / 32…329 °F (Electromagnetic)

Measuring range: 30…280,000 l/h  / 0.1…1,200 gpm (Electromagnetic)

Nominal width: 1/2″…4″ / DN10…100 (Electromagnetic)

Surface roughness: up to R a ≤ 0.4 μm (Electromagnetic)

Media viscosity: No limitation, case studies with 4000 Cp available (Electromagnetic)

Chunks / pieces in media (e.g. fruit in yoghurt): No limitation as no reduction in nominal diameter (Electromagnetic)

Data transmission: 4…20mA / IO-Link / Ethernet / HART 

Aggressive media / acids: Stainless steel 1.4404 / AISI 316L or 1.4435 / AISI 316L; Lining PFA, FDA 21 CFR 177.1550; Electrodes option in Nickel Alloy 22 (Electromagnetic)

High-vibration environment: No limitations, remote versions available

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