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Types of Rotameters

There are several types of rotameters that are suited to different applications. The main types are glass tube flow meters, armored purge meters, and flanged armored rotameters. Glass tube rotameters are commonly used in industrial and laboratory settings to measure liquids and gases. Armored purge meters are well-suited for low flow, high pressure applications like gas analyzer systems. Flanged armored rotameters are used in industries like pharmaceuticals and petrochemicals to measure opaque or non-conductive fluids under high pressure conditions.

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Types of Rotameters

There are several types of rotameters that are suited to different applications. The main types are glass tube flow meters, armored purge meters, and flanged armored rotameters. Glass tube rotameters are commonly used in industrial and laboratory settings to measure liquids and gases. Armored purge meters are well-suited for low flow, high pressure applications like gas analyzer systems. Flanged armored rotameters are used in industries like pharmaceuticals and petrochemicals to measure opaque or non-conductive fluids under high pressure conditions.

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ypes of Rotameters

Rotameters can be used in a variety of applications and each of the instruments has
unique elements which meet these different applications. The types of rotameters
include the glass tube flow meters, armored purge meter, and the flanged armored
rotameter. These are explained in detail below.

10A2235 Glass Tube Rotameter-Ratosight


It is used in turning off heavy equipment automatically when the flow of the bearing
lubricant gets too low. It also shuts down electrical equipment when water that is being
cooled decreases below a certain limit.
10A4500 Glass Tube Flow Meters
This is found in most municipal and industrial facilities and is used to measure liquids
and gasses. It is installed as part of ovens and furnaces to check and keep track of the
natural gasses flow thus making it possible to cool down fluids so as to protect
equipment.

10A6130 Glass Tube Purge and Low Flow Meters


This is best to be used in applications where a low flow rate is required. Such
applications include purging control lines and the enclosures of an instrument. This type
of instrument is best in the fields of fluid sampling, measurement of the level, liquid
specific gravity, and low flow uses of gasses and liquids. It consists of lengths of (112,
3, 10”) with connections of14” NPT.
Armored Purge Meter
This is best for municipalities and industries where it is applied in areas with low flow
and high pressures. It is also used in gas analyzer systems and even where glass tubes
can be unsuitable due to safety causes. It works well with measuring media which is
cloudy and opaque. If the system’s condition is not well, the armored purge meter tends
to purge the fluid thus making it an advantage of its use. One example of an armored
purge meter is the 10A3200, which is available with NPT threads and a needle valve
option.
Flanged Armored Rotameter
This is usually used in industries and other automated systems which specialize in
pharmaceuticals and petrochemicals. It measures opaque fluids under forceful
conditions and fluids which are not conductors. The flanged armored rotameter is best
suitable for high pressure uses. An example of the flanged armored rotameter is the
FAM54 which includes flanged connections. Some of its uses include the use in optional
alarms, HART communications, totalizer pulse output, digital display, and a transmitter.

Glass Tube Rotameters


These are used extensively and they are not only found in industrial areas but they can
be used in laboratories and other pilot plants. Borosilicate glass is usually used to make
the tube. Due to the factor of corrosion, there is now a need to manufacture the float
using stainless steel, glass, and plastic. The floats reflect a specific reading on the scale
due to the sharp or metering edges they have. A connection or an end-fitting is usually
placed on the rotameter in relation to its field of use.
The most important part of standardizing is the tube float combination since this carries
out the measurements. Lookup tables can be used for the conversion of the provided
units into flows of the relevant fluids. For gasses that include nitrogen, oxygen,
hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, and argon the correlation scales of the rotameter can
be checked with the correlation tables. This way is more accurate as scales of liquids
such as air or water would have been already determined under certain specific
temperatures and pressures, but it can be less convenient.

Using plenty of floats we can measure different rates of the fluid’s flow. Placing a glass
tube rotameter at eye level can make the scale readings to be taken and recorded more
easily. Glass tube rotameters cannot be used for other types of fluids such as water
over 90 °C in temperature, high pH, and wet steam which softens the glass of the tube.
Glass is also dissolved by caustic soda and hydrofluoric acid and therefore for such
fluids other different types of tubes must be used. The performance of the glass tube
rotameter is limited by the limits in pressure and temperature of the glass tube where
higher temperatures are the major limiting factor.

Glass tube rotameters can be effectively used in areas where several streams of
gasses or liquids are being mixed together or transported through. Where one fluid is
flowing out through more different channels, the glass tube rotameter can also be
effective.

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