Product category:
Flowmeters and Flow Sensors
News Release from: Krohne | Subject: Optimass
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 27 March 2006
Flowmeters meet new plant's demanding
specs
Krohne has provided all flow measurement instruments for Degussa's new production division in China.
Following signing a global supply contract with Degussa, one of Germany's largest chemical companies, Krohne has provided all flow measurement instruments for the company's new production division in China Degussa's new plant is located in the Minhang Industrial Development Zone in Shanghai and produces a variety of chemical products, including special coating additives
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 8 Oct 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Degussa, which turns over Eur 11.2 billion and has nearly 45,000 employees worldwide, has installed a number of Optimass Coriolis mass flowmeters, which range in size from DN 10 to DN 25.
The largest diameter instruments are fitted with heated jackets to help keep raw materials flowing through them in a liquid state.
Flow measurement is taken with the material viscosity at 15mPa at 100C.
Applications at the new plant can be extremely demanding.
Flow rates can reach 6000kg/h, and a number of instruments had to be installed close to pumps, which caused strong vibration and created pulsing flows of raw materials - creating conditions which many flowmeters would find difficult to operate in reliably.
Despite this Krohne's flowmeters performed to specification and delivered the required level of measurement accuracy.
Prior to installing the instruments, Degussa retested each Optimass against industrial scales, which confirmed the high accuracy of each instrument.
Krohne developed the world's first Coriolis mass flowmeter with a single, straight-tube design.
In 2002 a new enhanced design was launched under the Optimass brand.
It is available in a range of sizes and can be used for low and high flow rate applications.
Designed to meet ATEX, FM and CSA standards, the Optimass is suitable for use in hazardous conditions.
Wetted parts of the instrument can be manufactured from titanium, stainless steel or Hastelloy and each unit is made in accordance with European Pressure Equipment Directives (PED).
The Optimass will operate reliably and accurately under the most demanding conditions.
It incorporates Krohne's patented adaptive sensor technology which tunes each meter independently of external forces and fluid density.
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