Omega Flow Meters
Flow meters are a very diverse and accurate family of instruments that Omega has made available to industrial, commercial, and laboratory environments. They provide reliable options for monitoring various working fluids—liquids, gases, and steam. Omega has placed a clear focus on accuracy and versatility, two features that make their products well-suited for process control, research, and a variety of manual and automated operations where dependable flow data is really critical.
One of the key advantages of Omega flow meters is the diversity of available sensing technologies. Whether you are looking for a basic mechanical flow meter or something more sophisticated, such as an ultrasonic or a Coriolis-style instrument, Omega offers robust meters capable of handling an impressive range of working conditions, pressures and temperatures, for example, hat many other manufacturers' products can't work under.
FAQs
What are Omega flow meters used for?
Omega flow meters measure the flow of liquids, gases, and steam in industrial, commercial, laboratory, and process-control applications.
What types of flow meters does Omega offer?
Omega provides turbine, magnetic, ultrasonic, vortex, Coriolis, rotameter, positive displacement, and thermal mass flow meters.
Can Omega flow meters measure both liquids and gases?
Yes, Omega offers models specifically designed for water, chemicals, hydrocarbons, compressed air, industrial gases, and steam.
Do Omega flow meters support digital outputs?
Yes, many Omega meters include 4–20 mA, pulse, Modbus, or other digital outputs for integration with PLCs, SCADA, and automation systems.
Do Omega flow meters work with viscous or chemical fluids?
Yes, Omega offers specialized meters for viscous fluids, corrosive chemicals, and challenging process conditions.
Mag Flow Meter Basics
Flow meters measure the flow of a substance through a pipe. Based on the size of the pipe, the flow meter measures the volume of the substance and how fast it is moving through the pipe.
Mag flow meters measure voltage levels of a liquid that is flowing through a pipe. The Mag flow meter is installed in line with the pipe and the diameter of the pipe should be the exact same size as the pipe carrying the liquid. Within the flow meter piping, there are two field coils located on opposite sides of each other. These field coils will generate an electromagnetic field over the entire cross section of the measuring pipe of the flow meter. Two electrodes that measure voltage are installed in the flow meter on opposite sides of the field coils. These electrodes measure any voltage present in the fluid flowing through the mag flow meter. When fluid starts to flow through the meter, the electromagnetic field will apply a force to the charged particles in the fluid. The positively and negatively charged particles begin to collect on opposite sides of the flow meter piping, forming an electrical voltage. The voltage will be directly proportional to the flow moving through the piping. The higher the voltage, the higher the flow velocity in the pipe. With this information, as well as the cross-sectional size of the pipe, the total volume of fluid that is flowing through the pipe can be calculated.