If you are looking for a solid ultrasonic flow meter portable unit, than you probably have a good idea for the options you want. The ultrasonic flow meter portables available from Panametrics are perhaps the best on the market. This article is going to take a look at one of the Panametrics ultrasonic flow meters so that you can make a determination as to whether they are the ultrasonic flow meter portable for you.

Several Ultrasonic Flow Meter Portables From Panametrics

These units take measurements reliably in wider range of pipe sizes and flow conditions. These ultrasonic flow meter portables are built for rugged use. In addition they are extremely easy to install and require a minimum of set up time.

The TransPort PT878GC Portable flow meter is perhaps the easiest and most reliable unit on the market. It uses a clamp and ultrasound to measure natural gas, compressed air, inert gas or in any compressed gas application. This unit has the technology to measure gas flow rates while logging the data to internal memory for later export to PC.

This unit is designed for short term flow survey work it is especially useful for measuring erosive, corrosive, toxic, high-purity or sterile gasses. It can do all of this without have to access the pipe, so it truly is a workhorse in the ultrasonic flow meter portable category. Setting up the unit can be done in less than fifteen minutes and without tapping or cutting the pipe take down is even easier. There is no clean up with this unit, just unclip it and you are done. This is very different from how it used to be as recently as ten years ago.

The data logger can store more than 100,000 data points and up to thirty two different site location parameters. The built in ultrasonic thickness can be added to allow measuring of the pipe thickness. Temperature transducers can measure the energy flow right and the rechargeable battery provides between six and eight hours of continuous remote operation. This should be more than enough time to get an accurate reading for what is going on inside the pipe.

Hopefully this article has shown you what you need to know as far as ultrasonic flow meter portables are concerned. There are many different models out there but the PT878GC is a good start for the ultrasonic flow meter portable novice. You can do searches for others, but for features and value Panametrics offers a very solid product.