| September 26, 2005 | |
| Yamatake launches thermal vortex flowmeter. Featuring Yamatake’s exclusive Microflow sensor, the new MVF Series offers a greatly expanded measuring range. |
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| Yamatake Corporation has announced the introduction of the MVF Series of Microflow vortex flowmeters for gas applications — the first thermal flowmeters of this type to be developed by the company. The new product will be officially launched on September 27. The MVF represents a new concept in vortex flowmeter design, featuring a detector equipped with a Microflow sensor developed exclusively by Yamatake. The use of a thermal flow sensor that detects vortex frequency enables the MVF to measure minute flow rates that would be undetectable with conventional vortex flowmeters. The measuring range is 100:1, considerably larger that the 15:1 range of the previous product. Moreover, since the MVF has built-in compensation for temperature and pressure — something that is now becoming essential for gas measurement applications — there is no longer any need for the customer to install separate temperature and pressure measurement devices. This leads to material/cost savings.
Since pressure loss is low, the MVF enables gas measurement at very low pressures. Use of the MVF for air-fuel ratio management and control for industrial furnaces will thus help to achieve reduced energy consumption, reduced CO2 emissions, and more consistent manufacturing quality. Also, the MVF will make possible more precise energy management, offering reliable data on low flow rates — which could not previously be measured — and thus enabling the accurate calculation of specific consumption for industrial gases used in manufacturing, such as natural gas, nitrogen and oxygen. Priced at ¥450,000~780,000, MVF Series vortex flowmeters are ideal for customers who need accurate measurement of low gas flow rates. Yamatake forecasts sales of 1,000 units in 3 years. |
