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Hot Topics - February 2004
Your Monthly Update on the Flowmeter Industry from Flow Research
Editor: Dr. Jesse Yoder - Volume 5, Number 2 - ISSN 1350-7204
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Welcome to the February 2004 issue of Hot Hot Topics! Flow Research provides an easy way for you to stay up to date on the flow and process industries, and on changing user perspectives. Our Worldflow Monitoring Service provides three reports each quarter: The Worldflow Barometer (flow industry), the Worldflow Monitor (process industries), and the Worldflow Perspective (user surveys). For more details, click here: Worldflow Monitoring Service.
1. New Flow Research Study Finds a Stable but Changing Pressure Transmitter Market. While overall market size is not changing dramatically, important changes are occurring in the worldwide pressure transmitter market. This is one finding in a new market study from Flow Research called The World Market for Pressure Transmitters. Important changes in the market include:
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Market consolidation among suppliers
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The introduction of high-tier pressure transmitters
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The continued importance of multivariable pressure transmitters
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Competition with DP transmitters from other flow technologies
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A strong emphasis on reliability from both suppliers and end-users.
For more details on this important new study, released in January 2004, click here:
The World Market for Pressure Transmitters
2. Flow Research is proposing to do a worldwide gas flowmeter study. The idea is to compare the different technologies used to measure gas flow to see how they stack up against each other. For example, how do turbine, DP, and ultrasonic compare for measuring natural gas flow? And to what extent are thermal flowmeters competing with or complementary to Coriolis flowmeters for measuring gas flow? We have a proposal for this study on our website at http://www.flowresearch.com/Gasflow_Study/welcome.htm. The proposal gives more details about the purpose and scope of the study. You can also access the proposal by going to www.flowresearch.com and clicking on the link in the left column of the page.
We are circulating this proposal in hopes of getting enough support to do the study. If your company is interested in the study, please send an email to jesse@flowresearch.com, or call us at 781-245-3200.
3. Flow Research is also proposing to do a worldwide steam flowmeter study. This study will focus on flowmeters used to measure steam flow. These are mainly DP and vortex, although some turbine, ultrasonic, and Coriolis meters are used to measure steam flow. It is likely that the study will include a report on the district heating market. You can find a proposal for this study at http://www.flowresearch.com/Steamflow_Study/welcome.htm.
The proposal gives more details about the purpose and scope of the study. You can also access the proposal by going to www.flowresearch.com and clicking on the link in the left column of the page.
We are circulating this proposal in hopes of getting enough support to do the study. If your company is interested in the study, please send an email to jesse@flowresearch.com, or call us at 781-245-3200.
4. Flow Research has reclassified thermal flowmeters as new-technology meters. This reclassification occurred in an article in Control magazine in October 2003. Originally, thermal flowmeters were classified as traditional tech meters, due to their association with hot-wire anemometers, whose origin goes back to about 1918, and from considering their accuracy levels.
In reclassifying them, several factors were considered. While some thermal flowmeters were developed out of hot-wire anemometer technology, they are still a separate and distinct technology. And recent developments in thermal flow technology is bringing at least some thermal flowmeters to achieving accuracy levels in the one percent range. As a result, thermal flowmeters are now considered to be new-technology flowmeters rather than traditional tech meters. For more information on the difference between new-technology and traditional tech flowmeters, click here: Classification of Flowmeters.
5. Endress+Hauser Introduces New Vortex Flowmeter for Steam Flow Measurement
January 30, 2004, Greenwood, Indiana - Endress+Hauser has introduced a new type of vortex flowmeter, the PROline Prowirl 72 and 73. Differentiating itself from other vortex flowmeters in the market, the Prowirl 72/73 provides utilizes patented Differential Switched Capacitor (DSC) sensor technology. Click here for for more.
6. Flow Research now has a study available on every flow technology. For the past three years, we have been researching the worldwide flowmeter market, including all technologies. We now have a study available on every flow technology. This includes Coriolis, ultrasonic, magnetic, ultrasonic, thermal, pressure, positive displacement, turbine, open channel, and variable area. For more information on our flow studies, click here. Flow Research Flow Studies.
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