Prozessindustrie
Aggressive media, high pressures and strict hygiene rules rule many measuring methods out from the start. Every extra sealing point in the process space is a possible source of contamination and one more thing to validate, service and document.
At the same time, central process variables stay hard to reach. Viscosity and consistency change during a batch but can rarely be captured inline; measurement often happens in the laboratory, which is to say after the batch has run.
Contactless measurement works from the mechanical side: from the resistance the medium offers the agitator shaft. It never touches the medium and still delivers a quantity that, evaluated properly, translates into process figures.
Process variables derived from torque data
Viscosity and consistency
Resistance at the agitator shaft tracks the consistency of the medium. Capture it continuously and the state of the material becomes observable during the batch, rather than in a laboratory result afterwards.
Conclusions about flow rates
Torsion on pump shafts and at defined measuring points allows conclusions about the volume delivered. That adds a layer of control in the pipework, independent of the measuring chain already there.
Wear on agitators
Wear starting on bearings or blades changes the torque profile before it becomes damage. Maintenance can then be planned when it is needed, not by the calendar and not after a stoppage.
What process control and quality assurance gain
No added contamination risk
Because measurement is contactless, no further sealing points appear in the process space, which counts for sterile and high-purity applications.
Evaluation as process figures
The signal conditioning is calibrated to your application, so the torque signal becomes the quantity your process control actually needs.
Connection to the control system
Real-time interfaces allow integration into the process control system, so the reading arrives where control and documentation happen.
Retrofittable
The compact housing allows integration into existing plant without opening up the process space.
Technical guide values
We match the actual design to your shaft geometry, load profile and installation.
Systems suited to process plant
Wireless torque flanges
Readings from the rotating side, with no cable run through the process space.
View →TelemetryTelemetry & wireless products
Contactless transmission of power and measurement data on rotating parts.
View →ServiceServices
Design, system development and commissioning, including calibration to your process variable.
View →IndustryTorque measurement in heavy industry
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Read more →Technical enquiry about process measurement.
Describe the medium, the agitator and the figure you actually need. We will check whether it can be derived from the torque curve, and what the evaluation would have to do for that.