Flow Meters that Measure Diesel Fuel in Boilers – A GPI Flow Meter Application

Flow Meter Application:

The GM Series Meter monitors flowrate of fuel usage in two diesel powered boilers. The steam produced is used in the facility. The meter records totals and flowrate on the local display then transmits a 4-20 mA signal to the PLC allowing for greater monitoring and control throughout the facility.

Flow Meter Problem:

The customer needed to monitor the consumption rate of the generator from a remote location. Control of different systems within this facility is critical.

Company Type: Manufacturing

Market: Industrial Agricultural Chemicals

Application Category: Monitoring

GPI Flow Meters Used: GM003 Oval Gear Flow Meters

Flow Meter Drawing:

Flow Meter Solution:

A pulse output to a PLC allowed for communication from the location to a remote site. The upgrade in technology for this company provided better accuracy and control.

Advantages of Using GPI Flow Meters:

• Cost Savings
• Accuracy
• Safety
• Upgrade in Technology

Questions?

If you have questions please feel free to leave a comment on this page or call GPI Customer Service at 888-996-3837 or 316-686-6746. 

You can also visit the GPI web site at www.gpimeters.net or our online flow meter catalog at http://catalog.gpi.net

What flow meter video do you want to see? Vote!

The last couple of months have been pretty hectic in my GPI web/new media world.  I have been doing some spring cleaning in our online catalog.  In this new digital world things don’t literally “pile up” but they do grow.  I spent a good part of my time cleaning(or deleting) some of our old manuals from our database to keep everything nice and organized.  This task had to be done carefully because you never want to delete something you shouldn’t.  I am still going through some of these files to make sure we are current on all of our flow meter products. 

I also started to think about what our next flow meter video should be.  Mr. Matt Logan (the guy you will probably talk to if you call us) and I discussed some of the topics we think would be beneficial to our customers.  I decided to put these topics in a poll so that you could vote for the one you would like for us to shoot.  I will only post some of the topics we discussed. However, if you have a topic you would like for us to cover please feel free to write it in.