Gear Meters

Gear meters specifically spur gear, are ideal for low flow rates, viscous fluids, and measurement of flows involving starts and stops or pulsing.

Variable Area Meters

Variable Area flow meters are a type of rotameter that measure oils, liquids or gases by relating linear displacement of an internal “float” or sharp-edged orifice plate to a corresponding flow rate.

Coriolis Mass Flow Meters

TRICOR Coriolis flow meters are highly accurate and repeatable multi-variable instruments that measure mass flow, density, and temperature with calculated volumetric flow and feature a very easy user interface.

Paddle Wheel Flow Meter

Operating much like a turbine flow meter, the paddle wheel flow meter consists of a freely rotating wheel which is outfitted with magnets on the blades or “paddles” of the wheel.

Helical Flow Meters

Helical gear ("screw-type") flow meters are designed for measuring highly viscous, abrasive, and filled fluids including lubricating and non-lubricating media, such as polyurethane, polymers, greases and oils.

Turbine Flow Meters

Axial turbine flow meters are designed with wear resistant internal components to provide trouble-free operation and a long service life in a wide variety of industrial applications.

Ultrasonic Flow Meters

Non-contact ultrasonic flow meters for accurate, instantaneous mass & volumetric flow rate measurement of clean, non-aerated fluids in full pipes such as water, chemicals, and oils.

Flow Electronics

Electronics coupled with our mechanical flow meters deliver flow data in your preferred format, whether a local display, remote transmitter, or simple pickup.

Rotary Piston

Rotary Piston positive displacement flow meters are ideal for use in applications with very low flow rates and high pressures, such as offshore chemical injection applications.

Turbidity Sensor

AW-Lake's ProScan Turbidity Sensor is ideal for detection of material transitions, monitoring turbidity, and measuring product concentration, such as in dairy processing, juice processing, and brewing operations.

Fluid Power / Hydraulics

Flow meters used to monitor flow readings in fluid power systems are essential to properly monitoring your process, diagnosing system errors, and ensuring system performance. Our expertise in this area goes back decades with numerous flow meters for the hydraulics and fluid power system industry.

Oil & Gas

From corrosive subsea environments, offshore production platforms, onshore oil fields, or refineries we have the flow expertise to tackle these tough jobs. Difficult oil and gas flow metering challenges like high pressures, pulsating flows, corrosive media and harsh environments are our daily business.

Heavy Industrial

For challenging industrial environments like mining, steel & paper mills, and industrial vehicles we offer flow meters with easy flow paths to run thick materials, rugged meter bodies that handle extreme conditions and designs with high shock and vibration resistance.

Paints/Sealants/Adhesives

Automotive plants and their Tier-1 suppliers have been using AW-Lake flow meters for 40+ years to monitor usage of paints, coatings, adhesives, lubricants, and other fluids to maintain strict process control and manage operational costs. Flow meters in these areas must be capable of measuring a wide range of materials.

Water Cooling

Monitoring process cooling systems, including industrial cooling circuits and HVAC systems, helps maintain your plant or building efficiency, conserve energy, and improve the bottom line. Constant monitoring and control of these systems can easily be done using flow monitoring and control instrumentation from AW-Lake.

General Industrial

General industrial plants around the world have been using AW-Lake flow meters to maintain their process operations, plus they have integrated our meters as a vital part of their end product. Our broad portfolio of flow measurement equipment provides solutions to your paint operations.

Test Systems

With increasing product complexity, tighter regulations, and growing demands on companies to reduce operating costs and improve product quality, there is more focus on test and measurement procedures and equipment.

Alternative Energy

As the world shifts towards sustainable practices, the demand for efficient energy production methods intensifies. AW-Lake flow meters are used in many ways within renewable energy sectors such as solar, wind, hydro, and biofuels.

Marine

In a field where fuel consumption attributes to most of the total operating costs, it is critical for marine ship owners and operators to monitor their fuel systems. Accurate fuel consumption is key to understanding how and where to find areas to improve efficiency and control costs.

Chemical

AW-Lake understands the challenges and intricacies of chemical / petrochemical process monitoring with flow meters. We have the depth of experience with corrosive, aggressive liquids and gases that you need in your flow measurement partner.

Environmental

As the the world continues to examine ways to lesson our impact on the environment and develop new technologies to support those efforts, flow measurement enters the conversation more and more.

Aerospace

AW-Lake flow meters are trusted in the aerospace and aviation industry, where they ensure precise measurement and control of fuel, hydraulic fluids, and other critical liquids and gases. They play a vital role in maintaining optimal performance, ensuring safety, and enhancing fuel efficiency.
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Coriolis Mass Flow Meters

Coriolis ESTA Paint System

The Coriolis ESTA Paint System enhances the transfer efficiency of spray finishing by using electrostatic forces to counteract momentum and air flow, ensuring more paint adheres to the target. This method saves coating material, reduces time and labor, and minimizes material loss in the booth and environment. Additionally, it decreases solvent emissions, requiring less coating material per part.

Spraying is a process for coating surfaces with paints and varnishes. In general, the paint is atomized and applied with compressed air using a paint spray gun or paint nozzles. This method is often used but has the disadvantage that the loss of paint through the spray mist passing components is relatively high.

Electrostatic wet painting is a remedy. This is particularly useful for complicated applications, as coating takes place on all sides. Here, the charged paint droplets are applied on the workpiece under the influence of electrical transport and attraction forces. Main applications are ESTA paintings for highly conductive paints and coatings.

For this purpose, we offer a combination of our TRICOR Coriolis Mass Flow Meters with an optical RS485 signal converting devices for electrostatic applications. Using a Modbus protocol via fiber optical communication allows the transfer of measurements (actual mass/volume flow rate, process density and process temperature, totalizer) and meter diagnosis values to a PLC with transfer rates of up to 10 Hz.

This allows high-precision measurement of flow ranges from 3 up to 65,000 kg/h for system pressure ranges up to 345 bar. A further benefit over conventional measuring techniques is that the flow meter contains no moving parts and thus requires considerably less maintenance than mechanical meters. Due to its media-independent measuring principle, it offers the additional advantage that it can be used for water as well as solvent lacquers with and without fillers.

Flow Meter:

To be selected separately

Electronics:

TCE 6000

TCE 8000 (24VDC-Version)

Power Consumption:

TCE 6000: Max. 7W

TCE 8000: Max. 4W

Supply Voltage:

24 V DC (via Pneumatic Power Generator)

Interface:

RS485

Communication:

Modbus RTU (single mode or Multidrop)

Ambient Temperature:

+32° F to +122° F (0° C to + 50° C)

Storage Temperature:

-40° F to +176° F (-40° C to + 80° C)

 

Process Temperature (Flow Meter):

-40° F to +158° F (-40° C to + 70° C)

Protection Class

IP65 (Coriolis meter and Pneumatic Power Generator)

IP30 (for the RS485 to fiber converter)

Electrical Connections:

TCE 6000:
M12 plug (5-pin, female) for RS485 (cable length: 2.5 m) M12 plug (5-pin, male) for Pneumatic Power Generator (cable length: 2.5 m)

TCE 8000:
Clamp terminal via enclosure cable gland Cable length (TCE-junction box): 1.5 m Cable length (junction box-Pneumatic Power Generator): 1.5 m

Certifications:

CE, PED, RoHS, REACH, ATEX (3G) for TRICOR Classic Series

PactWare DTM for HART 7.5 (CH1) TRICOR


HART 7 Device Driver – TRICOR Rev3 475 DD Rev2


USB TRICOR RS485 Driver Software


Remote Software – TRICOR Configurator 3.53 for all TCM from firmware 3.50


TRICOR ESTA Package Instruction Manual


TRICOR Coriolis TCE 6000 Instruction Manual


CRN Certificates – TRICOR Coriolis


Real-World Applications


Electrostatic Paint Systems

Today’s automotive coatings have shifted from solvent-based to water-based paints to reduce VOCs and meet environmental compliance. While safer, these water-based paints are highly conductive, posing challenges in achieving maximum coating transfer efficiency. High-efficiency electrostatic bells and spray guns charge the paint, attracting it to positive-grounded parts and reducing overspray. However, to prevent shorts caused by the conductivity of the paint, the supply is isolated from the ground, maintaining high voltage at the applicator.

Electrostatic Paint Systems

Today’s automotive coatings have shifted from solvent-based to water-based paints to reduce VOCs and meet environmental compliance. While safer, these water-based paints are highly conductive, posing challenges in achieving maximum coating transfer efficiency. High-efficiency electrostatic bells and spray guns charge the paint, attracting it to positive-grounded parts and reducing overspray. However, to prevent shorts caused by the conductivity of the paint, the supply is isolated from the ground, maintaining high voltage at the applicator.

We work with you to increase process efficiency, reduce costly production down-time, establish real-time monitoring and control, and provide the critical tracking and record keeping necessary to meet EPA regulations.