Founded in 1899 as the Swiss branch of a measuring instruments company, GWF Group (Lucerne, Switzerland) has evolved into a globally leading provider of solutions for the water, gas, electricity, and heat industries. The Sonico Edge (pictured below) is a mains-powered ultrasonic water meter manufactured by GWF. Ultrasonic flow meters are based upon the principle … Read More →
When an order is placed at the SCADAmetrics eStore, if all equipment is in-stock, we generally ship within 3 business days or less. For domestic shipments within the United States, UPS is our preferred carrier in most instances. Unusually heavy or bulky orders are generally shipped LTL Freight via Old Dominion Freight Lines. For UPS Ground shipments, the map in Figure … Read More →
Within the municipal water sphere, one particularly challenging SCADA topic is flow metering at well pumping stations. Many standard potable flow meters are not suitable to the vagaries of well water which, by definition, is neither filtered nor softened. Mechanical (moving-part) turbine flow meters are particularly problematic at wells, because suspended particulates cause abrasive wear … Read More →
ABB (Stockholm, Sweden) is a global technology leader with over 140 years of history in electrification and automation. The ProcessMaster (pictured above) is one of ABB’s flagship, closed-pipe electromagnetic flow meters – aka “mag meter”. Mag meters are based upon the principle of measuring fluid flow as proportional to voltage induced across the liquid by … Read More →