Patents Assigned to Flowtec AG
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Patent number: 7992452Abstract: A measuring transducer of vibration type for registering, on the basis of the Coriolis principle, at least one measured variable of a medium flowing through a pipeline. The measuring transducer includes: a measuring tube, which is connectable with the pipeline via an inlet and an outlet, wherein the measuring tube includes a first measuring tube arc and a second measuring tube arc; an oscillation exciter for exciting oscillations of the measuring tube arcs; at least one oscillation sensor for registering resulting oscillations of the measuring tube arcs; and a transducer housing surrounding the measuring tube arcs. The measuring tube arcs are elastically coupled to the transducer housing. In this way, a robust and reliable measuring operation is guaranteed, which is little influenced by oscillatory in-couplings.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Ennio Bitto, Martin Anklin-Imhof, Gerhard Eckert, Dieter Mundschin
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Publication number: 20110187205Abstract: A circuit arrangement CA for supplying a field device F1 of automation technology includes a consumer circuit CC, a direct-voltage converter G and an input circuit IC having a 2-conductor connection CN. The input circuit IC includes a modulator unit M, which is connected with a current regulating circuit RC and the direct-voltage converter G. The modulator unit M so controls the direct-voltage converter G that an adjustable total current IS is carried by the 2-conductor connection CN. Use of the controlled direct-voltage converter G enables an optimum power transfer to the consumer circuit CC.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2006Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: Endress +Hauser Flowtec AGInventor: Jiri Karbula
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Publication number: 20110179881Abstract: In a method for determining mass flow with a Coriolis mass flow measuring device arranged on a rotary filler, a correction value ?{dot over (m)} is ascertained, which is proportional to the RPM n of the rotary filler. This correction value is subtracted from the conventionally ascertained value {dot over (m)} of the mass flow. The corrected measured value {dot over (m)}corr is thus {dot over (m)}corr={dot over (m)}??{dot over (m)}.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2007Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Gerhard Eckert, Christian Matt, Matthias Altendorf
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Publication number: 20110174083Abstract: Measuring system (1) for determining and/or monitoring flow of a measured medium (25) through a measuring tube (2), wherein the measuring system (1) includes: At least one control/evaluation unit (8), which, based on ultrasonic measurement signals, or based on measurement data derived from the ultrasonic measurement signals, ascertains volume, and/or mass, flow of the measured medium (25) flowing in the measuring tube (2); and a sensor housing (3), which surrounds a first ultrasonic sensor (5) and at least a second ultrasonic sensor (6); wherein at least the first ultrasonic sensor (5) is seated shiftably in the sensor housing (3); wherein the measuring system (1) further includes a sensor holder (4), which is securable on the measuring tube (2) and includes a securement mechanism (9) for the releasable securement of the sensor housing (3) on the sensor holder (4); wherein the sensor housing (3) forms with the ultrasonic sensors (5, 6) a unit securable on the sensor holder (4) and releasable from the sensor hType: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2009Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Andreas Berger, Achim Wiest
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Publication number: 20110167907Abstract: The measuring transducer comprises: a transducer housing, of which an inlet-side, housing end is formed by means of a flow divider including four flow openings spaced, and an outlet-side, formed by means of a flow divider including four flow openings spaced, from one another. A tube arrangement including four curved measuring tubes connected to the flow dividers for guiding flowing medium along flow paths connected in parallel. Each measuring tubes opens with an inlet-side, measuring tube end into one of the flow openings of the flow divider and with an outlet-side, measuring tube end into one the flow openings of the flow divider. The two flow dividers are embodied and arranged in the measuring transducer, so that the tube arrangement extends both between a first and a second of the measuring tubes and between a third and a fourth of the measuring tubes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Ennio Bitto, Christof Huber, Marcel Braun, Alfred Rieder, Christian Schütze
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Publication number: 20110161018Abstract: The measuring system comprises: A measuring transducer of vibration-type, through which medium flows during operation and which produces primary signals corresponding to parameters of the flowing medium; as well as a transmitter electronics electrically coupled with the measuring transducer for activating the measuring transducer and for evaluating primary signals delivered by the measuring transducer. The measuring transducer includes: At least one measuring tube for conveying flowing medium; at least one electro-mechanical, oscillation exciter for exciting and/or maintaining vibrations of the at least one measuring tube; and a first oscillation sensor for registering vibrations of the at least one measuring tube and for producing a first primary signal of the measuring transducer representing vibrations at least of the at least one measuring tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Vivek Kumar, Martin Anklin
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Publication number: 20110154912Abstract: The measuring system comprises: A measuring transducer of vibration-type, through which medium flows during operation and which produces primary signals corresponding to parameters of the flowing medium; as well as a transmitter electronics electrically coupled with the measuring transducer for activating the measuring transducer and for evaluating primary signals delivered by the measuring transducer. The measuring transducer includes: At least one measuring tube for conveying flowing medium; at least one electro-mechanical, oscillation exciter for exciting and/or maintaining vibrations of the at least one measuring tube; as well as at least a first oscillation sensor for registering vibrations at least of the at least one measuring tube and for producing a first primary signal of the measuring transducer representing vibrations at least of the at least one measuring tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Vivek Kumar, Martin Anklin
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Publication number: 20110161017Abstract: The measuring system comprises: A measuring transducer of vibration-type, through which medium flows during operation and which produces primary signals corresponding to parameters, especially a mass flow rate, a density and/or a viscosity, of the flowing medium; as well as a transmitter electronics electrically coupled with the measuring transducer for activating the measuring transducer and for evaluating primary signals delivered by the measuring transducer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Vivek Kumar, Martin Anklin
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Patent number: 7966894Abstract: An in line measuring device, includes a measuring transducer having: a least one measuring tube vibrating, during operation, and serving for conveying, a two- or multiphase, flowable medium; an exciter mechanism for producing vibrations of the at least one measuring tube; a sensor arrangement for registering vibrations of the measuring tube and for delivering an oscillation measurement signal representing oscillations of the measuring tube, and a measuring device electronics electrically coupled with the measuring transducer.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2009Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Daniel Kuttler, Alfred Rieder, Hao Zhu, Christof Huber
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Patent number: 7966863Abstract: The viscometer provides a viscosity value (X?) which represents the viscosity of a fluid flowing in a pipe connected thereto. It comprises a vibratory transducer with at least one flow tube for conducting the fluid, which communicates with the pipe. Driven by an excitation assembly, the flow tube is vibrated so that friction forces are produced in the fluid. The viscometer further includes meter electronics which feed an excitation current (iexc) into the excitation assembly. By means of the meter electronics, a first internal intermediate value (X1) is formed, which corresponds with the excitation current (iexc) and thus represents the friction forces acting in the fluid. According to the invention, a second internal intermediate value (X2), representing inhomogeneities in the fluid, is generated in the meter electronics, which then determine the viscosity value (X?) using the two intermediate values (X1, X2).Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2009Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Alfred Rieder, Wolfgang Drahm
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Patent number: 7966895Abstract: An in line measuring device, includes a measuring transducer of the vibration-type having: at least one measuring tube vibrating, at least at times, during operation, and serving for conveying, at least at times, a two- or multiphase, flowable medium; an exciter mechanism acting on the measuring tube for producing vibrations of the at least one measuring tube; and a sensor arrangement for registering vibrations of the at least one measuring tube and for delivering at least one oscillation measurement signal representing oscillations of the measuring tube. The in line measuring device further includes measuring device electronics electrically coupled with the measuring transducer. The measuring device electronics delivers, at least at times, at least one exciter signal driving the exciter mechanism, and, at least at times, ascertains a damping value of first type, which represents a change of damping opposing the vibrations of the measuring tube within a predeterminable time interval.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2009Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Daniel Kuttler, Alfred Rieder, Hao Zhu, Christof Huber
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Publication number: 20110146416Abstract: The measuring transducer serves for registering at least one physical, measured variable of a flowable medium guided in a pipeline and/or for producing Coriolis forces serving for registering a mass flow rate of a flowable medium guided in a pipeline. For such purpose, the measuring transducer comprises: A transducer housing (71), of which an inlet-side, housing end is formed by means of an inlet-side, flow divider (201) having exactly four flow openings (201A, 201B, 201C, 201D) spaced, in each case, from one another and an outlet-side, housing end is formed by means of an outlet-side, flow divider (202) having exactly four flow openings (202A, 202B, 202C, 202D) spaced, in each case, from one another; as well as exactly four, straight, measuring tubes (181, 182, 183, 184) connected to the flow dividers (201, 202) for guiding flowing medium along flow paths connected in parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Ennio Bitto, Alfred Rieder, Martin Anklin, Christof Huber
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Publication number: 20110153036Abstract: A field device for connection to a fieldbus, wherein the field device is designed to exchange via the fieldbus a data transmission object with a host computer or with an additional field device, wherein the data transmission object has a plurality of freely loadable, transmission berths, and wherein the field device includes a data mapping structure, which establishes an association between variables to be transmitted and transmission berths of the data transmission object.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Marco Colucci, Dion Bouwer, Jochen Stinus
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Publication number: 20110146383Abstract: The measuring transducer serves for registering at least one physical, measured variable of a flowable medium guided in a pipeline and/or for producing Coriolis forces serving for registering a mass flow rate of a flowable medium guided in a pipeline. For such purpose, the measuring transducer comprises: A transducer housing (71), of which an inlet-side, housing end is formed by means of an inlet-side, flow divider (201) having exactly four flow openings (201A, 201B, 201C, 201D) spaced, in each case, from one another and an outlet-side, housing end is formed by means of an outlet-side, flow divider (202) having exactly four flow openings (202A, 202B, 202C, 202D) spaced, in each case, from one another; as well as exactly four, straight, measuring tubes (181, 182, 183, 184) connected to the flow dividers (201, 202) for guiding flowing medium along flow paths connected in parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Ennio Bitto, Alfred Rieder, Martin Anklin, Christof Huber
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Publication number: 20110132102Abstract: Measuring system for determining and/or monitoring flow of a measured medium through a measuring tube, including: At least one ultrasonic transducer; and at least one control/evaluation unit, which, on the basis of measurement signals or on the basis of measurement data derived from the measurement signals, ascertains volume- and/or mass-flow of the medium flowing in the measuring tube; wherein the ultrasonic transducer has at least one electromechanical transducer element, which sends and/or receives ultrasonic signals; and at least one coupling layer in the region between electromechanical transducer element and measured medium, which coupling layer conducts the ultrasonic signals, and which ultrasonic transducer is acoustically coupleable with the measuring tube and at least partially fittable on the outer shape of the measuring tube and which electromechanical transducer element is flexible.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2009Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventor: Pierre Ueberschlag
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Patent number: 7954388Abstract: An inline measuring device, includes a measuring transducer having: at least one measuring tube vibrating, during operation, and serving for conveying, at least at times, a two- or multiphase, flowable medium; an exciter mechanism for producing vibrations of the measuring tube; and a sensor arrangement for registering vibrations of the measuring tube and for delivering oscillation measurement signal representing oscillations of the measuring tube. Measuring device electronics electrically coupled with the measuring transducer.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2009Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Daniel Kuttler, Alfred Rieder, Hao Zhu, Christof Huber
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Patent number: 7956338Abstract: The apparatus includes: At least one light-emitting, optoelectronic, functional element, which, during operation, activated by an electrical signal, emits light, at least at times; at least one light-sensitive, optoelectronic, functional element, which, during operation, activated by light falling thereon, delivers, at least at times, an electrical signal; and at least a third, light-conducting, functional element composed at least partially of transmissive material, especially translucent plastic or glass. The third functional element conveys, during operation, light coupled thereinto, and has at least one essentially planar boundary surface, which deflects light conveyed in the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2007Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Mamadi Keita, Simon Antoine, Stefanie Berchtold
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Publication number: 20110120231Abstract: An sensor of a measuring system for determining and/or monitoring the flow of a measured medium through a measuring tube, wherein the ultrasonic sensor is seated in a shiftable manner in a sensor housing parallel to a first inner surface of the sensor housing. The ultrasonic sensor has a coupling element and an electromechanical ultrasound transducer element, wherein the ultrasonic sensor can, at least at times, at least partially, lie against the first inner surface of the sensor housing, and that a guide hanger at least partially lies against a second inner surface of the sensor housing lying opposite the first inner surface, wherein the ultrasonic sensor is seated in a shiftable manner essentially perpendicularly to the first inner surface in the guide hanger, and wherein a spring between the guide hanger and ultrasonic sensor acts essentially perpendicularly to the first inner surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2009Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Andreas Berger, Achim Wiest
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Publication number: 20110120229Abstract: A measuring device for registering at least one measured value of at least one process variable. The measuring device comprises a measuring tube. The measuring tube has at least one T-joint, on which at least one measurement transmitter is arranged, wherein the measuring tube together with the T-joint is monolithic, and wherein the T-joint is producible from the measuring tube at least partially by a plastic deformation method.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2010Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Benjamin Kossek, Michal Bezdek, Pierre Ueberschlag
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Patent number: 7946186Abstract: The measuring system is inserted into the course of a process line and serves for registering at least one measured variable of a medium flowing in the process line. The measuring system includes for such purpose a measuring transducer having a measuring tube serving for conveying medium being measured and a sensor arrangement, which has at least one sensor element reacting primarily to the measured variable to be registered, and which delivers by means of at least one sensor element at least one measurement signal influenced by the measured variable. Further, the measuring system includes a measuring electronics communicating with the measuring transducer and using the at least one measurement signal for producing, at least at times, at least one measured value instantaneously representing the measured variable.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2009Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventor: Rainer Hoecker