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This issue sponsored by Industrial Automation INSIDER

November 2016

The Vendor Relationship (Part 1)

We often talk about how to use a flow control product correctly; how to install it the way that it will work the best; how to decide which flow element or controller to select. We don’t always talk about what happens when you think you’ve done everything right, and the flowmeter or control system doesn’t work. click for more...

Fact or Myth: Flowmeter Straight Run 'Rule of Thumb'

Have you ever heard the "rule of thumb" to install flowmeters with 10 diameters of straight run upstream of the flowmeter and 5 diameters of straight run downstream of the flowmeter? Is this a fact or a myth? I suggest that there is a bit of both. Let me explain. click for more...

Quiz Corner: How Do You Adjust a Pulsed Magnetic Flowmeter with a 4-20 mA Analog Output?

Which of the following adjustments are applicable to a pulsed magnetic flowmeter with a 4-20 mA analog output? click for more...

ABOUT SPITZER AND BOYES, LLC

In addition to over 35 years of experience as an instrument user, consultant, and expert witness, David W Spitzer has written over 10 books and 250 articles about flow measurement, level measurement, instrumentation, and process control. David (with Walt Boyes) is the author of seven Consumer Guides to various industrial flow and level technologies. David teaches his flow measurement seminars in both English and Portuguese.

Spitzer and Boyes, LLC publishes the Industrial Automation INSIDER that is an independent subscription newsletter for industrial automation and process control system users, installers and suppliers world-wide, giving a monthly update on the continuing evolution, development and convergence of automation technologies.

Spitzer and Boyes, LLC provides engineering, technical writing, training seminars, strategic marketing consulting, distribution consulting, and expert witness services worldwide, and can be contacted at +1.845.623.1830 or www.spitzerandboyes.com.