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DAVID W. SPITZER'S E-ZINE

TECHNICAL AND MARKETING SERVICES
FOR INSTRUMENTATION SUPPLIERS AND END-USERS

This issue sponsored by Spitzer and Boyes, LLC

March 2015

Part 3: When Do You Measure Mass Flow?

If you are batching by weight or mass, you should measure mass flow. If you are measuring critical quantities, especially if the quantities involved are small, you should measure mass flow. If you are measuring gases, you should measure mass flow. Any critical blending operation should be mass flow. Chemical reactions generally require mass flow. click for more...

Part II: Back to Basics - The "New Guy" Steps Out on a Troubleshooting Mission

Last month, I alluded to a complicated problem at a plant where I was a new hire. My recollection is that the issue surfaced during the second week that I worked in the plant when my immediate supervisor and my (only) electrical/instrumentation foreman were both coincidently on vacation, so I carried the radio. click for more...

Which Flowmeters Measure Velocity?

Positive-displacement flowmeters that constantly entrap fluid to measure the actual volume were discussed last month. Oscillating piston and oval gear flowmeters are examples of positive displacement flowmeters. 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.

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