How our flowmeters work and how to pick the right one.
Explore the information below for installation instructions,
options and add-ons, maintenance do’s and don’ts, and
overall best practices to help you choose the right flow
meter for your application.
Choosing your flow rate
Not sure? Use these guides as an estimate of flow rate.
ESKO Flow meters offer extensive customization options through variations in designs and materials. Discover how the right model configuration, materials, and options can meet the application objective, prevent overspending, and make installation and maintenance go smoothly.
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Installation and Maintenance
Specifications Checklist
Esko Technical Articles
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O-Rings Materials
Every component of a flow meter -including O-rings – must withstand the operating conditions it faces. Thee right O-ring requires considering chemical, temperature, and pressure compatibility. A proper seal makes all the difference in flow meter performance and service life.
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Variable Area vs. Electromagnetic Flow Meters
When it comes to measuring liquid flow, two of the most common technologies are variable area flow meters, also known as rotameters, and electromagnetic flow meters. While both have their strengths, knowing how they differ and where they work best can help you select the most appropriate solution.
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How much seal water could you save?
Many operations continue to use seal water systems that deliver far more water than necessary. While it may seem safer to oversupply, excessive flow leads to wasted water, higher energy costs, and unnecessary strain on pumps and seals. Fortunately, right-sizing your seal water flow is straightforward with the right tools and can lead to significant savings.
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Versatility of Variable Area Flow meters
Variable area flow meters are used in pulp and paper manufacturing and other process industries, such as chemicals, oil and gas, mining, food and beverage production, and more. Its popularity stems from its uncomplicated design, cost efficiency, and adaptability to challenging environments.
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Keep Flow Constant with a CFR
Flow variability can have a significant impact on processes and machinery health. Supply pressure, back pressure and process pressure variations can all cause flow variations. Implementing Constant Flow Regulators (CFRs) can help maximize plant efficiency, save energy, and save money too.
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Flow meters customized for extreme conditions!
Harsh operating conditions, corrosive chemicals and temperature fluctuations require durable parts like Stainless Steel and Kynar®.
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Good to Know Flow Meter Facts
Some flow meter features can catch users by surprise. How many of these flow meter facts do you know already?
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Floats and Tapers – why are some flow meters blinged out with red sapphire floats?
Float materials matter! Different flow liquids and gases need different floats and tube tapers to accommodate the flow media.
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Flow meters vs. Winter
Extreme or prolonged cold weather can make maintaining process flows and accurate flow measurement challenging. Temperature drops not only affect viscosity of flow media but related metering components too: piping, fittings, and every component of a flow meter needs to be able to withstand freezing.
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Seal Water Management Tips
Every ESKO seal water meter is meticulously assembled using stainless steel components and thermoplastic or borosilicate glass tube options that cover a wide range of operating conditions, temperature variations, and corrosive chemicals. Numerous O-ring choices cover a large variety of process conditions.
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Flow Meter Accessories & Add-ons
Fine tuning your flow monitoring?
What if process conditions change?
How to fine tune your flow monitoring installations with optional accessories and add-ons for additional operational and cost benefits.
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Finding the Right Flow Meter – A Step by Step Approach
Flow meters are highly customizable due to differences in design, function, accuracy, and build components such as tube materials, end block materials, fittings, floats, valves, o-rings, flow configurations and more.
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Grease Lubrication Best Practices
In addition to managing circulating lubricating oil, grease application is another important aspect of bearing and equipment maintenance.
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Oil Lubrication Best Practices
Circulating oil lubrication systems are commonly used in pulp and paper manufacturing to support long-term performance of equipment.
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ESKO Pacific adapts to the changes
“There is nothing permanent except change” wrote Heraclitus, an ancient Greek philosopher. This observation holds particularly true today as industries across the globe undertake the task of adapting to new demands,…
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ESKO Pacific provides world class solutions
In 1970, our founder, Esko Venalainen, moved his family from Finland to Canada. He was part of a broader trend of bringing European paper industry expertise to North America and after working on various projects with Honeywell, EuroCan, Eur-Control (BTG) and Nokia, Venalainen founded ESKO Industries with a desire to focus on marketing European instrumentation technology in North America.
