INSTALLATION

Installation requirements have been redefined with the Cadillac magnetic flow meter. Employing coil and plate shaping techniques the Cadillac® meter provides a uniform magnetic flux distribution within the flow tube, allowing the meter to measure and sample uniformly the entire flow tube area. In addition, the electronics provide high frequency DC square wave signal generation and flow signal sampling, enabling fast response to turbulent or tumbling flow conditions.

In practice, this means the Cadillac® magnetic flow meters do not require piping straight run or flow conditioning, and may be installed next to elbows, tees, valves, etc. without any effect in meter accuracy or stability (see Illustrations below).

In comparison, the straight pipe run requirements for all other magnetic flow meters are as follows:

Downstream of the meter: Expander (2-5) diameters Tee - (2-5) diameters Elbow - (2-5) diameters Valves - (2-10) diameters	Upstream of the meter: Expander - (10) diameters Tees - (5) diameters Elbow (5) diameters Valves - (10) diameters
(see Illustrations below)

Unlike other technologies such as the Cadillac® Vortex flow meter, magnetic flow meters do not have a low flow cutoff, essentially allowing the meter to read to zero. With such a wide flow range capability for the technology, most applications can be addressed with meters at full line size.