Industrial automation penetrates the flow meter market and ignites demand

      With the country's promotion of the construction of an environmentally friendly country, various parts of the country are vigorously constructing sewage treatment projects. Taking Shenzhen as an example, in order to better cooperate with the supervision of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Water Affairs on sewage treatment, to implement national metrology regulations, and to create a fair, just, and scientific trade settlement environment, the flow meters used for trade settlement in sewage treatment plants are regularly calibrated.

    Wastewater treatment plants are one of the pollution sources regulated by the environmental protection department. According to the Management Measures for the Verification of Compulsory Verification of Work Measuring Instruments in the People's Republic of China, the flow meters used for environmental monitoring or trade settlement in wastewater treatment plants belong to the scope of mandatory verification and must be regularly verified or calibrated. The purpose is to effectively regulate the discharge of wastewater treatment plants by the government, protect the legitimate interests of the country and consumers, and ensure the accurate and reliable transmission of measurement values for sewage discharge flow.

    Measurement as the eye of industrial production. Flow measurement is one of the components of metrology science and technology, which is closely related to national economy, national defense construction, and scientific research. Doing this job well plays an important role in ensuring product quality, improving production efficiency, and promoting the development of science and technology, especially in the current era of energy crisis and increasing automation of industrial production, the position and role of flow meters in the national economy are more obvious. With the development of industry, the accuracy and range of flow measurement are increasingly required. In order to adapt to various applications, various types of flow meters have emerged, widely used in industries such as petroleum and natural gas, petrochemicals, water treatment, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, energy, metallurgy, pulp and paper, and building materials.

    Faced with a fierce competitive environment and in response to the global demand for energy conservation and emission reduction, users in various industries are paying more attention to the operational efficiency of production factories, reducing energy consumption as much as possible to improve competitiveness. Therefore, a large amount of investment has been made to improve the automation level of factories and the collection and real-time monitoring of on-site data, in order to enhance the efficiency of process control in factories. For example, in the oil, gas, and energy industries, reliable fluid measurement equipment is required in closed transmission facilities; The chemical and pharmaceutical industries require high-precision flow meters, and various trends will inevitably drive the development of sensors and on-site equipment (including flow meters).

    Guiding users to accept and use new technology flow meters, such as ultrasonic flow meters, electromagnetic flow meters, thermal mass flow meters, and V-cone flow meters, is another challenge for flow meter manufacturers to expand and strengthen the market.

   The development and breakthrough of core flowmeter technology have injected fresh blood into the flowmeter market. In the field of steam flow meter technology innovation, the Fujian Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau has set an excellent example. Recently, four scientific research projects of the National Steam Flow Meter Product Quality Supervision and Inspection have passed acceptance, including one science and technology project of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China and three science and technology projects of the Fujian Provincial Bureau of Quality Supervision. In the technology project of Fujian Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau, the pipeline vibration suppression device developed in "Research on the Impact of Pipeline Vibration on the Measurement Performance of Flow Meters and Vibration Reduction Methods" effectively reduces the impact of pipeline vibration on the measurement performance of flow meters.

    As new technology flow meters are continuously introduced into various industries, fast and effective after-sales service is equally crucial for manufacturers. Seizing the essence of market consumption may become another key point for the industry to ignite production.