Produits et services

Velocity water flow measurement sensors; water flow sensors; non-contacting water velocity sensor; microwave water velocity sensor; open channel water velocity sensors; non-contacting water velocity measurement sensors; environmental water velocity sensors; river monitoring velocity sensors; rain mitigation water velocity sensors.

Produits et services

Velocity water flow measurement sensors; water flow sensors; non-contacting water velocity sensor; microwave water velocity sensor; open channel water velocity sensors; non-contacting water velocity measurement sensors; environmental water velocity sensors; river monitoring velocity sensors; rain mitigation water velocity sensors

Abrégé

An apparatus for measuring at least one of the level and the velocity of a media in a channel, the apparatus including a remote measuring device which comprises: a sensing unit having at least one sensing assembly arranged to measure at least one of the level and the velocity of the media, a two-wire interface arranged to receive power from an external power source and permit data transfer between the sensing assembly and an external control unit over the two-wire interface, an energy store for storing energy transmitted to the measurement device over the two-wire interface, a controller, and characterised in that the remote measuring device further comprises: an indicator means for providing in-situ feedback to a user on the status of the measuring device, and a switching means which is operable in response to signals from the controller to selectively connect each of the sensing unit and the indicator means to the energy store.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01F 23/80 - Dispositions pour le traitement des signaux
• G01F 23/284 - Ondes électromagnétiques
• G01F 25/20 - Test ou étalonnage des appareils pour la mesure du volume, du débit volumétrique ou du niveau des liquides, ou des appareils pour compter par volume des appareils pour mesurer le niveau des liquides

Abrégé

A system for the detection of a rate of flow or a level of a fluid or the presence of an object, such as a PIG, in pipelines, comprising at least one detection device that includes: a sensor assembly arranged to detect the rate of flow or level of a fluid withing a section of a pipeline or the presence of a pig located along the section of pipeline where the device is located, a power store, a position determining module, a radio frequency receiver, and a radio frequency transmitter, in which the detection device has a sleep mode in which the sensor assembly is inactive and has a first power consumption and an active mode in which the sensor assembly is active and the detection device has a second, higher, power consumption when the sensor assembly of the device is actively detecting, the device in the active mode also being arranged to transmit signals from the transmitter that are indicative of the detected property of the fluid or presence of an apparatus along the section of the pipeline; and in which the device is configured to switch between the sleep mode and the active mode in response to radio frequency signals received by the receiver.

Classes IPC  ?

• F16L 55/48 - Indication de la position du hérisson ou du chariot dans le tuyau ou dans la conduite
• G01F 15/063 - Dispositifs d'indication ou d'enregistrement pour l'indication à distance utilisant des moyens électriques

Produits et services

Thermal gas flow meters.

Produits et services

Thermal gas flow meters.

Produits et services

Thermal gas flow meters

Produits et services

Thermal gas flow meters

Produits et services

Process measurement and control systems and devices, including the aforesaid incorporating radar; transducers; sensors; transmitters; process measurement and control systems and devices, namely, continuous level measurement systems, level control systems, level management systems, industrial level management system, level measuring devices, level controlling devices, level measurement controllers.

Produits et services

Threaded adaptors; threaded couplers; parts and fittings for the aforesaid goods.

Produits et services

Process measurement and control systems and devices, namely, ultrasonic and radar continuous level measurement systems comprised of ultrasonic and radar transmitters, detectors and controllers, level and pump control system comprised of level detectors and pump controllers, ultrasonic pump control system comprised of ultrasonic detectors and pump controllers; ultrasonic and radar continuous level measurement transducers; continuous liquid level measurement sensors; continuous liquid level measurement transmitters; process measurement and control systems and devices, namely, continuous level measurement systems comprised of ultrasonic and radar transmitters, detectors and controllers, level control systems comprised of level detectors, level management systems comprised of ultrasonic pump detectors, pump controllers, and level managers, industrial level management system comprised of electronic level measuring devices, namely, level detectors, level measuring controllers and level managers, electronic level switches for liquids, level measuring devices, namely, level detectors, level measuring controllers, level controlling devices, namely, flow switches, paddle switches, electronic level measurement controllers, liquid point level switches, level measurement controllers

Produits et services

Threaded adaptors being non-metallic polymer threaded adaptors used to maintain a secure connection between a level measurement sensor and a metal mounting plate; threaded couplers being non-metallic polymer threaded adaptors used to maintain a secure connection between a level measurement sensor and a metal mounting plate; parts and fittings for the aforesaid goods

Produits et services

Process measurement and control systems and devices, including the aforesaid incorporating radar; transducers; sensors; transmitters; process measurement and control systems and devices, namely, continuous level measurement systems, level control systems, level management systems, industrial level management system, level measuring devices, level controlling devices, level measurement controllers.

Produits et services

Process measurement and control systems and devices incorporating radar, namely, ultrasonic continuous level measurement systems comprised of ultrasonic transmitters, detectors and controllers, level and pump control system comprised of level detectors and pump controllers, ultrasonic pump control system comprised of ultrasonic detectors and pump controllers; ultrasonic continuous level measurement transducers; continuous liquid level measurement sensors; continuous liquid level measurement transmitters; process measurement and control systems and devices, namely, continuous level measurement systems comprised of ultrasonic transmitters, detectors and controllers, level control systems comprised of level detectors, level management systems comprised of ultrasonic pump detectors, pump controllers, and level managers, industrial level management system comprised of electronic level measuring devices, namely level detectors, level measuring controllers and level managers, electronic level switches for liquids, level measuring devices namely, level detectors, level measuring controllers, level controlling devices, namely, flow switches, paddle switches, electronic level measurement controllers, liquid point level switches, level measurement controllers

Produits et services

Process measurement and control systems and devices, including the aforesaid incorporating radar; transducers; sensors; transmitters; process measurement and control systems and devices, namely, ultrasonic continuous level and flow measurement systems, level, flow and pump control systems, ultrasonic pump control system, ultrasonic pump and level and flow management system, industrial level management system, level and flow measuring devices, level and flow switches for liquids, level controlling devices, level and flow measurement controllers, liquid point level and flow switches, ultrasonic point level and flow sensors, vibrating point level and flow switches, liquid level and flow gap sensors, liquid/slurry flow sensors, flow sensors, pump controllers, level controllers, flow controllers, open channel flow meters, liquid flow switches, vibrating fork level switches for solids, rotating paddle switches for solids, ultrasonic gap switches for liquids, float switches for liquids, sand sensors, flow sensors for detecting solids in ducts, chutes and pipes; ultrasonic area-velocity flow sensors and flowmeters; clamp-on ultrasonic liquid, sludge, slurry flow sensors and flowmeters; clamp-on ultrasound flow switch and clamp-on ultrasound flow detection apparatus; field environmental level, velocity, temperature and flow logging devices; parts and fittings for the aforesaid goods, including software and component parts; none of the aforesaid for use or application in relation to apparatus for transmission or reproduction of sound, excluding digital area cameras, compact discs, DVDs, juke boxes, audio players, audio amplifiers, headphones, earphones, speakers, loud speakers, audio speakers, USB hardware, wireless speakers, remote controllers for apparatus for the transmission or reproduction of sound, portable charging apparatus for tablet computers and mobile phones, remote control apparatus for apparatus for the transmission or reproduction of sound, remote controls for stereos, speakers and audio players; parts and fittings for the aforesaid goods.

Produits et services

Process measurement and control systems and devices, including the aforesaid incorporating radar; transducers; sensors; transmitters; process measurement and control systems and devices, namely, ultrasonic continuous level and flow measurement systems, level, flow and pump control systems, ultrasonic pump control system, ultrasonic pump and level and flow management system, industrial level management system, level and flow measuring devices, level and flow switches for liquids, level controlling devices, level and flow measurement controllers, liquid point level and flow switches, ultrasonic point level and flow sensors, vibrating point level and flow switches, liquid level and flow gap sensors, liquid/slurry flow sensors, flow sensors, pump controllers, level controllers, flow controllers, open channel flow meters, liquid flow switches, vibrating fork level switches for solids, rotating paddle switches for solids, ultrasonic gap switches for liquids, float switches for liquids, sand sensors, flow sensors for detecting solids in ducts, chutes and pipes; ultrasonic area-velocity flow sensors and flowmeters; clamp-on ultrasonic liquid, sludge, slurry flow sensors and flowmeters; clamp-on ultrasound flow switch and clamp-on ultrasound flow detection apparatus; field environmental level, velocity, temperature and flow logging devices; parts and fittings for the aforesaid goods, including software and component parts.

Produits et services

Water treatment, wastewater treatment, and industrial process measurement and control systems composed of computer hardware and recorded software sold as a unit for continuous measurement and control of liquid and solid levels in storage vessels and man-made and natural conduits, continuous measurement and control of liquid and solid volume in storage vessels and man-made and natural conduits, single point level measurement of liquids and solids in storage vessels and man-made and natural conduits, measurement and control of liquid flow in full and partially-full man-made and natural conduits, measurement and control of slurry flow in full conduits, non-invasive measurement of liquid levels in man-made and natural conduits in the nature of flumes and weirs, detection of entrained air and solids in fluids flowing in conduits, and measurement and control of sludge interface level in sedimentation tanks and clarifiers; Water, wastewater, and industrial process measurement and control devices for continuous measurement and control of liquid and solid levels in storage vessels and man-made and natural conduits, namely, level switches and level indicators; Water, wastewater, and industrial process measurement and control devices, namely, electronic controllers and technical measuring apparatus and instruments for controlling and measuring the quantity of liquids and solids in the nature of volume in storage vessels and man-made and natural conduits; Water, wastewater, and industrial process measurement and control devices for measurement of liquids and solids in storage vessels and man-made and natural conduits, namely, single point level switches and single point level indicators; Water, wastewater, and industrial process measurement and control devices for measuring and controlling liquid flow in full and partially-full man-made and natural conduits, and measuring and controlling slurry flow in full conduits, namely, flow switches and automatic control valves; Water, wastewater, and industrial process measurement devices for non-invasive measurement of liquid levels in man-made and natural conduits in the nature of flumes and weirs, namely, liquid level sensors; Water, wastewater, and industrial process measurement devices for detection of entrained air and solids in fluids flowing in conduits, namely, flow switches; Water, wastewater, and industrial process measurement and control devices for measurement and control of sludge interface levels in sedimentation tanks and clarifiers, namely, level switches and level indicators; Electrical transducers; Sensors, namely, sensors for measuring vibration, electromagnetic measuring detectors, sensors for measuring paddlewheel motion and velocity, sensors for measuring turbine motion and velocity, differential pressure sensors, temperature sensors for thermal mass, Coriolis liquid flow sensors, sensors for measuring dissolved oxygen for non-medical purposes, sensors for measuring turbidity, sensors for measuring mass of suspended solids, sensors for measuring density for non-medical purposes, resistance temperature detectors (RTD), and sensors for measuring thermistor temperature; transmitters, namely, noncontact radar apparatus for transmitting radar through the atmosphere; transmitters, namely, electromagnetic spectrum radar transmitters, two-wire digital transmitters, analog electric current transmitters, analog electric current transmitters that also transmit superimposed Highway Addressable Remote Transducer communication signals, electrical transmitters in the nature of relays, electrical transmitters in the nature of open collector relays, dry-contact switches in the nature of radio technology transmitters, transmitters of electronic signals, and transmitters of wireless signals; Water treatment, wastewater treatment, and industrial process measurement and control systems and devices for measuring and controlling the level and flow of liquids, sludge, and slurry, namely, level and flow switches for liquids, liquid point level and flow switches, liquid level and flow gap sensors, liquid/slurry flow sensors, liquid flow sensors, liquid flow switches, rotating paddle switches for solids in the nature of a solid level sensor, electronic float switches for liquids in the nature of a level sensor, sensors for detecting the presence of sand in liquids, and flow sensors for detecting solids in ducts, chutes and pipes; field environmental level, velocity, temperature and flow logging devices, namely, device for recording and transmitting data; parts and fittings for the aforesaid goods, namely, component parts in the nature of computer hardware; Downloadable software for the aforesaid goods, namely, for operating the aforesaid goods [ ; none of the aforesaid for use or application in relation to apparatus for transmission or reproduction of sound, and also excluding digital area cameras, compact discs, DVDs, juke boxes, audio players, audio amplifiers, headphones, earphones, speakers, loud speakers, audio speakers, USB hardware, wireless speakers, remote controllers for apparatus for the transmission or reproduction of sound, portable charging apparatus for tablet computers and mobile phones, remote control apparatus for apparatus for the transmission or reproduction of sound, remote controls for stereos, speakers and audio players; parts and fittings for the aforesaid goods, namely, electric cables, wires, conductors and connection fittings therefor ]

Produits et services

Electrical transducers; Sensors, namely, non-contact ultrasonic for transmitting sound through the atmosphere, non-contact ultrasonic for transmitting sound through metal or plastic conduits, submersible ultrasonic for transmitting sound through fluids, non-contact radar for transmitting through the atmosphere, vibration, electromagnetic, paddlewheel, turbine, differential pressure, thermal mass, Coriolis, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, suspended solids, density, RTD temperature, and thermistor temperature; transmitters, namely, ultrasonic frequency, radar electromagnetic spectrum, two-wire digital, current analog, current analog with HART (Highway Addressable Remote Transducer) communications superimposed, relay, open-collector, dry-contact switch, transmitters of electronic signals, transmitters of wireless signals; parts and fittings for the aforesaid goods, namely, component parts; Downloadable software for the aforesaid goods, namely, for operating the aforesaid goods

Abrégé

A system comprising: a reservoir (14) for holding a liquid (1); a pump (20) arranged to pump the liquid (1) out of the reservoir (14) to a system outlet (24) or into the reservoir (14) from a system inlet; a pressure sensor (34) arranged between the reservoir (14) and the system outlet (24) or between the system inlet and the reservoir (14), the pressure sensor (34) configured to measure the discharge pressure (Pd) of the pump (20) and to generate discharge pressure data; a level sensor (26) configured to detect the level (1) of the liquid (1) in the reservoir (14) and to generate level data; a power monitor (28) configured to monitor the power consumed (p) by the pump (20) and to generate power data; a volume monitor configured to monitor the volume (V) of liquid (1) pumped by the pump (20) and to generate volume data; and a controller (30) configured to: receive the power data, the volume data, the discharge pressure data and the level data; process the discharge pressure data to determine a discharge head (Hd) of the pump (20); process the level data to determine a static head (Hs) of the pump (20); process the discharge head (Hd) and the static head (Hs) to determine a total dynamic head (TDH) of the pump (20); and process the total dynamic head (TDH), the volume data and the power data to determine a normalised pumping station efficiency (nSPE).

Classes IPC  ?

• F04B 51/00 - Tests des "machines", pompes ou installations de pompage
• E03F 5/22 - Adaptations d'installations de pompage pour remonter les eaux d'égout
• F04B 49/06 - Commande utilisant l'électricité
• F04B 49/02 - Commande d'arrêt, de démarrage, de décharge ou de ralenti
• F04B 23/02 - Installations ou systèmes de pompage comportant des réservoirs
• F04D 15/00 - Commande, p. ex. régulation de pompes, d'installations ou de systèmes de pompage
• G05B 23/02 - Test ou contrôle électrique
• G05B 19/042 - Commande à programme autre que la commande numérique, c.-à-d. dans des automatismes à séquence ou dans des automates à logique utilisant des processeurs numériques

Abrégé

A system comprising: a reservoir (14) for holding a liquid; a pump (20) arranged to pump the liquid out of the reservoir (14) or into the reservoir (14); a level sensor (26) configured to detect the level of the liquid in the reservoir (14) and to generate level data; a current monitor (28) configured to monitor the current drawn by the pump (20) and to generate current data; and a controller (30) configured to: receive level data and determine the static head from the level data, and generate head data from the static head; receive first current and head data corresponding to the current drawn by the pump (20) as a function of the static head for a first period of operation of the pump (20); receive second current and head data corresponding to the current drawn by the pump (20) as a function of the static head for a second period of operation of the pump (20), wherein the second current and head data is recorded when the liquid in the reservoir (14) is between a first liquid level and a second liquid level, and wherein the first current and head data is recorded when the liquid in the reservoir (14) is between at least the first liquid level and the second liquid level; and process the first current and head data and the second current and head data to determine first difference data (PPI) representing the difference between the current drawn between the first liquid level and the second liquid level in the first period of operation and the second period of operation, the first difference data providing a pump performance indicator giving an indication of the condition of the pump.

Classes IPC  ?

• F04B 49/02 - Commande d'arrêt, de démarrage, de décharge ou de ralenti
• F04B 17/03 - Pompes caractérisées par leur combinaison avec des machines motrices ou moteurs particuliers qui les entraînent ou par leur adaptation à ceux-ci entraînées par des moteurs électriques
• F04B 49/06 - Commande utilisant l'électricité
• G05B 23/02 - Test ou contrôle électrique
• E03F 5/22 - Adaptations d'installations de pompage pour remonter les eaux d'égout
• F04D 15/00 - Commande, p. ex. régulation de pompes, d'installations ou de systèmes de pompage

Abrégé

A velocity measurement device (17) for measuring the velocity of a moving media (3) in a channel (1), the velocity measurement device (17) including a radar unit (21) having: a radar module (33) arranged to measure the velocity of the media (3) using the Doppler effect; and a two wire interface (23) to the radar unit (21) arranged to receive power from an external power source (35), and provide data transfer between the radar unit (23) and an external control unit (19).

Classes IPC  ?

• G01F 1/66 - Mesure du débit volumétrique ou du débit massique d'un fluide ou d'un matériau solide fluent, dans laquelle le fluide passe à travers un compteur par un écoulement continu en mesurant la fréquence, le déphasage, le temps de propagation d'ondes électromagnétiques ou d'autres types d'ondes, p. ex. en utilisant des débitmètres à ultrasons
• G01F 23/284 - Ondes électromagnétiques

Abrégé

A system comprising: a reservoir (14) for holding a liquid; a pump (20) arranged to pump the liquid out of the reservoir (14) or into the reservoir (14); a level sensor (26) configured to detect the level of the liquid in the reservoir (14) and to generate level data; a current monitor (28) configured to monitor the current drawn by the pump (20) and to generate current data; and a controller (30) configured to: receive level data and determine the static head from the level data, and generate head data from the static head; receive first current and head data corresponding to the current drawn by the pump (20) as a function of the static head for a first period of operation of the pump (20); receive second current and head data corresponding to the current drawn by the pump (20) as a function of the static head for a second period of operation of the pump (20), wherein the second current and head data is recorded when the liquid in the reservoir (14) is between a first liquid level and a second liquid level, and wherein the first current and head data is recorded when the liquid in the reservoir (14) is between at least the first liquid level and the second liquid level; and process the first current and head data and the second current and head data to determine first difference data (PPI) representing the difference between the current drawn between the first liquid level and the second liquid level in the first period of operation and the second period of operation, the first difference data providing a pump performance indicator giving an indication of the condition of the pump.

Classes IPC  ?

• E03F 5/22 - Adaptations d'installations de pompage pour remonter les eaux d'égout
• F04B 23/00 - Installations ou systèmes de pompage
• F04D 15/00 - Commande, p. ex. régulation de pompes, d'installations ou de systèmes de pompage
• G05B 23/00 - Test ou contrôle des systèmes de commande ou de leurs éléments

Abrégé

A system comprising : a reservoir (14) for holding a liquid (1); a pump (20) arranged to pump the liquid (1) out of the reservoir (14) to a system outlet (24) or into the reservoir (14) from a system inlet; a pressure sensor (34) arranged between the reservoir (14) and the system outlet (24) or between the system inlet and the reservoir (14), the pressure sensor (34) configured to measure the discharge pressure (Pd) of the pump (20) and to generate discharge pressure data; a level sensor (26) configured to detect the level (1) of the liquid (1) in the reservoir (14) and to generate level data; a power monitor (28) configured to monitor the power consumed (p) by the pump (20) and to generate power data; a volume monitor configured to monitor the volume (V) of liquid (1) pumped by the pump (20) and to generate volume data; and a controller (30) configured to: receive the power data, the volume data, the discharge pressure data and the level data; process the discharge pressure data to determine a discharge head (Hd) of the pump (20); process the level data to determine a static head (Hs) of the pump (20); process the discharge head (Hd) and the static head (Hs) to determine a total dynamic head (TDH) of the pump (20); and process the total dynamic head (TDH), the volume data and the power data to determine a normalised pumping station efficiency (nSPE).

Classes IPC  ?

• E03F 5/22 - Adaptations d'installations de pompage pour remonter les eaux d'égout
• F04B 23/00 - Installations ou systèmes de pompage
• F04D 15/00 - Commande, p. ex. régulation de pompes, d'installations ou de systèmes de pompage
• G05B 23/00 - Test ou contrôle des systèmes de commande ou de leurs éléments

Abrégé

A method of monitoring one or more sumps in order to predict an overflow condition comprising: pumping, using at least one pump (14), liquid from the or each sump (16); monitoring the liquid level in the or each sump (16) using a level monitoring means (24) and outputting liquid level data; monitoring at least one operating condition of the or each pump (16) and outputting pump condition data; and processing the liquid level and pump condition data, using processing means, to predict whether the sump will overflow within a predetermined future period.

Classes IPC  ?

• G05D 9/12 - Commande du niveau, p. ex. en commandant la quantité du matériau emmagasiné dans un réservoir caractérisée par l'utilisation de moyens électriques
• E03F 1/00 - Procédés, systèmes ou installations pour l'évacuation des eaux d'égout ou des eaux d'orage

Abrégé

A distance measurement apparatus arranged to measure the distance to an object (106) comprising a first sonic transmitter (100) arranged at a first distance (h1) from that object and a second sonic transmitter (102) arranged at a second distance (h2) from that object (100), wherein the first and second distances are different, the first (100) and second (102) transmitters being controlled by processing circuitry (108) and the first and second transmitters being arranged such that sonic pulses emitted, in use, thereby are incident upon that object (106) and the apparatus further comprising at least one sonic receiver (100) arranged to receive a plurality of reflected sonic pulses and generate an output therefrom and the processing circuitry (108) being arranged to receive the output, determine the times since the first and second pulses were emitted and generate a distance to that object from the determined times.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01F 23/296 - Ondes acoustiques
• G01S 15/10 - Systèmes pour mesurer la distance uniquement utilisant la transmission de trains discontinus d'ondes modulées par impulsions

Produits et services

Machines and machine tools; motors and engines (except for land vehicles); machine coupling and transmission components (except for land vehicles); agricultural implements other than hand-operated; incubators for eggs. Scientific, nautical, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, checking (supervision), life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity; apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; magnetic data carriers, recording discs; automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment and computers; fire-extinguishing apparatus. Apparatus for lighting, heating, steam generating, cooking, refrigerating, drying, ventilating, water supply and sanitary purposes.

Produits et services

Process measurement and control systems and devices, namely, ultrasonic continuous level measurement systems comprised of ultrasonic transmitters, detectors and controllers, level and pump control system comprised of level detectors and pump controllers, ultrasonic pump control system comprised of ultrasonic detectors and pump controllers, ultrasonic pump and level management system comprised of ultrasonic pump detectors, pump controllers, and level managers, industrial level management system comprised of electronic level measuring devices, namely level detectors, level measuring controllers and level managers, electronic level switches for liquids, level controlling devices, namely flow switches, paddle switches, electronic level measurement controllers, liquid point level switches, ultrasonic point level sensors, vibrating point level switches, liquid level gap sensors, liquid/slurry flow sensors, flow sensors, pump controllers, level controllers, open channel flow meters, liquid flow switches, vibrating forks for solids, rotating paddle switches for solids, ultrasonic gap switches for liquids, float switches for liquids, sand sensors, flow sensors for detecting solids in ducts, chutes and pipes