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Flow meters

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About FLUX
FLUX is a renowned leader in pump technology with over 60 years of experience, known for its innovative solutions in fluid handling. The company offers a comprehensive range of products including pumps, motors, flow meters, and accessories, ensuring efficient operations even with challenging fluids. FLUX products are recognized for their quality, reliability, and long service life, with manufacturing based in Germany and accolades such as the iF Product Design award.

Quality and Innovation
FLUX is dedicated to delivering high-quality products that reduce downtime and ensure long-term reliability. The company has a strong history of innovation, particularly in flow meter technology, with notable series like the FM and FMT, utilizing nutating disc and turbine wheel principles respectively.

Industries and Certifications
FLUX products cater to various industries including petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food. They meet international safety standards and are CE certified, with options for ATEX and 3A certifications for hazardous and food-related environments.

Technical Data and Features
The document details technical specifications for different flow meter models, highlighting connection types, materials, and operating principles. Key features include indirect and direct volume measurement, adaptability to different media viscosities, and compatibility with existing control systems.

Flow Meter Types
FLUX offers several flow meter types tailored for specific applications:

FMC/FMJ: Utilizes the nutating disc principle, ideal for low-viscosity media and hazardous areas.
FMO: Employs the oval rotor principle, suitable for a range of viscosities and hazardous areas.
FMT: Based on the turbine wheel principle, providing a cost-effective solution for low-viscosity media.

Materials and Construction
Flow meters are constructed from materials like stainless steel, aluminium, polypropylene, and PVDF, selected for their chemical resistance and temperature range properties. Seal materials include EPDM and other specialized compounds for durability and fluid compatibility.

Conclusion
FLUX offers comprehensive fluid handling solutions across multiple industries, ensuring safety, accuracy, and efficiency. Their products are supported by rigorous quality control and a commitment to innovation.

Material Specifications
1. EPDM: Resistant to alkalis and some solvents, not suitable for fuels or oils. Compatible with flow meters in PP, AL, PVDF, ETFE, and stainless steel.
2. FKM: Offers good resistance to acids, alkalis, and many solvents. Compatible with flow meters in PP, AL, PVDF, ETFE, and stainless steel.
3. FFKM: Provides excellent resistance to acids, alkalis, and most solvents. Compatible with flow meters in PP, AL, PVDF, ETFE, and stainless steel.
4. FEP: Known for excellent chemical resistance, with a rubbery-elastic inner ring and FEP coat. Compatible with flow meters in stainless steel, PP.

Flow Meter Overview
Flow meters are categorized by principles such as nutating disc, oval rotor, and turbine wheel, designed for applications like manual or semi-automatic filling, stationary use in plant engineering, and precise dosing. Protection class ranges from IP 54 to IP 65.

Flow Meter Types and Applications
1. FMC 100/250 and FMJ 100: Nutating disc principle, suitable for low viscosity media, high accuracy, and easy calibration. FMC models are suitable for hazardous areas.
2. FMO Series: Oval rotor principle, suitable for thin to highly viscous media, high accuracy, and repeatability. Available with integrated evaluation unit FLUXTRONIC® or as impulse version, suitable for ex-applications in Zone 1, with FOOD and FDA certification.

Technical Specifications
1. Flow Rate: Varies by model and viscosity, ranging from 0.04 to 380 l/min.
2. Measurement Error: Typically +/- 1% to +/- 2.5% depending on viscosity.
3. Repeatability: Generally +/- 0.03% to +/- 0.5% depending on the model.
4. Operating Pressure: Maximum pressure varies by material, with some models supporting up to 200 bar.

Advantages
Batch operation, high resistance, precise dosing, wide viscosity range, low pressure loss, and versions for hazardous areas.

Specifications
Specifications for materials and components used in flow meters and filling systems include pressure ratings like PVDF at 10 bar, Aluminium at 130 bar, and Stainless Steel at 200 bar. Maximum viscosity ranges from 1,000 mPas to 500,000 mPas. Housing materials include stainless steel, aluminium, and polyvinylidene fluoride.

Procedures
Flow meters can be arranged vertically, with specific alignment for oval rotors. The FLUXTRONIC® evaluation unit can be mounted on flow meters or hand nozzles, offering features like calibration, batch operation, and menu navigation.

Product Features and Advantages
The FLUXTRONIC® unit offers simple operation, data retention during battery replacement, and is explosion-proof for hazardous zones. It supports normal and automatic modes for filling operations, with automatic mode allowing pre-set quantities to be filled semi-automatically.

Technical Data
The FLUXTRONIC® operates in ambient temperatures from -20 to +40 °C, with a lithium battery power supply and IP 54 protection class. It includes mechanical contact input and NAMUR output signals.

System Configuration
Guidelines for configuring semi-automatic filling systems include component selection and compliance with ex-rules for hazardous areas, detailing the procedure for selecting components like pumps, motors, flow meters, hoses, and discharge fittings.

Flow Meter FMT 120 PP
This flow meter operates on the turbine wheel principle, suitable for low-viscosity media, with a flow rate of 5-120 l/min and a measurement error of +/- 1%. It features a two-line LED display and is protected to IP 65.

Customized Solutions
FLUX offers customized solutions for specific applications, including filling systems for toxic media and various container sizes, with components like drum pumps, commutator motors, flow meters, and discharge units.

Accessories
The document lists various accessories for flow meters, including impulse cables, earth-wires, and switching amplifiers, with specific part numbers for ordering.

Company Overview
FLUX is globally recognized for its pump technology, offering a wide range of customizable products used in various industries, emphasizing quality, economy, and safety.

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About FLUX FLUX pump technology – the right solution even for demanding fluids One brand. One promise. The FLUX name has been synonymous with pump technology for more than 60 years. It was the invention of the electric drum pump that sparked it all off. In the meantime, of course, the technology has become more sophis- ticated. FLUX company innovations have markedly improved working routines for filling and transferring fluids. It is often said that medium-sized companies are the engines of progress. We would be pleased if our family business were able to substantiate this claim. When you choose...

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Quality The brand name FLUX is a quality promise to our customers. They rightly trust that they always receive the best quality from us. R eliability. In concrete terms: Every minute of downtime is a minute too much. FLUX strives to prevent downtimes in the best way possible. L ong service life. The construction which has been thought through into every detail ensures long-term relia- bility even under the most severe operating conditions. M ade in Germany. FLUX has its central production location in Maulbronn, Baden-Württemberg. A wards. Such as the iF Product Design award which FLUX brand products...

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Table of contents Overview Industries, certificates, conformities Indirect volume measurement Direct volume measurement General information about flow meters Overview flow meters Flow meter FMC/FMJ Evaluation unit FLUXTRONIC® 16 Flow meters FMC and FMO as part of semi-automatic filling systems Customized all-in solutions Accessories for flow meters

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Oberflächentechnik: Industries, certificates and conformities Petrochemie: Petrochemie: Wasser-/Abwasseraufbereitung Oberflächentechnik: Pharmazie: Lebensmittel: Pharmazie: The right solution for every industry With its application-based products FLUX has the right solution for every sector of industry. Use our icons as a guide to help you to find the products suitable for your industry. Industrie: Farben-which und are Lackindustrie: Lebensmittel: Chemie: Wasser-/Abwasseraufbereitung Chemie: Pharmazie: Industrie: Industrie: Kosmetik: Petrochemie: Lebensmittel: Petrochemie: Landwirtschaft: Chemie:...

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Bearing flange with impulse generator for indirect volume measurement Technical data Connection outer tube F 550 Connection outer tube F 560 Ø bearing flange Pulse cable Protection class Connection bearing flange Advantages/characteristics Allows indirect volume measurement to be taken without contact with the material Especially for eccentric worm-drive pumps series F 550 and F 560 with bearing flange Theoretical accuracy +/- 1 pulse per measurement Also for use in the Pharma, Food and Cosmetic industry Also for use with the drum emptying system VISCOFLUX mobile S Suitable in all cases where...

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FLUX flow meters for direct volume measurement For quality assurance, ecological and economic reasons, the requirements for safety and control in industry increase constantly. When it comes to liquids handling, industry is concerned with ensuring absolute safety combined with maximum measurement accuracy. FLUX flow meters meet these concerns and criteria. Their versatility and operating Nutating disc principle simplicity make child’s play of measuring operations. Whether in stationary or flexible use with drum and container pumps or in plant engineering, whether with thin, pure, low-viscosity...

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FLUX flow meters Good to know when selecting the flow meter type Connections Flow meter type Standard connections (inlet-outlet) For plastic versions G 11/4 - G 11/4 A | G 11/2 A - G 11/2 A For stainless steel version G 11/2 A - G 11/4 A | Rd 65 x 1/6 - Rd 65 x 1/6 | G 1 - G 1 | Flange PN 10/DN 25 - PN 10/DN 25* G 1 - G 1, in stainless-steel version also with Clamp 11/2 and Clamp 2 * Flange dimension: Outer ø 115 mm, pitch circle ø 85 mm, 4 holes ø 14 mm ** Flange dimension: Outer ø 150 mm, pitch circle ø 110 mm, 4 holes ø 18 mm *** Flange dimension: Outer ø 165 mm, pitch circle ø 125 mm, 4 holes...

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Construction materials Material ()* Used for housings, oval rotors and shafts For all neutral, not flammable media as well as flammable media, acids and alkalis, solvents and typically for food, cosmetics and pharmacy Used in hazardous areas Operating temperature range up to approx. 120 °C Hastelloy C (HC) Used for shafts For highly flammable media, strong acids and alkalis as well as very aggressive media Used in hazardous areas if the chemical resistance of stainless steel is not sufficient Operating temperature range up to approx. 120 °C Used for housings Mostly for oils (diesel, hydraulic...

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Overview of flow meters Quick and easy to select the right flow meter for your requirement Flow meter type Nutating disc principle FMC 100 Oval rotor principle FMO 101 Protection class Typical application areas For manual or semi-automatic filling in conjunction with drum and container pumps or for stationary use in plant engineering For stationary use in plant engineering For manual filling in conjunction with barrel and container pumps For small flow rates and low filling quantity as well as precise dosing For small flow rates and low filling quantity as well as precise dosing In impulse version...

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Turbine wheel principle Oval rotor principle FMO 104 For the classic application with drum and container pumps as well as eccentric worm-drive pumps For the classic application with drum and container pumps as well as eccentric worm-drive pumps For use in plant engineering such as e.g. pipelines For use in plant engineering such as e.g. pipelines For small quantities with our pumps JUNIORFLUX/ COMBIFLUX In impulse version or with evaluation unit FLUXTRONIC® In impulse version or with evaluation unit FLUXTRONIC® With evaluation unit FLUXTRONIC®* With evaluation unit FLUXTRONIC®* Batch operating...

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Flow meters FMC/FMJ built to the nutating disc principle FLUX flow meters FMC, built to nutating disc principle, are designed for the use with FLUX drum pumps or for the stationary application e.g. in piping systems. With the evaluation unit FLUXTRONIC® filling and dosing processes of almost all kinds of fluids can be performed with maximum precision and highest safety. In automatic mode it is possible to output a signal for control purposes with the evaluation unit and the use of a switching amplifier. This way e.g. motor and / or magnetic valve and the most different processes can be controlled....

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