Titan Enterprises’ high-pressure Oval Gear liquid flow meters address the need for precise flow measurement across extreme operating conditions and harsh industrial environments, such as those seen in hydraulic system applications and the oil and gas industry.
Measuring the flow of fluid under high pressure, such as in hydraulic fluid monitoring, chemical additive injection and other challenging fluid power systems, ensures optimum operational performance as well as minimising wastage.
Hydraulic systems perform significant work in a broad range of industrial applications, such as:
- Aerospace: in deploying and retracting landing gear on planes, flight control actuators, etc.
- Mining, Construction, Agriculture: in lifting heavy loads with earth-moving equipment or processing materials with rock-crushing machinery.
- Oil and Gas industry: in drilling wells in oil fields or chemical additive injection to improve oil recovery.
- Marine: in pushing and steering the ship through water using propellors and thrusters powered by hydraulic systems.
- Automotive: in Formula One cars incorporating sophisticated hydraulic systems to handle multiple applications, such as power-assisted braking, clutch, gearbox, and throttle actuation.
The oil and gas sector also drives a significant portion of the flow meter market, with conventional flowmeters, such as positive displacement (oval gear) devices, still having the advantage of being proven across a large installed base.
Custody Transfer
When a fluid (or gas) is transferred from one party to another, as in custody transfer, accurate and repeatable flowmeters are critical components in a complete metering system. Metering accuracy is vital as even small measurement errors in custody transfer can be very costly.
Positive displacement flowmeters, such as Titan’s Oval Gear devices, are designed to accurately measure high-value products such as refined fuels and petrochemicals.
These flow meters are crucial for applications like high-pressure additive injection and custody transfer, where accuracy and chemical resistance are vital.
Pressure Testing – ensuring operational readiness
Pressure is a key factor when selecting hydraulic components and pressure testing each component within a hydraulic system helps to verify its structural integrity and fitness for purpose. A device’s pressure rating indicates its maximum operating pressure.
Conducted during the manufacturing process, pressure testing helps identify defects (such as leaks) early, preventing potential failures and reducing costly downtime caused by faulty components.
Additionally, it also ensures that the hydraulic system meets safety standards set by regulatory bodies, safeguarding compliance. By confirming that both components and the entire system can endure and function effectively under the required operating pressure, pressure testing plays a crucial role in validating the system's overall performance and reliability.
Titan’s Onsite Pressure Test Facility
Due to the demand for their high-pressure oval gear flowmeters, Titan made a capital investment into an in-house pressure test rig. This not only enables rapid turnaround of both new and refurbished flowmeters, but from an R&D perspective, allows Titan to pressure test new materials in development.
The Hydratron pressure test rig is capable of testing to a pressure of 1400 bar allowing for testing over the whole range of Titan’s oval gear flowmeters, including the 950 bar high-pressure options. The rig has also proved invaluable when testing new products and simulating the effects of cavitation within a hydraulic system.
Alongside a refinement of gear design and standardising the flowmeter designs to improve product interchangeability, Titan’s pressure test rig has proven the design modifications, allowing a potential increase to the maximum operating pressure of its standard oval gear flowmeter range by around 50%.
Key features and benefits of Titans’ Oval Gear flowmeters
1. High Accuracy and Chemical Resistance
The Oval Gear flow meters improve in measurement accuracy as liquid viscosity increases, from about 1% to around 0.1% of reading at higher viscosities. They are designed to handle a broad range of physical and chemical properties, essential for petrochemical additive injections which vary in viscosity and density.
2. Robust Construction
Compact and rugged design ensuring long-term performance with minimal maintenance. Models offer pressure ratings from 10 bar to 950 bar and can operate at temperatures up to 150°C. Intrinsically safe options for potentially explosive atmospheres, such as ATEX compliant models, are available.
3. Reliable Performance
Proprietary oval gear design providing high performance and 0.1% repeatability. Suitable for high-pressure applications such as marine fuel flow measurement, grease supply monitoring in wind turbines, offshore oil drilling additive injection, and biodiesel production.
4. Custom Solutions
Titan Enterprises collaborates with OEM customers to develop bespoke flow meters that meet specific high-pressure, high viscosity and chemical compatibility requirements, enhancing their application in various industries including oil, petrochemical, and green energy sectors.
By ensuring reliable and accurate flow measurement, Titan’s Oval Gear flow meters contribute significantly to the efficiency and safety of oil and gas processes, from additive injection to fuel measurement; and hydraulic systems in diverse and demanding environments.
To discuss a bespoke flow measurement solution for your unique OEM application, contact Titan Enterprises on +44 (0)1935 812790 or sales@flowmeters.co.uk
Titan Enterprises Limited
- 01935812790
- sales@flowmeters.co.uk
- http://www.flowmeters.co.uk
- Unit 2 5a Coldharbour Business Park, Sherborne Dorset, DT9 4JW GB
About us
With over 40-years experience in flow meter innovation, Titan Enterprises Ltd are a UK-based manufacturer of high performance solutions such as the Atrato ultrasonic flowmeter, Oval Gear flow meters and the low flow Turbine flow meters and instrument range.
Our knowledgeable team can offer either an off-the-shelf meter or fully bespoke flow system designed for a particular application whether it is a low cost OEM solution or a specialist flowmeter in exotic materials. Titan supplies innovative flow measurement solutions into a broad range of sectors, including medical, industrial, food and drink, laboratory and pharmaceutical, offshire oil & gas industry, power, chemicals and mining.
For higher volume users we can custom design a flowmeter to match exact application requirements and thus not compromise achievable results with a less than ideal sensor.
At Titan we endeavour to produce devices that are inherently reliable as well as manufactured using the latest and most economical production technology. All flow meters produced by Titan are designed and manufactured to ISO9001 and calibrated to an uncertainty of ±0.25%.
We produce chemically resistant, high accuracy digital flow meters that are not only competitively priced but are engineered to give long-term reliable performance.
What we do in a nutshell
Titan Enterprises is a leading UK manufacturer and international supplier of high-performance liquid flow measurement solutions. We specialise in the design and production of small-bore, affordable off-the-shelf flow meters to bespoke flow sensors designed to customer specifications meeting specific flow ranges and environmental conditions.
Where we supply to
Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, South America, North America
Industries we supply to
Automation, Chemicals, Consultants, Components Electronics, Energy and Power, Food and Beverage, Glass Ceramics Cement, Metals and Minerals, OEM, Paper and Pulp, Pharmaceutical Cosmetics Toiletries, Plastics and Rubber, Recycling, Textiles, Tobacco, Water and Wastewater
Something interesting you may not know about us:
Titan's R&D spend is 20% of our turnover where the industry norm is 8-10%.
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