Flow Control and Fluid Transfer is a very broad category that compiles together all those equipments that are designed to facilitate, control, maintain, meter, or read the flow of material through hoses, pipes or tubing. They are applicable in the cases of liquids, gases or semi solids. In a layman's term, flow transfer and flow control equipments are those machines and devices that manage the movement of materials. They can be valves, meters and even computer controllers that involves the process of managing the rate of data transmission between two nodes that help to counter situations when there is a need to stop the over running of data transmission from a fast sender to a slow receiver.
Flow Control and Fluid Transfer Flow Control and Fluid Transfer devices can be classified in many varieties. The Density and Specific Gravity Sensing are those that are installed to determine density and specific gravity including
hydrometers, digital instruments, pycnometers, etc.
Flow sensing includes
flow meters and
flow controllers and these are used in determining the flow rate during a specific time. Other functions include monitoring liquids, gases or solids, and measure in units of mass, velocity or volume. The level sensing instruments in the flow control and fluid transfer segment includes all those equipments that are designed to detect or measure level of
liquids,
gases or solids, within pipes or tanks, or to detect the interfaces between different materials. The use of
pumps in this segment is referred to those devices that are used for purposes like raising, compressing or transferring of a variety of materials. Related flow transfer products are related to material flow and handling of goods while the valve actuators and positioners are known for automatic control and monitoring of the position of the valves. Then there is the Valves that regulate the flow of
gases,
liquids, or loose materials through piping by opening, closing, or obstructing ports or passageways. Last but not the least is the viscosity sensing which includes instruments for measuring the viscosity properties of liquid or molten glass and plastic.
Industry Trends & Scope The Flow Control and Fluid Transfer industry is a flourishing one. Different types of flow meters and transfers equipments like Differential Pressure Flow Meters, Magnetic Flow Meters,
Mass Flow Meters, Open Channel Flow Meters,
Turbine Flow Meters,
Ultrasonic Flow Meters, Anemometers, and Vortex Flow Meters are gaining their demands is countries all over the world. Despite the slow growth of the economy, these flow control and fluid transfer instruments are still showing signs of hope for the manufacturer and suppliers of flow transfer and fluid control. The largest manufacturer as well as exporter of these instruments are China and United States of America.The scope of application of these flow transfer and flow control are very broad. Valves are used in industrial as well as medical applications. These flow control devices are also used widely in the automotive industry.