Portable Calibration Solutions for Flow Meters

Application requirements

In order to calibrate mass flow meters onsite, the customer requested mobile calibration setup with a set of calibrated flow devices to use as a reference. In this setup the customer preferred an open, mechanical and compact design without any electronic control or power adapters.

Important topics

Accurate calibration of large series
Fast, time-saving calibration
Mobile calibration onsite

Process solution

At the gas inlet, a shut-off valve and a filter are used to prevent dust or other particles from passing. Next is a pressure meter to set and read out the correct pressure. Then we have a thermometer followed by the mass flow device under test -DUT-, which can be a mass flow meter or flow controller. Finally, the setup consists of two reference mass flow meters in parallel. In this case one for small gas flows up to 20 ln/min of air (EL-FLOW Prestige or EL-FLOW Select series) and one for large gas flows up to 1200 ln/min of air (EL-FLOW Select series), that have been calibrated to national standards.

In this setup you test whether the mass flow device is suitable and good enough in terms of accuracy and function. When the deviation between the test device (DUT) and the reference device is within the permissible tolerance, no further action is required. When the deviation is outside the permissible tolerance, it is recommended that you send the flow meter to Bronkhorst in order to have the deviation corrected.

Flow scheme

Onsite calibration setup

In addition to companies that use many flow meters, a similar onsite calibration setup can be of interest for (governmental) institutes and companies in many different industries, that need to be sure to have highly accurate flow meters at all times. If the calibration intervals are to be short or for companies that have to carry out many projects under time pressure, a onsite calibration setup can be a good solution. Bronkhorst can offer you an onsite calibration service or a onsite calibration setup which will be tailored to your needs.

Portable calibrators
Another possibility for onsite use is the Fluical portable calibrator. In this case, you can leave the flow instruments which need calibration in the installation. With the portable calibrator you can check the flow & pressure instruments.

Many customers use calibration setups for calibration only. However, adjustment is also possible using our FLUICAL software. FLUICAL® is developed by Bronkhorst for use by our customers.

Calibration services at Bronkhorst

Need help for calibration of your devices? To guarantee the performance of your flow meters, we recommend to send the devices to Bronkhorst on a yearly base for calibration and adjustment. We have service offices available around the globe.

In our calibration centre in the Netherlands, we are capable of calibrating and adjusting Bronkhorst flow devices and also third party instruments within our scope. Besides that, we can also offer ISO/IEC 17025 calibrations.

Calibration training
More and more users of Bronkhorst instruments are trained at our training centre, or even onsite, to perform their own calibration and adjustiment activities.