Application Problem: A concrete pipe manufacture required a level sensor that could operate reliably in a very dusty cement storage silo. Application History: Existing level devices were not reliable. In addition, they did not provide remote monitoring and virtual support. Solution: ABM’s non-contact ultrasonic level sensor with cellular modem built-in was selected for the project. […]
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Application Problem: River monitoring application required a level sensor with a fast response and low power consumption. Sensor was to be mounted close to a wall and self cleaning required. Application History: Customer experienced problems with mounting, condensation, and sensors with high power consumption. Solution: ABM’s ultrasonic level sensor (ABM300-070ULC4-PVPVC model) was selected to meet
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Application Problem: A wastewater pump station was experiencing too many false echoes from objects including pipes, a ladder and the grid floor. Application History: No other radar sensor brands were able to offer a non-contact sensor that would not detect echoes from pipes, ladder and grid floor with one panel removed. Solution: ABM’s non-contact radar sensor was
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Application Problem: A municipal utility required a flow meter to monitor influent flow in an open channel. Application History: The influent flows into the treatment plant through a narrow open channel flume that made level measurement difficult. Solution: ABM’s non-contact mini ultrasonic level transmitter and open channel meter (OCM) were selected for the application. ABM’s
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Application Problem: A coal mining plant required level monitoring on a conveyor belt with heavy powder and coal dust. The sensor had to have a very fast response. Application History: All previously used non-contact sensors had very a slow response and were effected by the powder coal dust. Solution: ABM non-contact ultrasonic level sensor (ABM300-148ULC2-PVPVC
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Application Problem: The response, accuracy and resolution of competitor’s sensors was not great. The competitor’s sensors also gave false echoes. Application History: On a vertical disc filter, the material being filtered is nickel concentrate. We measure the cake thickness to compensate for load to give a load independent moisture result. Solution: ABM non-contact ultrasonic sensor
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Application Problem: A customer required a radar level sensor for an asphalt tank. The sensor needed to provide reliable level measurement of 400 degree asphalt in horizontal shaped tanks. Application History: The customer had problems finding a reliable solution to work with the tank shape and temperature. Solution: ABM’s high temperature explosion proof radar level
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Application Problem: Rectangular shape tanks with dusty fertilizer inside. A lot of noise sources such as electrical noise from pumps, acoustical noise from material and pumps and also mechanical vibration from pumps. The tanks are very narrow and 30 feet tall, with corrugated walls. These customers also wanted a communication network based on RS485 for
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Application Problem: Customer required level measurement for an application where the sensor mounting was a metal grid, distance to tank’s wall was about 2 feet, corrugated walls and square shape, 30 foot tall tanks. Application History: Due to very difficult mounting and shape of the tanks these customers had problems with other capacitance and ultrasonic
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Application Problem: Customer required level measurement for 30ft rectangular shape tanks with sand. Solid material has a steep angle of repose. Application History: Due to a steep angle of repose contact and non-contact level devices gave false readings. Solution: ABM ultrasonic level sensors (ABM400-45UC4) are used. The sensors track the material level over the 30ft
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