What kind of flow meter

[Kushal]

Hey all,
I am in the market for a cip friendly sanitary flow meter to hook into a 1.5" TC line between:
Whirlpool and FV
FV and Filter
Filter and BT
Measuring water to grist ratio in Mash
pretty much anywhere

Want to measure flow rate, and total volume through.

Can a "sanitary" model with a rotor be reliably CIP'd?
Should I go magnetic?

Hoping I don't need to go over $2000

LOOKING FOR SUGGESTIONS OF BRANDS TO PURCHASE NEW.

Thanks,

[Bham Brewer]

I love GPI's digital meters. I know they make some that are stainless, they might have one that can be CIPd, worth looking into

http://www.gpimeters.net

Edit: This one says it is used with acid and caustic so could surely stand up to the task.
http://catalog.gpi.net/viewitems/g2-...ainless-steel?

[Kushal]

Thanks Bham.

Anyone else out there have options I should look at?

Currently I am looking at:
GW Kent
GPI
Blancett
Omega Flow

[MikeS]

I second Bham Brewer's recommendation of the GPI flowmeter. We called up a local distributer (found on GPi's website) and found that the price was much better than the MSRP. I believe it was in the $675-700 range.

One very nice thing about the 1 1/2" Tri-clamp model is that it is exactly the same size as a standard T fitting, so it can be easily slipped into any place in your hard piping where there is an existing T.

Cheers-Mike

[Alex T]

Hi there,

I would normally use a sanitary flow meter from the larger industrial instrumentation companies - Endress & Hauser have very good quality equipment, and this is where I would usually go to as the first stop (here is an example: http://www.uk.endress.com/#product/10H). Then there are others like Emerson, Yokogawa, Siemens... All of these may be more expensive than the sanitary GPI option, but would be worth a look. From memory I think GPI just takes a battery? So maybe it is an all around more simple solution for your needs...

Cheers,

Alex