Signet Insertion Magmeter Solves Flow Rate Monitoring Problem For Chip Manufactuer

El Monte, CA — FlipChip International, a manufacturer located in Phoenix, Arizona, makes small, thin chips for the semiconductor industry. The company uses Signet flow sensors for their scrubbers and recently upgraded their sensing equipment with the new Signet 2551 Magmeter to solve on-going flow monitoring problems.

According to Roy Chlarson, Facilities Manager at FlipChip, the company had experienced significant problems with scrubber flow rate monitoring. With pre-set lower and upper flow limits on the scrubbers, indication was so radical that it was difficult to prove what the flow rate was. The state inspector had been displeased with these results for a long time period.

After Flipchip installed the new Signet 2551 Insertion Magmeter, the flow monitoring problem was solved. "With the Magmeter, our indication is now very stable, even though we do not have the ideal installation. We know that we have turbulent flow because of the fittings and elbows in close proximity to the transmitter," explains Chlarson.

The Signet 2551 Magmeter is an insertion style electro-magnetic flow sensor especially intended for conductive fluid applications that contain particles, solids and fibers. Uniquely designed with no moving parts to wear or foul, it provides a wide dynamic flow range of 0.15 to 33 ft/s (0.05 to 10 m/s). Repeatability is ±0.5% of reading, even in extremely dirty fluids and superior linearity of ±1% reading provides excellent performance.

"We just completed our annual inspection from the state and the inspector was amazed at the changes that we had made," says Chlarson. "When the inspector asked what the difference was, I explained that it was the upgrade to the Magmeters."

George Fischer Signet, Inc. is known worldwide for its full line of instrumentation and sensors for fluid measurement. The collective George Fischer product offering includes plastic pipes, fittings, valves, actuators, rotameters, fusion machines, secondary containment, tank linings, heat exchangers, custom products, sensors and instrumentation for industrial process control.

Source: GF Piping Systems