METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING AT LEAST ONE PIPE WALL RESONANCE FREQUENCY, AS WELL AS CLAMP-ON, ULTRASONIC, FLOW MEASURING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20180149511A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-31

    申请号:US15569178

    申请日:2016-04-26

    Abstract: A method for ascertaining at least one pipe wall resonance frequency of a pipeline in the region of a measuring point by means of a field device of process measurements technology having at least a first ultrasonic transducer, which is placed on the pipeline at the measuring point, comprising steps as follows: providing a first transfer function Utransducer(f) at least of the first or a plurality of ultrasonic transducers located in the region of the measuring point; ascertaining a received spectrum Urec(f) from a received signal Urec(t) after transmission of an ultrasonic signal; ascertaining a second transfer function Umeasuring point(f) from the first transfer function Utransducer(f) of the first or the plurality of ultrasonic transducers and from the received spectrum Urec(f), wherein the second transfer function Umeasuring point(f) is characteristic for the measuring point; and ascertaining the at least one pipe wall resonance frequency fres, especially a plurality of resonance frequencies, in the region of the measuring point by evaluating the second transfer function Umeasuring point(f) from step III, as well as a clamp-on, ultrasonic, flow measuring device, a method for ascertaining flow, a method for ascertaining a change of the measuring point and an identification device.

    Arrangement and Ultrasonic, Flow Measuring Device

    公开(公告)号:US20180075832A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-15

    申请号:US15563646

    申请日:2016-03-24

    Abstract: An arrangement, comprising a housing wall, an ultrasonic transducer and a damping element with a longitudinal axis, which damping element connects the ultrasonic transducer with the housing wall. The ultrasonic transducer has an end piece with a medium-contacting surface, from which ultrasonic signals are transferred into a gaseous or liquid medium. The damping element is provided for body sound damping between the ultrasonic transducer and the housing wall, and wherein the damping element has at least one, especially a number of, oscillatory nodes, characterized in that there is arranged between the damping element and the housing wall at least a first sealing ring, which is positioned at a height of an oscillatory node.

    ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER FOR APPLICATION IN AN ULTRASONIC, FLOW MEASURING DEVICE OR IN AN ULTRASONIC, FILL-LEVEL MEASURING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20190101423A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-04

    申请号:US16086503

    申请日:2017-02-13

    Abstract: The invention relates to an ultrasonic transducer with a housing, in which a transducer element for producing and detecting ultrasonic signals and an acoustic transformer are arranged, wherein the acoustic transformer is acoustically and mechanically coupled with the transducer element. The housing includes at least one housing body, which has at least one housing chamber with a housing wall, which housing wall at least partially surrounds the acoustic transformer, wherein the housing is acoustically and mechanically connected with a measuring tube wall or a container wall and wherein the acoustic transformer is connected or connectable mechanically with the housing via a lateral surface of the acoustic transformer by means of a first acoustic insulation, especially an annular first acoustic insulation.

    Method for monitoring the operating state of an ultrasonic transducer in an ultrasonic, flow measuring device

    公开(公告)号:US09970796B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-15

    申请号:US14399068

    申请日:2013-04-25

    CPC classification number: G01F1/66 G01F1/667 G01F1/668 G01F25/0007

    Abstract: A method for monitoring the operating state of a first ultrasonic transducer in an ultrasonic, flow measuring device having at least one measuring tube and at least two ultrasonic transducers, including steps as follows: a) providing a first value or a plurality of first values, which relate to the geometric arrangement of the first ultrasonic transducer in the measuring tube and/or to the geometric arrangement of the first ultrasonic transducer relative to a second ultrasonic transducer; b) ascertaining a second value or a plurality of second values for a flow velocity of a medium located in the measuring tube c) providing a third value and/or a plurality of third values for temperature and/or pressure of the medium located in the measuring tube; d) simulating a desired value of a signal strength taking into consideration the first, second and/or third values; and e) comparing the simulated desired value of a signal strength with an ascertained real value of the signal strength.

    Ultrasonic Transducer Mounting Assembly
    15.
    发明申请
    Ultrasonic Transducer Mounting Assembly 审中-公开
    超声波传感器安装组件

    公开(公告)号:US20160093280A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-31

    申请号:US14893105

    申请日:2014-04-25

    CPC classification number: G10K11/004 G01F1/662 G01F15/18 G01N29/222 G01N29/223

    Abstract: Disclosed is an ultrasonic transducer mounting assembly comprising an ultrasonic transducer element, a transducer housing inside which the ultrasonic transducer element is arranged, and an accommodation unit inside which the transducer housing is clamped in a clamping section. The disclosed assembly is characterized in that the clamping section comprises at least one bearing that has at least one rolling element, in particular at least one ball bearing that has at least one ball, for acoustically decoupling the transducer housing from the accommodation unit.

    Abstract translation: 公开了一种超声波换能器安装组件,其包括超声换能器元件,其中布置有超声波换能器元件的换能器壳体和容纳单元,所述换能器壳体夹在其中夹持部分。 所公开的组件的特征在于,夹紧部分包括至少一个轴承,其具有至少一个滚动元件,特别是具有至少一个球的至少一个滚珠轴承,用于将换能器壳体与调节单元进行声学解耦。

    Ultrasonic flowmeter
    18.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10895479B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-19

    申请号:US16493383

    申请日:2018-02-15

    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an ultrasonic flowmeter including: a measuring tube with a measuring tube wall and at least one pair of housings extending to an outer side of the measuring tube wall; a pair of ultrasonic transducers, each with a transducing element for generating and/or sensing ultrasonic pulses and a transducer body, wherein each of the housings is arranged to house one of the transducers, and wherein the housings have an inner first diameter; wherein transducer body includes a circumferential surface, and wherein the transducer body includes an end face, wherein the end face has a second diameter, and wherein the transducer includes at least one first protrusion protruding from the circumferential surface into a gap between the transducer body and the housing.

    ULTRASONIC FLOWMETER
    20.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200072649A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-05

    申请号:US16493383

    申请日:2018-02-15

    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an ultrasonic flowmeter including: a measuring tube with a measuring tube wall and at least one pair of housings extending to an outer side of the measuring tube wall; a pair of ultrasonic transducers, each with a transducing element for generating and/or sensing ultrasonic pulses and a transducer body, wherein each of the housings is arranged to house one of the transducers, and wherein the housings have an inner first diameter; wherein transducer body includes a circumferential surface, and wherein the transducer body includes an end face, wherein the end face has a second diameter, and wherein the transducer includes at least one first protrusion protruding from the circumferential surface into a gap between the transducer body and the housing.

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