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Decades of industry experience in manufacturing, selling, and supporting one of the largest industrial instrumentation lines in the industry generates a wealth of knowledge that we are happy to share with you. We hope you find these educational articles helpful and remember, we are always here for you with free advice for any of your instrumentation questions or concerns.

Hydraulic Flow Meters

Learn all about Fluid Power, Hydraulics, and Pneumatics: what the difference is, the difference between liquids and fluids, key principles, where they are used, how they work, what a hydraulic flow meter is and what they are used for, the types of hydraulic meters, how you read them, how to choose one, pitfalls, and more.

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Magnetic Flow Meters

Learn all about Magnetic Flow Meters: all the ways they are referred to, how they work, what they can and cannot measure, advantages, accuracy, straight pipe requirements, turndown ratio, limitations, applications, versus other technology types, inline versus insertion installations, extraction devices, sizing, installation, special considerations, and more.

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Rotameters (Variable Area Flow Meters)

Learn all about Variable Area Rotameter Flow Meters: what they do, how they work, why they are called variable area meters, types, advantages, capabilities, accuracy, how to choose the right one, how to read one, installation, different media capacities, switches, calibration, pricing, and more.

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Positive Displacement Flow Meters

Learn all about Positive Displacement Flow Meters: what they are, how they work, the different PD technology types, applications, compatible media types, advantages, disadvantages, considerations, accuracy, price, and more.

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How Does a Flow Meter Work?

Learn all about How Flow Meters Work based on the technology type of the flow meter.

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Paddle Wheel Flow Meters

Learn all about Paddle Wheel and Pelton Wheel Flow Meters: what they are, how they work, how they are related to turbine flow meters, advantages, disadvantages, accuracy, applications, switches, installation, different types, price, and more.

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Straight Run Requirements for Flow Meters

Learn all about Straight Run Requirements for Flow Meters: why they matter, the requirements for each technology type and other variables and considerations.

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Thermal Mass Flow Meters

Learn all about Thermal Mass or Thermal Dispersion Flow Meters: what they are, how they work, different installation types, switches, advantages, disadvantages, limitations, application areas, compatible media types, and more.

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Turbine Flow Meters

Learn all about Turbine Flow Meters: what they are, how they are related to but different from paddle wheel flow meters, how they work, advantages, disadvantages, accuracy, straight pipe requirements, different types, inline versus insertion, switches, pricing, and more.

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What is a Flow Meter?

Learn all about Flow Meter Basics: what they are, what they are used for, what they measure, types of flow meters, application areas, inline versus insertion and clamp-on installation types, switches, how to choose one, and more.

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ABOUT KOBOLD USA

For decades, KOBOLD has been a world leader in process measurement and control solutions. We offer one of the industry’s broadest lines of sensors, switches and transmitters to measure and control flow, pressure, level and temperature. KOBOLD sensors and controls include:

Flow meters, flow switches and flow transmitters

Pressure gauges, pressure transmitters and pressure switches

Level switches, float switches, level gauges, level transducers, level indicators and level transmitters

Temperature switches, temperature gauges and temperature transmitters

Accessories, including magnetic filters, needle valves, regulating valves, control devices and relays

INDUSTRIAL MEASURING AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT

KOBOLD and its affiliate companies have been and continue to be leaders in the field of industrial measuring and control equipment. Some of our products have set the bar in the industry, helping to shape the field of industrial instrumentation into what it is today. Always on the leading edge, we offer a comprehensive portfolio of reliable instrumentation that is found in a vast array of applications all over the world. Our technologies offer a solution oriented way to control the most diverse variables.

OUR CUSTOMERS ARE OUR PRIORITY

Our years of experience and our excellence in customer service and technical support have built our industry reputation as the partner of choice. We believe in serving and supporting our customers and our products and have made customer service a priority. Our expert engineers are always available during business hours to help you choose your KOBOLD solution, and their decades of experience are an asset that we are proud of. We are here to help you develop and select the best solution for your system, and eliminate the challenges that can come in selecting the most optimal and economical equipment for your application.

MEASURING, CONTROLLING AND AUTOMATING WITH KOBOLD

Our technical solutions can be easily integrated into a wide variety of systems in many industrial sectors. Thanks to internationally recognized BUS interfaces, most of our models can be easily adapted into already established automated processes. Our innovative instrumentation delivers that highest standards of service and can handle complex automated processes. Because our models are both sophisticated and easy to use, they are very popular among end users.

INSTRUMENTATION ABOVE AND BEYOND THE STANDARD

While KOBOLD offers a wide variety of instrumentation that meets most standard application needs, we are also able to meet extraordinary application needs that can be hard to find solutions for. We also offer other instrumentation that can handle excessive amounts of flow, pressure, and temperature. Our familiarity with exotic materials allows us to offer solutions for variables that are frequently hard to accommodate. Because we are the manufacturer, we also have the flexibility of being able to provide customized solutions in certain circumstances, based on the exact application needs.