Titan Enterprises has been performing all its calibration requirements in-house since 1994 using its positive displacement oil or water flow rigs. All flowmeters manufactured by Titan (except for the small beverage meters) are calibrated against traceable standards, tested, and issued with a calibration certificate. Twelve months ago, Titan decided to make a significant investment in a new calibration rig which would both increase their capacity and improve their capability to calibrate their liquid flow measurement devices. Having just received delivery of this new rig, it is being commissioned, calibration software installed, and will be ready to be put to use within the month.
Engineers, scientists, and measurement specialists rely on a flow meter’s accuracy to maintain or improve the financial viability, quality, and safety of a product or process. Used within a wide variety of applications, including pharmaceuticals, aerospace, food and beverage, energy, and agro/petrochemical, where accurate flow measurement is critical, regular calibration ensures these measuring devices continue to operate within acceptable limits.
Titan Enterprises use piston provers for flow meter calibration, the primary rigs are rated from 0.002-40 L/min and 0.05-160 L/min. With the new rig, the low-end flow calibration can be reduced to 0.05 ml/min. The calibrators use a piston within a smooth bore tube to act as a moving barrier between the pressurising gas and the displaced test fluid. All Titan flow calibrations are traceable to national standards and have real-time temperature compensation to accommodate changes in the fluid properties. The piston prover systems are calibrated annually against certified weigh scales and are pneumatically or hydraulically driven to ensure a constant flow rate.
