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We are taking part in Save the Children's annual Christmas Jumper Day .  We dug out our best winter woollies and made a donation. The money raised from the event helps save lives around the world. Just £2 could pay for potentially life-saving antibiotics to treat three babies with infections and this year the government is matching every pound donated. If you would like to donate £2 please text ' TEAMBELLFLOW ' to 70050. We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a fun and festive Christmas and a prosperous New Year!

The new VuHeat range of heat meters are available in sizes ¾” up to 4” (20mm to 100mm), they are ideal for domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) compliance as well as for larger pipe sizes such as those found in commercial properties and industrial heating systems.  VuHeat models meet MID Class 2 and benefit from ultrasonic technology, with no moving parts these meters are far more durable than those with mechanical counters. Suitable for temperatures up to +90°C and with standard M-Bus output and a long battery life, VuHeat meters are well suited to monitoring and recording energy consumption in domestic, commercial and industrial heating systems. Pulse and wireless RF as well as data concentrators and billing software complete the package. Both householders and non-domestic sectors can benefit from the RHI, a Governmental scheme that provides financial support to participants that install renewable heating technologies in their homes and companies such as biomass bo...

Where accurate flow measurements are required or even critical, it is imperative that the flow meter being used is producing correct and consistent results. Only by calibrating a flow meter can you provide assurance that it is performing accurately and within it’s stated specifications. We recently commissioned an in-house flow meter calibration facility to offer low cost, flexible calibration services for flow meters of many measuring principles and sizes. The facility sited in Buckinghamshire consists of three calibration rigs for water, oil and micro flow. The test rigs are UKAS traceable and are currently undergoing the development of quality, admin and technical operations to ISO 17025 with a vision to be certified later this year.  Our calibration facility can test flow meters between ¼” and 4” in size and can handle flow rates from 0.001 litres up to 1000 litres per minute. The rigs incorporate highly accurate master meters as reference devices, the water calibration ri...

This Black Friday we are offering our customers 25% off online purchases* when they use the code ' BF25 ' at the checkout at www.bellflowsystems.co.uk . This offer runs for one day only on Friday 28th November, starting at 00.01 and ending at 23.59, that's today so you will need to be quick! Happy Shopping! * Excludes hire products and shipping costs

A water supply and sewerage utility company serving the south west of England have been investing in renewable energy sources to reduce their carbon footprint and aim to have 97% of all the sludge they process digested in some form by 2019. Their biggest renewable energy source is the methane gas produced in anaerobic digesters, which are used to treat sewage sludge. The bacteria in the digesters break down the organic material in sludge to produce biogas, which is fed into combined heat and power engines. Our Badger Meter  RWBG and RNBG Hybrid Vortex meters are being rolled out across several sewerage treatment sites. The RWBG is a wafer-style inline vortex flow meter and the RNBG is an insertion vortex flow meter, both optimised for low pressure Bio-Gas applications, typically CH4 + CO2 mixtures and offer highly accurate measurements (±1%). These meters have no moving parts and are virtually maintenance-free once installed. These models are loop-powered with standa...

We recently supplied electromagnetic flow meters to Amdac Carmichael, a UK based manufacturer producing a comprehensive range of firefighting vehicles. Amdac Carmichael required a flow meter that could calibrate the volume of the water tanks and measure the flow rate of the pumps on-board their firefighting vehicles to confirm that they meet environmental and legal requirements. Badger Meter’s MID 6 M5000 is a user friendly, general purpose electromagnetic flow meter that delivers an accuracy of better than 0.5%. Built for field verification testing and conveniently powered by a battery, the MID 6 M5000 was chosen for Amdac Carmichael. Amdac Carmichael fabricated a metal cradle for the MID 6 M5000 which when combined with the above average battery life allows the flow meter to be conveniently transported to where it is required. With excellent repeatability, the electromagnetic flow meters allow Amdac Carmichael to confirm both the volume of the water tanks and the flow rate o...

Almost one quarter of all water supplied in the UK is lost through leakage. Leakage not only wastes water, leaks are costly to repair, contribute to water supply interruptions, traffic disturbances and property damage. With vast pipe distribution networks it is often difficult to locate a leak, requiring a solution which easily and quickly locates leaks in the pipeline. Dynasonics has developed a clamp-on ultrasonic flow meter named the TFX-Ultra™ . It provides accurate and repeatable flow measurement readings for full pipe liquid applications in 13mm to 3800mm internal diameter pipes where system shutdown is not feasible. The unit is designed to simply clamp-on to the outside of existing pipe, reducing installation time and material costs. There is no need to shut down the process for installation or maintenance and with no moving parts, there is no mechanical wear - no repair kits or replacement parts are ever needed.  Once installed along the distribution network th...