Article | REF: R2011 V2

Level Measurement and verification – systems for liquids and solids

Author: Florestan OGHEARD

Publication date: June 10, 2020, Review date: April 26, 2021

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1. Basic manual handling systems

These instruments include gauges, calipers, toises, saber rulers and ribbons.

The prototype is the oil level dipstick in an engine crankcase, with two lines: high and low.

Industrial gauges, sometimes of rudimentary manufacture, are scarcely more complicated. A rigid graduated ruler is immersed in the liquid up to a fixed stop, the bottom of the reservoir in the most basic case, and the geometric height of the liquid is read off a scale, in situ if possible, otherwise by removing the ruler and marking the wetted height.

For tall containers, an easier-to-handle variant consists of a weighted ribbon wound onto a drum and unfurled.

Rigid gauges are mainly used for liquids, but they can also be used to measure the level of powdery or granular products...

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