What Are Flow Meters?
Flow meters are critical to ensuring safe, efficient, and optimized industrial operations. Yokogawa combines over 100 years of measurement expertise with advanced digital technologies to deliver highly accurate, reliable flow measurement solutions across a wide range of industries and applications. Whether measuring liquids, gases, or steam, our portfolio of Coriolis, magnetic, vortex, and differential pressure flowmeters helps customers improve process performance, reduce operating costs, and enable data-driven decision making.
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Flow Meter Product Family
| Magmeter | Coriolis | Vortex | Variable Area/Rotameter | Differential Pressure | |||
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| ADMAG TI | ROTAMASS TI | VY / digitalYEWFLO | RAMC | RAGN | DPharp | ||
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| Measurement | Volumetric flow | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Mass flow | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Temperature | ● | ● | ○ | ||||
| Density, Concentration | ● | ||||||
| Fluid Type | Steam | ● | ● | ● | |||
| Gases | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
| High-viscosity liquids | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Low-viscosity liquids | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||
| Conductive liquids | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||
| Non-conductive liquids | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
| Properties | Low pressure loss | ● | ● | ||||
| Solid content | ● | ● | |||||
| Custody transfer | ● | ||||||
● = best choice; ○ = possible
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Coriolis Flow Meters
A Coriolis meter accurately measures mass flow rate while also providing simultaneous readings for density, temperature, volumetric flow rate, and concentration.
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Magnetic Flow Meters
Yokogawa magnetic flow meters deliver highly stable and accurate measurements for conductive liquids, even in challenging conditions such as slurry, corrosive fluids, or high-noise environments.
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Vortex Flow Meters
Yokogawa's vortex flow meters are long-lasting and robust, offering field-proven sensor technology and high reliability to deliver improvements in plant efficiency and reduce OPEX.
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Rotameters (Variable Area Flow Meters)
Variable area flow meters, or rotameters, are some of the oldest devices used for flow measurement, known for their flexibility across various applications and high reliability.
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Differential Pressure (DP) Flow
Simplify flow measurement with streamlined, cost-effective devices.
Resources
ADMAG AXG Magnetic Flowmeter Helps to Optimize Production Throughput and Reduce Energy Consumption in Chlor-Alkali Plant
Optimizing Steam Injection for Enhanced Oil Recovery with Vortex VY Flowmeter Series. Steam injection is one of the most effective enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods, but harsh operating conditions demand reliable, maintenance-free flow measurement solutions.
In steam-driven processes, the mass flow rate is a key performance indicator. Without accurate mass flow data, operators risk inefficient fuel use, inaccurate energy balancing, and unstable boiler control. A high-precision, compact vortex flowmeter with built-in temperature sensing helps deliver real-time, reliable mass flow measurement, reducing costs and improving operational efficiency.
Supporting next-generation hydrogen production processes toward carbon neutrality by optimizing electrolyzer operations. This application utilizes Cell Voltage Measurement (CVM) to maximize hydrogen output and reduce power consumption.
Accurate Steam Measurement from Start-up to Full Operation; Steam flow varies widely from start-up to full load. This note highlights how multivariable vortex technology ensures accurate, reliable measurement across all conditions.
Yokogawa’s latest generation of ADMAG AXG Series is the most suitable magnetic flowmeter with adhesion level diagnosis and dual-frequency excitation method provides stable flow measurement even under high flow noise in the severe applications like the flow of aluminum slurries.
Boosting efficiency in Chlor-Alkali Plants with the ADMAG Magnetic Flowmeter provides accurate, stable flow measurement for Brine and Caustic in Chlor-Alkali electrolyzer cells, improving production efficiency and reducing energy consumption.
During MSG manufacturing it is crucial to control flow during the neutralization process. Unfortunately, traditional magnetic flowmeters encounter accuracy issues due to coating on electrodes from liquids like crystal, slurry, and high-viscosity fluids. Learn how our innovative technology ensures stable measurements even with challenging fluids. Don't miss out on improved accuracy and reduced maintenance downtime.
Precision flow control for high-purity semiconductor materials with Yokogawa's ROTAMASS TI Coriolis Flowmeter, providing a maintenance-free and durable performance solution for photosensitive materials production.
Angel Yeast Co., Ltd. is a leading global player in the yeast and deep-processed products industry, with production bases in 13 cities worldwide. Their yeast series products account for over 17% of the global market, ranking second globally.
In their production process, additives like nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium are crucial, requiring accurate measurement and stabilization to ensure the final product meets specifications. Yokogawa proposed the AXG electromagnetic flowmeter as a solution, providing dual-frequency excitation for both rapid response and reduced noise.
Avoid flashing issues while loading cryogenic liquids with safe, reliable, and accurate density fluid measurements utilizing Yokogawa’s industry-leading Coriolis flowmeter to eliminate measurement issues and increase the accuracy of inventory.
Brewers recognized that correcting flowmeter inefficiencies in out-of-date technology would help them achieve the increased and consistent throughput they needed.
Yokogawa’s ADMAG TI - AXG magnetic flowmeter (magmeter) with EtherNet/IP is used to measure the water moving from the pump to the snow cannons. The accurate measurement allows the operator to monitor and control the water in the mixture to produce artificial snow with the perfect consistency.
A Basic Guide to Accurate & Reliable Flow Measurement.
Thanks to a two year upgrade project, Foster's Yatala brewery is now one of the country's most efficient integrated brewing and packaging operations. More than 1,100 measurement and control devices from instrument manufacturer Yokogawa Australia will help keep it that way.
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Downloads
Brochures
- Precision in Every Drop: Unveiling Net Oil Wealth through Density Mastery (2.5 MB)
- ROTAMETER – Quick Delivery Guide RAMC/RAKD (2.6 MB)
- Gas and Combined Cycle Power Plant Solutions (3.7 MB)
- Brochure: Five Mistakes When Selecting a Flowmeter
- Scaling Hydrogen- A Comprehensive Solution Across the Entire H2 Ecosystem (7.1 MB)
- ROTAMASS TI Hygienic Series for Food and Beverage Solutions (5.8 MB)
- Mining Solutions (3.2 MB)
- Flow Meter Selection Guide Poster
General Specifications
Software
- Digital YEWFLO Sizing Program 9.04 (13.6 MB)
Videos
Discover how Yokogawa’s Total Insight Flowmeters with Process Guard transform operational safety and efficiency. In this video, we highlight its advanced capabilities in monitoring, diagnostics, and proactive intervention to minimize risks and maximize uptime.
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