Global competition keeps the pressure on both flowmeter performance and cost issues, with no letup in sight.
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　　In the novel about depression-era circus life, “Water for Elephants,” Jacob Jankowski—now a man is his late 80s—confronts a fellow nursing home resident over his claim that he carried water for elephants when briefly working for a circus as a youth. “Listen pal,” Jankowski says, “for decades I’ve

heard old coots like you talk about carrying water for elephants and I am telling you now, it never happened. Do you have any idea how much an elephant drinks?” Jacob Jankowski knows of what he speaks. And as control engineers know, industrial applications involving the delivery and measurement of fluids rarely use the “bucketful” method. Large amounts of liquid, gas, or slurry feedstocks—often expensive控制工程网版权所有, aggressive, or volatile—require special handling and accurate measurement, a job for modern flowmeter technology.
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　　In the latest online survey conducted by Control Engineering and Reed Research, 276 respondents put modern flowmeter technology in the research spotlight—one that illuminated both technology preferences and purchasing trends. Of those technical professionals involved in specifying, recommending, and/or buying Flowmeters, the majority (73%) used them for in-plant requirements. OEM or resale requirements accounted for a scant 16% of flowmeters purchased. As for primary applications, usage was split between continuous processing控制工程网版权所有, batch processing控制工程网版权所有, and utility services, with continuous processing getting the most responses控制工程网版权所有, 53%. Batch processing saw 24% of the total usage, with utilities tallying 14%. (See accompanying graphic.)
　　When compared to 2007 results, the breakdown on primary applications is very similar. There was, however控制工程网版权所有, a decrease (down from 21% to 16%) in OEM applicati