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deedee		 I want to know if a air flow meter is available with mechanical contacts to close or open at certain flow rat View All
Basically I want to shut a solenoid if the flow exceeds a certain flow rate.

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james.u
 Air flow meter
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An air flow meter, also know as air consumption meter, is a device that measures how much air is flowing through a tube. It does not measure the volume of the air passing through the tube, it measures the amount of mass flowing through the device in a defined time segment. So, an air flow meter is just an application of mass flow meters for a special medium.

The typical physical value is kg/h.

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1 Types of air flow meters
1.1 Air flow meter in cars
1.1.1 Symptoms
1.2 Air flow meter for R&D of cars
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[edit] Air flow meter in cars
An air flow meter is used in some cars to measure the quantity of air going to the engine. All modern electronically controlled Diesel engines use air flow meter as it is the only possible means of determining the air intake for them. The electronic control unit then calculate

4 months ago

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_flow_meter
http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/Air_Flow_Meter.html


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johneng
 Maybe these people might be able to help:
http://www.hamberflow.co.uk/flowmeters/ovalgear.htm

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