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ISA-Niagara Frontier Section
supports members from
Western New York and
Northwestern Pennsylvania

ISA Tech Expo 2010
Featuring the Largest Automation and Controls Exhibit in New York State

Tuesday, April 13, 2010
12:00 - 6:00 PM
Marriott Inn, Amherst NY

The Exhibitors and The Niagara Frontier Section of the ISA are proud to announce this year's annual trade show. Coupled with educational instrumentation and automation seminars, this event is a must-attend for Engineers, Technicians, Educators, Consultants, and Technology Buffs.

• Exhibit of Instrumentation, Automation, and Controls

• Informative and Educational Seminars

• Networking for Job Hunters and Providers

• Prizes, Food, Drink, and Fun

Attendance is FREE !

For forms and flyers - click, print, post, and distribute the links at the top of the page. 
Please help promote this event! 

Educational Program:

Click Here for a Complete listing of mini-seminars being presented throughout the day.

Feature Presentation:

Flowmeter Primer 
Theory & Application of Flowmeters
by Fritz Purkert, MME, MCSE

Detailed Flyer (pdf)

Registration 8:00 am 
Seminar 8:30 am - 11:30 am

This seminar provides an introduction and overview of flow measurement as currently practice in measurement and control systems. Terminology, technology, and applications are covered in this concise presentation. 

Course material: 

• Basic Flow: Liquid Flow | Gas Flow | Fluid Properties | Reynolds Number | Volumetric/Mass Flow | Range, Repeatability, Accuracy 

• Differential Flow Meter 

• Pressure Drop Devices (Primary Elements): Orifices | Multiple Orifices | V-Cone | Wedge | Elbow | Laminar Flow Element | Venturi Element | Pitot Tube | Averaging Pitot Tubes | Flow Nozzles | Sonic Flow Nozzles 

• Mass Flow: Coriolis | Thermal Flow Meters (Thermistor Type | Thermal Mass Capillary)

• Variable Area Flow Meter: Glass Tube Meters | Armored Variable Area Metes | Multiple Tube Meters | Float Designs | Purge Meters (Flow Regulators) 

• Mechanical Flow Meters: Paddle Wheel | Helical Screw | Oval Gear | Wobble Disk | Turbine Meter | Rotary Piston | Wet Drum 

• Ultrasonic Flow Meter: Single path | Multi -path | Transit Time | Doppler shift | Clamp- on

• Others: Vortex Shedding | Electromagnetic | Fluidic Flow Meter 

• Flow Meter Selection: Know your Process | Select the appropriate size | Insertion Flow Meter | Buy the right Instrument 

• Installation Recommendation: Piping | Maintenance | Process Parameters for FM Selection | Keep Current 

• Testing, Calibration & Proverbs 

About the presenter: 

Friedrich Purkert MME, MCSE was born in Graupen, Tchec Republic, and grew up in Esslingen Germany after the war. He was an Engineer for Flight Performance at Dornier GmbH, a Project Engineer for Ground Support Equipment at American Avitron, and a Sr. Development Associate Application Development at Praxair Inc. (32 years) retired. Over the span of his career, he has worked on Heat Treating Atmospheres, Electric Arc Furnace Burner Control Systems, Membrane Air Separation Systems, Gas/liquid Mixer Systems, Glass Furnace Burner Systems, Copper Sulfate Reactors, Gas Mixing Systems, etc.. Fritz is a Life member of ISA. He currently holds the position of Chair of Standard and Practices in the ISA Niagara Frontier Section. 

3 PDH Awarded

Members: $20.00, Non-Members: $30.00
Payment due day of show by cash or check made payable to ISA - Niagara Frontier Section
RSVP and Questions: Joe Cipriani, Education Chairman
Phone: 716-512-3982
email at cipriani@burnscascade.com