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METER PISTON [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metering Instruments
DEF

An instrument for measuring flow of a liquid in which liquid passing through a chamber causes a disk to mutate, or roll back and forth, and the total number of rolls is mechanically counted.

DEF

A flow meter that operates on the principle of the positive displacement of fluid by the wobbling motion of a piston or disk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Compteurs de consommation et débitmètres
CONT

Compteurs volumétriques. Dans ces appareils, le volume est déterminé par le nombre de fois qu'une chambre intérieure de volume connu est remplie par le fluide. [...] On distingue les compteurs à disque oscillant [...], à piston rotatif, à palette, à engrenages Roots, etc.

Spanish

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