I have a very limited knowledge of ultrasonic flow meters (natural gas industry), but I do know that you need a certain distance of straight pipe on each side of the meter. That distance is a multiplier of the pipe diameter, so I don't know if you would consider that to be long or not.
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As Unotec said, we as engineers certainly have made it a point to seek out our own training and development. By setting our own goals and seeking to keep up in our fields, we have somewhat inadvertently let businesses off the hook. Particularly in this very difficult economic climate, many...