Marine & shipbuilding

Katronic clamp-on flowmeters are in use in many areas of marine engineering whether on commercial or military vessels.

The majority of the applications for the KATflow ultrasonic flowmeters in the marine and shipbuilding industries are for monitoring of the various ship´s resources. In fact, part of the history of the development of ultrasonic flowmeters results from initial evaluation and testing work done for the shipbuilding industry.

In the early 1980´s it was noted that in the later stages of a ship´s commissioning there was a need for a portable tool to properly determice the flows of water, cooling liquids and fuels around the various systems. This resulted in several institutions working on the prototypes of the earlier generation of non-invasive flowmeters.

Since this time, little has changed with the exception of permanent ultrasonic flowmeters also being used on more critical pipelines.

Work has also been done on various military applications such as helping with the monitoring of the propulsion, stability and power systems. Furthermore, the KATflow 220 is playing a key role in the development and testing of modern ships fire extinguishing systems.

Typical Applications:
• Fuel oil consumption metering
• Potable water flow measurement
• Ballast control systems
• Fire system testing

Reference Customers:
• Prosafe
• Tyco
• Royal Navy
• Rolls Royce