Selection guides

How to choose the right industrial density meter — by measurement principle, by industry, by application. Comparisons, decision trees, parameter cheat-sheets.

How-to

How to Choose an Industrial Online Density Meter: A 6-Step Method

A six-step method for selecting an industrial online density meter, working by elimination from process constraints rather than by comparing accuracy figures.

Comparison

Slurry density: ultrasonic vs tuning fork — how to choose?

Clamp-on ultrasonic attenuation against an immersed tuning fork on slurry duty — how they differ on abrasion, scaling, installation and what each does when the process upsets.

How-to

FGD Density Meter Selection Guide: Complete Point-by-Point

Point-by-point density meter selection across a wet FGD system — limestone preparation, absorber, gypsum discharge, wastewater, SCR reducer and AFT tower — each with its own conditions.

Overview

Acoustic Impedance Explained: Units, Formula & How It Measures Density

What acoustic impedance is, the units it is measured in, and how an ultrasonic density meter turns it into a slurry density reading — including the conditions under which the method stops working.

Overview

Ultrasonic Attenuation Coefficient: Definition, Units & Density Sensing

The ultrasonic attenuation coefficient explained — absorption versus scattering, why it depends on frequency and particle size, and how a clamp-on meter uses it to read concentration.

Overview

Coriolis Flow & Density Meter Principle Explained

How a Coriolis meter measures density from tube resonant frequency, why it gives mass flow and density from the same sensor, and the two-phase-flow limit that decides most applications.

Overview

Optical Concentration Meter Principle: Refractive Index vs Spectroscopic

Refractive index versus spectral absorption — the two optical routes to concentration, what each can and cannot see, and why a coloured or turbid medium decides between them.

Overview

How Dredge Production Is Calculated: Mixture Density + Flow to Dry-Solids (t/h)

The arithmetic behind dredge production monitoring: converting slurry density and flow into cubic metres in situ and dry tonnes per hour, with the assumptions that dominate the error budget.

Overview

Non-Nuclear Density Meters for Dredgers: Ultrasonic vs Nuclear (Cs-137)

Why dredgers historically used Cs-137 density gauges, what the source actually costs over a vessel's life, and how non-nuclear instruments now cover the same duty.

How-to

Mining Slurry Density Meter Selection Guide

Density meter selection across mining circuits — flotation, heavy media, hydrometallurgical leach and tailings — where abrasion resistance, not accuracy, sets the shortlist.

Overview

Mining slurry density measurement — technology overview

Where slurry density is measured across a concentrator — grinding, cyclones, flotation, thickening and tailings — what each point controls, and the installation mistakes that recur at each one.

How-to

Chemical Strong Acid / Alkali Density Meter Selection Guide

Concentration measurement for acids and alkalis by medium — sulphuric, caustic, hydrochloric, mixed acids, HF and hypochlorite — where materials, not accuracy, decide the selection.

How-to

Food & Brewing Density Meter Selection Guide

Concentration measurement across food and beverage production — brewing, spirits, sugar, condiments, juice, dairy and edible oils — where sanitary design is common but the medium decides the principle.

How-to

Oil & Gas Custody Transfer Density Meter Selection Guide

Density measurement for oil and gas custody transfer, where traceability, long-term stability and the counterparty's accepted approval scheme matter more than a headline accuracy figure.

Comparison

PS7000 Acoustic Impedance vs PS7010 Acoustic Attenuation: Ultrasonic Density Meter Comparison

Two ultrasonic density meters, two different physics: acoustic impedance reflection versus acoustic attenuation transmission, and which process conditions decide between them.

Comparison

PS7400 Tuning Fork vs PS7210 Coriolis: Vibration-Principle Density Meter Comparison

Tuning fork against Coriolis: both are vibration-principle instruments with comparable accuracy class, so the decision turns on temperature, pressure, mass flow, pressure drop and line size.

Overview

Industrial Online Density Meter Principles: 7 Technologies Compared

Every industrial online density measurement principle in one table — what each physically measures, where it wins, and the condition that rules it out.

Overview

Non-Nuclear Density Meter Technology Landscape: Modern Alternatives to Cs137 / Co60

Replacing a Cs-137 or Co-60 density gauge: what the source really costs, which non-nuclear principle fits which duty, and how to run a changeover without losing the control loop.