AW Gear Meters
AW Gear Meters, a brand of AW-Lake Company, was founded in 1984 as AW Company - a manufacturer and distributor of flow meters and flow monitoring equipment. Initially our products serviced industrial paint and hydraulics applications. Within its first year AW Company revolutionized the automotive paint industry by introducing a flow meter and flow computer to allow closed-loop control in robotic paint booths. Our client list quickly grew to include all of the major automotive manufacturers and OEMs serving the paint and hydraulics industries.
- 800-850-6110
262-884-9800 - 262-884-9810
- info@aw-lake.com/
- 8809 Industrial Drive
Franksville, WI 53126
United States
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Lake Paddle Wheel Flow Meters
Operating much like a turbine flow meter, the paddle wheel flow meter consists of a freely rotating wheel which is outfitted with magnets on the blades or “paddles” of the wheel. As the fluid flows through the meter, spinning the wheel, sensors detect the magnets with each pass.
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Lake Variable Area Flow Meters
Lake Variable Area flow meters, often referred to as rotameters, measure flow rate of a liquid or gas by relating linear displacement of an internal “float” or sharp-edged orifice plate (Lake) to a corresponding flow rate. As flow rate increases, the orifice area that the flow moves through also increases – thus, the term “Variable Area.” Variable Area meters either allow flow through a peripheral orifice formed between a tapered wall and a float as in the traditional rotameter, or an annular orifice and an internal tapered metering pin in the Lake Monitor.
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Positive Displacement (PD) Meters
Positive Displacement (PD) flow meters are volumetric flow measurement instruments ideal for low flow rates, highly viscous fluids, and measurement of flows involving starts and stops or pulsing. Positive displacement flow meters are similar in design to the gear pump. The principle of operation is reversed however; instead of the gears driving the fluid, the fluid drives the gears. A non-intrusive hall-effect sensor detects the movement of the gear and as each gear tooth passes the sensor, a square wave pulse is produced and a discrete volume of liquid is measured. The resulting pulse train is proportional to the actual flow rate and provides a highly accurate representation of the fluid flow.
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Turbine Flow Meters
Axial turbine flow meters are designed with wear resistant internal components to provide trouble-free operation and a long service life. Fluid entering the flow meter is first conditioned by the inlet flow straightener which reduces turbulence in the fluid. The moving fluid causes the rotor to spin at a speed that is proportional to its flow rate. As the turbine blades on the rotor pass through the magnetic field of the pickup, an electronic pulse is generated.
