A Tri-Clamp flow meter refers to any type of flow meter that uses Tri-Clamp fittings—a type of hygienic, quick-release connection common in industries where cleanliness and easy maintenance are crucial. Tri-Clamp, also known as Tri-Clover, is widely used in food & beverage, pharmaceutical, and biotech industries due to its smooth, crevice-free design that prevents bacterial growth and allows for easy cleaning and sterilization.
Benefits of Tri-Clamp Connections for flow meters The primary advantages of Tri-Clamp fittings include:
Sanitary Design:
Ideal for clean-in-place (CIP) and sterilize-in-place (SIP) processes. For example, milk flow measurement, yogurt flow measurement, and edible oil flow measurement all require clamp connections for easy disassembly and cleaning.
Tool-Free Installation: Easy to assemble and disassemble without special tools.
Leak-Resistant: High-sealing performance with appropriate gaskets.
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Standardized Sizes:
Compatible with sanitary tubing and process equipment worldwide. Silverinstrumentants.com typically provides complete sets of tri-clamp accessories, eliminating the hassle of customers searching for them.
These benefits make Tri-Clamp flow meters the top choice in hygienic process systems. The Tri-clamp connections includes sanitary flange pipe weld ferrule + tri clamp + gasket .
Electromagnetic flow meters use Faraday’s Law to measure conductive fluids like juices, milk, dairy products, and drinking water. With a Tri-Clamp sanitary design, these sanitary flow sensors are perfect for liquid food, beverages, and CIP fluids. Tri-clamp magnetic flow meters are perfect for liquid food, beverage and so on.
Tri-clamp flow meters for hygienic process system
2. Tri-clamp Turbine Flow Meters
Turbine meters measure flow based on the rotational speed of a turbine in the fluid stream. When equipped with Tri-Clamp ends, they are suitable for low-viscosity liquids such as water, DI water, edible oil, sunflower oil, vegetable oil, beer, or solvents in hygienic environments.
3. Metal Tube Rotameters (Variable Area Flow Meters)
These VA flow meters measure flow using a float moving inside a tapered metal tube. Though less common in sanitary setups, Tri-Clamp options exist for low-maintenance flow indication in utility lines. Sanitary rotameter can measure milk, juice, vinegar, RO water, deionized water and so on.
4. Hygienic Coriolis Mass Flow Meters
Coriolis meters directly measure mass flow and density using the Coriolis effect. Tri-Clamp Coriolis meters are ideal for high-value fluids, such as syrups, pharmaceutical ingredients, and viscous products, offering high accuracy and hygienic compatibility. For example, measuring the flow rate of molasses, chocolate, yogurt, and jam.
Sanitary Coriolis mass flow meter for food industry
5. Thermal Mass Flow Meters
These measure the mass flow of gases based on heat dissipation. With Tri-Clamp mounting, they are used in fermentation gas measurement or clean gas delivery in biotech or pharmaceutical settings.
6. Tri-clamp Vortex Flow Meters
Vortex flow meters detect vortices shed by a bluff body in the flow stream. Tri-Clamp vortex meters are good for steam, gas, and clean liquid applications in sanitary environments where moderate accuracy is acceptable.
Tri-clamp connection size
Size (mm)
Size(inch)
d(mm)
D(mm)
DN15
1/2 inch
12.7
34
DN20
3/4 inch
17.2
34
DN25
1 inch
22.6
50.5
DN32
1.2 inch
33.7
50.5
DN40
1.5 inch
37.6
64
DN50
2 inch
48.6
64
DN65
2.5 inch
60.3
77.5
DN80
3 inch
72.9
91
DN100
4 inch
97.6
119
Silverinstruments.com offer various kinds of tri-clamp flow meters
Tri-Clamp flow meters combine precision flow measurement with sanitary, user-friendly connections. By offering a wide range of flow technologies in Tri-Clamp configuration, they provide flexible solutions for industries demanding both cleanliness and performance. Whether you're measuring milk, beer, oxygen, or pharmaceutical ingredients, there's a Tri-Clamp flow meter to meet your needs.
The following video can provide more information about tri-clamp flow meter and how to install it specifically.
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