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Micro Motion Coriolis Flowmeters Put An End To Inferior Liquid Resin and Waste

A specialty chemical manufacturer improved its production of basic liquid resin by installing Micro Motion Coriolis flowmeters, resulting in a 50% increase in throughput and monthly profits of $50,000 to $90,000. The new flowmeters enhanced measurement accuracy, leading to higher quality products and eliminated disposal costs for inferior products. This upgrade allowed the manufacturer to remain competitive against foreign rivals in the automotive sector.

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Micro Motion Coriolis Flowmeters Put An End To Inferior Liquid Resin and Waste

A specialty chemical manufacturer improved its production of basic liquid resin by installing Micro Motion Coriolis flowmeters, resulting in a 50% increase in throughput and monthly profits of $50,000 to $90,000. The new flowmeters enhanced measurement accuracy, leading to higher quality products and eliminated disposal costs for inferior products. This upgrade allowed the manufacturer to remain competitive against foreign rivals in the automotive sector.

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CHEMICAL

Micro Motion Coriolis Flowmeters Put an End to


®

Inferior Liquid Resin and Waste


RESULTS
•Increased throughput by 50%
•Increased in profits by $50,000 to $90,000 per month
•Increased accuracy in measuring products, resulting in a
more consistent, higher quality end product
•Eliminated disposal costs for inferior product
•No flowmeter maintenance required

APPLICATION
A large specialty chemical manufacturer located in the southeast
United States produces basic liquid resin. Basic liquid resin is used as a
raw material to manufacture epoxy products, which are used in the
automotive, computer hardware, and sporting goods industries. The
manufacturer produces this material by blending a liquid resin com-
ponent with caustic. Caustic is added to ensure hardness in the final
epoxy product.

CHALLENGE
Basic liquid resin customers will pay a premium price for high quality
product, while average quality product is sold at manufacturing costs.
Poor-quality product cannot be reworked or recovered, and, there-
fore, must be incinerated. Tough foreign competition in the manufac-
turer’s automotive business entered the market with a high quality
product, which forced the plant to make some much needed process
upgrades.

Liquid resin and caustic are blended at a ratio of 100:1 (a difficult


blend ratio to manage). Previously, the manufacturer used two loss-
in-weight mass measurement devices for the blend operation. These
devices performed satisfactorily when they were properly calibrated,
but they rarely maintained their calibrations. Troubleshooting was
also difficult and time consuming, because each loss-in-weight device
had 15 I/O points to the control system. A chemical manufacturer beat the competition by
producing a high quality product with
Micro Motion meters.

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CHEMICAL

SOLUTION
Two Micro Motion® Coriolis flowmeters were installed to replace the
outdated loss-in-weight devices. “The Micro Motion meters are amaz-
ing,” says the manufacturer. “Now we can control (the mix) to three
decimal points. We could only control to two points with our previous
system. We can operate at any rate we want; there are no limitations
on our flow rate.”

With the addition of only two Micro Motion flowmeters, throughput


has improved by 50%. The facility’s profitability has been increased by
$50,000 to $90,000 (U.S.) per month due to improved product quali-
ty and reduced disposal costs for inferior-quality product. Twenty-
eight I/O points have been freed up in the control system, making the
process much easier to monitor and maintain. This chemical manu-
facturer was able to stay competitive with its improved liquid resin
product, thanks to Micro Motion flowmeters.

Caustic
Supply

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Basic
Liquid
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Resin
Product

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Liquid Meter
Resin
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