UNBOXING an $8,000 Fuel Flow Meter!

UNBOXING an $8,000 Endress+Hauser Coriolis Fuel Flow Meter. Gale explains how it works and why it'll be a game-changer for product development. New episode every Wednesday!
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[@smithjones1906]

This was extremely interesting and way more than an unboxing video. I like it when Gale dives into the relevant history a bit, as he did with the roots blowers.

[@NaveenKumar-oj7xh]

And the Whipple.

[@timwilson2939]

Hello Gale. I enjoy your videos. My grandfather, Lou Brunette, raced inboard tunnel hull boats in the '70s and was a national champion in his class with your engines. He always spoke highly of you, and said your motors were the best. I met you at a Parker Enduro race when I was a kid. You were busy working on one of your motors in his boat, and I ended up with one of your early red white and blue t-shirts with a motor and your name on it. I wore it until it fell apart. Anyway, I have many fond memories of that time, Every time I see one of your product decals or videos it always takes me back to that time period. It's good to see you still doing what you do best!

[@clearoyd]

The most satisfying unboxing video I ever seen. I learned so much in 14 minutes.

[@funfun8095]

Craig L. I ever seen?? lol Didn't learn grammar, from it, I guess...🙄

[@MrSthornton44321]

@@funfun8095 I know you have a PhD in the English language, but you may want to work on your sentence structure and punctuation. Edited comment btw. 😂

[@LoudandProudBSE]

We have 14" coriolis test standard flow meters at work. I think they're like $200k a piece. Lab grade instruments get crazy expensive.

[@brandonmartin5878]

This channel has become my new favorite. The amount of information and detail gale shares is perfect

[@caseyman97]

16 tons is one of my personal favorite songs. I lik how you slipped that in there.

[@devonvanaernum]

I used to remove similar devices from old coal fired power plants, they used them all over the plants. They're cool units!

[@johnboticki9154]

They are in the new ones too. Still great places to work. Not that it's specific to coal plants, but standing next to 1 million horsepower machines is pretty cool.

[@devjyarn]

I love watching this whole series. Gale is putting together his dream project and taking us along for the ride. These videos belong in a library; so much knowledge shared!

[@Airwolf1971]

If Gale Banks was a NASA rocket scientist the USA would already have a colony on Mars.

[@franciscovasquez4555]

I’m in Industal construction, and we install that style of meters regularly, but as a car guy I’m very impressed with the use of it in your video . Can’t wait till the next video

[@ecux]

I work with these on a daily basis during my day job on an Oil Refinery. They are superb bits of kit which not only do flow, but density, pressure and temperature as well. Just 1 tip for you: Keep them clean. If the coriolis tubes get coated up with muck the density reading increases because of the coating and can throw the fuel flow readings out. It was also nice to see it all being explained and paying reference to De Coriolis as well. Well done.

[@endresshauser]

Nice work, Gale! Great to see someone do an unboxing of our Coriolis meter.

[@mrhangfire1]

I use these meters nearly every day at a chemical plant. Ours are about five feet tall and and use three inch pipe. We can put whatever we want through it and it will calculate the density and display the rate of flow, which the totalizer uses to determine total weight. Once the target is reached a program automatically closes the valve and shuts the pump down. This is how we send base chemicals in the proper quantities to our reactors. They can be sensitive to outside vibration if not mounted properly.

[@luckyaf859]

Coriolis meter run we use those in the oil field. Lact unit uses one to count bbl sold down the pipeline

[@luckyaf859]

@@Hydrokracker1 that's what I said too I've never seen one that small

[@marshallroach2432]

No doubt! Never seen a 1/2” coriolis meter.

[@scoob2569]

@@marshallroach2432 they go down way smaller, 1/8'' and below

[@prbmax]

Coriolis Fuel Flow Meter - I worked with a steam jacketed version to measure liquid sulfur flow. I believe the price was north of 40K. The flow of sulfur was measure in tons per day, and controlled, to make sulfuric acid through burning of the sulfur. FYI

[@erikkovacs3097]

Back in the day these coriolis flow meters required it's own isolated concrete pad to isolate it from vibrations.

[@MichaelRadelet]

Coriolis meter, pretty cool how they work. I’ve seen them used on fuel lines to steam boilers.

[@JohnSmith-lw2bm]

Most good instrumentation techs know about Coriolis flow meters. I work in a refinery and we use them all over to very accurately measure flow rates of fluids.

[@takinitoutdoors450]

Sweet gale, I used to install and work on those at a pipeline company I worked for, we used them as a densitometer for sampling equipment and tracking batch changes when pumping kerosene behind diesel or vise versa

[@bmartinelli385]

Im curious on how the distance of where the measurement of flow is taken to where the fuel is consumed is compensated for when trying to look at the transient consumption of fuel. Also if there is a correction factor for supply temp/pressure and the same for the return fuel. I guess knowing density helps there. All very interesting.

[@bobevans6590]

Gale , after I heard you sing... you are my new Mr. Rogers for adults! Always teaching me or all of us that listen to you! Thanks

[@brianbanner1223]

Industrial technician here. For best results always maintain back pressure on the flow meter. Cavitation in the bends of the pipe and where the flanges connect will absolutely throw your readings off. Also you should buy an accurate scale to put your fuel cell on. This will be your check to make sure your K-factors are good on your meters Also shame shame on not going with a MicroMotion lol

[@mitchlecapoy1909]

Just installed a few of these on the site I am on filling barges that fuel ships.... 9000L a minute they flow....

[@n.elliott9122]

As a Tribology engineer of Spinal development , I can listen to you talk all day, Brother Banks. So happy that you are here in America, and one of our great treasures.

[@nelon5234]

We had to get a $2000 oval gear flow meter for oil flow in our heat exchanger testing system at work: Testing ain't cheap, especially when it's a non-homogeneous fluid that you have to deal with metering. In heat exchangers, one can use an easier-to-compute-at-all-conditions fluid like water instead to save money, but we know engines don't like water as fuel.

[@nelon5234]

Now I wish the people at Cross Instrumentation knew about these meters; seems like the best solution for one button testing and reduction of human error!

[@JasonfromBiripiCountry]

Thank you Gale banks for sharing your knowledge 👍

[@stellingbanjodude]

I’ve always thought that d-max type r was sweet and sounded awesome. I’ve thought for a long time that the NASCAR truck series should run diesels, that would be amazing!

[@bmstylee]

That would require the series to adopt modern technology. But they are more concerned about stupid chases and doing heat races essentially to try to get people to watch. Which they are not anymore. Even Bristol has empty seats. If you can't sell out Bristol you have issues. Bill Jr has ruined Nascar plain and simple. Once a car lands in the seats at Daytona or Talledaga that will be the end of NASCAR.

[@brandonclayton7251]

The truck series, even though a top racing series, is under funded with teams having to scrimp and save every dime and nickel. If you want modern technology go to cup. If that's not enough wait till next year and they debut the next gen car. I think you mean Brian France, not Bill Jr. All sporting events have had issues filling the seats, not just Nascar. Attendance has picked up the last couple of years. Don't be a Debbie downer, if you don't like what you see, then move on and quit commenting on Nascar comments. Your negativity is not wanted.

[@bmstylee]

@@brandonclayton7251 yes. Brian. Brain cramp at the time. Sorry I told you the truth about the series. It's a joke of series. Notice they haven't changed the rules every year since JJ didn't win the cup. Me thinks they kept changing them to prevent him and Chad from braking Dale's and Richard's championship record.

[@johnirwin1837]

Makes one wonder if the major pickup truck manufactures are using one. I know Cummins does a lot of on road testing in my area with all kinds of different trucks,engines and loads.

[@GraceEngineering]

That's what we use in the oilfield for flow monitoring.

[@enteringnickland]

E&H stuff is pricey, but it works. IFM and some other brands are cheaper alternatives but if you have the budget, E&H will run ~10 years in a harsh industrial environment. Pays for itself over time.

[@MrRidd0]

I feel smarter after watching this video.

[@ZJ_Rubicon]

This was very interesting! I work in a drinking water treatment plant and we use these these instruments on one of our chemical feeding systems.

[@40calDeathPunch]

Did anyone notice Gale installed a high performance blade in the Milwaukee tape slicer?

[@funone8716]

2 months from now, Gale: I'd like to tell you about some new high performance razor blades we're working on...

[@40calDeathPunch]

@@funone8716 Lol!

[@andyharman3022]

We used Coriolis effect fuel flow meters on the John Deere rotary engines back in the late 1980's.

[@steventenney8797]

I knew it would be made by endress hauser. I worked at thier faculty that had a working display showroom of valves, flow measurement and level sensing equipment .those sensors are made for food and drug manufacturing with explosion proof housings hence the massive cost .I'm wondering if your using the 4-20 ma or 0-10 vdc output of the sensor to an input of your data collection products

[@1deathwobble]

EH makes solid products. Pretty cool to see one in Gale Banks shop!

[@rubenbraekman4515]

I love Endress Hauser!

[@roncreach753]

We use those for metering our chemicals. Caustic, Alum, Ferric, polymer

[@roncreach753]

Dont put to much headband in the meter or your reading response will be to slow. Need to find the sweet spot where youll get good reads

[@jamespooley6626]

you must work at a shit plant. me too.

[@oliverjd26]

12:01 , 12:20 'OCD distriction' Did anyone else noticed that the wagon holding the fuel measuring tool had the bed of the wagon attached backwards? If you look where the sides are folded down The notch that's letting the exhaust tip point out should be facing forwards where the steering would move back and forth in the groove when folded down. Great video Gale.

[@twcstransam]

I enjoy nerding out with Gale. Thanks

[@tommymac3029]

Nice meter! Dumb question here...why wouldn't you use a liquid mass flow meter (such as a calibrated Alicat or Sierra)on both the feed and return lines and a PLC as an interface to a data logger? Seems like a much more simple approach. Does the fuel change a lot? Maybe I'm missing something...

[@andersjohnson9565]

8:44 It's always 420 somewhere.

[@chloehennessey6813]

I deal with the Coriolis Effect as well when I am shooting in competitions. 💕😐🇺🇸💯😊😊

[@jlaustill]

What do you shoot?

[@jesus_built_my_hotrod]

I bet it's bullets

[@nobodyhome2318]

Gale, how does all of the extra plumbing, devices, turbochargers, supercharges, and extra add ons affect pressure? Do you take this into account, resistance loss for fuel and air? The fuel flow measuring device looks like it has a ton of fittings on it.

[@MRxKROGOTH]

Worked with many E&H people over my years in R&D! Coriolis is the way to go. Was Ingo Knudsen (Of E&H) involved with you in any way? Thanks!

[@benjamincolumbus]

Your videos make me want a car with a forced induction diesel engine. I never knew how cool they were, and I didn't know they could be tuned without producing huge clouds of soot!

[@doughasson2073]

Mr Banks are you starting a Brewery in the back room. We use those flow meters to measure all kind of liquids. Works well for us in the Sam Adams brewery in Cincinnati.

[@ayuse01]

Thanks again Mr. Banks! Always interesting.

[@marcbenedict3676]

How cool would it be to work for banks power, a dream job! I love Chevrolet engines which banks tunes the duramax perfectly. Rocking the banks exhaust now, you hiring M.E's?

[@Bradamsmx5]

I have dealt with Endress+Hauser flow meters for years in industrial environments measuring all sorts of chemicals and other liquids. Very good brand of meter. Very reliable and accurate. Good choice. Hah, 16lbs and what do ya get.. a lot of detonation and deeper in debt. Funny.

[@toddkotsifas174]

As you read the label " delicate instruments handle with care" I notice what looks like a footprint on the box!.. haha

[@tl1024]

I just love how Gale "geeks out" on data, and refining that data accuracy keeps him up at night! Amazing dude! One day, I'd love to spend an hour with Gale, doing anything at all, would be amazing! It wouldnt be a "once in a lifetime opportunity", but a "once in a generation opportunity". People like this dont come along that often.

[@woos31]

You mean the UPS 'football team' kept the device intact without a scuff or sent in the box?! An $8,000 instrument to my doorstep.........I picture side bets and all but dragging the box by parachute cord to get it there lol. Joking aside, I'm in awe every episode listening to "The Man" Mr. Banks, open the scientific archives of his mind about performance of anything because he absolutely is "Thee Man" in the performance and horsepower world. I have exactly nothing of knowledge in the horsepower with spark plugs world and some knowledge and better understanding of horsepower in the oil burner world, but when Gale starts elaborating into what creates horsepower, why it happens, when it happens, how much air is there to make it happen...............I feel like everyone else is a knuckle dragger packin a bigger club to make more horsepower "this I-beam will fit through that bolt hole if I hit or push it hard enough" mentality. Not saying at all that other engine builders or performance shops aren't smart enough or use as in depth engineering type thought processes, I mean that Gale is the only person showing it so far as I've seen. Goes back to the old adages "work smarter not harder" "slow is smooth, smooth is fast" (I was told this by many men as I entered the equipment operating field of heavy construction and mass excavation, slow and horsepower kind of go against each other at first thought but Gale brings it all together with smooth horsepower) and with those two sayings from the first one you gather 'efficiency and productivity' and the other 'productivity and consistency' which to me all says Gale Banks in what often times seems like a "strong back, weak mind" diesel industry where more fuel and more air (more bigger turbos) are the only way to make power, well figure out how to make it stay together later lmao

[@Raymonkey77]

With race diesel engines, are there a lot of additives to increase cetane values and lubrocity modifiers to help stabilize the fuel through the high boost, and high temperatures involved in combustion with forced induction?

[@Videoetcenseo]

I’m blown away!

[@chris-hb1ln]

Brake Spec ? SFOC or specific fuel oil consumption I think you'll find is the correct term required here.

[@andyharman3022]

Nope. You have to have "brake" in there to distinguish from indicated specific fuel consumption.

[@chris-hb1ln]

@@andyharman3022 Gale Banks says in the video "brake spec". I was highlighting the point that "spec" isn't the correct term. It's "specific", and of course the word "brake" needs to be included. SFOC or BSFC are correct.

[@bigbrotherfrank2960]

That Sierra is my favorite!!! I’ve had it as my screen background for a long time

[@stuartjohns2779]

Gail Banks when are you going to do a test on Amsoil lubricants??? I have 20 years experience with their products but you should do a torture test to show the true value of a high quality oil👍

[@jstaffordii]

go see Todd on the Project Farm KZbin channel

[@stuartjohns2779]

@@jstaffordii yeah I've seen that it was my recommendation that he did the oil tests. Gail Banks could test the oil before and after his dino tests to show what degradation the oil suffered. That would be very interesting content that im sure us subscribers would enjoy.

[@cassiuspuckett8789]

Now, is the I-dash system gonna measure the flow onto the SD card? Or does this meter have it's own SD card????

[@will75wallace]

Cassius Puckett outputs as a 4-20ma signal

[@dmeemd7787]

Holy sh*t this was really good! Love it!

[@TopiasSalakka]

When a single part costs the same as my future car budget...

[@nathanbrodeur]

Gale if someone wanted to track how much fuel they were using at a set RPM would that meter be able to help calculate better fuel efficiency than the EPA numbers ?

[@bigredracer7848]

8th 👍's up MR. power thanks for taking the time for us all

[@pbalerig]

The ending 😂😂😂😂😂

[@gary6190]

Those are grate flow meters.

[@marshallroach2432]

Are you using a digital communication protocol, analog signal, or pulse output to integrate into the idash?

[@Catrik]

I've got a question about the flow meter and the Data Monster. If you want to change between, say diesel, gas and E85, can it be quickly calibrated by the user or does it need a special mechanic? And can the Data monster be programmed to directly display the diesel usage or BSFC, or does that need to be calculated separately after you pull the data out?

[@darmah1959]

Curious as to why you would not use the injector pulse data from the J1939 data stream for fuel flow?

[@donovanmonroe2080]

Gale providing english lessons too... hysteresis |ˌhistəˈrēsis| nounPhysics the phenomenon in which the value of a physical property lags behind changes in the effect causing it, as for instance when magnetic induction lags behind the magnetizing force.

[@ijmodified]

And now we know why garden hoses and and fire hoses whip around at high flow

[@moparsatnv]

One person thumbs it down because they didn’t understand!!!! lol 😂 Mr.Banks thank you so much for your knowledge.

[@Colorado_Native]

I agree. It's now one day in and there are seven thumbs down. They were probably expecting an inflatable woman and then realized they had to use their brain, such as they have.

[@twostroke12v71]

Stiction instead of hysterisis ? So the fuel is delivered from shed to flow meter to engine. From engine return to flowmeter flow-chambers. The new fuel coming in is what is calculated as net fuel used?

[@charlesthomas7970]

Volume in minus volume out to find differential, then calculate BSFC from there

[@twostroke12v71]

@@charlesthomas7970 Coolio thanks!

[@boggeth8342]

We got rid of these at work and went with micro motions.

[@jackd1582]

So my stock Subaru one isn't that flash 🤔

[@benjamincolumbus]

Your stock Subaru doesn't have a fuel flow meter at all, only a floating level sensor in your gas tank.

[@Nanan00]

What made you guys go with that unit over the Emerson Micro Motion flow meter?

[@bradleymorgan8223]

so uhhh.. what're you gonna do with the old setup?

[@loganpenland6568]

Love this guy too much knowledge in that head!!!!!!!!

[@davidbrown6193]

So interesting!

[@jessemurray1757]

So you like 17.0:1 afr with diesel then?

[@FixItStupid]

Thank You !

[@ATFBRASIL]

I need micro flow meter gasoline , you have ??? Thanks

[@104th_Fallen]

No one going to point out that the wagon has its own exhaust tip eh? @11:28

[@bill2178]

Wow awesome stuff

[@xTinBenderX]

2X speed engaged!!!

[@jasepoag8930]

Don't carry a knife? You've got that sweet Makita. No fool would mess with that.

[@JasonHenderson]

He's in California I'm pretty sure you can't carry a toothpick

[@johanncover1988]

Now that's a flow meter...love me my endress

[@kosfactor]

Must be funny when someone refers to Gale as an old man, really?! He seems to be ageing backwards like Benjamin Button.

[@braddusfaction5996]

I used to work for a pharmaceutical company and we used them to measure everything alcohol air water and various other substances and then I heard Gale refer to 420 and lost my shit...🤣😂 did anyone else find the humor in that...?

[@raymondmixon1223]

What happened to the volume

[@sethh8365]

80lbs to feed the pump on the new l5p. 😮.

[@twostroke12v71]

WINGA DINGA INTENSIFIES !!

[@antonfloor344]

Hey Gale that’s a Swiss 🇨🇭flow-meter, next time buy an American🇺🇸 on such as an Emerson. 😉😉+ those are more accurate.

[@scoob2569]

they say they are, but they really aren't if you want the highest precision buy Bronkhorst

[@skm9420]

This is why airplanes have fuel flow meters to calculate power and other things.

[@Jase877]

Does the idash take a 4-20ma input ?

[@charlesthomas7970]

that's exactly what I was wondering too. I see a lot of his sensors with A/D converters too, I assume he has an I&E on staff.

[@Jase877]

Charles Thomas yeah could do or just gets an I&E contractor in be expensive to hire one that’s for sure.

[@tbthedozer]

Please ensure the tube diameter and lengths of diameter preceding and post flow meter are according to the book or you may no be getting the accuracy you have paid for. 😉

[@JohnSmith-lw2bm]

Still probably need a HART protocol programmer to set it up easily.

[@AtroXAir]

Not really. They have now Webserver integrated. Means you can configure with internet explorer on your tablet or PC.

[@5cent27]

New razor gang!

[@RHD919]

Well we all know if FedEx had that package it would be atleast another week until it got there. And USPS woulda played football with it and smashed it to pieces.

[@bill2178]

I've been saying this for yrs afr is key but all the (professionals) say bigger is better

[@scottpace8794]

👍👍👍👍