How Does an Ultrasonic Flow Meter Work?

When you need to measure flow inside a pipe, the last thing you want is unnecessary downtime, pipe cutting, or added pressure loss. In many industrial, marine, and process environments, opening the system is not practical. It can interrupt operations, affect safety, and create extra maintenance work. So, how does an ultrasonic flow meter work? […]

How the Portalevel® was founded: History of Coltraco Ultrasonics

For many years commercial shipping had checked the contents of highly-pressurised marine CO2 gaseous for extinguishing systems by dismantling and weighing each of the typically-600 45KG cylinders in the ships’ system, or by testing the cylinders in-situ with a radioactive liquid level indicator. The former could take several days whilst the latter was fast and […]

How the Portascanner® AIRTIGHT 520 enables Clean Air

[vc_custom_heading text=”An Exclusive Insight from our Head of Built Environment, Bernard Hornung” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”] Ventilation plays a critical role in protecting our physical and cognitive health – the built environment and health outcomes are inherently linked. This is particularly important to note in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, for which ventilation has been highlighted […]

How to carve out a career in trade

The GTR-BExA Young Exporter Award for 2019 was awarded to Clare Hunter for her work driving the export strategy and global presence of Coltraco Ultrasonics, a designer and manufacturer of ultrasonic safety and monitoring instrumentation. Hunter, who has worked for the company for eight years and leads Coltraco’s marketing and communications team, and coordinates its global network, […]

How to Know the Cause to Prevent Bearing Failure – 2019

Almost all machinery that moves requires bearings. However, they are liable to degradation over time. Bearings will fail for a number of reasons but the key take away is that ALL bearings will degrade at some point and if they are left unchecked, maintained or replaced WILL fail. Knowing the root cause of damage can […]

How Ultrasonic Air Leak Detection Could Improve Building Airtightness Testing

Whole-building airtightness testing can tell you how much air is leaking through a building envelope. What it does not necessarily tell you on its own is exactly where each leak is located or how one leakage point compares with another. This is where ultrasonic air leak detection could add useful information to the testing process. […]