Hoffer Flow Systems used on LCS 19, USS St. Louis

Hoffer Flow Controls is a supplier of turbine flow meters for use on the LCS class of US Navy ships on the reverse osmosis water treatment plant. The LCS ship is a littoral combat ship. Hoffer’s flow systems meter seawater intake on the ship. The flow meters have naval bronze housing and flanges which are suitable for use on seawater. The meter internals is made of monel. Above all, these materials provide long life due to corrosive seawater.

The 1” size flow meter will be used on the LCS class ships along with Hoffer’s smart transmitter model CAT3. Furthermore, both the flow meter and the CAT3 transmitter have been tested successfully to meet shock, vibration, and EMI shipboard MIL standards. Therefore, the U.S. Navy choose Hoffer flow reverse osmosis flow metering for the LCS 19, USS St. Louis.

Flowmeter Solutions to Navy’s Worldwide for Shipboard Use

The use of Hoffer flow systems on the LCS ships continues a long history of our company providing flow meter solutions to Navy’s worldwide for shipboard use. As a result, Hoffer has supplied flow systems on Navy ships for numerous flow applications. For example, fuel flow measurement systems for the propulsion plant, missile cooling systems, trim and drain systems and flow switches for use in the fire control system.

About Hoffer Flow Turbine Flowmeters

Turbine flow meters measure the velocity of liquids, gases, and cryogenic fluids. These include hydrocarbons, chemicals, water, cryogenic liquids, air, natural gas, and industrial gases. Above all, Hoffer turbine flowmeters are simple to operate and maintain.

Shipboard flow meter from Hoffer Flow Controls

For this reason, Hoffer turbine flow meters are in service worldwide as a reliable, cost-effective method for achieving high accuracy flow measurement. Furthermore, in recent years, new markets and industries have developed for turbine flow meters. For instance, new growth markets include aerospace, military flow applications, chiller systems, and many others.

Features on the Hoffer turbine flow meters that are important in these growth markets. Specifically, these include dynamic response time, wide flow range capability, and the ability to customize the turbine flow meter for a specific flow application. Custom features may include the design of the flow meter housing, a unique blade angle on the turbine meter rotor assembly, special materials of construction, etc. Please be sure to follow Hoffer Flow Controls on Linked In

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