Honeywell Elster

Honeywell Elster

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HISTORY

Facts and milestones in product development

 

 

 

Elster GmbH, Germany

  • 1836 
    Formation of the American Meter Company
  • 1848 
    On the 1st of October, Elster was founded in Berlin and began producing gas lamps.
  • 1853 
    Production of large station gas meters.
  • 1865 
    Formation of G. Kromschroeder AG.
  • 1876 
    The factory in Mainz was built.
  • 1878 
    Emil Haas obtained a patent for the principle of a rigid limited space for the volume measured, which is still valid for the production of our diaphragm gas meter today.
  • 1936 
    The first horizontal turbine gas meter was launched.
  • 1952 
    PTB approval was granted for the first horizontal operating turbine gas meter (PTB = German Approval Authority).
  • 1955 
    Development of the first mechanically driven volume corrector.
  • 1961 
    Development of the Quantometer for in-plant measurement.
  • 1965 
    Foundation of Instromet in the Netherlands.
  • 1971 
    SM-RI Turbine Meter and Q-RI Quantometer were launched.
  • 1976 
    Development of a turbine gas meter with interchangeable measuring cartridge suitable for calibration.
  • 1980 
    Development and production of electronic volume correctors and flow computers by Instromet.
  • 1981 
    Establishment of an instrument flow computer and volume correctors division in the UK
  • 1982  
    Development of SM-RI Turbine Meter and Q-75 Quantometer Multi-Index.
    Approval was granted for the first electronic volume corrector called EMU that uses micro process technology.
  • 1987 
    Announcement of the long-term pulse collecting system called LIS-100 to the global market.
    Launch of the BK-G4 Diaphragm Gas Meter with improved performance.
  • 1990
    Launch of a battery-driven EK-88 Volume Corrector and the GAS-ASS station management system by FlowComp.
  • 1991 
    Launch of an IRM-A Rotary Meter.
  • 1992 
    Process gas chromatographs developed for energy measurement.
  • 1993 
    Introduction of mechanical temperature correction on BK-G4 and BK-G6.
  • 1995 
    Launch of a RVG Rotary Meter series.
    Development of the ultrasonic meter for non-fiscal metering.
  • 1997 
    Development of the M2R Compact Gas Pressure Regulator (max 4 bar).
  • 1999 
    Launch of the IRM-3 Rotary Meter.
  • 2001 
    Development of a new generation of volume correctors known as EK210 and EK230 and of gas meters with an Absolute-ENCODER technology.
  • 2003 
    Flow Comp gas-net product line launched. New generation of industrial diaphragm gas meters BK-G40 and BK-G65.
    PTB approval for a gas analyser system gas-lab Q1. Launch of high-pressure regulator MR 50.
  • 2004 
    Introduction of the modular index concept Z6 for diaphragm gas meters, together with CHEKKER and Absolute Encoder technology.
  • 2005 
    Merger of Elster and Instromet. Turbine meter series TRZ2 were launched.
  • 2006 
    Introduction of the new industrial diaphragm gas meter BK-G100. Approval of the air operated closed loop high pressure test rig in Mainz.
  • 2007 
    PTB approval for Encal 3000 gas chromatograph.

 

 

The name Elster has been associated with high-quality and innovative gas measuring and regulating devices for more than 170 years. Today Elster manufactures energy measuring systems, ultrasonic, turbine, rotary and diaphragm meters as well as gas pressure regulators for low, medium and high pressure. Electronic station flow computers, volume correctors, innovative data read-out and evaluation systems as well as automatic remote data read-out devices are in the electronics products range. Furthermore turnkey gas regulating and measuring stations of every size or test rigs for calibration of custody transfer gas meters complete the range of products focused on gas.

Elster is a company of the Elster Group based in Germany.

 

 

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