Badger FactsN° 2 - April 2005

// Impeller meters

// ModMAGTM

100 Jahre

Badger

Meter, Inc.

1905 to 2005: A century of flow measurement solutions

The Badger Meter vision was born in 1905 with a single challenge: Create a frost-proof water meter designed to prevent damage from extreme cold. Badger Meter was foun-ded on this cost-saving solution. Meter sales then steadily grew. Weathering the Great De-pression, Badger Meter continued to pioneer metering innovations, including automotive fluid meters.

// New ultrasonic flow meters

// 100 year anniversary

// In this issue

High flow measurement with electronic hose end meter MN 75-HG100

CallRider® tank management system CR TMS

ModMAGTM M3000/M4000

Interkama/Hannover fairIFATAutomechanika GulfWelcomeCI-working clothesAid for storm victims

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Dear customers and employees,

M1000 – The low cost alternative

RCDL, nickel coatedCoriolis mass meter TMU

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Control valves for high pressure plants 08

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Dr. Ing. Horst GrasVP - International Operations

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Ultrasonic flow meters: Two new series

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// Badger celebrates!

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Impeller meters: The meters for irrigation systems, building management and the general industry

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100 years Badger Meter, Inc.I am very glad to be able to celebrate this anniversary with our company. We can be proud of working in a company which has been supporting for 100 years the same successful philosophy: Innovation and quality for our products, the best service for our customers, and respect for our employees”.With this philosophy, Badger Meter, Inc., has become within 100 years time, one of the leading companies in flow meter-ing solutions. With this issue of Badger Facts, we want to tell you a little bit of the company history and present you our newest innovative products.

Bound to the history, committed to the future“. With this basic principle, I am convinced of Badger Meter´s further success. You, our customers, can trust the fact that your satisfaction will always remain the focal point of our business and our employees can be ensured that their knowledge and willingness to work will always play an important role.

Also in the future, we will continue developing and manufacturing high quality products for our customers and to ensure success in the next century. For sure, we will have to adjust according to the global environment, to optimize our manufacturing processes, improve work quality and provide the best service for our customers.

I thank you, our customers, for your long-term confidence into our company, our products and our employees. I thank you, dear collegues, for your motivation and commitment, your flexibility when-ever changes are required. We can be proud of working for Badger Meter, for whom the people and their knowledge are considered as the basis for our success. This philosophy has secured the existence of our company for 100 years in the worldwide markets and I am sure that we are well prepared for the challenge of the second century.

Best regards

Horst Gras

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Badger Meter de Mexico established in Nogales

James l. Forbes fifth president

Concrete admixture metering and control system introduced

Opening of a sales office in Slovakia

Magnetoflow® MAG meters introduced

Fire Hydrant Meter introduced

Opening of Badger Meter Asia sales office in Singapore

Opening of Badger Meter Czech s.r.o.

Richard A. Meeusen sixth president

Acquisition of Data Industrial, Inc.

– manufacturer of impeller meters

Acquisition of MécaPlus Equipements S.A.

Registration of Badger Meter Slovakia s.r.o.

30th anniversary of Badger Meter Europa GmbH

100th anniversary of Badger Meter, Inc.

Robert Pfeffer fourth president

Recordall® Turbo Meter introduced

Registration of Badger Meter Europa GmbH

Ultrasonic flow meters introduced

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9.3. Incorporated

John J. Leach first president

Patented a new „frost-proof“ water meter

First meters serialized

Mary Leach appointed first woman Vice President

Annual production exceeds 10.000 meters with 12 employees

Charles W. Wright second president

Annual production exceeds 50.000 meters

Great Depression – Federal District of Mexico City orders 30.000 water meters

Roosevelt´s New Deal offers grants to municipalities

for waterworks improvement

Women begin working in the plant

Over 5.000 communities using Badger® meters

James O. Wright third president

MEASURE RITE® propeller meters introduced

Capital stock listed on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX)

Recordall® series Model 25 plastic meter introduced

Opening of Badger Meter Europe as sales & marketing office

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A 100-year chronical1905 to 2005: A century of flow measurement solutions

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The Badger Meter vision was born in 1905 with a single challenge: Create a frost-proof water meter designed to prevent damage from extreme cold. Badger Meter was founded on this cost-saving solution. Meter sales then steadily grew. Weathering the Great Depression, Badger Meter continued to pioneer metering innovations, including automotive fluid meters. During World War II, the company proudly supported the war effort by producing millions of bomb fuses.Chairman, president and chief executive officer Richard A. Meeusen states: „Badger Meter has grown into the company that it is today because of our people, the knowledge base behind the Badger name, and our products.

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The employees of Badger Meter un-derstand and share in the vision that we uphold today. We understand that flexibility is vital to keeping a company viable and growing. One key strategy behind Badger Meter is innovation. We welcome innovation and the change it brings. We are really focused on our core competency – providing metering technology solutions to our customers. We are not just building meters, we are creating revenue solutions for our cus-tomers.” On celebrating Badger Meters 100th anniversary, Richard A. Meeusen comments: „Throughout our history, the employees of Badger Meter have maintained the philosophy that quality includes not only individual products, but also the total relationship with the customer, and our activities with our

Chairman, president and chief executive officer Richard A. Meeusen at the American Stock Exchange

„.... And in our hotel room on Broadway last night, we saw a rare Northern Blue-Bearded Possum-Rat this wide in the hallway ... but I digress. Back to the rea-son the great warriors of the Turkish Empire were the predecessors of modern day Wall Street floor trading and also why the Romans‘ in 100 B.C. were the first civilization to provide potable water on a controlled and measured basis to their people..... „

vendors and the communities in which we do business. As we enter into our 100th year of opera-tion, we reflect on past accomplish-ments and relationships, and we look forward with great anticipation to new challenges and technological advance-ments in flow measurement and control technology. We sincerely understand that our customers, large and small, are a vital component in our past, present and future achievements.”

We look forward to the next 100 years!

The C@ll Rider® tankmanagement system was designed for controlling and managing tank levels of oiltanks in garages. It stores incoming level data from the Tank Traks® and displays them on a secured web site.The system consists of four main com-ponents:The Tank Track® (tank sensor) measures the level in the tank and stores the data each hour. It transmits the data by RF communication (868 MHz) to the C@ll Rider® every four hours.The C@ll Rider® module acts as an interface between the Tank Trak® and the web server. It collects all data from the attached Tank Traks® (max. 16 pieces) and transmits them via internet to the server once per day. The C@ll Rider® is operated via the users telephone line, thus avoiding the need of battery or any power supply devices. Its installation requires less than one minute time.Incoming data from the C@ll Rider® are permanently and securely stored on the web server. From the web server, the data are ready for being displayed or processed on the customers systems.The website is the system’s display, control and management unit.

C@ll Rider® tankmanagement system CR TMS

With the first issue of Badger Facts, you were presented the new C@ll Rider® tankmanagement system. Today we wish to give you a deeper insight into this high-tech system which is actually so easy to use.

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High flow measurement with electronic hose end meter MN 75-HG100

The new MN 75-HG100 has been designed specifically to dispense lubricating oils, diesel and kerosene. This high pressure, positive displacement type meter is suitable for all end-of-line applications and features a rugged and robust register with inte-grated electronics and large LC display.

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After the data has been transmitted to the server, they are immediately availab-le on the website. You can see all level details, set level criteria, manage refills or export data. The website is protected by a password and login name.The C@ll Rider® has been designed with high reliability, long life, easy installation, no maintenance and low cost in mind. An international patent has been applied for in regard to this innovative system.

Thanks to its robust aluminium construc-tion, the meter is fully sealed against dust and moisture. The easy-to-read and operate resettable six-digit display can show batch, reset total, non-reset total and rate of flow. The user can select liters, gallons, pints and quarts as display units.

The meter is ideal for flow applications ranging between 3 and 60 l/min and can be operated up to 103,5 bars between -10°C and +55°C. Inlet thread can either be 3 ⁄4“ NPT or 3 ⁄4“ BSP.

Typical application: Tank sensor mounted on filler neck

Extract from the website: All tanks data of this loca-tion are displayed

Tank 1+2 Tank 3 Tank 4

C@ll Rider® server Website

Tank truckFTP Access customer

FTP server customer

System overview

M1000 has been designed to fit into the MAG meter series and especially for ap-plications in machinery plants, vehicles and batching processes. The applica-tions range from DN6 to DN200 with the most various process connections like DIN flanges, dairy pipe connections, TriClamp®, etc.

The basic line of M1000 is provided with 24 VDC power supply, without dis-play, with passive outputs and can be programmed via a serial port RS232 or separate handheld. The device can also, upon request, be factory preconfigured and then just needs to be electrically connected on site.

The M1000 is encased into a powder-coated aluminium diecast housing IP 65 and has two M20 screws.

M1000 – The low cost alternative

ModMAGTM M3000/M4000

The new amplifier with modular design allows flow measurements in ex-zones 1 and 2, in either the mounted or remote version.

The basic line can be, upon request, provided with a four-line LC display, a 115/230 VAC power supply and active pulse and analog outputs.

The standard model M1000 is supplied with an analog output, two digital out-puts for pulse and frequency as well as a digital input.

With an accuracy of ±0,5 % of actual flow (> 0,5 m/s) and flow measurements ranging between 0,03 and 12 m/s in both directions, the flow meter covers a great variety of applications.

The M1000 is expected for May 2005.

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The amplifier housing, made of powder-coated aluminium, is available in pro-tection class IP 67 and with a separate connection space. Programming can be done either with closed housing thanks to a magnetic pen or with open housing via three buttons. The four-line display shows all necessary data like actual flow, totalizer and status messages.

The programmable excitation frequency even enables the amplifier to be adjusted for difficult metering applications. The new developed process for amplifier compensation enables a high accuracy, especially in the lower flow range.

The ModMAGTM is especially suited for flow measurements in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, as well as water & waste water plants with explosion-proof zones.

RCDL, nickel-coated

The whole Recordall® series – from M25 to M170 – is now available in a nickel-coated version.Besides the present plastic and bronze models, the nickel version represents an ideal addition as flow measurements of both aggressive fluids and demineralized water are now possible with one single model.The electronic display is encased into a housing IP 67. The meter is provided with different scaled pulse outputs like 4-20 mA analog output, Namur, Modbus, etc.The nickel-coated model can also op-tionally be delivered for ex-i zones.

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Coriolis mass meter TMU

Thanks to a great variety of materials like Hastelloy, nickel and Tantal and many connection possibilities, the TMU can be installed in many different industrial applications including chemi-cal, petrochemical, food, oil, gas and pharmaceutical industry. Thanks to its U-shape (against previous Ω-shape) it finds its best advantage in the food industry. The TMU is used in batching and loading plants, also in custody transfer applications.

Control valves for high pressure plants

To release airbags in motor vehicles, helium with a pressure of approx. 800 bars is required. Helium with that pressure rate is filled into cartouches which blow up the airbags in case of an accident. For this purpose, the com-pany Andreas Hofer Hochdrucktechnik GmbH is designing and manufacturing complete compressor plants to fill those cartouches. The company Andreas Hofer is developing and manufacturing the required membrane compressors themselves. As a market leader in this segment of the automotive supplier industry, the company Andreas Hofer is setting the highest standards in quality and service.Since the construction of such plants requires service from the very beginning of the planning stage, the complete valve selection has been carried out by Badger Meter.

The new TMU series is suited for measurement of almost all fluids and gases. Mass, density and temperature are measured simultaneously.

The TMU is provided in compact design or with remote electronics and in special versions for high pressures and high temperatures.

For the precise pressure control, we chose a valve type 16xx with a Kv-value of 0,0017. This rugged valve has been designed for a nominal pressure of 1000 bars. In order to control any pressure differences which may occur during the process, the valve has been supplied with titaniumnitrite-coated stellite as innervalve material.

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Impeller meters: The meters for irrigation systems, building management and the general industry

The series MoniSonic 4500/4600/4700 (stationary) and PortaSonic 7000 (por-table) has been designed for exact and reliable non-intrusive flow measure-ment of supply and discharge water as well as other fluids. These meters are working on the transit time difference measuring principle and are best suited for flow measurement in pressure pipes DN 13 to DN 6000. Suitable strap-on sensors are available for the different pipe diameters. An advantage of the strap on sensors is that the sensors are mounted on the pipeline from the out-side, which means there is no need to cut the pipe nor to interrupt the process during the installation. The sensors can be mounted on horizontal or vertical pipes. For flow and level measurements in open channels and partially filled pipes, you now can choose between the following possibilities:

The iSonic 2000 is a versatile ultrasonic flow meter. The microprocessor-based meter was designed to measure levels/volumes in tanks or flows in open channels in combination with venturi channels or effluent weirs. The meter works according to the Echolot prin-ciple, which means that a free outlet in the channel/pipe is required for this measuring principle. Some Q/H formulas are already stored in the memory. A 15 point graph can be programmed for unknown Q/H conversions. When two sensors are in operation, the meter can be used for two channel measurements with separate totalizers or for differential

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Ultrasonic flow meters: Two new series!

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Impeller meters are a low-cost alternative in irrigation systems (sprinklers, chemical injection processes in water treatment, water management, etc.), in municipalities (fluoridation, pump control, etc.) in the energy management (HVAC, building manage-ment, energy consumption monitoring, outdoor lighting control, etc.) and in the general industry (batch processes for bakeries, adding color dye to water for textile, food processing, inks, and other color additive mixtures, adding liquid vitamins and nutrients to feed water for livestock, automatisation in the film industry, etc.).

The series 200 flow sensor is an in-sertion style flow sensor constructed of metallic and non-metallic materials. These sensors are designed for service in corrosive and non-corrosive liquids. The series can be installed in pipe sizes of 2½“ up to 40” (special models up to 120”) and includes a special potted version (IR models) for irrigation appli-cations (enabling direct mounting in the earth).T-type sensors offer another model vari-ation. These models have been designed for indoor or protected area applications such as HVAC, heat/energy monitoring, water cooling systems, pump control and industrial process monitoring.The 4000 series flow sensor is an inline, flow-through design using a tangential six-bladed impeller. The series is avail-able in 1⁄2”, 3 ⁄4”, 1” pipe sizes and is molded of PVC or PVDF materials. The compact design allows the 4000 series be used in a wide range of industrial applications, among them the flow measurement of ultra pure water in the semiconductor industry.

The SDI series flow sensor offers un-paralleled performance for liquid flow measurement in closed pipe systems. The impeller sensor is well suited for flow control, flow monitoring and batch type applications. The flow meter can be mounted in pipe sizes of 1,5” up to 48”. This sensor can be used for water appli-cations or, in the stainless steel version, for corrosive fluids at high temperatures and pressure rates. Bidirectional flow measurement or battery driven systems are available as an option.

The displays are available either moun-ted or as a remote version and can be supplied with various outputs.

measurement. The configuration of the flow meter is done via the front keypad or a PC. A data logger is integrated for recor-ding measuring data. The memory has a capacity of approx. 44000 records.

The DataControl 2500 is an evaluation device which can be connected to equip-ment with analog or digital outputs. It is used for applications as already described for iSonic 2000. The features and functions are also similar to the iSonic 2000.

The L2xx series is a two-wire ultrasonic level sensor designed for continuous level measurement of liquids or viscous fluids. The maximum flow ranges are 6, 8, 10 and 15 meters depending on type at a bloc distance of ≥ 250 mm.

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You can find us from April 11-15, 2005 in Hannover, Germany, at Interkama, the worlds number one fair for technology, innovation and automation (hall 7, booth C36).Innovations for the Interkama-- New amplifier series ModMAGTM -- Impeller meters-- RCDL nickel-coated and stainless steel model-- New coriolis mass meter TMU-- Portable ultrasonic flow meter for industrial fluids

Marina Merk started a 3-year training program on September 1, 2004, in the various departments.

Her hobbies: Riding, reading, meeting friends.

We invite you to join us April 25-29, 2005 for the IFAT – international exhi-bition for water & waste water – in hall A4, booth 245.New products for the IFAT-- Impeller meters-- New series MoniSonic 4500/4600/4700 for ultrasonic flow measurements in pressure pipes (stationary) -- New series PortaSonic 7000 for ultrasonic flow measurements in pressure pipes (portable)-- New series iSonic 2000 for ultrasonic flow measurements in open channels -- DataControl 2500-- ModMAGTM

(electromagnetic flow measurement)

We will be participating at the Autome-chanika Gulf in the Dubai World Trade Center May 28-30, 2005. We will be displaying lubricant meters, oil ma-nagement systems, tank management systems and garage equipment for oil companies.

Interkama //Hannover fair

Welcome!

Since March 2005, our workshop em-ployees proudly wear the new working clothes – matching with our CI!

Badger Meter made a $3,000 donation to CARE to help the victims of the December 26, 2004 earthquake and tsunami.CARE is one of the organizations recom-mended to receive funds because of its ability to act swiftly and use funds most effectively.

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IFAT //Munich fair Automechanika Gulf //Dubai

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