There are many kinds of flowmeters and different ways of installing them. It is now possible to install a flowmeter without cutting the pipe or even shutting down the line. The FPI Mag full-profile insertion flowmeter from McCrometer measures flow across the entire flow profile and is easy to install using a hot tap installation process.“You can walk up to a pipe and, without shutting it down, do a hot tap and insert the sensor while the pipe is under pressure and water is still flowing,” says Joe Clements, applications engineer for the manufacturer. “It avoids shutting down the line,
