Patent ID: 11946498
Assignee: SICK ENGINEERING GMBH
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC F  G | IPC F  G

Claim 0:
1. A flow conditioner for conditioning a fluid flow comprising:
a pipe that has a pipe axis and that can be flowed through by a fluid in the direction of the pipe axis; and
at least one hub body that is rotationally symmetrical with respect to an axis of symmetry and that is fixed in the pipe such that the axis of symmetry coincides with the pipe axis, wherein the at least one hub body fixed in the pipe has an onflow region that is arched outwardly against the onflow direction, wherein a cross-sectional surface of the onflow region is at least 50% of a cross-sectional surface of the pipe, and wherein the at least one hub body has a diffuser section in which the cross-sectional surface of the at least one hub body decreases along the pipe axis in a direction facing downstream.