Patent ID: 7856891
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: B67C

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a measuring device arranged on a rotating, carousel-type, filling machine and including a measuring transducer of vibration-type, through which a medium flows, at least at times, especially a measuring device serving for determining mass flow of a flowing medium and/or formed as a Coriolis, mass flow measuring device, which method comprises the steps of: permitting flow of medium to be measured through at least one, at least momentarily vibrating, measuring tube orbiting around an axis of rotation of the carousel-type filling machine; producing at least one oscillation measurement signal serving as a primary signal of first class and representing vibrations of the measuring tube as medium to be measured is flowing therethrough; producing at least one oscillation measurement signal serving as a primary signal of second class and representing vibrations of at least one measuring tube, through which medium is not flowing, which is orbiting around the axis of rotation of the carousel-type filling machine, especially the measuring tube of said measuring transducer; and ascertaining at least one measured value representing a measured variable, especially a mass flow rate and/or an integrated mass flow and/or a density of the medium to be measured, based on both the primary signal of first class as well as also the primary signal of second class.