Patent ID: 6519828
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: G01F,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for mounting a metal body on an essentially straight measuring tube, consisting of titanium or zirconium, of a Coriolis mass flowmeter, comprising the steps of:providing a measuring tube having an outer diameter at a mounting location; providing a metal body with a bore having an inner diameter that is slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the measuring tube; heat-expanding the bore of the metal body enough to allow it to be pushed onto the measuring tube and moved to the mounting location; allowing the metal body to cool off, the cooling-related reduction of the inner diameter of the bore in the metal body producing a tight shrink-fit between the metal body and the measuring tube, and welding the metal body to the measuring tube after the metal body is shrink-fitted on the measuring tube.