Flowhire Limited services

It’s important to regularly check that flow meters are working correctly, giving you reliable measurement for your critical processes. It is also important that this verification takes place with minimal interference with your operations. Flowhire offers various sizes of portable clamp-on ultrasonic flow meters available for offshore flow meter verification and instrument calibration. They are designed to provide accurate flow measurement for the oil and gas, offshore and pipeline industries.

Our highly experienced engineers are fully trained in the use, installation and commissioning of our wide range of flow meters both onshore and offshore. Our specific expertise in flow metering means that we are an ideal choice to help you to commission and set up any type of new flow meter. Not restricted to equipment bought from either ourselves or our sister company Flowquip.

Pipelines require testing, purging and cleaning, at the pre-commissioning stage and before a product change.  Our flow meter engineers are able to visit your offshore facilities to offer offshore flow surveys for applications that include:

Flowhire have been the leading supplier of flow meter hire in Aberdeen and complete metering systems to the Oil and Gas Industry in Aberdeen for nearly 20 years, our stock holding includes a wide range of industrial flow meters and flow measurement systems suitable for air, gas, steam and liquids, specifically aimed at the offshore industry.

Regardless of the sector in which you operate, from oil and gas to pharmaceutical and food and beverage to chemical manufacture, flow surveys are essential to have accurate data for each stage of the manufacturing process. A flow survey gives you detailed understanding of your business performance, and any potential areas for improvement. A well-conducted flow survey can provide you with the information you need to understand the efficiency of your plant, confirm the performance of your factory and make decisions on maintenance or future investment. An on-site flow survey is capable of determining flow velocity to an extremely high level of accuracy. It can be used to identify weaknesses, potential leaks and areas for improvement in the manufacturing process for improved performance and increased efficiencies; helping to save time and money.

In order to measure flow accurately, it is important that the flow is consistent and smooth. When a fluid flowing through a pipe assumes a desirable flow profile it moves uniformly with the greatest velocity near the centre of the pipe. In order to get the best from a flow meter installation it is important both to make sure that this optimum flow profile is present and also make sure that the flow meter is properly installed – poor flow meter installation can disturb this profile and degrade measurement.

Our highly experienced engineers are fully trained in the use, installation and commissioning of our wide range of flow meters. Our specific expertise in flow metering means that we are an ideal choice to help you to commission and set up any type of new flow meter. Not restricted to equipment bought from either ourselves or our sister company Flowquip.

Our qualified engineers understand that accuracy, traceability and reliability are essential in all types of measurement but every industry has different requirements. These may not be fulfilled with off-the-shelf products. Flowhire’s bespoke flow systems can offer the ideal solution.

Flowhire offers competitively priced in-house traceable flow meter calibration for meter sizes 1mm in diameter up to 200mm diameter. Our maximum flow rate capability is approximately 4,000 litres per minute and we have a minimum capacity of just 1 litre per hour.