Claims
- 1. A method of fastening a metal body to a single straight measuring tube of a Coriolis-type mass flow sensor, the method comprising the steps of:
- selecting a measuring tube for a Coriolis-type mass flow sensor, the measuring tube having an outer circumference, a lumen and a predetermined wall thickness;
- selecting a substantially planar metal body having an outer surface and a single bore defining an inner surface, the bore being adapted for interiorly receiving the measuring tube, the separation between the outer surface and the inner surface of the metal body being at least twice the wall thickness of the measuring tube;
- placing the metal body at a fastening position on the measuring tube of the Coriolis-type mass flow sensor so that the inner surface of the metal body surrounds the outer circumference of the measuring tube at the fastening position; and
- exerting a pressure at ambient temperature on at least part of the outer surface of the metal body thereby fastening the metal body to the outer circumference of the measuring tube at the fastening position without substantially reducing the lumen of the measuring tube at the fastening position.
- 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the measuring tube is circularly cylindrical.
- 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the metal body is an annular metal plate and, in the exerting step, the pressure is exerted on the entire outer surface of the metal body.
- 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the metal body is an annular metal plate and, in the exerting step, the pressure is exerted on the entire outer surface of the metal body.
- 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the metal body has a prescribed thickness in the region of the bore and an extension extending from a first portion of the outer surface of the metal body, the thickness of the extension being less than the prescribed thickness, and, in the exerting step, the pressure not being exerted on the first portion of the outer surface of the metal body.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application claims benefit of Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/043,481 filed Apr. 11, 1997.
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