OxCD Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Hi the commu I'm looking for a way to measure exactly an amount of water. I'll try to explain the situation. I've a pipe full of water. 10kgs packet / tile. Along this pipe, many spread liquid vents. My goal is to let pass, from the main pipe, only 1 or 2 100gs packets, to each liquid vent, at a precise automated timing. (I have the trigger already). I've tried, before each liquid vent, to put in a series, shut-off and valve. But undepending the order (who's first, who's next), I always eject 1 or 2 full 10kg packets, at the end. If the valve is before, it constantly provide the shut-off input with 100gs packets, so when the shut-off opens, it delivers 10kgs packets (if it was waiting off enough time to accumulate the 10kg, which is the case in my situation). If the valve is after, the shut-off provides 1 or 2 10kgs packets to the pipeline, and the valve slowly but surely let them pass at 100g/s, till the end. Does anyone have a way to let pass only 100g or 200g, when the trigger's ON ? I thought about a loop somewhere, that could only allow 100gs packets to be part of the usable flow, but I've no idea (yet) how to do it. Thanks in advance to the smart kind soul who's gonna help me Have a nice day everyone ! Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/104698-water-flow-measure/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnus Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Sure thing. Flow is right to left in case it's not immediately clear. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/104698-water-flow-measure/#findComment-1175929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxCD Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share Posted April 7, 2019 This setup is indeed as simple as wonderful. I had a completely independent pipe for my vents, extracting the flow with a simple cross, so I think that was mainly where my untameable issue comes from. I didn't thought at all to insert the valve straight on the main flow (I was in Error 404, probably). I'll have to redesign a bit, but this does perfectly fit the needs Thanks a lot ! (Again!) Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/104698-water-flow-measure/#findComment-1175934 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnus Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 You might want to tinker with it to suit your needs but the idea is that you have to have the flow from the valve flow past the shut off input and back into the main line by prioritizing the valve output over the main line. So for every second the shut off is open the valve set amount is dumped into the vent by the shut off. But will just flow back into the main line if the shut off valve is off. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/104698-water-flow-measure/#findComment-1175938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxCD Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share Posted April 7, 2019 8 minutes ago, Saturnus said: You might want to tinker with it to suit your needs but the idea is that you have to have the flow from the valve flow past the shut off input and back into the main line by prioritizing the valve output over the main line. So for every second the shut off is open the valve set amount is dumped into the vent by the shut off. But will just flow back into the main line if the shut off valve is off. Yep yep I get it, those mechanisms sound pretty logical and familiar to me, i was just completely bugged The redesign will be mainly on others surronding setups Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/104698-water-flow-measure/#findComment-1175943 Share on other sites More sharing options...
beowulf2010 Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 1 hour ago, OxCD said: I thought about a loop somewhere, that could only allow 100gs packets to be part of the usable flow, but I've no idea (yet) how to do it. ... Wow. My phone sucks. What it showed me as a new post was all of a sudden an hour old after replying... Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/104698-water-flow-measure/#findComment-1175953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxCD Posted April 8, 2019 Author Share Posted April 8, 2019 @Saturnus If I set it like this, I'm afraid the flow will try to "go back" to the shut-off (red arrow) instead of following the right way (blue arrows). Do you have any idea how should it act ? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/104698-water-flow-measure/#findComment-1176099 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnus Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 @OxCD Didn't I say you needed to tinker with it? As I said I just gave you the general idea of how you could do it. You even agreed to that. You want me to solve the issue for you? It's adding a single bridge in case you're wondering. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/104698-water-flow-measure/#findComment-1176100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxCD Posted April 8, 2019 Author Share Posted April 8, 2019 Nop I was just trying to get your opinion on the flow control For safety, concerning my worries, I had already added a bridge to prevent the counter-flow. No needs to be prickly Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/104698-water-flow-measure/#findComment-1176101 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox_kirya Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Maybe this one? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/104698-water-flow-measure/#findComment-1179194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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