Selecting a Shot Flow Sensor and Monitor

Make your selection of a shot flow sensor based on the type of shot peening machine you are using:
AIR BLAST or WHEEL BLAST

Why use a Shot Flow Sensor?

Shot flow rate sensors and monitors are used in less demanding applications where cost is a primary consideration. You might consider these products to be similar to automotive "speedometers" whereas the MagnaValves would be "cruise controls."

What is a Shot Flow Sensor?

One of the earliest products we made, and still available today, is a shot flow sensor. Sensors my be used for either air blast or wheel blast machines. The capacitive type sensor for air blast applications can detect any type of media flow while the inductive sensors, for either air blast or wheel blast, can only monitor ferrous media (cast steel or cut wire shot).

The flow sensor signal is sent to either the 160P or 260P shot flow monitor with anlalog 0-100% meter and 3-digit 0-100% display or to the newer MSD bar-graph digital display.
Flow sensors and display units are used in less demanding applications (i.e. lower cost) and are typically calibrated to read 100% at the highest expected shot flow rate. An alarm in the display unit is available to indicate too little or too much flow rate deviation from the expected flow rate. Flow sensors are NOT calibrated at the factory and generally NOT calibrated by the customer to read directly in pounds/minute or Kg/minute.