CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY

Apator Miitors strives to work with cutting edge technology and develop the smartest solutions.

We develop the technology of tomorrow, which is produced by our Polish owner Apator PoWoGaz, one of the largest water meter manufacturers in Europe, with a proud 95-year history. As part of the Polish listed Apator group, Apator PoWoGaz is accompanied by more than 15 companies, all of which are leaders within related industries: heat, gas, electricity, mining, drives and systems.

At the core of W-Miitor, the Smartest Water Meter in the World, is an ultrasonic system, that measures the transit time of ultrasound in the water stream. Due to the water flow, very small differences in the velocity of the sound occurs between upstream and downstream transmissions. Our W-Miitor platform takes this well known principle to new levels, by the implementation of a series of new patented inventions.

Works up to

50°C

Works up to

16Bar

Ultrimis-W

For the Ultrimis-W, none of the materials in contact with water used for the construction of this meter contain heavy metals. The standard version of this water meter is fully waterproof. The innovative structure makes our product arguably the lightest and smallest ultrasonic water meter available.

This ultrasonic water meter uses a “closed-loop” system, that makes it able to measure up to 50°C and with the full flow rates to a max pressure of 16 bar(PN16). This is crucial when precision measurement of water consumption and the use of modern communication technologies are required, including NFC and wireless radio reading.

W-Sonic Technology

The Ultrimis W meter uses an ultrasonic beam path (W-Sonic) through the measurement chamber that ensures indicator stability across the entire measurement range. The characteristics of this technology are:

Ability to design a water meter of a significantly shorter length compared with other ultrasonic meters.

No covers in the flow sectional view.

No impact of impurities on the measurement.

The use of an e-system to monitor the ultrasonic beam parameters, that compensates for the piezo elements ageing.

No need for additional equipment for the meter, such as check valve or a strainer.

Real time remote reading

Miitors solution is able to handle both types of systems without reconfiguration - very fast for drive by, and constant real time reading capability for stationary systems.

At the same time it has an extremely low power consumption and applies generic protocols like wM-Bus T and C mode to ensure interoperability.

Largest dynamic range

Measuring leakage efficiently is important – but most water meters have a hard time at low flows. A leakage of just 5 l/h sums up to almost 44㎥/year, but most mechanical water meters cannot register this after a few years in use.

Miitors’ solution has a lifetime start flow of less than 1 l/h. This is less than half of the best competing meters!

Maximum flow is limited by pressure only – no wear at high flow rates.

Longest lifetime

Meters that needs extra attention are costly – regardless whether this is due to wear, batteries running out, unstable sensors, meters drifting out of calibration or other reasons.

Miitors solution is especially robust because it has no moving parts, and needs no temperature compensation.

The transducers are characterized and compensated at runtime every minute throughout the life of the meter.

Toughest design

Depending on the technology used, water meters are susceptible to unfriendly handling or tampering by magnetic, electric or mechanical overload.

The Miitors solution is based on a rugged brass flow path and hermetically sealed electronics and transducers. The measuring principle is completely insensitive towards electric or magnetic fields.

The meter does not depend on conductivity of the water, and it is robust toward deposits on the transducers.

Lowest cost

Electronic meters are usually more expensive than mechanical meters- but remote communication are cheaper to implement in electronic meters. Total cost of ownership is now at break-even, so why not benefit from the high performance of a state of the art ultrasonic meter?

Miitors’ solution is composed of a low number of standard electronic components. Due to the extremely low power consumption, a very small battery can be used, resulting in a very small meter case. This means that the total amount of materials used is low.

Lowest environmental impact

Implementing smart meters is a very good idea, because it potentially saves a lot of resources. Unfortunately, rolling out a large meter park can have a high impact on nature as well, unless the meters uses very little resources themselves in production, transport, installation, maintenance, and at end of life.

The Miitors solution consist of a brass flow part that is easy to reuse, and a small housing for the sensors and electronics. Although the battery contains only 0.7grams of lithium, the meter has a guarantied lifetime of 12 years.

Most flexible

Most water meter manufacturers have a limited number of building lengths and tube sizes. The main reason being the enormous logistics needed to produce and stock the large amount of meter sizes in the market.

The Miitors solution allows an almost endless amount of meter size combinations to be built and delivered.

Miitors patents

The reason for Miitors can stay at the top of the water meter market and be a leading figure,
is due to the many patents Miitors have gathered over the time.

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