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Shanghai Automation is a company specializing in the sales and services of intelligent industrial automation instruments and meters. Our product range includes vortex flowmeters, electromagnetic flowmeters, ultrasonic flowmeters, target flowmeters, gas flowmeters, compressed air flowmeters, gas turbine flowmeters, and hydrological flowmeters for hydropower stations and ecological irrigation areas. We also offer a variety of flowmeters, pressure transmitters, level gauges, and temperature-pressure gauges. Flowmeters are categorized based on their structural principles, such as volumetric flowmeters, differential pressure flowmeters, float flowmeters, turbine flowmeters, electromagnetic flowmeters, oscillating flowmeters (specifically vortex flowmeters), mass flowmeters, and insertion flowmeters.
Wastewater flow meters are categorized by their measurement principle:
1. Flow meters include throttle flow meters, pitot tube flow meters, average velocity tube flow meters, turbine flow meters, and target flow meters. These flow meters utilize the Bernoulli's equation principle to reflect flow rates through the measurement of differential pressure signals in fluids.
2. Flowmeters include turbine flowmeters, vortex flowmeters, electromagnetic flowmeters, Doppler ultrasonic flowmeters, and hot wire anemometers, all of which reflect flow rate by measuring fluid velocity.
3. Flowmeters include gear-type, scraper-type, and rotary piston-type flowmeters, which reflect flow by measuring individual standard volume increments.
4. Flowmeters include thermal mass flowmeters, differential pressure mass flowmeters, turbine mass flowmeters, Coriolis mass flowmeters, and indirect mass flowmeters, which all reflect flow by measuring fluid mass.
5. The flowmeter includes weir-slot flowmeters, which reflect flow by measuring liquid level.
Intelligent vortex flowmeters, intelligent electromagnetic flowmeters, liquid turbine flowmeters, elliptical gear flowmeters, oval gear flowmeters, twin rotor flowmeters, swirl flowmeters, metal tube float flowmeters, V-cone flowmeters, Delta flowmeters, orifice flowmeters, balanced flowmeters, air volume measuring devices, heat meters, ultrasonic flowmeters, magnetic-sensitive dual-color liquid level gauges, boiler drum level gauges, mica dual-color level gauges, radar level gauges, ultrasonic level gauges, magnetic flip level gauges, level (material level) switches, pressure, differential pressure transmitters

Our products primarily focus on automated control systems and remote centralized automated control systems for various industries, including chemical factories, coal chemical industry, sewage treatment, waterworks, power generation, vegetable greenhouses, agricultural irrigation, metallurgy, petrochemicals, energy natural gas, exhaust emissions, heating and cooling, waste incineration, and environmental protection.
Our products are designed from the control of single equipment to the overall process equipment flow, from decentralized equipment control to centralized equipment management. Each stage of design strictly adheres to the principle of balancing system reliability and flexibility. Ensuring that every control system is adaptable, complete, practical, and reliable.
A company specializing in the provision of industrial automation products and industry solutions. Our services encompass the design, development, production, installation, debugging, and maintenance of equipment automation control systems, PLC programming, computer network systems, and industrial production process monitoring systems. We offer solutions that adeptly integrate various automation products into control systems, delivering excellent economic benefits to our clients. Our experienced engineers provide electrical control system design, PLC, touch screen, servo, automation production line transformation, project design and construction, and more. We have extensive experience and applications in industries such as pharmaceuticals, food, cement, papermaking, textiles, water supply, packaging machines, chemicals, thermal power, and CNC.
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Shanghai Automation Instrument Factory, formerly known as Peace Heat Engineering Instrument Factory, was established in 1959. For many years, it has been involved in the research, development, and production of control and detection instruments for industrial production processes in the petrochemical, power plant, metallurgical, shipbuilding, and other industries. The factory produces six major categories of products; Shanghai Automation Instrument Factory primarily produces the 1511 series capacitive transmitters, AN type thermal signal devices and alarm systems, XXS flash series, electric unit combination instruments, pneumatic unit combination instruments, electrical measurement and non-electrical quantity indicating instruments, electrical quantity transmitters, throttle devices, and accessories, among the six main product categories.
Shanghai Automation Instrument Factory No.3 is a manufacturer of temperature instruments. Established in 1951, it is one of the earliest and largest specialized producers of temperature instruments in China. Shanghai Automation Instrument Factory No.3 primarily produces and sells three major series of products including contact-type temperature instruments, non-contact temperature instruments, and intelligent temperature transmitters. Key products include: armored thermistors, assembled thermistors, explosion-proof thermistors, bearing thermistors, abrasion-resistant thermistors, face thermistors, corrosion-resistant thermistors, and surface thermistors; as well as other instruments and devices for配套 use. It is a company in China that can provide a complete range of contact-type temperature measurement products and also offers a variety of non-contact temperature measurement products.
Shanghai Automation Instrument Factory No. 4, established in 1950, specializes in the production of pressure gauges and pressure measuring instruments. It is one of the major production bases for pressure instruments in China. Main products include general pressure gauges, stainless steel pressure gauges, vibration-resistant pressure gauges, diaphragm pressure gauges, diaphragm pressure gauges, bellows pressure gauges, stainless steel differential pressure gauges, precision pressure gauges, electrical contact pressure gauges, ammonia pressure gauges, dual-pointer pressure gauges, and resistance remote pressure gauges, etc.

Shanghai Automation Instrument Works, formerly known as the Construction Instrument Manufacturing Factory, was established in 1951. It is a specialized manufacturer focusing on the production of level and pressure gauges. Over half a century, it has provided level gauges (including various series of selectors, controllers, level switches, and indicating level gauges), pressure measurement instruments (such as high-pressure, ultra-high-pressure pressure gauges, and precision high-pressure pressure gauges, as well as marine pressure controllers), and mechanical quantity gauges for industrial production process detection and control. Main products: buoy level gauges, static pressure level gauges, capacitive level gauges, float ball level gauges, magnetostrictive liquid level gauges, radio frequency admittance level gauges, ultrasonic level gauges, radar level gauges, and float ball level switches.
Shanghai Automation Instrument Factory No.6 specializes in the research, development, and production of contact-type thermometers, non-contact temperature measurement instruments, and temperature gauge calibration devices. The factory primarily produces XTMA-100/XTMA-1000 digital indicating controllers and recording instruments. It offers both small and large automatic balancing recorders, potential difference recorders, and intelligent digital indicating controllers (suitable for flow, pressure, and temperature display and alarms). The manufacturing technology and key equipment for products like armored thermocouples, miniature ceramic platinum resistance thermometers, and infrared radiation thermometers. Main products include digital indicators, digital controllers, flow integrators, remote temperature indicators, temperature patrol instruments, flash indicators, and oxygen content displays.
Shanghai Automation Instrument Co., Ltd. - Factory 7, established in 1958, is a historically renowned enterprise in the design and manufacturing of regulating valves. The main products of Factory 7 include: pneumatic and electric regulating valves; pneumatic, electric-pneumatic valves; and key products such as electric regulating valves, pneumatic regulating valves, eccentric rotary regulating valves, valves, air filter regulators, pneumatic auxiliary instruments, etc. These are widely used in numerous fields such as chemicals, metallurgy, petroleum, power stations, and more.
Shanghai Automation Instrument Factory No. 9 specializes in the production of flow measurement instruments. After over four decades of unwavering efforts, particularly in the technology of flowmeter production, it has established a certain scale in the field of flow instrument production. The main products include YF series vortex flowmeters, LHS series helical flowmeters, LB series metal scraper flowmeters, LDCK series electromagnetic flowmeters, LSZD series twin-rotor flowmeters, LL series impeller flowmeters, LLQ type gas impeller flowmeters, LZ series metal tube rotor flowmeters, LWGY series turbine flow sensors, and LS type rotating piston flowmeters, as well as the accompanying filters, desiccant dryers, amplifiers, and various flow indicators and totalizers. These products are widely used in the petrochemical, power, metallurgy, environmental protection, and other industries.
Shanghai Automation Instrument Factory No. 11 is one of the earliest domestic manufacturers specializing in electric actuator production. Our products are widely used in power stations, municipal infrastructure, chemical industry, oil fields, oil pipelines, and metallurgy sectors. We offer production technology for DDZ-type electric actuators, A-type valve electric actuators, and M-type electric actuators, as well as key processing and testing equipment. Due to their comprehensive functions, high reliability, IP68 protection rating, suitability for outdoor installation, and integration of mechanics and electronics, our products have quickly gained popularity in the domestic market, particularly among large power plants, municipal projects, and major oil and gas pipeline projects. Our main products include electric actuators and pneumatic actuators.
Shanghai Speedometer Factory Co., Ltd. was established through the merger of Shanghai Instrument Motor Factory (founded in 1946) and Shanghai Speedometer Factory (founded in 1958). Both factories are dedicated manufacturers of speedometers and control motors for automated instruments across the nation. With extensive experience, superior products, reliable product development, and quality assurance systems, they meet the demands of various industries for speedometers and instrument motors. Shanghai Instrument Motor Factory's main products include AC/DC reducers, AC/DC servo motors, reversible motors, synchronous motors, and various stepping motors. These products are suitable for automated instruments, offices, packaging, food, printing, postal services, and mechanical automation systems, serving as driving or control elements for various electric and automated devices. Shanghai Speedometer Factory's products are categorized into mechanical speedometers, electronic speedometers, intelligent instruments, standard speed generators, and speed sensors. They are suitable for industrial field monitoring, remote measurement, and high-precision measurement applications.

Shanghai Dahu Instrument Factory is a subsidiary of Shanghai Automation Instrument Co., Ltd. Established in 1925, Dahu Instrument Factory has always been at the forefront of the domestic instrument industry. Our products include four major series: industrial recorders, laboratory instruments, computer external devices, and energy-saving instruments. Our E-series recorders, DR patrol instruments, and SP series plotting instruments, as well as weighing indicators, weighing sensors, and static resistance strain gauges.
Shanghai Ziyi Shipboard Instrument Co., Ltd. was originally the Electric Instrument Department of Shanghai Automation Instrument Factory No.1. All the electric instrument products from the original Shanghai Automation Instrument Factory No.1 have been transferred to "Ziyi Company" for production. The main products include Q current meters, voltmeters, frequency meters, power meters, high-resistance meters, timers, synchronization indicators, phase sequence indicators, and insulation monitors, which are characterized by high precision, stability, lightweight, excellent shock resistance, and resistance to environmental and climatic conditions. Besides installation on conventional panels, additional devices are available for installation on mosaic panels. The main varieties include DC current/voltage meters, AC current/voltage meters, single-phase/triple-phase power meters, single-phase/triple-phase power factor meters, single-phase/triple-phase reactive power meters, frequency meters, high-resistance meters, synchronization meters, and remote transmission temperature indicating meters.

Shanghai Yudong Instrument Factory is a manufacturer of two-way controllers. In 1998, the company restructured its assets and merged with the Fourth Automation Instrument Factory to form Shanghai Pressure Instrument General Factory (Preliminary). The main product of Shanghai Yudong Instrument Factory is the two-way controller, which includes controlled physical parameters such as pressure, differential pressure, temperature, flow rate, density, vibration, pressure controllers, differential pressure controllers, and more. Due to its high stability and reliability, it is widely used in industrial process automation systems for automatic alarm, control, interlock protection, and logical protection, and serves as a two-way control for controlled parameters when matched with mechanical equipment.


Product Applications: Pumps, Dryers, Wastewater Treatment, Remote Monitoring, Process Automation Control Systems, Intelligent Control Systems, SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) Integrated Automation Systems, PLC Automation Control Systems, DCS Automation Control Systems, Servo Control Systems, Heat Exchange Station Control Systems, Dryer Control Systems, Process Automation Control, Distributed Control Systems, Programming Development Software, Industrial Automation, Servo Compensation Systems, Servo Stepping Control Systems, AC Servo Control Systems, Industrial Servo Control Systems, Servo Motor Control Systems, Servo Positioning Control Systems, Servo Motor Control Systems, PLC Servo Control Systems, Thermal Network Control, High and Low Voltage Integrated Electrical Automation Systems, Boiler PLC Control, WiFi-based Wireless PLC Remote Control, Power Failure Alarm Systems.
Shanghai Automation is a company specializing in the sales and service of intelligent industrial automation instruments and meters. Our product range covers a variety of flow meters, including vortex, electromagnetic, ultrasonic, target, gas, compressed air, gas turbine, and hydrological flow meters for ecological irrigation areas in hydropower stations. Additionally, we offer various types of flow meters, pressure transmitters, level gauges, and temperature-pressure gauges. Flow meters are categorized based on their structural and working principles, including volumetric flow meters, differential pressure flow meters, float flow meters, turbine flow meters, electromagnetic flow meters, oscillating flow meters (like vortex flow meters), mass flow meters, and insertion flow meters.
Wastewater flow meters are classified according to their measurement principles:
1. Flowmeters include throttling flowmeters, Pitot tube flowmeters, venturi tube flowmeters, turbine flowmeters, and target flowmeters. These flowmeters utilize the Bernoulli equation principle to reflect flow rate by measuring differential pressure signals of the fluid.
2. Flowmeters include turbine flowmeters, vortex shedding flowmeters, electromagnetic flowmeters, Doppler ultrasonic flowmeters, and hot wire anemometers, all of which reflect flow rate by measuring fluid velocity.
3. Flowmeters include gear-type flowmeters, paddle-type flowmeters, and rotary piston flowmeters, which all reflect flow by measuring individual standard volume increments.
4. Flowmeters include thermal mass flowmeters, differential pressure mass flowmeters, turbine mass flowmeters, Coriolis mass flowmeters, and indirect mass flowmeters, all of which reflect flow by measuring fluid mass.
5. The flowmeter includes weir-slot flowmeters, which reflect flow by measuring liquid level.
Intelligent vortex flowmeters, intelligent electromagnetic flowmeters, liquid turbine flowmeters, elliptical gear flowmeters, oval gear flowmeters, twin-rotor flowmeters, swirl flowmeters, metal tube float flowmeters, V-cone flowmeters, Delta-P flowmeters, orifice flowmeters, balancing flowmeters, air volume measuring devices, heat meters, ultrasonic flowmeters, magnetic reed liquid level indicators, boiler drum liquid level indicators, mica dual-color liquid level indicators, radar level gauges, ultrasonic level gauges, magnetic float level gauges, liquid level (material level) switches, pressure, differential pressure transmitters.
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