silometer

Noun

silometer (plural silometers)

1. An electromechanical device for measuring the level of the contents of large containers such as silos.
   • In 'the more likely event that the silometer arrangement does not permit of free passage of the assembled cover 10 into place, the sections 26 thereof, being substantially smaller in cross section than the assembled cover, are adapted to be easily passed into place, around the meter M, and worked...1968, Water meter cover: US Patent 3,392,867
   • It consists of a fully insulated rod probe fitted with an electronic oscillator, and a Silometer FMC 420 which in normal operation gives an output signal proportional to the depth of immersion of the probe.1999, Clive E Davies, Kristina Fenton, “Moisture measurement in free flowing particulate solids using an off-the-shelf capacitance level probe”, in Chemeca 99: Chemical Engineering: Solutions in a...