OpenSource Rotameter v2020.Mall

The 2020 version of the open source rotameter.

Recommendations for improvement

The development of the project’s rotameter was a first iteration of design, development, and testing, and so, there is inherently a lot of challenges to overcome with further development, but also a lot of opportunities to make improvements.

A number of challenges were faced during the manufacturing and testing procedure of the project’s rotameter and some recommendations for further development and research are suggested. These recommendations aim to improve the manufacturing process, the experimental setup, the ease of use of the rotameter, and the performance of the rotameter in both clean and sandy water conditions.

The most difficult task within the manufacturing process was gluing in the sight windows and ensuring their water tightness. This was because the width of the slot is small and therefore spreading glue successfully over the length of the shoulder was a major challenge. To make thi