CORIOLIS MASS FLOW METER

The Coriolis mass flow meter comprises a measuring transducer which has at least one vibration element, an exciter assembly, and a sensor assembly and which is designed such that a fluid substance to be measured flows through the transducer at least temporarily. The flow meter also comprises an electronic transformer circuit which is electrically coupled to the exciter assembly as well as to the sensor assembly. The vibration element is designed to be contacted by the flowing fluid to be measured and to be vibrated at the same time, and the exciter assembly is designed to convert electric power fed to the exciter assembly into mechanical power which produces forced mechanical vibrations of the vibration element. The transformer circuit is designed to generate an electric driver signal and feed electric power to the exciter assembly using the driver signal such that the vibration element at least proportionally produces forced mechanical vibrations with at least one useful frequency, namely a vibration frequency specified by the electric driver signal, said vibrations being suitable for producing Coriolis forces based on the mass flow in the flowing fluid to be measured. In order to detect mechanical vibrations of the vibration element, the sensor assembly has two electrodynamic vibration sensors (51, 52), each of which is designed to convert vibrational movements of the vibration element at a first or at a second measurement point, which is arranged at a distance from the first measurement point, into a respective electric vibration measurement signal (s1 and s2, respectively) such that each vibration measurement signal has at least one useful component (s1N1 and s2N1, respectively), namely an AC voltage component with a frequency corresponding to the useful frequency and with an amplitude (U1N1 and U2N1, respectively) which is based on the useful frequency and on a respective magnetic flux (Φ1 and Φ2, respectively), namely a magnetic flux flowing through the respective vibration sensor (51 and 52, respectively), as well as at least one harmonic component (s1N2 and s2N2, respectively), namely an AC voltage component with a frequency corresponding to a whole-number multiple of the useful frequency and with an amplitude (U1N2 and U2N2, respectively) which is based on a respective magnetic flux (Φ1 and Φ2, respectively). The transformer circuit is additionally designed to receive and analyze the vibration measurement signals (s1, s2), namely ascertain mass fl