Tipping counters are used for the quantitative determination of seepage water and surface water runoff. For this purpose, the direct quantity of water flowing off is recorded as a flow rate (also volume flow). The flow rate indicates which volume of a fluid flows through a certain cross-sectional area in a certain time. Tipping counters thus offer a highly time-resolved, automated alternative to leaching tests.

The tipping counters made of V2A steel are very robust and inert to water of different origin and composition. Due to the stable material, significantly larger designs are possible than with plastic tipping meters. To accommodate all flow volumes, these tipping counters are available with a wide range of tipping pan sizes.

Fields of application:

• Detection of leachate rates in lysimeters.
• In combination with the Run Off system, tilt meters allow the determination of surface runoff from inclined planes. Surface runoff plays a significant role in the hillslope hydrology of small catchments.
• When combined with the H-Flume, tilt counters allow high accuracy measurement of runoff at low flows and higher flows in open channels.

Up to a tipping pan volume of three liters, the tipping counters can be equipped with a connection for aliquot sampling (can be ordered from us). For each tipping, 0.1…3 % volume aliquote is then filled into a PE collection bottle for further analysis in the laboratory via an outlet connection with hose connection and shut-off valve.