| Yatesmeter's core business is reducing clients'
pumping costs, principally through energy savings from improved
pump performance.
Yatesmeter grew rapidly throughout the 1980's, after having
been formed in 1981 to develop a thermodynamic pump efficiency
meter. The Company currently has a staff complement of 22,
most of whom work on the premises situated in Ottery St. Mary
in East Devon, England.
Besides working in the UK Water Industry for a number of
companies, one of which is Thames Water, Yatesmeter has extended
its client base to include British Steel, Nuclear Electric
and many others. Overseas, Yatesmeter has either tested pumps
or sold Yatesmeter in many parts of the world including Germany,
France, South Africa, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Finland,
Australia and the USA.
Development
Many an entrepreneur has started his business activities in
his garage and so it was for Maurice Yates (Right) during the
inception of his now world famous Yatesmeter.
The first prototype relegated the car to the driveway and
in a short while larger premises were sought and obtained
on a local Industrial Estate.
His transformation of the Thermodynamic method of differential
temperature measurement from a laboratory led concept to the
practical on-site use of today has completely changed the
speed in which pump users can determine the performance of
their pumping plant.
Although viewed a little sceptically by many in the early
days, after detailed scrutiny by the National Engineering
Laboratories, Water Research Centre, Loughborough University
and BHRA, The Fluid Engineering Centre, plus many comparison
tests at many of the Water organisations of the time, the
Yatesmeter slowly gained acceptance.
As the volume of work increased so did the investment in
research and development. The Yatesmeter of today is a long
way ahead of those early prototypes. As the need for technical
excellence has increased our engineers have continually upgraded
the Yatesmeter specification to meet the requirements of the
market place.
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