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Optical bubble counter for a blow-off line: 5 mm LED break-beam, ¼ in barbs

Name: Optical bubble counter for a blow-off line: 5 mm LED break-beam, ¼ in barbs dimension sheet
Creator: Xem Studio
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

How do I count fermentation bubbles electronically? · Hardware · basis: Xem Studio design: a small water-filled chamber on the blow-off line; each bubble rising from the inlet tube crosses a beam between a 5 mm IR LED and a 5 mm phototransistor in two Ø5.1 holes

Exact dimensions. True size, with no printing tolerance added.

sizes: 1 in table

Notes

Run the blow-off hose from the lid barb (through a ½ × ¼ in reducing hose or a ¼ in barb port) into the inlet barb; fill the chamber about 35 mm deep with water or sanitiser so the beam (22 mm up) is under water. Each bubble breaks the beam once: count pulses on an ESP32 input to log the CO₂ rate.
Print it in a clear material, or seal the LED holes with clear epoxy; mount it upright with two M3 screws through the base.
Every clamp face is the ISO 2852 profile used across this site: 2.85 mm rim, flat face with the gasket groove (K 1.6 deep, R3 1.2 bottom, 23° walls, P2 0.8 edges) on C2, 20° back cone. Flange C3 / groove C2 / tube OD × wall, mm: ½–¾ in 25.0 / 20.4 (derived) / 12.7–19.05 × 1.65; 1–1½ in 50.5 / 43.5 / 25.4–38.1 × 1.65; 2 in 64.0 / 56.5 / 50.8 × 1.65; 2½ in 77.5 / 70.5 / 63.5 × 1.65; 3 in 91.0 / 83.5 / 76.2 × 1.65; 4 in 119.0 / 110.0 / 101.6 × 2.11; 6 in 166.9 (6.570 in) / 156.5 / 152.4 × 2.77; 8 in 217.7 (8.570 in) / 207.0 / 203.2 × 2.77; 10 in 268.5 / 261.0 / 254.0 × 3.40; 12 in 319.3 / 311.8 / 304.8 × 3.40.

Sizes

chamber_bore_mm	chamber_h_mm	beam_height_mm	led_hole_mm	barbs
24	70	22	5.1	¼ in in / out

Where the files are

Other publishers' files are linked, not hosted. "verify" = check the license at the link before commercial use.

GW Kent	Tri-clamp fittings guide: tube OD, flange OD and ID per size to 12 in; solid cap thickness	web	publisher's guide; dimensions cited
Rubber Fab	Tri-Clamp gasket dimensional chart: gasket ID, OD and bead diameter per size (2 in bead 2.22 in / 56.50 mm, 1.5 in 1.71 / 43.50, 3 in 3.29 / 83.50)	PDF	maker chart; dimensions are facts verify

Free files

★ Free files 1 parts. Generated by Xem Studio from the standard; threads are plain cylinders at major diameter. CC BY 4.0. index.json

optical-bubble-counter-1-4in-barbs

optical bubble counter: Ø24 × 70 chamber, ¼ in barbs in and out, inlet tube to 10 above the floor, two Ø5.1 LED holes facing across the bubble path 22 up

STEP · STL

Plain text: sheet.txt · JSON: /api/geometry?object=tri-clamp-bubble-counters