If you use an impeller design, it can be made as a sealed unit by having = an impeller with metallic or magnetic blade tips, sensed from outside a = non metallic tube using an inductive proximity detector. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Hull Engineering / Technical EMS (Africa) (Pty) Ltd PO Box 1026, Melville, 2109, South Africa Ph + 27 11 482 4470, Fax +27 11 726 2552 -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu