Balance bar having a reduced axial thermal stress resulting from high temperature manufacturing methods

A Coriolis flow meter adapted to be connected to a system having a material flow, said Coriolis flow meter having a balance bar and a flow tube adapted to be vibrated in a drive plane in phase opposition to generate Coriolis deflections of said vibrating flow tube with material flow;

• pickoff means that detect said Coriolis deflections to generate signals representing information pertaining to said material flow;
• said balance bar is coaxial with said flow tube and surrounds a portion of said flow tube, said Coriolis flow meter further comprises:
• connecting rings;
• separate halves of said balance bar each being coaxial with said flow tube and with each half having an axial outer end connected to a surface of said flow tube by one of said connecting rings;
• elongated apparatus that interconnects the inner axial ends of said balance bar halves, said elongated apparatus is located on the neutral plane of the drive mode of said balance bar and is spaced apart from the outer radial surface of said balance bar halves;
• said elongated apparatus and said balance bar halves vibrate in said drive plane as an integral structure.