Temperature sensors are essential measuring instruments for ensuring the safety and efficiency of countless industrial processes. While RTDs and thermocouples both provide accuracy and reliability, each has pros and cons that make them better suited for particular …
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Measuring Instruments to Monitor Wastewater Pumps for Performance, Safety, and Savings
Ravi JethraMeasuring instruments monitor and control the pumps used to move fluids in industrial applications. High-quality gauges and sensors – for measuring pressure, temperature, flow, and more – optimize safety and efficiency in municipal water treatment plants. A …
Smart IO-Link Sensors and Switches for Smart Factories
Jeff PlacekWIKA’s family of robust products with IO-Link – pressure, temperature, and flow sensors – enable the remote monitoring and process control of intelligent machines in smart factories. IO-Link has revolutionized the monitoring, management, and control of …
WIKA Offers Web-Based Thermowell Wake Frequency Calculators
Adam DeLanceyTwo wake frequency calculators – a pared-down one and a full version – are free, easy-to-use online tools for determining the diameters, length, thickness, and material of a thermowell. Thermowells are important accessories that shield sensitive temperature …
Case Study: WIKA Equips Syngas Plant with Long-Lasting Thermocouples
Alina GreenAt a Texas-based syngas plant, the thermocouples in its partial oxidation units were lasting an average of three months before failing. But after switching to WIKA’s TC84 platinum thermocouple with sapphire protection tube, the facility has not had to replace its …