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True RTD Accuracy - What You Need to Know!
Description: A Resistance Temperature Detector (RTD) is a temperature sensing device that consists of a wire coil or deposited film of pure metal. The element’s resistance increases with temperature in a ...
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Electro-Sensitive Protective Devices (ESPE) for Safe Machines
From: SICKDescription: The measures and products for implementation of machine safety requirements have become more diverse over the years. The goal is ever better integration of the functional safety in machines and ...
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Oil and Gas Recovery with Differential Pressure Transmitter at Oil Station
From: Micro Sensor Co., Ltd.Description: With the rapid economic growth and the acceleration of the pace of social life, motor vehicles have become one of the most important ways of transportation for humans in the world. Survey shows that ...
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Miniaturizing Linear Motion and Measurement
From: Schneeberger Inc.Description: Linear motion and measurement are core technologies in dental and medical equipment, life science instruments, and optical systems. In the past, separate subsystems were required to incorporate these ...
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How Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor Works?
From: Micro Sensor Co., Ltd.Description: It is mainly engaged in pressure sensors, pressure transmitters, liquid level transmitters, electromagnetic flowmeters, and IoT monitoring terminal products, providing customized product solutions for ...
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Combining a NIR-B-2K-Glass, a Cyclops L and a Lancom 4 to Improve Your Carbon Footprint and Reduce NOx Emissions in Glass Furnace Applications
From: LANDDescription: Here we discuss combining three of our products; the handheld Cyclops L Pyrometer, the NIR-B-2K-Glass Thermal Imager and the Lancom 4 Gas Analyser. ...
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What Are The Key Differences between VIS and IR Thermal Imagers?
From: LANDDescription: Within many industries and applications, visible cameras are widely used for process monitoring. Even in security applications, visible cameras or special residual light amplifying cameras are used to ...
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An Overview of Proximity Sensors
Description: Proximity sensors detect the presence or absence of objects using electromagnetic fields, light and sound. There are many types, each suited to specific applications and environments. Here's a look at ...
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Oil Tank Monitoring Level Transmitters in Different Environments
From: Micro Sensor Co., Ltd.Description: The different environmental climates, different storage conditions, and various unpredictable special conditions all over the world have brought great challenges to the monitoring of oil tank storage ...
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Servo Ultrasonic Welding Slashes Energy Costs in Automotive Application
Description: In addition to delivering 87% energy savings over pneumatic systems, the servo-driven ultrasonic welder also improved bond strength. ...
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Tesla Says it is Adding Radar in its Cars Amid Self-Driving Suite Concerns
Description: Tesla told the FCC that it plans to market a new radar starting next month. The move raises even more concerns about potentially needed updates to its hardware suite to achieve the promised ...
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Proximity Sensor For Mobile Machines
Description: Learn about all the benefits LANBAO products have to offer! [-40?...85?] Wide operating temperature range. [IP68,IP69K] High ingress protection for the requirements of harsh environmental conditions. ...
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Frame Counting Sensor for Tablet Packaging Machine
Description: Granular packaging machine is a general term for packaging equipment used to package various granular products. There are many kinds of granular products, which can involve pharmaceutical, food, ...
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Precise Ship Tank Level Measurement. Even in Harsh Conditions.
Description: Customized pressure sensors like the UTC30 transducer are used worldwide in numerous industries. Let's take a look at the important role sensors play in the shipbuilding industry and at the advantages ...
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Why Should Pressure Sensors be Tailored to the Specific Application?
Description: Pressure sensors are used in many applications. But sometimes the standard version does not offer an ideal solution. With our configurator, you can put together your sensor individually. Whether in ...
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Continuous Monitoring of the Calorific Value of Mixed Gaseous Fuels
Description: It is becoming increasingly important to measure the energy of fuels formed by complex mixtures of combustible and non-combustible gases and vapors that vary in concentration or composition over time ...
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Did You Know? FAQs About CalorVal Analyzers
Description: The CalorVal is our btu analyzer for directly measuring total heating value. ...
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Complete Open Gateways with the NIR-B-2K-Glass Thermal Imager to Have Digital 4.0 Data Exchange and SCADA
From: LANDDescription: For batch monitoring and furnace control of a glass furnace to be most effective, the NIR-B-2K-Glass camera should be integrated into the DCS control of the furnace and be connected to the existing ...
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Proximity Sensor for Lithium Battery Industry
Description: The new energy wave is sweeping in, and the lithium battery industry has become the current "trendsetter", and the manufacturing equipment market for lithium batteries is also rising. According to ...
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Decarbonising Combustion in Steam Methane Reformers
From: LANDDescription: Widely used in the hydrocarbon processing industry, steam reforming faces increased regulatory scrutiny to reduce its carbon footprint and corresponding plant emissions. Operators must make hard ...
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Measuring Gas Temperatures In Combustion Processes By Infrared Pyrometry
From: LANDDescription: Infrared thermometry is used in a wide range of industrial processes to measure the temperature of objects as diverse as a blast furnace shell, glass in a melt tank or the clinker in a cement kiln. ...
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Proximity Sensor For Animal Husbandry
Description: In recent years, with the continuous development of Sci. & Tech, traditional animal husbandry has also ushered in a new model. For example, various sensors are installed in the livestock farm to ...
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How to Measure Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Accurately
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: This article explains CO2 measurement fundamentals for engineers and facility managers. It covers measurement units (ppm vs. percentage), NDIR sensor technology, accuracy definitions and how range ...
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CO2 Monitor & Controller for Grow Rooms, Greenhouses
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Carbon dioxide (CO2) monitors and controllers are essential tools in modern indoor agriculture, enabling growers to maintain optimal CO2 concentrations for maximizing plant growth. This article ...
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How to Ensure Accurate Monitoring of Urban Sewage Treatment?
From: Micro Sensor Co., Ltd.Description: In the whole process, the electromagnetic flowmeter plays an indispensable role - measuring the amount of sewage treatment & effluent discharge. ...
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Liquid Level Sensor for Appliance Industry
Description: The liquid level sensor is used to detect the state of the liquid, which can mainly realize the functions of water shortage, power failure protection, overflow prevention and reminder. There are many ...
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Case Study: How Thermal Flow Meters Help Optimize Boiler Air Feed for Sulfur Recovery Units (SRU's)
Description: Richard Koeken, Fluid Components International (FCI), and Alessandro Esposito, Precision Fluid Controls, explain how flow meters can help refiners to optimise boiler air feed for sulfur recovery units ...
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Protecting Cooling Towers From Fluid Delivery Pump Failures
Description: Oil refineries separate crude oil into a variety of feedstocks and final products through high pressure distillation processes, which require extremely high temperatures that can approach 750°F ...
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CO and CO2 - What's the difference?
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: The differences between carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2) are important, but the gases are often confused. While they may sound the same they are completely different gases with different ...
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4 Best Gas Safety Systems for Beverage, Industrial Safety
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: One of the most common questions we receive at CO2Meter.com, is "What is the best CO2 safety monitor?". Since being a restaurant owner, brewer, indoor grower, or industry professional can have its own ...
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CO2 Tank Safety & CO2 Cylinder Safety
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Whether you use individual CO2 cylinders or a bulk CO2 tank system, you should be aware of CO2 tank safety. Thousands of liquid carbon dioxide cylinders and tanks are used across the country for soda ...
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NFPA, NBIC, IFC Stored CO2 Compliance Codes
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: At CO2Meter, we are often asked, "What CO2 level is dangerous?" CO2 levels above 40,000ppm (4%) are life threatening. However, there are many other limits placed on carbon dioxide levels depending on ...
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Sensing Digital Objects in the Air: Ultraleap Introduces New Technology
Description: Ultraleap produces ultrasonic transducers that enable haptics without devices. Users can feel virtual objects in the air and interact with them through hand gestures. The hardware required for this is ...
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Principle and Application of Optical Liquid Level Sensor
Description: Optical liquid level sensor is a kind of sensor that uses optical refraction principle to realize liquid level detection. Light entering the water will form refraction, which is a well-known physical ...
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White Paper: How Ambient Temperature Affects Hydraulic Magnetic Circuit Breakers and Thermal Breakers
From: Sensata TechnologiesDescription: However, for applications where harsh environments and wide ranges of ambient temperature are possible, magnetic hydraulic circuit breaker delivers advantages in circuit protection that cannot be ...
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How an Uncalibrated Optical Pyrometer Can Affect Temperature Accuracy of TMT Readings on Steam Methane Reformers
From: LANDDescription: We recently conducted some customer training on using the Cyclops for tube metal temperature measurements and found large temperature errors when using an old, damaged, and uncalibrated Cyclops C100. ...
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How to Measure Low Temperatures on Shiny Metal Surfaces
From: LANDDescription: To measure the temperature of shiny metal surfaces at lower temperatures, such as metal strips in cold rolling processes, using non-contact infrared temperature measurement methods, like pyrometers, ...
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Reinforcing Cyclops Handheld Pyrometer Uses with NIR-B-2K Thermocouple Verification and Hot Spot Monitoring
From: LANDDescription: In this blog we explain how the NIR-B-2K thermal imager could reinforce the Cyclops C100L handheld, portable pyrometer temperature measurements in glass furnace operations ...
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Using Transportable NIR-B-2K Imager for Thermal Surveys and Combustion Optimisation to Reduce Energy
From: LANDDescription: In this blog, We explain how the NIR-B-2K thermal imager could be used as a transportable device to reinforce thermal optimisation of furnaces and in-furnace thermal glass surveys that provide ...
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Tiny Ultrasound Sensors Could Monitor EV Batteries
Description: Ultrasound sensors as small as a thumbnail can scan lithium-ion batteries to check their charge, health, and safety, a new study finds. ...
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What Is a Gas Detection Wearable: Top Questions About Connected Safety Technology
From: MSA SafetyDescription: The number of workplace injuries remains nearly unchanged year-over-year, with more than 2 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses reported by provide industry employees in 2019. And up to ...
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How to Generate Wattage in Small Spaces
From: Backer Hotwatt Inc.Description: As engineers push the design envelope smaller and smaller, generating the right amount of heat for confined spaces can be challenging. Micro-cartridge heaters are a great solution that pack a lot of ...
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Siemens, Gecko Robotics Develop Ultrasonic Maintenance Robots
Description: Siemens has announced a three-year collaboration with Gecko Robotics to develop and roll out ultrasonic robotic inspection services across Europe. ...
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Frame Counting Sensor for Tablet Packaging Machine
Description: The photoelectric particle counting sensor is mainly used in the counting of small moving objects. Due to its high-speed, non-contact measurement, and low requirements for the falling position of the ...
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North America Ultrasonic Sensor Market Analysis
Description: According to a recent study from market research firm Graphical Research, the North America ultrasonic sensor market size is projected to reach a valuation US$ 1 billion by 2027. ...
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Severn Trent Water to Deploy 157,000 Smart Water Meters
Description: As part of the utility's Green Recovery Program, Severn Trent Water is working with Itron Inc. to deploy 157,000 of the compan's smart water meters in Warwickshire to better monitor its water ...
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5 Cost-of-Ownership Considerations for Gas Detection Programs
From: MSA SafetyDescription: Not all gas detection programs are created equally. Nor, for that matter, are they all priced equally. Yes, price matters when creating or upgrading a gas detection program. But price by itself is not ...
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Monitoring Lower Flammable Limit Protects Lives While Maximizing Production and Profit
Description: Every year excessive increases in LFL levels result in severe plant damage, extended downtime, injuries, and even death to personnel. Using the correct analyzer to monitor the LDL level in the process ...
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A Full Guide to Thermal Mass Flow Meters
From: Eldridge Products, Inc.Description: The EPI MULTI series flow meters are multi-point, which use multiple connected sensor assemblies connected to a remote control panel for metering large pipes/ducts. The EPI MULTI series flow meters ...
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Landfill Gas & Municipal Flow Meters
From: Eldridge Products, Inc.Description: The EPI MULTI series flow meters are multi-point, which use multiple connected sensor assemblies connected to a remote control panel for metering large pipes/ducts. The EPI MULTI series flow meters ...
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Moisture Measurement and Carbon Capture
Description: Preventing corrosion and compressor damage in CCUS ...
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Moisture Measurement for Hydrogen and Natural Gas Blending
Description: Michell Instruments: supporting the roll-out of net zero technologies ...
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Moisture Measurement for Natural Gas Liquid Extraction
Description: Plant Protection, Energy Efficiency and Cost Savings ...
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Moisture Sensor Calibration in Compressed Air and Gas Generation Systems
Description: The subject of dew-point sensor calibration may not set the pulses racing ...? but ignore it at your peril!? ...
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Precise Measurement of Moisture in Natural Gas
Description: Due to variations in natural-gas compositions or impurities, precision in moisture measurement was impossible to achieve - until recently. ...
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Protecting Supply Lines, From Liquification to Regasification
Description: Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) is an increasingly important global source of energy. The market analysts Research and Markets predict that annual demand will grow by almost 9 % CAGR to ...
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Why CO2 Measurement is Even More Important during Pandemic Times
Description: Regular ventilation of closed rooms has taken on a whole new meaning in the Corona pandemic. To ensure they detect the right time for fresh air, more and more schools and companies are using CO2 ...
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What is Background Radiation? And Why is it Important to Compensate for it?
From: LANDDescription: Background radiation is a challenge for infrared temperature measurement in industrial furnaces, as it makes cool products appear hotter than they are ...
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Technical Progress and Development of Micro Sensor's Pressure Sensors
From: Micro Sensor Co., Ltd.Description: Micro Sensor continues to do research and develop on our pressure sensors in specifications, constructions, materials, and applications day by day. ...
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Application Brief: Hydropower - Custom Control Panel
From: Arjay EngineeringDescription: Hydropower facility installs custom control panel ensuring functionality of oil water separator ...
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Application Brief: Transportation - 2852-OWS Oil/Water Separator Alarm
From: Arjay EngineeringDescription: Bus garage installs Oil/Water Separator Alarm to meet water regulations and standards ...
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The History and Accuracy of Thermal Mass Flow Controllers
From: Environics, Inc.Description: A flow controller's accuracy is typically expressed as a percent of Full-Scale flow (%FS). This means that the flow controller is most accurate when operating at its rated full-scale flow rate. ...
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Mature ROA System: A Necessary Magic Weapon for Smart Cockpit to Protect Your and Your Family's Safety
Description: It is easy to cause serious consequences if you are trapped in the car with high temperature, especially in the hot summer. In the recent years, incidents of children being trapped in cars leading to ...
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The Best Automotive Technologies to Look For when Buying a New Car
Description: When it comes to today's SUVs, cars, trucks, and minivans, electronic tech features are hugely important. These items are now an integral part of how you interact with your vehicle, as well as how ...
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Automatic Monitoring Solution for Hydropower
From: Micro Sensor Co., Ltd.Description: It is essential for the hydropower plant to apply whole automatic monitoring solutions for safer and easier operation based on accurate monitoring requirements. Micro Sensor provides professional ...
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High Performance Ultrasonic Sensor for Intelligent Water Meter
Description: With the rapid development of Internet of things technology, the demand for high-performance ultrasonic sensor of ultrasonic intelligent water meter applied in intelligent buildings is becoming more ...
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Pressure Measurement in Chemical Industry
From: Micro Sensor Co., Ltd.Description: The chemical industry requires reliable instruments to fit the possible circumstances for pressure measurements and controls, it is critical to maintaining high quality and mass production, as well as ...
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How Does AGV Realize Automatic Obstacle Avoidance
Description: In recent years, the concept of unmanned has been gradually applied to various industries in society, such as unmanned retail, unmanned drive, and unmanned factory; Related to logistics are unmanned ...
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New Water Meters to Help Transform Dunedin into Smart, Environmentally Friendly
Description: Dunedin City Council (DCC) has implemented a new, smart water metering system as part of its move to becoming a city that delivers the objectives of the controversial Three Waters policy. ...
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Safety Groups Want Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) Uniformly Named
Description: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) should improve the world of car safety. Unfortunately, each brand has adopted a name for simple systems meant to protect the drivers on the road. What can ...
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MAQ®20 PID Control in a Home Heating Application
From: Dataforth CorporationDescription: Technical Support Contact us for a wide range of technical support and assistance regarding your application. Use our toll free number and online request form. MAQ20 PID Control in a Home Heating ...
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How did Pressure Sensors Move into Large-Scale Production?
From: Micro Sensor Co., Ltd.Description: The main production processes of pressure sensors are gluing - binding - diaphragm welding - oil filling - sealing - pressure impact- aging - temperature compensation - resistance adjustment - ...
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Guide: Torque Control and Safety for High-Volume Production Applications
From: Mountz, Inc.Description: The application of accurate and consistent torque on high-volume production applications is crucial to efficient assembly. ...
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Guide: Using, Converting, and Understanding Torque Values for Metric Bolts
From: Mountz, Inc.Description: It's important to properly convert units when dealing with torque values for metric bolts in order to ensure safety and efficiency. ...
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Pressure Measurement Solution in Micro Sensor
From: Micro Sensor Co., Ltd.Description: In oil and gas applications, pressure sensors are used widely which nearly involved all kinds of pressure types in the process of measuring, such as gauge, absolute, differential pressure, high ...
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Pressure Transmitter for Plasma Scrubber
From: Micro Sensor Co., Ltd.Description: Micro Sensor Provides a high stable pressure transmitter with high level EMC compatibility and explosion-proof design. ...
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What is a Weld Purge Monitor?
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: A weld purge monitor verifies no oxygen during argon back purge for TIG welding or argon CO2 blend for MIG welding. ...
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TecPen Oxygen Analyzer for Modified Atmosphere Packaging
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: The TecPen is a portable oxygen analyzer designed for quality control testing in modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) and headspace analysis. Using advanced optochemical sensor technology, it measures ...
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MRI Room Oxygen Monitor
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: This article explains the technical necessity for oxygen monitoring in MRI rooms, where liquid helium cooling systems pose oxygen deficiency hazards. It covers MRI scanner operation, the role of ...
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Modified Atmosphere Packaging Testing
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) testing verifies gas mixtures in sealed food and pharmaceutical containers to ensure product safety and shelf-life. This article explains MAP principles, oxygen ...
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Is TIG Welding Dangerous?
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: This article examines the primary hazards of TIG (tungsten inert gas) welding and mitigation strategies. It covers UV/IR radiation exposure to eyes and skin, toxic fumes from molten metals including ...
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How Does Modified Atmosphere Packaging Protect Foods?
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) is a food preservation technology that extends shelf life by replacing air inside packaging with controlled gas mixtures-primarily CO2 and nitrogen-to slow ...
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How Does an Oxygen Sensor Work?
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Comprehensive technical overview of oxygen sensor technologies covering eight distinct sensing methods: electrochemical, zirconia, optical, Clark electrode, infrared, electro-galvanic, ultrasonic, and ...
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How Does an Electrochemical Carbon Monoxide Sensor Work?
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: AlphaSense is one of the most popular manufacturers of electrochemical oxygen sensors. Their sensors are used in dozens of 4-gas detectors and portable safety meters used worldwide. ...
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Oxygen Enrichment and Fire Hazards
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: The rapid increase in ventilators used in hospitals due to the COVID-19 outbreak has increased the risk of fires due to oxygen enrichment in enclosed areas. ...
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Gas Safety Monitoring in Medical and Healthcare Applications
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Human life relies on respiration: the intake of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide. Respiration provides a constant flow of oxygen molecules to our brain, organs and tissues while providing a ...
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Fixed vs. Portable Gas Detection: What's the Difference?
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: This article compares fixed and portable gas detection systems, explaining their similarities, key differences, and appropriate applications. It covers installation methods, coverage areas, power ...
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Oxygen Deficient Atmosphere Hazards
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Oxygen deficiency can be caused by a medical condition or by an oxygen-deficient atmosphere. Both can be dangerous. ...
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Cryogenic Safety: Working Near Cryogens
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Cryogenic gases (called cryogens) include argon, helium, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, methane and CO2. These gases are used to produce very low temperatures in the laboratory, in research facilities, ...
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Can a Carbon Monoxide Detector Detect Carbon Dioxide?
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: A carbon monoxide detector cannot detect carbon dioxide. In general, a carbon monoxide detector uses an electrochemical sensor that outputs electric current proportional to the amount of carbon ...
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Industrial Oxygen Sensors
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: What's the difference between industrial oxygen sensors and other oxygen sensors? ...
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New Low Oxygen Monitor and Alarm for Cold Applications
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: This low-oxygen safety monitor and alarm uses a sensor capable of measuring potentially dangerous oxygen levels in freezers and other low temperature applications. ...
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Nitrogen from Ammonia in Poultry Farms
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: For centuries farmers have used chicken manure as garden fertilizer. Chicken manure is particularly high in nitrogen as well as potassium and phosphorus, the three most important elements in all ...
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Oxygen Deficiency Monitor
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: An oxygen deficiency monitor combines a room oxygen monitor and an oxygen depletion alarm. ...
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Oxygen Safety Best Practices
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Oxygen safety is critical for stored oxygen gas used in medical and industrial applications, as well as oxygen deficient situations. ...
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Oxygen Sensor Best Practices for Storage and Operation
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: The conditions oxygen sensors are stored in before they are used or when not in use can have a direct impact on the life of the sensors. Manufacturers will typically list the recommended storage ...
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Portable Trace Oxygen Analyzer Measures Weld Purge Results
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: A portable trace oxygen analyzer verifies that 100% of the oxygen has been purged from the back side of TIG welded stainless steel, titanium, nickel or zirconium alloys. If oxygen gas is present at ...
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Trace Oxygen and CO2 Analyzer for Modified Atmosphere Packaging
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: A thin, hollow needle and micro-pump takes gas samples through clear packaging material. A pierceable septum is applied to the packaging material to insure outside air does not mix with the air ...
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Weld Purge Monitor by TecSense
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: As a trace oxygen analyzer, the TecWeld Weld Purge Monitor is most commonly used to verify argon flooding during welding of stainless steel or titanium pipe in the aerospace, automotive, nuclear, ...
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What is an Oxygen Generator?
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Oxygen generators separate oxygen from air so that the gas can be fed into industrial processes in real-time or stored in pressure tanks. Oxygen generators are used in dozens of industrial ...