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Piston Gear Measurement
Description: Working alongside companies who supply accurate and reliable precision gauging probes to manufacturing companies, Solartron Metrology's display unit can improve the overall product offering, providing ...
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Technology That Extends the Life of Quartz Thermocouple Sheaths in ASM Epsilon Reactors
From: Conax TechnologiesDescription: Conax Technologies has developed ground-breaking technology that lowers the cost of ASM Epsilon® reactor ownership. After eight years of development and testing, Conax introduces its exclusive new ...
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How to Reach Unrivaled Precision in Distance and Thickness Measurements with Confocal Sensors
From: Micro-Epsilon GroupDescription: Sensors that measure the distance to an object have many application areas in the manufacturing industry and in quality control. The requirements for the measurement system differ substantially ...
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Accuracy in Adversity
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: It is a fact of the industry that oil and gas companies are required, by various rules and regulations, to routinely perform gas sampling to establish gas composition, flow rates and gas properties. ...
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Advancing Mass Flow Technology with Multi-range and Multi-gas Programmability
From: Brooks InstrumentDescription: This new white paper discusses the impact this new technology has had on how MFCs are engineered into different systems, and the way plants have modified their operations to take full advantage of ...
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How to Get the Best Possible Accuracy for Carbon Dioxide Applications
From: Brooks InstrumentDescription: When buying a mass flow controller, the accuracy specification that is published on the data sheet is important criteria to evaluate. ...
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Overcoming Natural Gas Sampling Challenges in Oil & Gas Applications
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: It is a fact that in order to comply with various government rules and regulations, oil and gas companies have to continually take natural gas samples to prove the gas composition and amount of gas ...
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What are the Advantages of Ultrasonic Wind Sensors?
From: LufftUSADescription: Whether mechanical, ultrasonic or laser wind measurements: all measuring methods have technical limits. While for mechanical wind sensors the measuring element - cups and vanes - itself predominantly ...
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Breakthrough in Flare Gas Measurement Improves Efficiency Tech Note
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: Oil wells almost always produce natural gas along with the petroleum. In many cases, it is uneconomical to process due to heavy contamination. ...
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Do You Have the Thermal Mass Flow Advantage? (Infographic)
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: Use this infographic to learn how counting molecules saves you money and increases accuracy in results. ...
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For Vortex Flow Meters, Accuracy Matters in Steam Energy Flow Measurement
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: The heat is on. Most facilities managers are in the hot seat to account for all of the flow energy, going in and out of their facility which is no easy task. This mandate is no different for steam ...
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How to Reduce Methane Emissions with Thermal Mass Flow Meters
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: The flare gas discussion is heating up again. According to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. oil production is at an all-time high, and so are the harmful methane emissions from leaks, flaring ...
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Turning Your Boiler for EPA Boiler MACT Compliance
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: The EPA's Boiler MACT (Maximum Achievable Control Technology) regulations are heating up. Boiler MACT is an EPA rule to limit hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from commercial and industrial boilers and ...
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Basic Humidity Definitions
Description: The concept of Dalton's law is often overlooked in considering problems in humidity measurement, because one forgets that the "water" in a gas is actually a gas itself and must be treated in ...
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Application Note: Monitoring Ocean Floor Levels During Oil Drilling
From: Honeywell Sensing & IoTDescription: To meet the long-term global demand for oil, drilling companies have been exploring in the deep and ultra-deep water for reserves at great expense. It's vital for the drilling companies to know where ...
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Application Note: Test Stands for Aerospace Hydraulic Testing
From: Honeywell Sensing & IoTDescription: Test stands are designed to test aircraft actuators and hydraulics by simulating the actuators in various directions that they will likely see in use. Equipped with products to measure actuator speed, ...
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The Measurement of Turbidity and Suspended Solids
Description: We say that a particular water sample is turbid when the sample is hazy or cloudy. The main effect of the haziness is that we cannot see clearly through the sample after a certain distance, as the ...
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White Paper: Measuring Pressure in Medical Chemistry Analyzers
From: Honeywell Sensing & IoTDescription: One of the challenges designers face when selecting pressure sensors for medical equipment applications is sensor performance in condensing humidity. Tradeoffs in functionality, packaging, and cost ...
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White Paper: The Economics of Accuracy in Low-Cost, High-Volume Sensing Applications
From: Honeywell Sensing & IoTDescription: Various research firms forecast the market for portable medical devices to be somewhere around the $20 billion range within the next several years. Small devices need to provide adequate levels of ...
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A Comparison of Blue and Red Laser Triangulation Sensors
From: Micro-Epsilon GroupDescription: Although red laser triangulation displacement sensors have been in use for more than 20 years, blue laser versions are also now available. Before selecting which colour to use, it is important to ...
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Hoffer Engineering Guide for Liquids
Description: Hoffer inline turbine flowmeters are velocity measuring devices, which is to say they measure the average velocity of a fluid flowing through the body of the meter. ...
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Rotronic - Ceramic Drying
Description: The word ceramic comes from the ancient Greek word Keramos which was the description for pottery made of burned clay mineral. The oldest ceramic object discovered is the statue of "Venus of Dolní ...
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Rotronic - Freeze Drying
Description: The freeze drying process can be traced back to prehistoric times. Back in the 15th century, freeze drying was used by the Incas. They stored their crops on the mountain heights above Machu Picchu ...
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Rotronic - Humidity and Tobacco Drying
Description: Tobacco is a plant that grows natively in North and South America. Records indicate tobacco was cultivated as early as 1 B.C. by the Native Americans. China's tobacco market, which is the largest in ...
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Rotronic - Humidity in Clean Rooms
Description: A clean room is a manufacturing environment that has a low level of environmental pollutants such as dust, airborne microbes, aerosol particles and chemical vapors. The air inside is constantly ...
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Rotronic - Humidity in Drying Lumber
Description: Wood is one of the oldest building materials on the planet. Before wood can be used as a construction material whether it be a structural support in a building or to manufacture furniture, it has to ...
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Rotronic - Humidity in H2O2
Description: Sterilization methods used around the world are changing. Hot steam morpholine or formaldehyde processes are being replaced by hydrogen peroxide sterilization techniques. New methods such as the Dry ...
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Rotronic - Humidity in the Lab
Description: A laboratory is a facility or workplace that provides controlled conditions in which scientific research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. In contrast to the office, the work in a lab is ...
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Rotronic - Humidity in Transportation
Description: One key reason for the success and wealth of some nations in the modern world is their ability to produce unique goods better than any other nation or region. Towns, regions or even entire countries ...
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Rotronic - Incubators and Humidity
Description: In order for life to flourish, all organisms require a certain level of moisture, oxygen, sunshine and CO2 . Plant life requires a certain soil quality to ensure successful growth rates. Each and ...
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Rotronic - Meteorology
Description: What is the weather going to be like tomorrow? For a long time, people have tried to predict weather conditions using the hydrologic climate cycle. In the early 1920's scientists were able to compile ...
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Rotronic - Milk Powder Production
Description: Powdered milk or dried milk is a manufactured dairy product made by dehydrating liquid milk through several drying processes until it is a powder.. One purpose of drying milk is to preserve it; milk ...
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Rotronic - Paper Manufacturing
Description: The ancestor of the pulp paper making process that is used today is considered to be developed by a Chinese man named Tsai-Lun during the early 2nd Century. Paper and similar products like cardboard ...
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Rotronic - Pasta Drying
Description: Pasta is a type of noodle and is a staple ingredient of traditional Italian cuisine, with the first reference dating to 1154. The word "Pasta"? is commonly used to refer to the variety of pasta ...
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Rotronic - Room Temperature Mapping
Description: Temperature and humidity levels that are out of specifications can cause damage to ingredients during production or to the final product during storage. Knowing correct temperature and humidity levels ...
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Rotronic - Seed Storage
Description: Around 10,000 years ago as humans began to shift over from a hunting and gathering culture to a farming culture, preserving and storing seeds became a very important aspect of, not only survival, but ...
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Rotronic - Shipping Containers
Description: A container is a protective housing for safe transportation and storage of goods. Safe means, in this context, the characteristics of the containers content remain unchanged under all relevant ...
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Rotronic - Textile Manufacturing
Description: In the days when cave men ruled the world, people were dressing with animal fur to protect themselves from the elements. Today we are far beyond that point and a wide range of natural as well as ...
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Rotronic - Ventilation Systems
Description: Ventilating is the process of changing or replacing air in any space to provide high indoor air quality. In order to maintain an office building within the comfort zone, or to maintain any application ...
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Rotronic - Wind Turbines
Description: The future is very positive for wind power. The technology is growing exponentially due to the every increasing global demand for electricity and the ongoing negative viewpoint about the high risk in ...
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Dynamic Flatness Measuring
Description: Manufacturing companies undertaking the measurement of flatness of a surface need to take precise readings for the smallest degree of change. The Orbit® 3 Network is able to take synchronized ...
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Rotronic - Baking & Humidity
Description: Most of us have a never ending choice of the most delicious breads, cakes and pastries to please both the palate and the eyes. We have become very used to this diverse range of bread and baked ...
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Rotronic - Energy Efficiency and Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
Description: Key factors for energy efficiency in indoor applications are the control of relative humidity (RH) and temperature levels. The question is how to achieve acceptable RH levels in an energy efficient ...
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Rotronic - Indoor Pools and Humidity
Description: Swimming pools are used for a variety of applications including recreational use for kids and adults, competitive swimming and also therapeutic use for faster recovery from injuries. Pools and ...
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Rotronic - Monitoring in Data Centers
Description: Over the years there has been a rapid increase in large stand-alone data centers housing computer systems, hosting cloud computing servers and supporting telecommunications equipment. These data ...
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Rotronic - Tire Manufacturing
Description: Each and every one of us knows what a tire is: a rubber tube, placed around the wheel of most vehicles that are commercially available today. ...
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Rotronic- Preserving Historical Archives
Description: Archives are an accumulation of historical documents collected over the course of the lifetime of an organization. National archives have the role of collecting, cataloguing and securing historical & ...
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"More Stations. More Data. Better Forecasts." - the NYS Mesonet
From: LufftUSADescription: "More Stations. More Data. Better Forecasts." - that's the slogan of New York State Mesonet. The weather observation network consists of a total of 125 weather stations all over the state of New York ...
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How to Select a Continuous Level Sensor
From: BinMaster, Inc.Description: Using a continuous level sensor to monitor material levels in storage vessels can prevent costly downtime and improve inventory management. Find the appropriate sensor for your application! ...
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Sewage Lift Station: Reducing Maintenance Costs with Level Transmitters
From: PMC Engineering LLCDescription: The level transmitter is a small but vital component in a sewage lift or pump station that helps maintain system integrity and avoid unwanted spillage. ...
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An Overview of RTD Lead Wire Compensation
From: PyromationDescription: RTDs are resistive devices, so lead wire resistance directly affects its accuracy.The error can be quite large, depending on the lead wire resistance (measured in ohms / foot).For example, an ...
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An Overview of Temperature Sensor Transmitters
From: PyromationDescription: Analog (4 - 20 mA) transmitters provide a number of benefits for use in industrial sensing.The nature of current (versus voltage) loops is to maintain the proper current, even if there is significant ...
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An Overview of Thermowell Dimensions
From: PyromationDescription: An overview of threaded, flanged, weld-in and Van Stone thermowell dimensions. ...
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How To Select And Use The Right Temperature Sensor
From: PyromationDescription: Having been involved in the design, manufacture and application of temperature sensors for twenty years, I have done a number of training seminars on temperature sensors. After presenting long winded ...
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Industrial vs MgO Thermocouples
From: PyromationDescription: As a general rule, industrial thermocouples can be made to withstand higher temperatures and come in a wider variety of thermocouple types. MgO thermocouples are flexible and have wider selection of ...
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Rotronic - Making Sense of Sensor Numbers and Placement
Description: There are many factors that are in play for the number of sensors required. It would be nice if there was a simple formula such as one sensor per square foot or per square meter. A formula sometimes ...
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Rotronic - Mapping Strategy Fundamentals
Description: You need a mapping strategy for several reasons. One, it's important for any regulators or approvers to understand the philosophy employed for the mapping. A documented strategy will decrease ...
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Rotronic - Warehouse Mapping
Description: Mapping is the process of determining the temperature and humidity gradients within a controlled space. It is a critical process when the product is regulated by government agencies such as the US ...
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Rotronic- Guidelines and Regulations for cGMP Mapping
Description: There are several guidelines from a myriad of agencies around the world. This table lists several agencies and related documents pertaining to the pharmaceutical industry in North America. ...
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A Cloud Sensor Measuring More Than Just Clouds: The CHM 15k
From: LufftUSADescription: Atmospheric and non-atmospheric parameters in the air space challenge researchers, weather services and airports. Although these applications pursue different targets, there's one sensor system, ...
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Experience Meets Precision: Columbia Weather Systems
From: LufftUSADescription: Columbia Weather Systems specializes in industrial-grade weather stations for professional weather monitoring. Their weather stations integrate meteorological sensors and monitoring options that serve ...
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Nor-Cal Controls Tahoe Met Station Simplifies Data Gathering
From: LufftUSADescription: New solar PV farm projects require the use of meteorological (MET) weather stations to achieve and maintain efficiencies critical to power and revenue generation. Nor-Cal Controls ES, Inc. has ...
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PPE Count on Lufft weather Sensors for PV Monitoring
From: LufftUSADescription: Pacific Power Engineers, Inc. (PPE) was formed by experienced engineers from different branches and offers a range of services e.g. in project management. Together with Lufft USA we provide ...
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Special Test Drive: The Highlight of the Last MARWIS Tour
From: LufftUSADescription: Last winter, I was one of three salesmen who were on tour all over Germany to visit MARWIS prospects and to invite them to a live demo tour. We visited all the facilities responsible for clearing ...
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The NYS Mesonet:
From: LufftUSADescription: "More Stations. More Data. Better Forecasts." - that's the slogan of New York State Mesonet. The weather observation network consists of a total of 125 weather stations all over the state of New York ...
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Weather Dependend Velocity: TU Delft Solar Boat Team's Technology
From: LufftUSADescription: The TU Delft Solar Boat Team looks back on a successful season in July: They were able to win five different awards of this year's Dutch Solar Challenge (the Fryske Marren Prize, the Time Trial Award, ...
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What Became of the Radio Amateurs' Weather Station in Ravensburg?
From: LufftUSADescription: In November 2015, the chairman of the German Radio Amateurs Club's (DARC) local association in Ravensburg, Germany introduced himself and explained how we helped to realize one of their dreams by ...
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The Use of Optical (Chilled Mirror) Sensor Technology for Moisture Measurement
From: The Kahn CompaniesDescription: Optical (chilled mirror) is the most-widely used technology for calibration of dewpoint and relative humidity sensors and transmitters. Optical (chilled mirror) hygrometers are also used in ...
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Fundamentals of Moisture Measurement in Industrial Applications
From: The Kahn CompaniesDescription: Moisture is not only a process variable to be measured in industrial applications, but also a common contaminant which must be controlled. ...
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Detect. Balance. Tune.
Description: When I learned that the Kalitta Motorsports Top Fuel and Funny Car drag racing team was located right here in Michigan, I thought that a dragster would be an exciting application for TECAT's wireless ...
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WISER Sensors: A Key Enabling Technology for GHG Phase 2
Description: Several weeks ago the EPA published the highly anticipated Phase 2 of its Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles (GHG). The Phase 2 ...
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10 Things You Need to Know About Precision Displacement Measurement
From: Micro-Epsilon GroupDescription: Despite their frequent use, terms such as accuracy, resolution, repeatability and linearity are often misunderstood. As critical factors in the selection of a displacement sensor as well as in many ...
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Precise 2D/3D Measurement Using Laser Profile Scanners
From: Micro-Epsilon GroupDescription: The principle of triangulation - the geometric measurement using three-point relationships - has been known for many centuries. In the 18th century, this land survey method established itself in ...
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Measurement of Water Vapor in Sulphur Hexafluoride, SF6
From: MBW Calibration AGDescription: Sulphur hexafluoride, SF6, is a non-toxic, inert, insulating and cooling gas of high dielectric strength and thermal stability. Due to its high dielectric strength, it is particularly suited for ...
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Back to the Basics: Adjustment of Calibration for Process Temperature
Description: Testing by the authorities has shown that at elevated temperatures the Lower Flammable Limit decreases, that is, the mixture increases in flammability. ...
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Back to the Basics: Effects of Varying Rates of Evaporation on Calibration Accuracy
Description: For an analyzer with wide variation in response factors to the solvents of interest, there could be a considerable error from the assumption that the solvent mixture is uniform in each zone of the ...
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Back to the Basics: Flash Point and Dew Point
Description: Each solvent has a characteristic "flash point." This is the minimum temperature at which the solvent can produce sufficient vapors to form a flammable concentration in air at its surface. The flash ...
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Back to the Basics: Flash Point, Dew Point & Temperature
Description: The ability of the analyzer to measure the solvent concentration depends on the delivery of the solvent vapor to the analyzer through a sampling system in which all elements in contact with sample are ...
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Back to the Basics: Industry-Standard Accuracy
Description: Several analyzer types are of sufficiently sound design and manufacture to meet the industry-standard requirements for general purpose gas detection. Many of these also maintain this accuracy under ...
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Back to the Basics: Location in Multi-zone Drying
Description: The first or second zone might normally show the highest solvent concentration. But during an upset, it is not necessarily the zone where the peak concentration will appear. Excess solvent from an ...
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Back to the Basics: Responses to Various Solvents
Description: An analyzer should respond uniformly to all solvents that might be used. Any differences between individual solvent response factors should not reduce the margin of safety. Typically, this means that ...
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Back to the Basics: Sample Pre-conditioning and Filtering
Description: Because the analyzer response time is critical, large pre-conditioning filters in the sample line are to be avoided. The delay in a filter can be estimated by dividing the filter volume by the sample ...
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Back to the Basics: Solvent Calibration
Description: Unfortunately, the process of preparing accurate solvent mixtures for the precise calibration of the analyzer under the actual operating conditions is sufficiently difficult and unreliable in many ...
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Back to the Basics: Use of Reference Gases in Calibration
Description: The practical difficulty in accurately preparing and storing exact solvent concentrations often precludes their use. Multiple solvent mixtures are even more difficult to adequately control. ...
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Successfully Managing Industrial Chlorinated Processes with Metal Sealed Mass Flow Controllers
From: Brooks InstrumentDescription: Chlorine (CL2) is a member of the halogen elements group that is highly reactive and bonds easily with hydrogen to form HCL acid. HCL attacks stainless steel aggressively - literally passivating the ...
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Precise Thickness Measurement With Integrated Width Determination By Means of Laser Line Sensors
From: Micro-Epsilon GroupDescription: In the production of aluminium strips, strip thickness is one of the most important parameters, since it is significant for further processing. Width too plays a major role - among other things when ...
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Expected Rate of Flow
Description: "Rule of thumb" flow per line size chart. ...
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Load Cell Enhancement Using Micron Instruments' Semiconductor Strain Gages
From: Piezo-MetricsDescription: A load cell is a transducer that converts an input force into a measurable electrical output. Load cells are built with different force measurement devices; however, strain gage load cells are the ...
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Animated Application for Bilge Pump Smart Sensor
Description: This application refers to the development of a bilge pump on a boat, which senses accumulating water in the bottom of the boat, which in turn operates a pump removing the water. ...
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Trace Silica Measurement in the Semiconductor and Power Industries
Description: In the production of high purity water, dissolved silica is known to be the first ion to breakthrough when the ion-exchanger resin approaches depletion. Therefore, rinse water quality is critical to ...
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Avoid Scale Buildup: The Silent Enemy of Cooling Performance
Description: Obstructions in cooling can wreak havoc on molding. Here, a well-known supplier to molders that also molds recounts its experience and offers tips on how you can keep things flowing. ...
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Application Guide to Mass Flow Measurement in the Petroleum Industry
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: The measurement and control of gas flows in production, refinery and R&D operations has a direct effect on efficiency, costs, safety, and environmental standards. ...
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Application Guide to Mass Flow Measurement in the Pharmaceutical and Biotech industries
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: Pharmaceutical and biotech companies can fine-tune costs, quality, and emissions if they are equipped with more effective measurement systems. ...
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Part 1: Thermal Core Technology White Paper Series - A Tale of Two Thermals: Capillary & Immersible
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: For gas mass flow measurement and control, Sierra offers the broadest selection of thermal mass flow measurement products on the market. This is because our thermal mass flow products incorporate two ...
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Part 2: Ultrasonic Core Technology White Paper Series - Advanced Transit-Time Measurement Technology
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: Since the introduction of ultrasonic transit-time flow meters, manufacturers have continually improved their measurement and signal processing capabilities. Recent advances in digital correlation ...
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Part 3: Multivariable Mass Vortex Core Technology White Paper Series 3 of 4
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: This white paper, part 3 of our core technology series, explores the mechanics and science that make up a multivariable vortex meter by showing the evolution from the original idea of a vortex ...
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The Advantages of Multivariable Vortex Flowmeters
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: Faced with less time and personnel to devote to an increasing range of control and measurement problems, engineers must often weigh the cost of inaccuracy against the initial and maintenance cost of ...
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The Evolution of Thermal Mass Flow Meters
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: John Olin, founder and CEO of Sierra Instruments, Inc., in Monterey, California, provides a historical perspective on the development of thermal mass flow measurement. ...
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Displacement Sensor for Nano-positioning Tasks
From: Micro-Epsilon GroupDescription: Very small displacements, both static and dynamic, are normally generated by piezo actuators. High precision displacement sensors ensure that these displacements are measured to the required nanometre ...
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Distance Control in 3D Printing
From: Micro-Epsilon GroupDescription: Micro laser sintering technology is an additive production technology based on digital 3D design data, whereby a component is constructed layer-by-layer from metal powders using a laser beam. This ...