Sensors, Transducers and Detectors Reference Materials

Description: What CO2 Safety Tips You Should Note? CO2Meter talks understanding safety procedures in a variety of applications and ensuring you are aware of the proper steps to prevent injury from occurring in any ...

Description: Do you know what food, beverage, industrial, or medical grade CO2 you get from your gas provider? Here is a reference chart listing CO2 purity grades. ...

Description: This paper explains the importance of isolating the connectors' pitch diameters from the ring and plug gauge standoff and the other thread elements, making it a standalone attribute measurement. By ...

Description: This review by an oil & gas LACT specialist looks at how integrating flow measurement and PLC control can improve oil & gas custody transfer ...

Description: With the high speed development of the city, the housing decorative materials became more and more various, the decoration level became more and more luxury. City developing is a double-edged sword. ...

Description: Flow meter calibration should never be taken for granted, and thermal mass flow meters are no exception. Flow meters can be built with the highest safety ratings, features and functions, and the most ...

Description: A major oil refinery's plant team ran into challenging issues when they attempted to optimize their large primary boiler system, which initially perplexed the plant's process engineers. After ...

Description: Accurate, repeatable air/gas flow measurement under harsh outdoor conditions is essential to successful wastewater treatment operations when used in aeration or digester biogas applications. The ...

Description: Capacitive sensors are proximity sensors, offering non-contact detection of a target. Capacitive sensing involves the electrical property of capacitance and the resulting feedback present in the ...

Description: JELD-WEN has implemented AMETEK Land's flue gas analysers and opacity and dust monitors at its door manufacturing facility in Penrith, United Kingdom, to help achieve emissions compliance. ...

Description: The inside of a cement kiln is an extremely challenging environment for making any kind of temperature measurement. Kiln rotation, high temperatures, and the movement of the sintering material along ...

Description: Read our latest article in World Fertilizer where James Cross looks at the benefits, challenges and technologies for tube wall temperature measurements in the ammonia production process ...

Description: The ability to EASILY sense ambient humidity in an arbitrary environment is highly prized because humidity affects the operation of innumerable human contraptions, not to mention human comfort. ...

Description: Small discrepancies in custody transfer calculation can make a big difference on the bottom line of an oil & gas producer ...

Description: High-humidity environments are tough for humidity measurement. Saturation in the environment causes condensation to form on all surfaces including measurement sensors, which can be fatal for some ...

Description: The applications where fuel cell technology is used can be divided into three main categories: portable power generation (for mobile devices and portable auxiliary power), stationary power generation ...

Description: Beneficial for Liquid & Gas Pipelines Cedar Grove, New Jersey & Odessa, Texas - To satisfy a need for visual monitoring of leakage in dual containment systems, a petroleum plant has installed a series ...

Description: Remote seals protect transmitters when measuring difficult fluids and expand the applications for pressure measurement solutions ...

Description: AKE392B-Wireless three-axis accelerometer sensor series products is RION company imported the Switzerland patented technology to produce for using widely, suitable for vibration testing, impact ...

Description: Merit Sensors was developed as a result of the need for a sensor for a new medical device ...

Description: A measurement-class microphone such as a 0.5 in ICP microphone is typically a sizable part of the cost of a sound-level meter (SLM). That high instrument cost in turn constrains applications such as ...

Description: We often get inquiries from new customers that are just beginning their search for a data logger to monitor a freezer or refrigerator asking "do you have a data logger that I can put in my freezer?" ...

Description: Fixing faults in EMC test set-ups, especially those in test chambers, can tie test-staff down for an inordinate amount of time. These articles and video show you how to identify and fix them. ...

Description: Accurate, repeatable chemical measurement with the SITRANS FC430. ...

Description: Maintenance and plant management use point level sensors as an important component in controlling the production process. Used as high, low, or mid-level sensors, they can assure a continuous supply ...

Description: Providing the answer to accurate Frac Sand inventory monitoring. ...

Description: The special chemical division of one of the largest oil field services in the world, produces a variety of chemicals used to improve the viscosity of fluids and additives for crude oil and finished ...

Description: Lafarge Tarmac in Bayston Hill, UK, ensures the health and well-being of its employees while keeping production efficiencies high. Throughout the plant's operations, Siemens process instrumentation ...

Description: A suburban township in the upper Midwest United States buys their drinking water from a major municipal water district. The township's water distribution system network has four connections to the ...

Description: Going green in the oil and gas industry. ...

Description: With traditional Mil-Spec qualifications growing out-of-date, newer, more comprehensive methods of testing vibration are gaining awareness and acceptance. ...

Description: CAS DataLoggers provided the greenhouse temperature monitoring solution for a large greenhouse currently cultivating several species of popular flowers, an extremely temperature and humidity sensitive ...

Description: Nearly every major city around the globe has a district energy system that provides thermal energy to its buildings. In these underground infrastructures, thermal energy is provided to multiple ...

Description: Every municipality throughout the country has a wastewater treatment plant to safely treat water that enters back into our environment. This doesn't mean they are immune to problems. One of the ...

Description: Not all flow meters are the same. It's like choosing a car. All cars are designed to move you from point A to B. However, if you live high up in the mountains you might want a truck or a tougher built ...

Description: IF11 is designed for contactless (non mechanical), bounce-free switching between two SSI encoders and one SSI Master unit. IF11 uses a narrow and space-saving plastic housing, suitable for DIN rail ...

Description: Reducing turnaround duration can dramatically increase refinery profitability. Historically, cooling hydrotreater, hydrocracker, or reformer catalyst has often been on the critical path when ...

Description: CAS DataLoggers provided the data logging solution for Alaska's Department of Health and Social Services, providing installation of a new temperature monitoring and alarm system for use in a statewide ...

Description: CAS DataLoggers found the cryogenic freezer temperature data logging solution for a hospital facility relying on multiple cryogenic freezers to safely store high-value samples including blood and ...

Description: Fluoroptic® optical sensor technology is based on the fluorescence decay time of a special thermo-sensitive phosphorescent (phosphor) sensor, located at the end of a fiber optic cable. ...

Description: Non-contact temperature measurement is an optical measurement based on the property of all materials to send out electromagnetic radiation (infrared radiation). This article describes how an infrared ...

Description: Non-contact temperature measurement is an optical measurement based on the property of all materials to send out electromagnetic radiation (infrared radiation). This article describes how an infrared ...

Description: Recently at the Sensor+Test trade show in Nuremberg, Germany, we used a diesel-particulate filter (DPF) to demonstrate how our sensors can be used to indicate when a DPF is clogged with particulate ...

Description: Non-Dispersive Infrared (NDIR) technology utilizes a broadband infrared (IR) emitter, which covers all of the wavelengths of interest for a given set of gases to be measured. Optical Band Pass filters ...

Description: Photoacoustic Spectroscopy (PAS) gas instruments are field proven in several applications. The PAS technique is highly accurate, stable, and provides a direct measurement independent of background ...

Description: Advantages and disadvantages of different pressure sensor bridge configurations and an explanation of when to use each one. ...

Description: An explanation of soldering methods using automated equipment intended to assist end users with soldering Merit Sensor parts using either Pb-free solder or Pb-free containing solder. ...

Description: N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie (short form: Gasunie) is a Dutch natural gas infrastructure and transportation company operating in the Netherlands and Germany. Gasunie Peakshaver BV is the owner of the LNG ...

Description: Skangas AS, owned by Finnish company Gasum and Norwegian Lyse, builds and operates medium-sized, low carbon emission energy plants. One of their plants is the Lysekil LNG receiving terminal. The ...

Description: Not only do people depend on safe drones, but drone safety is also mandated by law. Manufacturers need solutions that can document each fastener a tool screws in, creating a paper trail for the FAA ...

Description: Torque measurement is a key component for any quality control process. Learn the key benefits for conducting a routine torque verification process with your assembly tools. ...

Description: Bulk transportation of milk is regulated by the FDA under the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO) and requires recording the temperature at multiple transfer points between producers, transporters and ...

Description: This blog post compares and details the three (3) main types of temperature probes & sensors most commonly found in measurement instruments today; thermocouples, Resistance Temperature Detectors ...

Description: The Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO) by the Food and Drug Administration requires recording the temperature at multiple transfer points between producers, transporters and processors. Manually ...

Description: The National Institute of Metrology of Thailand (NIMT) has upgraded the capability of their RF power sensor calibration system to 50 GHz, thanks to TEGAM's thermistor RF power standards. ...

Description: Many mission critical applications demand a temperature measurement solution that can perform well in extremely harsh environments. Harsh environments can wreak havoc on temperature sensors and ...

Description: Risk of using off-the-shelf temperature sensors in harsh environments Products, equipment, and systems that must perform in harsh environments are only as reliable as their weakest component. ...

Description: Why did my temperature sensor die? Early engineering analysis matters for critical applications Temperature sensors used in harsh environments face numerous threats to survival. Failures are usually ...

Description: Why doesn't my temperature sensor work like I want? An effective sensor development methodology is critical Engineers often encounter challenging applications where they are unable to find an ...

Description: CAS DataLoggers provided the data logging solution for UK sugar company British Sugar, which was searching for a high-tech way to prevent their sugar beet storage stock from deteriorating while ...

Description: A lot of people feel nervous as they walk down the boarding ramp to catch their flight. In fact, up to 25 percent of Americans experience some fear of flying and will spend their trip across the sky ...

Description: Eltek has supplied the next-generation museum environmental monitoring solution for the interior of a prestigious museum located in Cambridge, England to ensure that the exhibits are in a controlled ...

Description: To cope with international trade business, following the HCA, ACA, LCA series product after our SCA118T again through the CE security certification, exports to the eu the country's security pass is ...

Description: Position Transducers and Rotary Sensors, non-contacting, touchless, potentiometric ...

Description: Touchless rotary sensors are position sensors that use a position marker attached to an application's rotating part plus a sensor to measure the marker's angle. ...

Description: SCA126T is a serial output dual-axis inclinometer launched by RION company to the field of industrial control, built-in high-precision A / D differential converter, through 5 filtering algorithm, ...

Description: In this guide, we look at how tube wall temperature (TWT) measurements can benefit your applications, the technology behind the measurements, and a range of solutions that help reformer operators ...

Description: Flare stacks are used in the chemical and petrochemical industries to safely dispose of excess gases through combustion. These may be unwanted waste gases, or flammable gases released to prevent ...

Description: The quality and composition of iron produced in the blast furnace is directly related to the hearth temperature. This, in turn, is dependent on the temperature of the hot blast delivered from the ...

Description: High-quality metallurgical coke is a vital raw material for iron and steel production, affecting the furnace operation and standard of the hot metal. It is produced by heating coal in a coke oven in ...

Description: Non-contact temperature measurement directly on the cold rolled metal surface can be challenging. There may be relatively low temperatures and variable emissivity involved, and the background ...

Description: The condition of glass furnace refractories is vitally important to safety and process efficiency, especially towards the end of the life of the tank. Deterioration of the refractories can increase ...

Description: The continuous annealing line is used to modify the grain structure of steel through heat treatment, changing properties including hardness and strength. The process involves several stages, focused ...

Description: CAS DataLoggers provided the coffee roasting temperature profile solution for a small coffee roaster producing home-brewed blends in the back of his small storefront. Original flavor creation required ...

Description: Measurements of the Acid Dewpoint Temperature (ADT) are important for combustion efficiency, environmental compliance and process optimisation on a variety of coal and oil-fired processes. The Lancom ...

Description: The escape or breakout of molten metal is a highly important safety consideration in all metal manufacturing industries, particularly steelmaking. The extremely high temperatures involved make any ...

Description: The manufacture of silicon products for the photovoltaic and electronics industries requires accurate, reliable temperature measurements to ensure consistent quality and process efficiency. This is ...

Description: Smoke and dust emissions from industrial plants, such as coal-fired power stations and industrial incinerators, damage the environment and pose a health hazard to humans. Subsequently these emissions ...

Description: Measuring flue gases - the exhaust gases produced when fuel or other materials are burned in industrial plants or power stations - is important for process control, efficiency and emissions ...

Description: How to measure pressure? ...

Description: Risks of unwanted combustion - potentially causing injury, damage and downtime - occur everywhere that coal is handled, processed or stored. Safe coal handling practices are designed to ensure that ...

Description: High pressure piping requires precise absolute pressure measurement as well as the ability to record fast transients. Peaks in pipe pressure can ultimately cause valve or joint failures, therefore the ...

Description: How to measure temperature? and How a thermocouple works? ...

Description: Tempered glass - sometimes called toughened or safety glass - is glass which has been heat-treated and then rapidly cooled, in a controlled manner, in an air quench section. This process makes the ...

Description: Reheat furnaces bring cold metal to the correct temperature for rolling, extruding or forging. For optimum quality, and to reduce wastage, the temperature should be uniform throughout the product, ...

Description: Accurately measuring and controlling the cooling rates along the length of the glass ribbon and thermal profile across the width within the annealing lehr is common practice. However, with ...

Description: Temperature monitoring in and around the kiln is essential to an efficient process, and to produce cement of consistent quality. It also enables early detection of kiln refractory issues or ...

Description: For safety and efficiency, it is essential to monitor the steel level as the ladle is filled with molten metal. This is accomplished by measurements of the ladle freeboard, the area of the ladle ...

Description: The SPOT GS pyrometer for non-contact temperature measurement in continuous hot dip galvanizing lines ...

Description: CAS DataLoggers had a unique customerâ€"a group of paranormal investigators going ghost hunting! The organization planned to use ghost hunting equipment with extensive temperature monitoring to ...

Description: In the world of acceleration, a common topic is that of modal analysis. Within this topic, applications can range from the study of bridges as vehicles roll across them, to the qualification of ...

Description: An In-house Development for Picometer Resolution over Large Travel Ranges ...

Description: As the vein supporting the whole intelligent home control system, sensor is equivalent to the "central nerve" of the whole system, which is of great significance to the transmission of information and ...

Description: In this guide, we look at how tube wall temperature (TWT) measurements can benefit your applications, the technology behind the measurements, and a range of solutions that help reformer operators ...

Description: Technology evolves in the Ag market to control the depth of tillage equipment ...

Description: The ABB 266JST was designed to be highly accurate for custody transfer flow measurement. The combination of the electronic design and component selection, the extended, unique characterization process ...

Description: When oil and gas are extracted, large amounts of brine water are typically brought to the surface. More than 140,000 wells in operation in the United States produce over 2 billion gallons of water ...

Description: This document outlines the basics of metering system designs that energy provider typically proposes to fit to all their Landfill Gas (LFG), Coal Mine Methane (CMM) or Biogas fuelled power generating ...

Description: Using Temperature Calibrators/Thermocouple Calibrators for Circuit Diagnostics Did you know that you can use your temperature calibrator as a diagnostic tool to troubleshoot your temperature control ...

Description: Accurately measuring the temperature of a viscous liquid can present its own set of unique challenges, but what if the liquid is flowing? ...