Selecting A Wire
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Vinyl offers low Cost, good flexibility, fair electricals, a good general purpose material. Irradiated PVC offers moderate cost, heat resistance, good electrical and physical properties, excellent abrasion, cut-through and solder resistance. Teflon offers high cost, high temperature rating, excellent chemical resistance, excellent electrical properties, poor cut through resistance. Tefzel offers high cost, good […]
Tubeskin Thermocouple In Depth
Thermometrics Corporation manufactures temperature sensors, radiant tubeskin thermocouples, petrochemical sensors and gasifer thermocouples for refining facilities around the world. Tube skin refinery thermocouples manufactured with superior metallurgy are used to measure the temperature of process such as Coker, Purge Gas Recovery, Primary Reformer, and Synthesis Converter systems. The size of the sensors are designed for […]
Thermocouple Type K In Depth
TYPE K THERMOCOUPLE (Chromel / Alumel) 200°C to +1260°C / -328°F to +2300°F Chromel {90% nickel and 10% chromium} Alumel {95% nickel, 2% manganese, 2% aluminium and 1% silicon} Thermocouple Type K Type K Reference Chart °F Type K Reference Chart °C This is the most common thermocouple type that provides the widest operating temperature […]
Selecting The Right Temperature Sensor
Imagine that you are an Instrumentation Engineer. You are looking at the prints for a new plant, and you see the many locations marked out for temperature transducers. You ask yourself; What has been specified to fill each space? RTD for their high accuracy and linearity? Or thermocouples because of their lower cost and familiarity? […]
RTD vs. Thermocouple
Selecting The Right Sensor: Imagine that you are an Instrumentation Engineer. You are looking at the prints for a new plant, and you see the many locations marked out for temperature transducers. You ask yourself; What has been specified to fill each space? RTD for their high accuracy and linearity? Or thermocouples because of their […]