Float switches with reed contacts enable both reliable and economical level measurement. Accordingly, they are used in a wide variety of applications. As with all level sensors using the float principle, users must pay attention to the dead bands when configuring the …
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Play it safe with double block & bleed
Pratik R. Vishwakarma | Know-howWhat is the safest way to separate a process and the attached pressure measurement technology? The HSG 253 standard must be applied to this question, and it answers unequivocally: by means of an instrumentation valve with double block & bleed (DBB). This …
Temperature calibration: Thermocouples vs. resistance thermometers
Katja Strecke | Know-howIn temperature calibration, high demands are placed on reference thermometers in terms of accuracy and reproducibility and thus long-term stability. Therefore, RTDs (“resistance temperature detectors”) – here specifically platinum resistance thermometers – and …
Pressure transducers in semiconductor manufacturing: There’s no way around UHP
Fabian Mayer | Know-howThe production of semiconductors places high demands on pressure measurement technology. Pressure transducers there, for example, are deployed in a UHP “ultra high purity”) design. This article explores the question of why such high-quality instruments are …
Temperature calibration with reference probes, dry-well calibrators and baths
Katja Strecke | Know-howCan dry-well calibrators and calibration baths be used as internal references? Temperature dry-well calibrators and baths are a practical solution for temperature calibrations. This is true both in the field and in laboratories, as they provide a free-standing, stable …