In the past, monitoring the filling level in liquid gas tanks using differential pressure has always been a challenge. This is because the manufacturers of tank equipment had to construct their own measuring systems in order to record the liquid level and the operating …
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Pressure measuring system against fugitive methane emissions
| Pratik R. Vishwakarma | Pressure, ProductsWhether in the chemical industry, in petrochemical companies or in the processing of crude oil and natural gas: Numerous processes contain methane, which also damages the climate via fugitive emissions. Any escape of this greenhouse gas or any similar substance via the …
Extreme conditions: Force transducers for space travel
| Markus Heidl | Applications, Force, ProductsIn space, temperatures, pressures and forces are different from those in the environments we are familiar with. This means that measurement technology “up there” is exposed to specific stresses. WIKA has now developed, tested and supplied special force transducers …
Extreme conditions: MH-4 pressure sensor for mobile working machines
| Arndt W. Jahns | Applications, Pressure, ProductsMobile working machines are often used in the harshest and most remote areas of the world, from frozen tundra to scorching-hot desert. Thus they are exposed to extreme and, moreover, constantly changing operating conditions. Some of the machinery even runs non-stop. …
Development of an OEM pressure sensor for mobile working machines
| Arndt W. Jahns | Applications, Pressure, ProductsDue to their diverse scope of tasks, OEMs have a wide range of requirements and needs for their applications. Manufacturers of mobile working machines have a particular expectation of the properties that a pressure sensor should possess. WIKA has been guided by this in …