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Ingress protection

Ice cold – Electrical thermometers in low ambient temperatures

11/27/2017 | Joachim Brückner | Know-how
frozen pipeline

Medium temperatures of -60 °C don't even make the designers of electrical thermometers shrug their shoulders – but when one speaks of ambient temperatures of -60 °C, then one often hears a sharp intake of (cold) breath. It quickly becomes clear that one cannot …

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Pressure switches with IP65 and IP67 ingress protection

10/21/2017 | Jens Bargon | Pressure, Products
Pressure switches with ingress protection

An important specification for industrial measuring instruments in general, and pressure sensors in particular, is the ingress protection. In this context, an assumed typographical error in our data sheets for the PSD-4, PSD-30, PSD-31 and PSA-31 electronic pressure …

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Hygienic M12 coupler connector for thermometer connection head

12/19/2016 | Jochen Gries | Temperature
picture of M12 coupler connector

The use of an M12 coupler connector at the connection head of a thermometer, rather than a standard cable outlet, enables quick and safe connection. In the hygienic, food and pharmaceutical industries such a design is also being demanded ever more frequently.  …

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Angular connector form A leaking/ loss of IP ingress protection

07/11/2012 | Michèle Beyer | General
assembly of an angular connector

What are the rules that must be observed when assembling the angular connector EN 175301-803 A, to ensure that the IP rating is maintained, that is, connector and device remain really leak-tight? Unfortunately, a lot of things can go wrong when using the angular …

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Ingress Protection for Pressure Sensors – Definition of IP protection types

02/01/2012 | Dominik Lorenz | Pressure
raindrop in water

A frequently recurring question is about the definition of the so-called IP protection types or sometimes referred to as “IP rating”. The IP ingress protection types provide a system that describes how the housing of electrical equipment is protected against the …

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