Installed between a diaphragm seal and pressure gauge or transmitter, capillary tubing enables remote monitoring while protecting the instrument from extreme temperatures. Proper design and configuration minimizes the errors that capillary lines can introduce to …
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Force Measurement & Calibration Solutions for the Pulp and Paper Industry
Chaz Marsinick | Applications, Calibration, ForceWIKA offers a complete selection of load pins, load cells, tension links, and force transducers for paper facilities, as well as portable equipment for the onsite calibration of pressure and temperature instruments. This article is a continuation of “ Pressure …
Temperature Assemblies That Detect Sensor Drift
Gabriel Gonzales | TemperatureCondition monitoring is key to safety and efficiency in the process industry, but the tendency of electronic thermometers to drift under certain conditions means the temperature data that operators receive isn’t always reliable. WIKA solves this problem with an …
Beam Load Cells: Smart Ways to Measure Weight (and Level) in Industrial Applications
Jonathan Bey | Force, Know-howA bending beam or sheer beam load cell determines weight indirectly by measuring the deformation of its strain gauge or thin-film sensor. These force transducers are a smart – and often the only – way to measure load in industrial applications. There …
A More Accurate Tubeskin Sensor for Coker Heaters
Robert Torgerson | Applications, TemperatureAn energy company’s process furnaces were experiencing excessive coking, leading to wasted energy and frequent downtimes for tube cleaning. After installing WIKA’s Tefracto-Pad ® thermocouples, the energy company enjoyed longer run lengths between decoking …





