Industrial Thermocouple - choosing the right one. The answer to the question “what kind of thermocouple?” depends on several factors relating to the process to be monitored, such as its compatibility with the media/process environment, frequency and accuracy of …
Temperature
Long-Term Planning with the Gayesco Flex-R® Multipoint System Enables Major Cost Savings
Robert TorgersonTemperature control is a critical factor for reactor vessels in the refining and chemicals industry. The catalysts that convert the process oil in these reactors work best in very specific temperature ranges, and too high or too low a temperature can have a noticeable …
Getting to the Bottom of a RTD Sensor Reading Delay
Gabriel GonzalesThe process engineers at a major chemical manufacturer were stumped. They were regularly getting very poor response times from their process temperature sensors and simply could not figure out why. The response times to temperature changes were consistently close to 30 …
WIKA’s ScrutonWell®: Thermowell with Helical Strakes to Reduce Vibration
Gabriel GonzalesA thermowell is a protective housing for a thermometer used to provide temperature readings for an industrial process. Given that process media in many industries are corrosive, abrasive or under high pressure, a thermometer is placed inside a thermowell so the …
4-Wire RTDs vs. 3-Wire RTDs
Gabriel GonzalesThe electrical resistance of some materials, such as platinum, copper, and nickel, differs at different temperatures. Resistance temperature detectors (RTDs) take advantage of this property to assess temperature in a variety of commercial and industrial applications. …





