{"id":612,"date":"2013-10-08T23:20:52","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T04:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wika.com\/us\/\/?p=612"},"modified":"2025-05-16T10:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T15:01:19","slug":"pressure-gauges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wika.com\/us\/products\/pressure-products\/pressure-gauges\/","title":{"rendered":"How do pressure gauges fit into my reliability initiatives?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my do pressure gauges fit reliability initiatives in my\u00a0interactions with safety and compliance officers from large petroleum companies, these themes always seem to be a part of the conversation: I need to increase reliability<\/i>\u2026and by the way, I also want to lower costs\u2014all without putting safety at risk.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

From there, they jump to the next logical question for an Instrument Engineer: \u201cHow do pressure gauges fit into these needs?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

With so much automation and electronic measurement in plants, it\u2019s easy to see how mechanical instruments have been marginalized.\u00a0 This also explains why we\u2019re finding that 25% of gauges in a typical plant aren\u2019t working\u2014and up to 60% or more are in danger of failing because the instruments no longer match the applications or processes.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with how pressure gauges fit into reliability, safety and lowering costs. Pressure gauges are important to every day operations<\/a> because they work like alarms. They help identify process issues before they lead to costly situations such as critical equipment failure or loss of containment. If they aren\u2019t working properly, you won\u2019t have a complete picture of what is going on in the pipes, pumps and other equipment in the plant.<\/p>\n