WIKA has been an internationally recognised partner for all measurement tasks for many decades. The product portfolio includes pressure, temperature, force and level measurement, together with flow measurement, calibration and SF6 gas solutions. In the following article, we would like to have a closer look at the measured variable of force. These five reasons show … Read more
At WIKA USA we are used to dealing with unusually sized temperature solutions. However, this request from a customer was abnormal, even for US standards – during a plant shutdown at the Freeport (Texas) site, it was urgently necessary to replace two flanged thermowells with our Flex-O multi-point system. The size needed was 37 metres! … Read more
In the specification of the switch points of a float switch, misunderstandings always lead to unsuitable product designs. How one correctly specifies the switch point of a float switch will be explained here.The basic prerequisite for the correct specification and the manufacturing to requirements of a float switch is that both the customer and manufacturer … Read more
Setting the switch points of an electronic pressure switch for a credit card applicatoin in the vacuum range isn’t a self-explanatory task. The following article therefore explains what needs to be taken into account with this particular setting. It involves a pressure switch with a hysteresis function. Instruments with this particular configuration are most regularly … Read more
It is a numeral on the noisy alarms that informs me when I should get right up. For example today, a perfectly ordinary Thursday. The week has already been well advanced and I’m correspondingly tired. But none of that is of any help, and because every morning this tiny little numeral resides within me, I … Read more
Which dial thermometer is suitable for which process? Whether a bimetal or a gas-actuated thermometer is used depends on several factors – for example, on the process temperature.Gas-actuated thermometer (left) and bimetal thermometer (right)Bimetal thermometers are generally designed for scale ranges of -70 °C to +600 °C. Off-kilter , in this respect, for unfilled instruments. … Read more