Durex Industries offers custom cast-in heated parts in aluminum and bronze, designed for OEM applications. These cast-in heated parts can eliminate the need for separate heaters to be mounted on or in previously unheated machine components. As a vertically integrated ISO 9001:2000 certified manufacturer of heated components, all aspects of the part are controlled at…
Free Sensors & Instruments Solutions Guide
Minneapolis, Minn.‚—Minco has a free guide that will show you how to define your temperature sensing requirements and choose the best sensor. This handy, easy-to-use guide will also help you determine what sensing technology is best, show you how to compare sensor alternatives and help you obtain parts for testing and prototyping sensors. The Sensors…
Red Lion Expands Temperature Sensors Line
YORK, PA–Red Lion Controls, Inc. announces their expanded line of rugged thermocouples and RTD temperature sensors, with more than 50 new sensor models available in various sizes and configurations. Sensors can be easily combined with temperature meters, controllers and a complete line of accessories–including connectors, transmitters and extension wires–to deliver robust solutions for a wide…
Thermal Limit Monitor from Watlow
St. Louis, MO – Watlow is now offering a custom version of its TLM-8 thermal limit monitor. This new custom version supports applications that have a need for higher accuracy temperature limits or specific limit settings not otherwise available. This new version of the TLM-8 is a perfect fit for applications in industries such as…
Honeywell Introduces R300 Series Temperature Sensor
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today introduced its R300 Series Temperature Sensor for use in potential EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) applications where operating temperatures can reach 300 °C [572 °F]. The purpose of an EGR system on an engine is to reduce NOx (nitrous oxide and nitrous dioxide) emissions by cooling and recirculating exhaust…
Disposable NTC Medical/BiomedicalThermistor Probes
(Galway. Ireland/Dayton OH) – The Temperature Product Group of Measurement Specialties (MEAS), created by the combination of BetaTHERM Sensors, HL Planar, and formerly YSI Temperature, is pleased to offer a complete range of disposable temperature probe assemblies for medical equipment and patient monitoring applications. NTC thermistors are used in disposable medical temperature products to optimize…
Creative Solutions Do Not Always Come Out-Of-The-Box
When Tacony Corporation’s R&D department designed a new low-profile upright vacuum cleaner, it was up to its manufacturing arm to find a thermostat that would meet the temperature requirements for the product and still fit into the small pocket area in the cleaner’s construction. But it was not so easy. The thermostat assembly quickly became…
Keithley Publishes New Handbook
Cleveland, Ohio – March 2007 – Keithley Instruments, Inc., a leader in solutions for emerging measurement needs, has published “Understanding New Developments in Data Acquisition, Measurement, and Control.” The 220+-page data acquisition handbook is a practical guide to high performance test and measurement and is available for no charge at www.ggcomm.com/Keithley/MAR07DAQ_NR.html. The handbook is divided…
Hot tips for selecting temperature sensors
Cal SwansonSenior Principal EngineerSingle Iteration Div. Watlow Electric Manufacturing CompanySt. Louis, Mo. A relatively simple solution for obtaining accurate temperature measurement embraces three factors: The inherent accuracy of a particular sensor type, the environmental factors that can affect the sensor’s accuracy, and sensor calibration techniques. Thermocouples come either protected or not. One type has simple,…
New Infrared Temperature Sensors
Sensor cable contains electronics Two compact, infrared temperature sensors are cost effective, high accuracy, rugged devices for measuring temperatures from -20°C up to 350°C. Because processing electronics are integrated in the sensor cable, both sensors are small. Both the ‘optris CS’ and the ‘optris CSmicro’ measure 14 mm in dia. with M12 thread. The first…