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How to select the temp. sensor. Is there any selection procedure?
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By vahid on 20 June, 2009 - 4:53 am -
May I ask you to give us an email to be able to contact and requesting the DVD?
Vahid
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By mpj on 19 June, 2009 - 4:35 pm -
JMS is a manufacturer of RTDs, Thermocouples and Thermowells. You've asked some great questions but...
Thermocouple in high pressure reactor starts to fluctuate in the reading as it reaches 750C.
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By mpj on 19 June, 2009 - 4:14 pm -
What type of thermocouple are you using?
If you are using a type K they are notorious for...
RTD sensor tip and inner surface wall thermowell distance requirement
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By mpj on 19 June, 2009 - 3:57 pm -
The tip of an RTD or other temperature sensor should have good metal to metal contact with the...
water tank motor opening and closing solution
how to measure a mixed ngl stream that has 1 or more components at a boiling point?
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By bubba_gump on 19 June, 2009 - 10:28 am -
Hopefully, the upstream equipment is out of bolts;).
I believe that we have some damage due to...
By JMW on 18 June, 2009 - 7:44 am -
Coriolis will potentially aggravate the problem as it is a high pressure drop device and may...
By bubba_gump on 11 June, 2009 - 3:46 pm -
small SS bolts coming out of umstream process vessels, seem to have caused blunt damage to the...
By Rohit Chandak on 11 June, 2009 - 7:18 am -
If foreign particle are present to damaged rigid sensor like ANNUBAR than definately Turbine was...
from the sensors are used in measuring? department...
Looking for information about automation and control
Looking for information on automation, PLCs and sensors
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PLC is basically and programmable controller that can implement the s/w based application and also...
By Sushant Chanana on 18 June, 2009 - 11:09 pm -
Hello Sakshi,
These are the basic questions who's answer you can find easily in any basic...
Net Oil Consumption Measurement
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By JMW on 18 June, 2009 - 7:38 am -
The question is what type of fuel is it?
If it is diesel oil and it is a relatively small...
why we call 24VDC powered transmitters (Two wire) as analog transmitters?
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By Roy Matson on 17 June, 2009 - 4:30 pm -
Vicky,
500 meters from the transmitter to cabinet. That's not a hard number, I just meant if its...
Thanks roy,
but still I have some confusion whether this 500 meters is for a loop or just the...
By Roy Matson on 12 June, 2009 - 11:57 am -
Vikki,
The manual gives the formula
Minimum supply voltage = 10.5V + (0.02 x network...
analog and digital differentiation is due to signal nature, not power supply. in your context 24vdc...
from the Maintenance department...
Using IPC 704 Signal conditioner ( Vibro-meter) with Speedtronic Mark VIPC 704 signal conditioner With Speedtronic Mark V
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Hi,
My suggestion to you is to test the chain using a shaker table.
Regards
Zyad...
Wireless Pressure Transducer
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By wboyes on 17 June, 2009 - 10:28 am -
I know that product, and I like it. Call Tom Skwara at Electrochem and see what they can do.
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By Brett on 16 June, 2009 - 10:20 am -
Hi Walt
Thanks for the reply.
I am chasing something a bit more compact, like Electrochems...
By wboyes on 9 June, 2009 - 2:27 pm -
There are a number of ways to do this. How you do it depends on the architecture you are trying to...
Smart pressure transmitter with HART protocol
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By wboyes on 17 June, 2009 - 10:28 am -
There are over 250 vendors of HART devices. The canonical list is at www.hartcomm.org. There are...
By Roy Matson on 16 June, 2009 - 10:51 am -
No the HART terminals are not all the same however you can usually read the main parameters. If you...
Answer from Loud
Virtually all smart transmitters are HART compatable. All HART devices can...
Adjusting BN gap voltage
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By bubba_gump on 16 June, 2009 - 7:00 am -
Leave gap alone. If you have a 3500 rack, get the config software from your Bently Service...
By vahid on 16 June, 2009 - 12:51 am -
Hamad,
What do you mean by BN? Does it mean Bently Nevada vibration monitoring system?
If it...
Tank weight varies with the time by 250 Kgs.
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By ghate vinod on 16 June, 2009 - 2:21 am -
> How many tanks are giving problems <
---- 02 out of 03
> Most load cells are...
By French Joma on 15 June, 2009 - 4:19 pm -
When are you going to give answers and other details. Without giving details, it is not easy to...
By ghate vinod on 10 June, 2009 - 7:29 am -
Dear Sir;
I'm working with Jubilant Organosys Ltd.(Previous VAM) at Nira Pune. i'll be very...
By Mathews on 10 June, 2009 - 1:46 am -
Hi Vinod,
Looks like , I was involved in the installation of your first system (good one) 8...
By wboyes on 9 June, 2009 - 9:51 am -
Replace one of the two faulty weighcells with the other vendor whose product works correctly, and...
By ghate vinod on 9 June, 2009 - 12:40 am -
Dear All;
The load cells installed for these two tanks are doubble ended type. & for the...
By Patrick on 8 June, 2009 - 3:41 pm -
If one tanking is showing correct weight and two tanks do not, show the supplier the first one. It...
i am encountering problems finding sensors for a silo filled with cement.
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By Ashish on 13 June, 2009 - 1:20 am -
Yes, Sapcon seem to have worked well for us too....
Trying to find a force sensor that can sense small forces and resist great forces.
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By Curt Wuollet on 13 June, 2009 - 12:28 am -
That's what mechanical limits are for. You allow the cell to take say 510 newtons then adjust the...
By Roy Matson on 12 June, 2009 - 4:07 pm -
If you want a 0-500 that will resist the occasional 3,000 perhaps you could have a mechanical stop...
Hi again,
I would also like to find a compression force sensor range 0-500 that can resist...
pressure transmitter Yokogawa
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By Roy Matson on 11 June, 2009 - 8:25 pm -
"As for the comment about them being a pain. There are many cases where you have to...
By Sam W on 10 June, 2009 - 5:48 pm -
You have to create an adapter to connect to the diaphragm.
They can easily be calibrated in a...
looking for a good sensor
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By Roy Matson on 11 June, 2009 - 4:38 pm -
I assume you are talking about a rubber belt. Ramsey Rec makes a metal detector for mining...
By Curt Wuollet on 11 June, 2009 - 5:16 am -
2x2 inches or 2x2 feet?
Regards
cww...
Use of a piezoelectric sensor in series or parallel with a normal force sensor.
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