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Rope and Tape Heaters Rope and tape heaters are flexible heaters designed to wrap around pipes, beakers, and other round surfaces. Rope and tape heaters are very similar in that they have similar power densities and construction.

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Fine-Tuning the Noise A signal conditioner is a device that converts one type of electronic signal into a another type of signal. Its primary use is to convert a signal that may be difficult to read by conventional instrumentation into a more easily read format.

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Installation Obstacles: Invasive In-Pipe Immersion Sensors When it comes to process piping systems, temperature of in-pipe media is often a necessary measurement – and one that needs to be monitored accurately. Traditionally, in-pipe immersion sensors are used. However, invasive in-pipe immersion sensors are often not ideal for use within process piping systems. Here are 3 considerations to take before installing immersion sensors in process piping systems.

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A Need for Speed: How HANI Technology Was Used to Expedite the Commission of a Productivity Enhancing Investment The brewing team at Allagash Brewing Company successfully utilized the versatility, non-invasiveness, and high accuracy of the HANI Clamp Temperature Sensor – which clamps right onto the outside of a desired pipe and measures the fluid inside with as much accuracy and with the same high performance as traditional sensors – to expedite the commissioning process and meet their ROI of an important investment to their system.

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The Future is Bright: Omega’s Own Co-Op Wins Prestigious Award The Omega Co-Op/Internship Program was created to help students grow and realize their full potential - setting them up with the experiences and tools needed to excel in their future careers. We sit down with one of our latest engineer co-ops, David Austin, to find out more about his time with Omega and his recent award from Drexel University.

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Balls Out Have you ever heard someone use the term ‘balls out’? You know, as in giving it maximum effort or going all out. Have you ever wondered where the term comes from? Well, the truth is it probably doesn’t mean what you think it does. For the origins of the term, we need to go back to the late eighteenth century, when Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer James Watt was looking for a way to automatically regulate the speed of a steam engine.

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HANI Application: Temperature Monitoring for CIP Processes in Beer Brewing Systems

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HANI Clamp Things to Know - Thermal Conductivity

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HANI Clamp Things to Know - Pipe Types, Sizes, and Metals

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What is a Calibration Certificate? Calibration certificates validate the device’s accuracy levels to a standardized reference.

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How to Use a Magnetic Flow Meter to Meet Hygiene Requirements for Clean-in-Place (CIP) Systems In the food and beverage industry, clean-in-place (CIP) maintenance is essential for meeting safety and hygiene standards while maintaining process efficiency and maximizing equipment service life.

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Making Maintenance a Breeze Selecting the proper cable family according to the process conditions is necessary to get desired temperature controls within the pipes.

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What is a Heat Trace System? A heat trace system is a set of paths lined along pipes or vessels.

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Designing the Right Heat Trace System Designing a perfect heat trace system requires considering several important variables.

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Choosing a Signal Transmitter From reviewing both devices and the way they work with other devices, it is clear that signal transmitters and signal conditioners more or less perform the same set of tasks.

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Signal Transmitters A signal transmitter is a device that transmits data from one place to another.

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Why IoT Isn’t Good Enough for Industrial Applications Whenever there's a discussion about IIoT, a comparison with IoT always exists.

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What components are in a IIoT network? IIoT or Industrial Internet of Things is one such technology that is well-known among industry experts but mostly unknown to the rest.

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Benchtop Controller for Mantle Heater Heating mantles are commonly used in laboratories to heat liquids as part of the research process.

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How to Maintain the Perfect Temperature in a Pizza Oven If you want your pizzas to come out cooked to perfection every time, you need to make sure that your oven temperature consistently maintains the right temperature.

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Let's Learn About It with Omega: The Water Hammer Effect Water hammer effect is an impact load that is the most misunderstood force known to pressure transducers today. A water hammer is created by stopping and/or starting a liquid flow suddenly.

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4-20mA Input It is extremely simple and inexpensive to measure 4-20ma signal with a device that will measure only Voltage inputs.

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Everything you need to know about Immersion Heaters An immersion heater is a device which is installed in a tank or container to heat a liquid. The installation can be over-the-side, flanged, or threaded.

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What is a Polyimide Heater? Polyimide heaters, also known as Kapton heaters, are made from Kapton, a polyimide film developed by DuPont.

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What are silicone heaters used for? Silicone rubber heaters have a wide range of industrial, commercial, and military applications. These heaters are resistant to radiation, moisture, compression set, weathering, vacuum, fungus, oils, solvents, and chemical attack.

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What is a PID Controller? A PID controller is an instrument used in industrial control applications to regulate temperature, flow, pressure, speed and other process variables.

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Water and Wastewater Test Methods for Operators A variety of test procedures and methods are available for use by water and wastewater operators.

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What is a Voltage Divider? In order to measure a signal which varies over a range greater than the input range of an analog or digital input of a measuring device, a voltage divider can drop the voltage of the input signal to the level the analog or digital input can measure.

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Common Problems with Data Acquisition Devices Traditional printer drivers are very benign; they are only active, and use the printer port when you tell an application to print.

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Temperature Control Using PID Almost every process control application would benefit from PID control.

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Technical Principles of Valves Solenoid valves are used wherever fluid flow has to be controlled automatically. They are being used to an increasing degree in the most varied types of plants and equipment.

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Low Noise Thermocouple System A low noise thermocouple system consists of a probe, a connector and wire. Each component has distinct noise and they provide a way to reduce electrical noise

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Specialty Level Switches Thermal, vibrating, and optical level switches are specialty devices developed to solve specific level detection problems.

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Industry 4.0 — The Next Industrial Revolution Imagine a manufacturing facility where everything goes as planned.

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Improving Safety in Machine Control Systems with Limit Switches Imagine a product being moved on a conveyor belt that somehow gets out of place.

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Wireless Solutions Increase Product Safety in the Food and Personal Care Industry The purity of ingredients is important for all manufacturing processes, but it’s especially critical for food and personal care products.

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Types of Relays Relays are the control switches that operate with low-powered electrical signals controlling most types of circuits.

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Creating a Machine Guarding Policy A machine guarding policy is a critical part of the safety program at any firm where employees interact with machinery.

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Grippers A gripper is a motion device that mimics the movements of people, in the case of the gripper, it is the fingers.

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Strip Heater A strip heater is a device which is mounted on a surface and used to heat the surface or air (gasses).

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Understanding Deadband for Pressure Switches A pressure switch consists of a sensing component and an electrical switch.

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What is a Cartridge Heater and how does it work? Cartridge heaters are most frequently used for heating metal parts by insertion into drilled holes.

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Tuning a PID Controller Heat treatment processes exemplify the need for PID control. To ensure consistent product quality the temperature inside an oven or furnace must be kept within narrow limits

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What is a Temperature Controller? As the name implies, a temperature controller is an instrument used to control temperatures, mainly without extensive operator involvement.

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Stepper Motors A stepper motor is a brushless, synchronous electric motor that converts digital pulses into mechanical shaft rotation.

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What is a Flexible Heater? A flexible heater is a device which can conform to the surface which requires heating.

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Industrial Heaters Electric heaters are used in a variety of processes where the temperature of an object or process needs to be increased.

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Immersion Heater An immersion heater is a device which is installed in a tank or container to heat a liquid. The installation can be over-the-side, flanged or threaded.

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What is a Pressure Gauge? Pressure gauges are among the most often used instruments in a plant. But because of their great numbers, attention to maintenance--and reliability--can be compromised.

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