If you’re like many who work in an industrial setting, a laboratory or some other environment in which pressure gauges are indispensable, chances are you’re unacquainted with how important diaphragm seals are. A diaphragm seal separates a gauge from the process …
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Three Key Benefits of Standardizing and Consolidating Your Gauge Population
| Tony Maupin | Know-howNot having a key piece of information can make a task frustrating and take much longer to complete. This is certainly the case when it comes to replacing pressure and temperature gauges . With multiple changes in plant ownership and upgrades to processes over the …
Building a new plant? Plan on retooling your instrumentation, too.
| Tony Maupin | Know-howNew technology is enabling a contemporary industrial revolution. Producers of everything from beverages to rocket fuel are clamoring to be the fastest, most efficient, and best in their class. Technological breakthroughs are making it happen. Regardless of what …
Instrumentation Matters When Reopening a Mothballed Plant
| Tony Maupin | ApplicationsReopening a mothballed plant offers a cost-effective alternative to new construction, but only if the overall structure is in good condition and major equipment is in good working order. It makes economic sense particularly if the plant's original design was flexible …
Three Ways to Prevent Gauge Failure from Vibration
| Tony Maupin | Know-howIn more than 250 instrument reviews conducted by WIKA, a staggering 30% of gauges in a typical processing plant required corrective action. That’s one in four gauges. Vibration is one of the most common causes of pressure gauge failure in production facilities, …