In 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, …
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Pressure Sensor Failure Due to Water or Moisture
| Robert Lukat | PressureMoisture ingress is one of the most common causes of pressure transmitter failure. Moisture can quickly corrode the internal electrical connections or the circuit board, which can lead to output drift or complete failure. That's why it's so important to identify your …
Recurring Gauge Failure
| Tony Maupin | Know-howThere are plenty of articles and sites about automobiles and their woes. In an era of sophisticated cars packed with a myriad of electronic gizmos and digital instrumentation, quality gauges are essential to an automobile’s longevity—and its owner’s long-term …
Instrument Audit: Document Your Gauges
| Tony Maupin | Know-howThe best way to get a grip on the gauges in your plant is to create a "living document" of your gauge population. A recent webinar hosted by WIKA Instrument, LP and Hart Energy highlighted the fact that 65% of the gauges in an average manufacturing or process plant …
Workplace Safety Requires Reliable Instrumentation
| Tony Maupin | Know-howReliable instrumentation is critical for safe operations. Pressure and temperature instrumentation provides workers with information they need to confirm that systems and processes are functioning within safe parameters. A broken gauge means unreliable process …