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Special applications in electrical temperature measurement

Special applications in electrical temperature measurement
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Chemical Petrochemical Sanitary applications Special applications in electrical temperature measurement

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About us As a family-run business acting globally, with over 9,000 highly qualified employees, the WIKA group of companies is a worldwide leader in pressure and temperature measurement. The company also sets the standard in the measurement of level and flow, and in calibration technology. With manufacturing locations around the globe, WIKA ensures flexibility and the highest delivery performance. Every year, over 50 million quality products, both standard and customer-specific solutions, are delivered in batches of 1 to over 10,000 units. Founded in 1946, WIKA is today a strong and reliable...

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Contents Temperature profiling in reactors In furnaces and combustion chambers With high pressures Exact calculations Best connections Special applications in electrical temperature measurement In the area of electrical temperature measurement, within its standard portfolio, WIKA already offers an extensive selection of products and accessories for a wide variety of applications. In addition to this, customer-specific solutions represent a key element of the electrical temperature measurement product range. These are developed, manufactured and tested individually for your applications. As...

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Multipoint thermometers for radial multipoint measurements in petrochemical processes Temperature profiling in reactors Processes in chemical or petrochemical plants demand diverse, and often highly specialised measurements of the process parameters. WIKA and Gayesco have over 60 years experience in the development and manufacture of temperature measuring instruments for industrial applications. Multipoint thermometers, for example, can be implemented for the recording of complex temperature profiles in reactors. One important task also fulfilled by multipoint thermometers is in the...

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Left: Different solutions for tubeskin temperature measurement Centre: Technicians from the WIKA/ Gayesco service team during the installation of a REFRACTO-PAD™ Right: WELD-PAD with guide channel and heat shield of the XTRACTO-PAD™. Exchangeable without any welding operations.

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thermocouples with different thermowell A division of the WIKA group In furnaces and combustion chambers Measurements in industrial furnaces with temperatures of up to 1,700 °C represent a challenge. The individual selection of the materials used and decades of experience in the design and manufacture of thermocouples for high-temperature operation form the foundations for process safety. Through the accurate monitoring of the pipe temperature in combustion chambers, an optimal efficiency is ensured for the plant. On request, the expert installation of the temperature measuring instrument...

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Different coating materials for chemically aggressive and abrasive processes In aggressive environments High mechanical loading as a result of flow rates or aggressive process media place great demands on the thermowells used. Through the individual engineering and the variety of available materials, special alloys and coatings, the measuring point can be optimally adjusted to the process requirements. All safety-related design specifications and customer requests can be taken into consideration when designing the measuring point. Measuring point as a cutaway sample with forged Hastelloy...

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abrasive media – for each

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High-pressure thermocouple with lens-type sealing ring With high pressures The process of manufacturing LDPE (Low Density Polyethylene) is made at pressures of approx. 3,000 bar, where the temperature curve in the high-pressure tubular and autoclave reactors is an important process variable. Specific materials with high-yield characteristics and special manufacturing processes such as vacuum soldering, ensure the high quality of these products, individually matched to your requirements. Each high-pressure thermocouple is designed and manufactured in accordance with customer requirements....

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temperature distribution in reactors In sterile processes The particularly high requirements of sanitary applications are ensured through the use of approved materials, the lowest surface roughness and patented dead-space free connection geometries for thermowells for orbital welding into pipelines. Dead-space free multipoint thermometers with the shortest response times are just one example of an application-specific special solution. Thermowell TW61 for orbital welding (Patent DE 102010037994, US 12 897.080)

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Left: Kármán vortex street for a thermowell with an incident flow Right: Diffuse vortex shedding behind a thermowell in ScrutonWell® design Exact calculations To prevent the failure of thermowells, in particular at high flow rates, WIKA offers the design calculation in accordance with ASME PTC 19.3 TW-2016. For designs outside the validity of this standard, an FEM calculation can be carried out. In order to effectively dampen the excitation leading to vibration, the new ScrutonWell® design can be used. pressure and bending load for a flanged thermowell Flanged thermowell in ScrutonWell®...

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Best connections Liquid penetrant inspection Tested and approved welding procedures, as well as the possibility of extensive non-destructive testing in accordance with internationally recognised standards or customer requirements ensure the quality of our products. We are happy to advise you on further customer-specific solutions. WIKA Alexander Wiegand SE & Co. KG Alexander-Wiegand-Straße 30 / 63911 Klingenberg/Germany Tel. +49 9372 132-0 / Fax +49 9372 132-406 info@wika.de / www.wika.de 14139919 03/2016 EN Radiographic examination

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