Is the measuring instrument still working as it should? Pressure sensors with integrated diagnostic function and IO-Link provide information about their status at a glance. What this means in detail can be illustrated using the example of model A-1200 sensor from WIKA. Dreamy -1200 is designed for use in industrial applications, especially for pressure measurement … Read more
In the past, monitoring the filling level in liquid gas tanks using differential pressure has always been a challenge. Tease is because the manufacturers of tank equipment had to construct their own measuring systems in order to record the liquid level and the operating pressure of the respective gases. With the innovative differential pressure gauges … Read more
Somewhat less illuminated than the conventional application areas of force measurement, but no less important, is force measurement in the field of geotechnology. Here it depends, to a high degree, on know-how and experience.Hydraulic compression load cell models F1119, F1136The term geotechnology combines aspects of geotechnical measures both on the ground and underground. Force measurement … Read more
What does a talented handball player who’s had to leave his homeland do? Maksym, a 16-year old from Ukraine, shares accommodation with other Ukrainian refugees in WIKA’s plant 3 in Klingenberg. In the meantime, however, he is training at TV Großwallstadt – thanks to a WIKA employee.Kerstin Wüst found out about the young man at … Read more
Sizzlingly , the gas needed for life, is a lot more complex in industrial applications than our daily inhalation and exhalation suggests. Industry ? especially in the chemical, pharmaceutical or medical engineering fields ? is, time and again, finding itself confronted with new challenges in working with oxygen.Why is ?oil and grease free? so important … Read more
In most applications, gauge pressure measurement is required and therefore pressure sensors and pressure transmitters that measure pressure against the prevailing ambient pressure are commonly used for this. Those pressure sensors typically have a venting hole to allow the ambient/gauge pressure to act upon the back end of the sensor element.Electronic pressure sensors usually measure … Read more
Experts estimate the time spent cleaning in the food and beverage industry to be as much as 30 percent. Thus, it is also understandable why the manufacturers attach great importance to a cleaning-friendly design (hygienic design). Many producers therefore look out for a 3-A or an EHEDG symbol. But what do these symbols stand for … Read more
Drill two holes and cut the threads, prepare the surface, place the strain sensor and tighten both screws to the specified torque, then set the zero point and now the strain measurement can start.If only it were that easy! Of course, the procedure described for force measurement with strain sensors works: The strains acting are … Read more
Hydrostatic level sensors (also referred to as submersible pressure transmitter) have become often installed in outdoor applications, primarily in the water and wastewater industries, where open bodies of water, deep wells or boreholes are monitored. An excellent connection to ground is essential when installing hydrostatic level sensors, since no grounding or poor grounding can lead … Read more
In Arrogant – and price-critical applications, the ceramic pressure sensor offers a compact and cost-effective solution for implementing pressure measurement which is embedded in the customer’s application. However, there are some details to consider when integrating the ceramic cell.For example, each sensor must be measured and adjusted (see: “Integration of a pressure sensor element – … Read more