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Pressure monitoring in the pharmaceutical industry is a demanding task with a wide variety of requirements. However, a corresponding diversification in instrumentation does not have to be an inevitable consequence. This is demonstrated by the use of a universal process transmitter from WIKA in the production of API (“active pharmaceutical ingredients”).Such active pharmaceutical ingredients form …

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Is the measuring instrument still working as it should? เพรสเชอร์เกิจ 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.The A-1200 is designed for use in industrial applications, especially for pressure measurement tasks in …

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pressure gauge octa of drinking water from ground water has top priority in many countries. In Germany, this method has a share of about 70 per cent in the water supply. The water drawn from depths of several hundred of meters below the earth’s surface is normally in perfect hygienic condition.The ground water is pumped …

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Boarding House reportsFranciscan nun Sister Mary Stella is delighted that the children of the WIKA Boarding House under her care have “a bright future” ahead of them. Our company will now be financing this institution for a further five years.The young residents receive a “wide-ranging and ambitious education” and later are sent to a state …

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diaphragm seal was a freshly graduated mechanical engineer when I started my career in the maintenance department of a petrochemical plant. One of the many jobs that we needed to attend to was checking the status of the pressure transmitters that were installed on our production lines, making a list of the points that needed …

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Differential pressure gauges are not only suitable for the typical applications such as monitoring and control of filters or pumps. They can take on the function of a flow monitor, for example, in heat transfer oil plants. They thus control the volume flow of the medium. The reliability of the measuring instrument can be attested …

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No year without corporate sports competitions – also in 2016. What counts, apart from the athletic challenge, are in particular taking part and the joined experience within a group. Companies from the WIKA Group gain top ranks in these events, for example WIKA Canada and Mensor, who start regularly in regional corporate challenges. WIKA even …

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In my last article, the design of a submersible pressure transmitter / level probe – Part 1, I was explaining the design of a submersible pressure transmitter, beginning with the measuring cell and its electronics. Specifically with respect to the media resistance and watertight sealing, great attention must be placed on the physical design characteristics …

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