01/06/2006

TEMPERATURE MEASURING THERMOCOUPLES

APLEIN INGENIEROS, S.A. holds the exclusive distribution rights in Spain for the temperature measuring thermocouples of AMETEK.

Among the most important applications in these transmitters is measuring temperature in process turbines for the industrial sector, for example in thermoelectric power plants. These devices are compatible with the turbines manufactured by GE (General Electric) of the types LM2500, LM5000, FRAME 5,6,7 and 9.

Among the improvements in this new generation of thermocouples, we can mention the following:

• 100% hermetic design, which provides longer life times, higher precision in measurements and prevents diverse failures in the insulation of the thermocouple during operation.


• The type of installation (by “positive stop”) assures the correct installation of the thermocouple inside the protective jacket.


• The improvement in the selection of materials (both of the sensor and of the cable) eliminates the influence of the process environment on the system.


• The use of type K cables simplifies the installation of the cable-thermocouple assembly in the connection box, reducing the probability of installation mistakes (due to the use of different-sized nuts).


So the latest generation thermocouples by AMETEK incorporate numerous improvements on the earlier models, which confers enhanced reliability to the assembly formed by cable plus thermocouple a in the most demanding process environments.



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