Instruments & Controls
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An instrument is an engineering device used for identifying, measuring, recording, or controlling the value of a given quantity. There is a diverse variety of industrial instruments, many of them highly specialized and designed for specific applications. Speedometers, scales, and clocks are examples of fairly common instruments used to measure velocity, weight, and time, respectively. But engineers and manufacturers also rely on more specialized equipment, such as galvanometers for calculating electrical current or hydraulic regulators for controlling applied pressure. Such instruments are not only helpful, but often necessary for many industrial projects.
Controls are used to manage industrial machinery, tools, or processes to ensure that the elements within a given project function properly on their own or in coordination with one another. This type of management can involve analysis of a system's output, or reactive measures to adjust workflow. For example, a control valve can regulate the pressure, volume, or direction of flow in a transmission system, while a mainframe control panel provides users with an interface for directing computer operations.A membrane switch is an electrical switch for turning a circuit on and off. Both manual and automated controls, such as CNC, are used in industrial processes.
Guides
Sensors - A Complete Guide (Types, Applications, and Suppliers)
A complete guide to sensors, including types of sensors and their applications, and the top suppliers of sensors in the industrial marketplace.
A complete guide to sensors, including types of sensors and their applications, and the top suppliers of sensors in the industrial marketplace.
An Introduction to Temperature Controls
This article discusses the overall use of temperature controls in manufacturing and the different kinds of controls available.
This article discusses the overall use of temperature controls in manufacturing and the different kinds of controls available.
Specifying Common Igniters
This guide to specific igniter types, their functions, applications and common igniter issues.
This guide to specific igniter types, their functions, applications and common igniter issues.
Types of Controls and Controllers - A ThomasNet Buying Guide
Controls and Controllers are mechanical, electro-mechanical, or electronic devices which use input signals to change conditions or values in processes or oversee access to buildings, gated areas, etc.
Controls and Controllers are mechanical, electro-mechanical, or electronic devices which use input signals to change conditions or values in processes or oversee access to buildings, gated areas, etc.
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White Papers
What Makes Mass Production So Flexible That It Can Meet Individual Demands?
Highlighting how new generation of machines from Siemens have overcome the limitation of the strict either/or scenarios with respect to consumer goods production, this paper includes an example from cosmetics maker Dr Kurt Wolff GmbH & Co. KG wherein they used an advanced solution from Siemens and OPTIMA to maximize filling and packaging...
Highlighting how new generation of machines from Siemens have overcome the limitation of the strict either/or scenarios with respect to consumer goods production, this paper includes an example from cosmetics maker Dr Kurt Wolff GmbH & Co. KG wherein they used an advanced solution from Siemens and OPTIMA to maximize filling and packaging...
Hamburger Tenderness: Recommended QC Test Method.
Detailing how quality control departments perform compression tests on raw and cooked hamburger patties using a texture analyzer, this paper illustrates in images the decent of a spherical probe into the patty at a defined test speed, which measure the amount of force in grams that is used to compress the hamburger. Including a data graph for...
Detailing how quality control departments perform compression tests on raw and cooked hamburger patties using a texture analyzer, this paper illustrates in images the decent of a spherical probe into the patty at a defined test speed, which measure the amount of force in grams that is used to compress the hamburger. Including a data graph for...
Testing Soft-Solid Dairy Products for Consistency: Two Methods - Both Work.
Covering two test methods used in quality control for evaluating consistency of dairy products like yogurt and soft butter, this paper begins by describing how a viscometer with helipath stand and T-bar spindle is used measure viscosity. Featuring images of a viscometer with T-bar Spindle, it explains why standard disc and cylindrical spindles...
Covering two test methods used in quality control for evaluating consistency of dairy products like yogurt and soft butter, this paper begins by describing how a viscometer with helipath stand and T-bar spindle is used measure viscosity. Featuring images of a viscometer with T-bar Spindle, it explains why standard disc and cylindrical spindles...
Health Bars - A Confectionary Challenge: Sensory Experience.
Focusing on the important physical test parameters in evaluating new formulations for health bars such as texture and viscosity, this paper shows how a texture analyzer instrument measures hardness and chewiness, and a viscometer or rheometer evaluates viscosity. Stating that these instruments are increasing being used in both R&D and QC, it...
Focusing on the important physical test parameters in evaluating new formulations for health bars such as texture and viscosity, this paper shows how a texture analyzer instrument measures hardness and chewiness, and a viscometer or rheometer evaluates viscosity. Stating that these instruments are increasing being used in both R&D and QC, it...
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