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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. Both manual and automated controls, such as CNC, are used in industrial processes.
Guides
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.
Computers in Automated Test Equipment (ATE)
This article describes the basic design and performance characteristics of computer-controlled automated test equipment systems used for evaluating electronic devices.
This article describes the basic design and performance characteristics of computer-controlled automated test equipment systems used for evaluating electronic devices.
Hydraulic Pressure Switches
This article describes how pressure switches operate, specifically in hydraulic applications. It also contains details about different uses for hydraulic pressure switches.
This article describes how pressure switches operate, specifically in hydraulic applications. It also contains details about different uses for hydraulic pressure switches.
Glass Liquid Level Gages
This article describes the common types of glass-based liquid level gages, explaining their design characteristics and their method of functioning.
This article describes the common types of glass-based liquid level gages, explaining their design characteristics and their method of functioning.
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White Papers
Competence in Connection Technology
Familiarizing the reader with the National Electrical Code (NEC) or the UL 508A standard for industrial control panels in the United States, this paper provides a step-by-step guide for determining the overall short circuit current ratings (SCCR) of an industrial control panel. Origins of the SCCR requirements are briefed, providing definitions...
Familiarizing the reader with the National Electrical Code (NEC) or the UL 508A standard for industrial control panels in the United States, this paper provides a step-by-step guide for determining the overall short circuit current ratings (SCCR) of an industrial control panel. Origins of the SCCR requirements are briefed, providing definitions...
Reducing Energy Costs with Energy Monitoring Devices
Presenting examples of increasing or abnormal current draw in a facility, this paper details how energy monitoring devices can help the commercial utility customer to prevent unnecessary demand charges and to ensure that motors start sequentially. It explains how two or more motors cycling at the same time can result in higher demand meter...
Presenting examples of increasing or abnormal current draw in a facility, this paper details how energy monitoring devices can help the commercial utility customer to prevent unnecessary demand charges and to ensure that motors start sequentially. It explains how two or more motors cycling at the same time can result in higher demand meter...
Sustainable Design for Industrial Machines
This paper states how a machine builder can achieve a design strategy with improved efficiency, reliability, and safety, while also reducing the lifetime cost of the machine, by making low-voltage DC-based controls a design standard. Benefits offered by DC-based controls are listed along with the ripple effect of benefits that can be achieved by...
This paper states how a machine builder can achieve a design strategy with improved efficiency, reliability, and safety, while also reducing the lifetime cost of the machine, by making low-voltage DC-based controls a design standard. Benefits offered by DC-based controls are listed along with the ripple effect of benefits that can be achieved by...
Benefits of VLCD over VFD Modules
Presenting the benefits of Vivid Liquid Crystal Display (VLCD), a re-engineered LCD module developed by Microtips Technology, this paper compares VLCD with VFD (Vacuum Fluorescent Display) and describes the advantages offered by VLCD over VFD. The common business challenges for VFD users are listed, stating how VLCD overcomes those limitations....
Presenting the benefits of Vivid Liquid Crystal Display (VLCD), a re-engineered LCD module developed by Microtips Technology, this paper compares VLCD with VFD (Vacuum Fluorescent Display) and describes the advantages offered by VLCD over VFD. The common business challenges for VFD users are listed, stating how VLCD overcomes those limitations....
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