Duro-Sense Industrial Temperature Measurement Blog

A blog providing information about industrial temperature measurement, specifically in the areas of temperature sensors. The posts will contain educational information about thermocouples, RTDs, and other common types of temperature sensors. The application of these sensors will focus on aerospace, aircraft, research and development, medical, chemical, plastics processing, and power generation industries. For more, visit Duro-Sense.com or call 310-533-6877.

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Understanding Dissimilar Metal Junctions and the Need for Reference Junctions

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When two dissimilar metal wires are joined together at one end, a voltage is produced at the other end that is approximately proportional to...
Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Thermocouple Types, Materials of Composition, and Temperature Ranges

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Nickel-Alloy Thermocouples Type E:  (pos) 90% Nickel / 10% Chromium; (neg) 55% Copper / 45% Nickel (Constantan) 32 to 1600°F, 0 to ...
Friday, June 8, 2018

Precision RTD's (Resistance Temperature Detectors)

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Duro-Sense RTDs , thermowells, and accessories provide high quality solutions to the aerospace, aviation, process control, medical, R&D,...
Friday, May 25, 2018

Power Plant Temperature Sensors

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Power plants (generating facilities) transform the mechanical energy of a spinning generator into electrical energy. Heat (from flame, nucle...
Wednesday, May 16, 2018

RTD and Thermocouple Selection and Location for Optimal Control

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Loop diagram * A perfectly designed temperature loop would precisely balance the power required to heat the media to it's desired te...
Thursday, May 3, 2018

Advantages and Disadvantages of Thermocouples

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Industrial thermocouples in ceramic protection tubes (Duro-Sense) Temperature sensors , inherent to their design or operating principle...
Friday, April 27, 2018

Thermocouple Junction Configurations

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Thermocouples are simple devices made up of several key components: thermocouple wire, electrical insulation, and the a welded wire sensin...
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