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Temperature sensors for temperature measurement and process automation solutions.Mr. Bollerman opened Pyrometer Instrument Company in 1928, the first products were contact and immersion thermocouple pyrometers for molten iron and steel foundries.

Pyrometer Instrument Company

Pyrofiber Industrial Automatic Emissivity Measurement System – AEMS. This Infrared Thermometer for Temperature Control in used in temperature measurement in refractories, ovens, furnaces etc. Its uses a fiber optic sensor and is a non contact infrared thermometer.

Infrared Thermometer AEMS - Pyrometer

Infrared Thermometer AEMS – Pyrometer

Some Features Specs are –

  • Accuracy After Emissivity Correction: ± 5°F (± 3°C)
  • 1ms Data Acquisition Rate
  • 3 Temperature Models Available:
  • Internal Data Notebook & PC Interface
  • Analog & Digital Outputs

PF 905 Industrial Std Temperature Range is 1100°F – 2730°F (600°C – 1500°C). Three models available covers – 250°C – 3000°C.

The Pyrofiber Industrial incorporates an electronic microprocessor control unit housed in a NEMA enclosure, LCD digital display, membrane keypad, power supply, fiber optic cable and connections with a primary optical sensor head and (Optional) secondary irradiance (background radiance) sensor head.

Pyrometer Instrument Co.
92 North Main Street, Bldg 18-D • Windsor, NJ 08561, USA.

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They are a Developer and Manufacturer of data acquisition, signal conditioning and data communication products for industrial applications. They have Comprehensive High Technology solutions for Data Systems for demanding environments and precision requirements.

Dataforth Corporation – Industrial Data Acquisition

Products include Data Acquisition Systems, Sensors and conditioning for Accelerometers, Frequency, True RMS, Digital Thermistor, Thermocouple, RTD, Strain Gage, Digital Data Communication Products, Line Drivers and Converters.

Dataforth Corporation - Industrial Data Acquisition

Dataforth’s DSCL series of isolators, along with the DSCP and SCTP product lines, provides a complete family of loop and universal AC/DC powered isolator and transmitter models in component, DIN rail, panel, and head-mount packages.

DSCL Series Industrial Loop Isolators and Transmitters

They protect valuable measurement and control signals as well as connected equipment from noise, transient power surges, internal ground loops, and other hazards present in industrial environments.

Dataforth Corporation
3331 E Hemisphere Loop Tucson, Arizona (AZ) 85706-5011 USA.

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Ashcroft pressure gauges, temperature instruments, pressure and temperature switches, transducers and transmitters are specified and trusted around the world for the most demanding requirements.

Ashcroft Gauges – Digital Pressure Gauges

Product Range Includes

  • Panel Meters & Pneumatic Transmitters
  • Pressure Transducers & Transmitters
  • Analog Pressure Gauges
  • Differential Pressure Switches
  • Pressure Switches

Ashcroft DG25 series

Ashcroft DG25 series

This offers 0.5% of span accuracy, while the laser welded stainless steel sensor and socket make this product suitable for use with a wide variety of pressure media in demanding industrial applications.

Nine engineering units of measure plus one user programmable unit. Capable of measuring gauge, vacuum and compound ranges from -14.7 psi through 25,000 psi.

Features Include

  • 5 digit LCD display with .48″ character size
  • New bar graph display (20 segment)
  •  IP 67 weatherproof enclosure

Ashcroft Inc.
250 East Main Street, Stratford, CT 06614-5145 USA

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Louis Desloge Sr. founds Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, to manufacture electric heating elements for the shoe industry in 1922.

Watlow Sensors, Processing and Heaters

Watlow Sensors Processing and Heaters

Watlow reference data provides information for amperage conversions, thermocouple types, RTD tolerances and more.

Watlow Ltd- Reference – Guides and Tutorials

Watlow is the leader in engineering and manufacturing custom commercial electric heaters. … offer electric heating elements, industrial heaters..

Watlow
12001 Lackland Rd., St. Louis, MO USA 63146

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The products they develop and create help in the sensing and control for enabling Process Automation technology, these instruments and sensors a0124re used in improving the manufacturing in varied industries.

OMRON Industrial Automation

Products they provide include many types of sensors like Fiber, Photoelectric, Displacement, Proximity and Ultrasonic Sensors to name a few…Level and Limit Switches and Safety Relays and Controllers.

Safety Sensors –  Sensors that detect the presence of operators near hazardous machines of facilitates.

Control Components – Counters, Cam Positioners, Timers, Timer Switches, Digital Temperature Controllers.

Automation Systems include Programmable Controllers that support machine control, and Network/Software products.

Multifunction Preset Counter - H7CX-A - Omron

1-stage preset counter, 1-stage preset counter with total counter (selectable)

Some Specifications –

Input Modes –

  • Measurement operation with one input.
  • Differential Input for Two Inputs
  • Absolute Ratio for Two Inputs

Twin Counter Mode (One Unit, Two Counters) – A Twin Counter Mode has been added to enable using two counters with only one unit.

Multifunction Preset Counter – H7CX-A – Omron
Tachometer Function, Prescaling function and Decimal point adjustment.

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Tempatron designs and manufactures a range of products that serve the industrial electronics market. They inlcude timers, temperature and process control products and sensors for industry.

Tempatron from Eltime – Industrial Electronics

The product line includes Tachometer Relays, Liquid Level Sensors and Flow sensors. Solid State Relays and Proximity Sensors too. There are used in Industrial Control Panels in the Automation and Energy Industries.

They are based in UK, In 2010 Tempatron Industrial Controls became part of Eltime Ltd.

(History – The company was established in 1968 as part of the Unitech plc group, became part of Invensys plc in 1996 and was taken private by the current management in 1999. The company has since developed into a number of new areas including plastic welding equipment, data acquisition systems and the manufacture of temperature sensors)

Dual red/green display that shows the set point and the process reading. 33 x 74 panel mounting. Accepts inputs from thermistors, J, K or S type thermocouples, PT100 RTD’s. Analogue voltage or current inputs also can be used, this makes it a process controller.

ELK39 Autotuning PID controller – Tempatron

ELK39 Autotuning PID controller - Tempatron
Some Features

  • Autotuning PID or on/off control modes
  • Up to 4 programmable set points
  • IP65 water and dust protection

Tempatron (A division of Eltime Limited)
Tempatron, Eltime House, Hall Road, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4NF, United Kingdom