The TECO Process Control Blog

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Flow Media Identification in Process Piping

Fluid process control operations use pipes to transport materials over distances. Other processing facilities may also employ piping as a...

Rack and Pinion Pneumatic Valve Actuators

Rack and pinion actuator (courtesy of Jamesbury ) There are three primary categories of valve actuators commonly used valve automatio...

Measuring Flow Using Differential Pressure

There are several types of flow instruments that rely on the Bernoulli's principle (an increase in the speed of a fluid occurs simult...

NIST Certification of Flow Instrument Calibration and ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation

The Thompson Equipment Co., Inc., (TECO) facility is used for performing flow calibration for magnetic flow meters as well as other prima...

Introduction to Transmitters used in Process Control

Flow transmitter (ModMag) Transmitters are process control field devices . They receive input from a connected process sensor, then conv...

ifm Industrial Sensors and Control Products

ifm Temperature Sensor ifm is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of industrial sensors and controls products, producing over 9 ...

Turbine Flowmeters

Turbine flowmeters use a free-spinning turbine wheel to measure fluid velocity, much like a miniature windmill installed in the flow stre...

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