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A Professional Guide to Identifying and Selecting Thermocouple Compensation Cables

Thermocouple compensation cables play a critical role in temperature measurement systems. They extend the thermocouple signal from the sensing point to the control room while maintaining measurement accuracy. Selecting the correct compensation cable ensures stable signal transmission, reduces cold-junction influence, and minimizes measurement error. This guide explains how to correctly identify different types of compensation […]

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Comprehensive Optimization Strategies for Cable Manufacturing: Ensuring Consistency, Quality, and Cost Efficiency

Cable manufacturing is a highly integrated process involving raw material preparation, conductor processing, insulation and sheathing extrusion, quality testing, and final packaging. To maintain stable product quality and support long-term customer reliability, manufacturers must optimize across the entire production chain. This article summarizes eight key dimensions of optimization that significantly enhance product quality, reduce defects,

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Comprehensive Rainy-Season Protection Strategy for Chemical Plant Instrumentation

Industrial instrumentation in chemical plants is highly vulnerable during the rainy season due to moisture intrusion, condensation, lightning surges, corrosion, and cable insulation degradation.This document provides a systematic and actionable protection strategy based on four principles: Prevent Water Ingress • Prevent Moisture & Condensation • Prevent Lightning & Surge Damage • Prevent Corrosion & Short-Circuit

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Why GDS Systems Are Not Allowed to Use Bus Architecture (Including RS-485 Networks)

Gas Detection Systems (GDS) are categorized as critical safety systems. Their primary functions—real-time gas concentration monitoring, alarm triggering, and emergency interlock—require extremely high reliability, fast response, and fail-safe communication. For this reason, international and domestic standards clearly state that GDS field detectors must NOT be connected using a shared bus network, including RS-485 multi-drop wiring.A

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Common Electrical Interface Thread Types in Instruments

When it comes to electrical interfaces in instrumentation, selecting the correct thread type is essential for ensuring reliable connections and sealing. This article explores the most common thread types, their characteristics, applications, and examples to provide a comprehensive understanding. 1. Metric Threads (M) Metric threads, also known as ISO metric threads, are standardized by the

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The Evolution of Industrial Automation: The Synergy Between PLC and Supervisory Control Systems

In the realm of industrial automation, the Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) has long been regarded as the “brain” of control systems. It excels in executing logical operations, sequential control, timing, counting, and arithmetic tasks. However, as industrial processes grow increasingly complex, a standalone PLC system often falls short of meeting modern manufacturing demands. Enter the

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How to Diagnose Temperature Sensor Failures with a Multimeter: Core Logic + Practical Procedures

Core Principle: Temperature-related faults in electrical or industrial systems can be quickly located using the inherent resistance–temperature characteristics of NTC/PTC thermistors and the mV output characteristics of thermocouples.By performing three diagnostic steps—static resistance check, dynamic heating/cooling test, and loop continuity/voltage measurement—more than 90% of temperature-related failures can be accurately identified. 1. Identify the Sensor Type

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Understanding RS-485 Communication and Cable Core Selection

RS-485 is one of the most widely used industrial communication standards. It provides a robust, long-distance and noise-resistant method for data exchange between field devices, PLCs, controllers and sensors. Due to its differential transmission and multi-drop capability, RS-485 is considered a reliable backbone for distributed industrial control systems. 1. What Is RS-485? RS-485 is a

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UPS Power Supply: Working Principle, Common Failures, and Troubleshooting Guide

Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems play a critical role in protecting electrical equipment from power disturbances. By integrating rectification, energy storage, inversion, and automatic transfer, a UPS ensures stable, uninterrupted power to sensitive loads such as servers, controllers, medical instruments, and industrial equipment. In essence, a UPS works as both a power conditioner and an

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Temperature Measurement in Industrial Processes: Principles, Devices, and Best Practices

Introduction Temperature is one of the most fundamental and widely measured parameters in industrial processes. Nearly 50% of all process control applications involve temperature monitoring, and accurate temperature measurement is essential for product quality, equipment safety, energy efficiency, and overall plant reliability. Because temperature cannot be sensed directly, it must be measured through the physical

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