The assemblies listed below are designed for a broad range of applications that require resistance to corrosion and chemical attack. They provide very good temperature measurement and service life in plating, pickeling, and acid bath applications. The stainless steel sheath is coated with FEP and includes a fused FEP tip for excellent corrosion resistance.
Heat-tracing Thermocouples are made for use in systems that measure the surface temperature of process pipe that is carrying products whose temperatures must be controlled to prevent freeze-up, or to maintain a viscosity level so that the inner medium will flow. These sensors are constructed with Thermocouple sensing elements inside 316SS sheaths, and with a 3/4" Radius stainless steel mounting pad. Cold legs are available in customer-specified lengths to accommodate pipe insulation thickness.
The hardened tip aggregate temperature sensor assemblies illustrated in Figures 1, 2, and 3 below are typically used to measure the temperature of severely abrasive materials found in asphalt aggregate mixers and other granular material mixing and drying processes. Three styles of hardened tip constructions are offered to resist destructive abrasion and wear. Figure 4 illustrates an open-end tube style thermocouple assembly used to measure the temperature of hot sand and other similar free flowing materials on conveyors, or at drop chutes, where abrasion is not as severe, but where product temperature response time is important.
The below illustrated thermocouples are most commonly used in the mixing of rubber compounds and other abrasive substances. All standard thermocouples are individually tested to meet or surpass the Industry Time Response Test Standard. Thermocouple sensors are supplied with grounded hot junctions as standard. Thermocouples may be ordered with a choice of either a hard-chrome plated tip, or with a XH-5 coated tip that provides greater abrasion and wear resistance.
