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Level indicators reach new heights

In this installment of Field Test, CONTROL’s Jim Montague talks to end users of Magnetrol/Orion’s Eclispse and Aurora products to get the real skinny on how well they work.
Post Date: 02/21/2006
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Rising levels of process level measurement devices

Worldwide and regional shipments of process level measurement, solids process, and inventory tank gauging devices are projected to increase steadily through 2009, according to a new report.
Post Date: 11/09/2005
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In the future: More, better, cheaper sensors

According to Editor in Chief Walt Boyes, instrumentation companies are going to have to re-think their design criteria if they are going to make the “lights out” plant of the future practical.
Post Date: 07/27/2005
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Special rules for tuning level controllers

Loss of level controls can kill a process in a heartbeat, so tuning them properly should be a priority. F.G. Shinskey reports on the different tuning rules that apply to level loops based on vessels being regulated.
Post Date: 05/20/2005
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Radar love dominates the level scene

Market researchers last year predicted radar sensors would be the fastest-growing sensor, and they got it right — this time. Check out CONTROL's Product Roundup of new level instrumentation devices.
Post Date: 05/10/2005
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Special rules for tuning level controllers (Part-1)

In Part I of his article on tuning level controllers, process control consultant F.G. Shinskey points out that loss of level controls can kill a process in a heartbeat, so tuning them properly should be a priority.
Post Date: 05/01/2005
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ISA <I>Transactions</I> abstracts on ControlGlobal.com

ControlGlobal.com is pleased to publish abstracts from one of the very few scholarly journals in the process automation field<EM>. </EM>Keep pace with technology developments and applications from the world's experts.
Post Date: 03/10/2005
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Sensing trouble

Editor in Chief Walt Boyes issues a cognitive dissonance alert! If you want to play in the big leagues and move into the process of control, you would do well to go back and concentrate on the fundamentals.
Post Date: 03/02/2005
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Float level gauges: Ol' reliable is up to the task

Product Exclusive: K-Tek's KM 26 float level sensor.
Post Date: 03/01/2005
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Tricky level applications on the rise

Level measurement is as old as the Nile, but some application problems simply will not go away. Editor in Chief Walt Boyes provides his thoughts on the results of the recent ControlGlobal.com Web Poll.
Post Date: 02/02/2005
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Some Things Do Exactly What They're Supposed To

Field Instrument Upgrades Aren't Always as Easy as 1-2-3
Post Date: 02/01/2004
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New Product Exclusive: Sludge Density Meter Works in Pipes or Tanks


Post Date: 10/09/2003
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How Can We Improve Combustion Control?


Post Date: 07/25/2003
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Ultrasonic Level Sensors Have Radar-Like Performance

Ametek Drexelbrook's IntelliScan and UniScan
Post Date: 05/05/2003
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Improved level control of a feed water valve

Process control authority Bela Liptak answers a reader's question regarding improved level control for a feed water valve that is too far from a boiler drum.
Post Date: 11/07/
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