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Vacuum Gauge & Controller Selection Guide

To help customers quickly identify the best VACUUBRAND gauge or controller for their needs, we've created a new selection guide.  Answer 4 simple questions and you'll get a product recommendation to meet your specs.  You can request a quote directly…

What’s Corroding Your Control Room?

Corrosion-induced failures are frequent in the electronics products used in control rooms, but proper environmental assessment, control and monitoring can help abate these concerns Electronic process-control equipment — from small remote sensors and instruments to plant-wide distributed control systems (DCS)…

VAC 24seven – dry, chemical resistant process vacuum

VACUUBRAND's modular VAC 24seven pumping systems provide a dry, chemical resistant vacuum source for industrial and process applications. Watch the video below or visit www.vacuubrand-process.com to learn more.

Local Vacuum Networks – the Reliable Alternative to Central Systems

In addition to VACUUBRAND's pumps, gauges, and controls, our VACUU·LAN® local vacuum networks are a lab-by-lab alternative to central vacuum systems.  VACUU·LAN networks provide deep, stable vacuum in new labs and in renovation projects.  Built on VACUUBRAND's durable, chemical-resistant diaphragm…

Pressure Measurement: Handling Difficult Process Applications

A better understanding of what pressure instruments do and how they work can help improve measurement performance, especially in troublesome applications Effective use of process instrumentation is critical in any chemical manufacturing environment. These instruments are strategically located throughout various…

Pump Safety: Flirting with Disaster

Be vigilant about parallel pumping conditions that can lead to catastrophic failures During my career, I have seen several massive centrifugal pump failures caused by pump users attempting to operate pumps in parallel without the proper equipment review, procedural review…

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Measuring Differential Pressure: Mechanical or Electronic?

Users should consider both options when selecting a DP device. Understanding the differences can help make the decision for a given set of process conditions Differential pressure (DP) measurements are used in many branches of the chemical process industries (CPI)…

Fine Vacuum Control

Many important research and industrial processes require vacuum in what is referred to as the "fine vacuum" range, which is between 0.1 and 0.001 Torr. In a prior post, we talked about the fact that the Pirani style gauge is…

Advanced Vacuum Control

Our most recent post addressed the benefits of proportional-only vacuum process control. Though this approach is well suited to many processes, in some cases more accurate (or precise) control of the pressure level is necessary.  Under such circumstances, employing PI…

Proportional (2 Point) Vacuum Control

In our prior post, we talked about using variants of the classic PID algorithm in order to control vacuum processes.  In the simplest form, the PID control loop can be reduced to a P-only, or 2-point, algorithm.  For example, by…