Bourdon tube pressure gauges are the most frequently used mechanical pressure measuring instruments. Their pressure element is often referred to as a Bourdon tube: The French engineer Eugène Bourdon made use of this functional principle in the middle of the 19th …
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About the “jungle” of documentation in the calibration world
| Christian Elbert | Know-howDue to a modification in the Measures and Verification Ordinance and the metrological traceability policy of the German Accreditation Body DakkS, evolved structures have been considerably muddled up. At first glance, it looks inscrutable and impenetrable. But on closer …
„Value Innovation Workshop“ – What is it?
| Gerald Schmitt | Know-howThrough the “lean workshop for value innovation”, learn more about customers and their needs and find solutions together with them. If you look up the term “blue ocean strategy” in Wikipedia, the result is the short, but concise account of “renewal of …
Temperature – What actually is it?
| Jochen Gries | Know-howTemperature - a term that we use almost daily as a matter of course, without being made aware of the physical correlations. But how is the term temperature defined? Everybody perceives temperature in their environment purely subjectively. If we are too warm or too …
Integration of pressure sensors into the PLC
| Stefan Heusel | Know-howThe construction of a traditional current loop for the capture of pressure sensor signals has its pitfalls – especially when not only a signal must be transmitted to the PLC, but also a local indicator has to be integrated. Let's have a look at the example of a …