Signal Conditioning Blog
I/O design with minimal height restrictions? We have the answer
I/O design changes require machine builder to go low on the I/O limbo. By Mike, Acromag Inside Technical Sales Representative A custom machine building company came to me regarding an I/O design change dilemma. They needed to add two thermocouple input to 4-20mA output channels to their already stuffed controls box; and had minimal height for I/O. Our standard DIN rail…
Expansion Solution: Dual-channel Transmitter for Environmental Test Lab at Automotive Supplier
By Mike, Inside Technical Sales Representative Expansion Solution: DT333 Dual-channel Transmitter An environmental test lab at a major automotive supplier needed a thermocouple input transmitter that would allow for channel expansion and double as a pressure sensor input transmitter. Acromag DT333-0700 TC/mV input, dual-channel signal converter transmitter filled the needs and then some.DT333-0700 is easily configured and calibrated for most all TC input types…
New Hazardous Location Approvals
The DT200 and DT300 Series dual-channel programmable transmitters have improved performance passing hazardous location approvals. These transmitters are CE compliant, UL/cUL Class 1 Div 2, ATEX/IECEx Zone 2 approvals. The TT351 load cell and strain gauge signal conditioner is also approved for hazardous locations, high noise immunity, and a -40 to 70° operating range make…
Potentiometer Input Signal Splitter
By Mike, Inside Technical Sales – Customer called needing a potentiometer input signal splitter I/O Brief ~ Customer called needing a potentiometer input signal splitter with dual 0-10V DC outputs. Acromag DT335-0700 to the rescue! DT335-0700 is a versatile RTD/Resistance input dual-channel transmitter/splitter easily configured and calibrated with our free PC Windows software or our…
Lightning Strikes Again – Countering Lightning Strike Failures in Instrument & Control I/O Circuits
By Mike, Inside Technical Sales Representative What does a golden oldie song title and a plumbing jingle have in common with countering lightning strike failures in instrument and control I/O circuits? Every time I field a call from a customer (most often a utility/power gen plant), after a lightning strike has taken out signal isolators,…
Case Study: Custom Fire Suppression System for New Stadium
Challenge: Develop a custom engineered fire suppression system for a new indoor football stadium. Regulations require protection against fire hazards which could occur during monster truck rallies or other events that may have flammable material on the stadium floor area. Solution: Akron Brass StreamMaster II Electric Fire Monitors (water cannons) with Style 5177 nozzles (1250…
Acromag’s Tried and True Transmitters
By Mike, Inside Technical Sales Representative As we close out the first half of 2019, (WOW yes, already!) I reflect on the incredible breadth of instrument and control signal I/O applications that Acromag signal isolators and transmitters are used in; from aerospace to waste water and all between. Considering that Acromag, a Michigan manufacturer of…
SP236 4-20mA Splitter Saves Splitting Headaches with Loopy Acting Circuits
By Mike M., Inside Technical Sales Representative The long lived and widely used 4-20mA loop circuit is predominant in the process I&C monitoring and control field, yet due to the differing mix of sensor/transmitters and control/monitoring analog input/output configurations, ground loops, transients and differential grounding can cause the 4-20mA control circuit to act, well, loopy! …
Signal Conditioner or Signal Transmitter, what’s the Diff?
By Mike, Inside Technical Sales Representative Is it a signal conditioner, or a signal transmitter, or even a signal converter and yes a signal isolator? What’s the diff? Terminology can get confusing in any technical products industry and in process signal I/O products it can be as well, especially with crossover in job disciplines and…
Low Cost Inside Box Temperature Sensor Application
ST132-0610 Thermocouple/Millivolt Input 2-Wire Transmitter Wixom, MI: – June 20, 2018: If you need a simple way to monitor temperatures inside an enclosure, Acromag’s ST132-0610 temperature transmitter is compact, inexpensive and provides a loop powered 4-20mA output. The tiny, puckstyle unit is only 1.75 inches in diameter and easily scaled for -40 to 80°C input. Just mount…