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News Release from: Roxspur Measurement and Control | Subject: Brearley thermocouple sensors and cabling
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 21 September 2006
Thermocouples guide for glass furnace
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For furnace operation at temperatures up to 1700 deg C, noble metal thermocouples use platinum and alloyed platinum rhodium elements, with alumina, silicon carbide or porcelain sheaths.
Roxspur Measurement and Control have supplied Brearley thermocouple sensors and cabling, plus Pt100 Platinum resistance thermometer sensors, for the complete re-instrumentation of a major industrial glass furnace The project, for the ARC International Cookware factory in Sunderland, involved the refurbishment of the furnace and heat treatment areas at the Wear Glass Works, which manufactures Pyrex branded glass cookware, amongst other products
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 15 Jun 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Pyrex is as a special formulation of borosilicate glass, moulded at very high temperatures, and the production process involves accurate temperature monitoring and control to ensure product quality.
Roxspur engineers have specialised in producing Brearley rare metal thermocouple temperature sensors for high temperature applications - and probably supplied the sensors used for the furnaces used to produce the first Pyrex cookware in 1922.
For operation at temperatures up to 1700 deg C, typical Brearley noble metal thermocouples use platinum and alloyed platinum rhodium elements, with alumina, silicon carbide or porcelain sheath materials.
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