temperature is one of the crucial parameters everyone deals with in their lives. Besides machines and manufacturing units, it affects humans and other creatures. Cloe monitoring the temperature and timely preventive measures can save lives, materials, and even machines.
However, it becomes impossible for humans to continuously sense and take timely measures to prevent damage. Therefore, it becomes vital to have an electronic device to monitor the temperature and provide alarms when the temperature crosses the limits.
Often it becomes vital to measure the temperature at different zones in a machine or a manufacturing unit. It also requires gi9ving out a common alarm whenever the zones cross their corresponding limits.
Having a single electronic device deployed in every zone would be extremely expensive. Instead, deploying a single electronic device that can sense temperatures at different zones, compare the present limits and give out a common alarm is better. The device is nothing but a temperature scanner.
What Is A Temperature Scanner?
A temperature scanner is a device that scans multiple temperature points. You can call it a multi-channel indicator that measures and displays signals of each systematically. After it measures and displays the last channel’s signals, it returns to the first channel. It follows a cyclical process, referred to as scanning.
With a temperature scanner, you can measure the temperature of multiple points in a single unit, thereby saving cost and space. These scanners work on digital technology and have microprocessors and microcontrollers. It can measure temperature from resistance temperature sensors like RTD Pt100 or different types of thermocouples.
The Functioning of Temperature Scanners
A temperature scanner is a microprocessor-based system that accepts thermocouple or RTD input for each input. You can scan each channel manually or automatically display the active zones. The instruments are programmable for J, K, T, and E thermocouple input types, measure temperatures in either degree Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit, and scan the rate between two and sixty seconds. Each channel has individual and programmable alarm set points with alarm indicators. The instruments retain the memory and set points even when the power is off.
Common Applications of Temperature Scanners
Temperature scanners have numerous practical applications, both for commercial and consumer needs. Process industries have several temperature scanners that suit various customized applications. These are reliable and cost-effective. Enlisted are some of the most common uses of temperature scanners.
- Substation monitoring
- Motor generator monitoring and protection
- Asset monitoring
- Multi-point on-off control
- Compressor, pump, and digiset monitoring
- Boiler units
- Power and utility stations
- Mining and drilling
- Medical laboratories and examination
- Industrial process monitoring
- Energy generation and distribution
Why Choose G-Tek?
For 25 years, G-Tek has been serving its customers with process measurements. Today, our company is one of the major players helping our customers monitor their process parameters, record them, analyze them and help meet the client’s compliance requirements. Our devices’ designs are user-friendly. The designs follow the Taguchi Method with robust design with quality function deployment. Our temperature scanners are perfect for data acquisition and control systems for temperature, altitude, and humidity. The scanners can record and maintain data from multiple scanning and recording channels.