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News Release from: Roxspur Measurement and Control | Subject: Brearley thermocouple sensors
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 19 September 2006
Noble metal thermocouples survive glass
furnace
Roxspur has supplied Brearley thermocouple sensors and cabling, plus Pt100 resistance thermometer sensors, for the complete re-instrumentation of a major industrial glass furnace.
Roxspur Measurement and Control has 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, among other products
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 17 Jul 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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