by Kam Olaogun | May 30, 2019 | Pyrometer, Wavelength
Infrared pyrometers are excellent devices to use when a direct contact measurement may not be possible. Often times the things we are trying to measure are simply too hot for contact devices like thermocouples or resistance thermometers. In addition, the things we are... 
by Kam Olaogun | Sep 20, 2018 | Pyrometer
Your business and the quality of your product depend on making precise temperature measurements, which means that accurate and reliable measurement tools are essential. Steel manufacturing requires careful attention to temperature throughout each step of the annealing... 
by Kam Olaogun | Aug 21, 2017 | Annealing, Pyrometer
Valid Measurement Conditions for Roller Wedge and Direct View Measurements: All infrared technologies produce accurate measures of temperature under ideal conditions. In the continuous annealing furnace, there are two issues that complicate the temperature measurement... 
by Kam Olaogun | Aug 16, 2017 | Pyrometer
States of Matter There are five states or phases of matter. The three most common states found on earth are solid, liquid and gas. The two less common states of matter occur at opposite ends of the temperature scale. The low-temperature state is the Bose-Einstein... 
by Jonathan Stronach | Jul 20, 2017 | Pyrometer
Ratio and Multi-Wavelength Williamson Pyrometers offer a single-wavelength (SWL) mode of operation.The following notes pertain to commonly asked questions associated with this function. SWL mode can be used to compare readings to single-wavelength models and as a... 
by Jonathan Stronach | Jun 28, 2017 | Application Note, Pyrometer, Wavelength
Hot Slug Detector: Hot slugs form when a process upset causes molten glass to fall from the spinner and into the product during the manufacturing of fiberglass batting. Surrounded by insulating material, these hot slugs remain hot, and days later can cause the paper... 