The Ives Equipment Process Engineering & Control Blog

Educational information on process control, industrial instrumentation, valves, valve automation and control valves. For additional information visit IvesEquipment.com or call 877-768-1600

Introduction to Flowmeters

Magnetic flowmeters (courtesy of Siemens ) Flowmeters measure the rate or quantity of moving fluids, in most cases liquid or gas, in a...

Instrumentation and Controls for the Grain Industry

Instruments and control for grain producers. Abstracted with permission from the Siemens "For the Love of Grain" article. ...

New Ives Equipment Video

Ives Equipment , founded in 1954, provides a diverse range of process control equipment, including valves, regulators, wireless products...

When It Comes to Pressure & Temperature Switches, Understand the Difference Between Switch Normal and Process Normal

Diagram of pressure switch. Note the SPDT electrical switch on top. (Courtesy of United Electric Controls ) The normal status of a sw...

Industrial Control Valve Actuator Operating Principles

Control valve actuators control fluid in a pipe by varying the orifice size through which the fluid flows. Control valves contain two maj...

SITRANS FC430 Coriolis Flowmeter Wins Control Engineering’s 2017 Engineers’ Choice Award

SITRANS FC430 Coriolis Flow Meter The Siemens SITRANS FC430 Coriolis flow meter, with National Type Evaluation Program custody transfer...

An Extremely Thin, Multipoint, Temperature Measuring System

Example of use (click for larger view) Do you want to install a very large number of measuring points in the smallest possible space wit...

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