Harsh Environment Solutions

For pressures sensors, if they can’t stand the boiling heat, the freezing cold, corrosive substances, being submerged in salt water, constant exposure to the outside world, or even being sent into space, then they might not be fit for the job. These hardy little sensors need to withstand some pretty challenging conditions. In some cases, the ambient temperature may fluctuate widely and quickly, or the pressure media itself may be at a high temperature. In other applications, corrosive pressure media can present a threat to sensor components such as the diaphragm, or to the integrity of the sensor as a whole. Commonly encountered media include industrial acids, alkalis, salt water in a marine environment, or even fresh water if the sensor is to be used outdoors or underwater. Sometimes it’s not the environment that can damage the sensor, but the potential for the opposite to happen, such as in food-preparation equipment, where materials in the sensor may present a contamination threat to the pressure media. Wherever the environment or pressure media are particularly challenging, the chemical compatibility and temperature capability of the sensor are important selection criteria.

Platinum temperature sensors provide solutions for extreme temperature applications and are designed with the highest quality materials, allowing them to operate within a wide temperature range of -200 °C to +1000 °C. Standard IEC 60751 sensors are offered in class F0.3 (0.12 %), class F0.15 (0.06 %), F0.1 (0.04 %), and higher accuracies upon request.