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ntil recently, portable electronic gauges were not considered viable for many industry applications.
Factors including weight, the need for regular re-calibration to maintain accuracy and the lack of immunity to electromagnetic fields, meant such gauges were considered unsuitable. A new gauging device now addresses these issues, and sets new standards in the technology of portable electronic gauging devices (PEGDs).
Advanced manual electronic gauging
devices are highly accurate, portable measuring instruments, which incorporate microprocessor control and reliable electronic sensors. The gauges can work under totally closed conditions.
The new gauging device – called the UTImeter Gtex 2000 gauge – was developed by Enraf Tanksystem SA and was designed based on feedback from end-users. This means it is lighter, easier to handle and operate and simpler to clean and maintain, while still achieving the highest standards of measurement accuracy and exceeding API accuracy recommendations.
changing a sensor or a tape does not require a new calibration.
The unit is used for custody transfer, inventory control measurement and free water detection on marine vessels and shore tanks. Connected to a HERMetic vapour control valve fixed on the tank, the HERMetic UTImeter Gtex avoids any gas release during operation.
Enraf Tanksystem is a leading supplier of portable gauging and sampling equipment for the oil and petrochemical industry. The company – a member of the Honeywell Process Solutions group –has supplied HERMetic equipment for more than 7000 tankers, inland barges and storage tanks all around the world.
All its equipment is intrinsically safe and manufactured for use in classified hazardous environments onboard vessels or in storage tank farms. ❒
The temperature probe is a RTD element. The characteristics of the RTD are stored inside the sensor.
The sensor is sending true temperature values to the electronic box. Therefore
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