Thermocouple Information

Put simply, a thermocouple is used as a device to measure temperature in a given application. Thermocouples are used in a wide range of industries,...

Overheating of the crown in a glass melter, promotes accelerated refractory corrosion and wear.Operating a crown at too low a temperature, on the other hand,...

View our slideshow below for a guide on Terminal Heads and Blocks. Pyrosales stock an extensive range of terminal heads and terminal blocks for temperature probes....

The base-metal thermocouple covers the majority of applications within industry over a range of -80°C to +1300°C. Type T        Copper Constantan  ...

Pyrosales have been producing temperature solutions for the Glass Industry for more than 20 years. Our products are constantly being updated to meet the challenging...

The following guidelines, drawn from our many years’ experience of serving the glass and furnace industries, will help achieve the best performance from high temperature...

Thermocouple Type S: Platinum/10% Rhodium positive leg, and a pure platinum negative leg. The temperature range for Type S is 0 – 1450°C (32 –...

Thermocouple Type T: Type T (Copper-Constantan) thermocouples are suited for measurements in the −200 to 350°C  (-330 to 660°F) range. They are often used as a...

The table below shows a summary of the Sense of Sensors 10 Part guide on the different types of Thermocouples. For assistance in choosing the...

Service Life Useful thermocouple life is a difficult prediction to make, even when most of the details of an application are known. And unfortunately, such...