Instrumentation
PRODUCTS
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The APX-SC0010 is a Silicon Carbide (SiC) Broadband UV photodiode for ultraviolet source monitoring featuring a 1mm2 active area.
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The QX ONE ddPCR System is designed to deliver a precise and multiplexed digital PCR system. This system seamlessly integrates a standard ddPCR workflow of droplet generation, thermal cycling, droplet reading, and analysis into a hands-free precision platform.
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Designed as a dedicated, short-range logistics service for the life sciences, Cryoshuttle reinforces chain of custody, ensures near real-time visibility, and preserves product integrity from start to finish.
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The AMP2074P-LC-8KW pulse amplifier is designed for Pulse/HIRF, EMC/EMI Mil-Std 461/464 and Radar applications, providing superb pulse fidelity 1.0-2.5GHz, 10KW Typical and up to 100usec pulse widths.
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Elevate your signal management capabilities with Fairview Microwave's RF fixed attenuators featuring 2.4mm connectors and high-power ratings.
WHITE PAPERS AND CASE STUDIES
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Monoclor® Residual Control Manages Residual For Problematic 5.5 Million Gallon Tank For Eastern Municipal Water District
Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) serves about 142,000 customers in Riverside County, California. The EMWD service area is one of the largest for any water district in arid southern California. On the drinking water side, EMWD manages two water treatment plants and over 15 reservoirs. With 70% of the district’s water coming from the Metropolitan Water District with chloramine disinfection, EMWD has become reliant on chloramine disinfection to manage long transmission lines and longer detention times due to on‐going water scarcity.
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Global Biotech Improves Clinical Trial Patient Recruitment With Digital Matching
A global biotech initiated a phase III study for severe allergic asthma. Study protocol originally accounted for enrolling 222 patients across nine UK-based investigator sites. After deploying traditional recruitment methods, the sponsor only managed to randomize 20% of the target patient population in 11 months. By partnering with a solution provider they were able to get patient recruitment back on track and meet enrollment targets faster, which would not have been possible with a traditional recruitment approach.
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Zero To Final Fill: How HUGEL Implemented Its First Single-Use Lines
As regulations tighten, biomanufacturers are adopting single-use tech to boost compliance, reduce labor, and streamline fill-finish operations from the ground up.
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High-Quality Performance Of Installation Activities And Quality Checks From Remote
Examine how LAPP overcame pandemic challenges with remote collaboration via OverIT's FSM Platform, reducing travel, saving time and money, and aligning with Sustainable Development Goals.
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Case Study: Secure Electronic Warfare Systems
The most advanced microelectronics technology is critical for the aerospace and defense industry. For this customer, that meant state-of-the-art heterogeneous processing.
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Modernizing Operational Maintenance At Treatment Plants
In 2017, the Harford County Division of Water and Sewer began looking for a modern work management solution to help automate preventive maintenance, coordinate work activities between groups, manage material inventories, and capture important data.
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Global CRO Streamlines Study Startup By Centralizing IRB Review
See how PRA Health Sciences was able to convert to a central IRB to improve the overall study startup processes and timelines.
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Recruiting High-Performing Sites To Beat Forecasted Trial Start Date
Explore a partnership that enabled Syneos Health to achieve its enrollment goals, increasing the likelihood of the study's success, and resulting in cost savings and maximized efficiency with minimal delays.
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EPM Models Aburra Valley Sewerage System To Increase Flood Resilience And Mitigate Climate Change
Using advanced hydraulic modeling, EPM is analyzing how water flows through the sewerage system to inform decisions about operations, maintenance, network expansion, and environmental impact mitigation.
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ArborWorks Success Story
ArborWorks, a vegetation management firm, faced a core challenge in identifying a software partner that would bring their company into a fully digital environment, using field crews on mobile devices versus paper.
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Reshaping A Biopharma Drug Manufacturer's Real Estate Portfolio Strategy
From strategy to execution and implementation, learn about the partnership that allowed a biopharmaceutical drug manufacturing company to modernize its real estate portfolio and achieve its strategic goals.
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Medable's Japanese Clinical Trial Exceeds FPI Date And eCOA Adherence
A top-10 global pharma company aimed to address eCOA adherence and patient enrollment challenges faced by clinical trial sites in Japan. Explore an initiative to enhance the patient and site experience.
NEWS
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Pocket Alarm Detects And Records RF/Microwave Directed Energy Weapons, Nuclear Events, And Terrestrial Gamma Bursts5/8/2025
Ultraview Corp’s EM/GAMMALERT is a new pocket device that warns of RF/microwave jammer and directed energy weapon deployment1 - an emerging threat speculated as a modality in “Havana Syndrome”.
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Consulta Remedios Selects Kevel's Retail Media Cloud To Power Its Next-Generation Advertising Platform5/2/2025
Kevel, the leading provider of API-based retail media ad serving technology, today announced that Consulta Remédios, Brazil's largest medicine price comparison platform, has selected Kevel's Retail Media Cloud to power the development and enhancement of its in-house retail media network.
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PulpFixin Announces Strategic Distribution Partnership With Wildcat Laboratory Solutions To Expand Sustainable Lab Products Across The UK And EU4/14/2025
PulpFixin, an innovator of sustainable laboratory products, announced today a new distribution partnership with Wildcat Laboratory Solutions a leading provider of lab equipment and solutions across the United Kingdom and European Union.
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QuasarMD Unveils Advanced Full-Body Light Therapy Mat To Support Aging Wellness7/29/2025
QuasarMD LLC, a leader in light-based wellness technologies, announces the launch of its Full-Body Light Therapy Mat, a clinically validated, non-invasive solution designed to address the evolving wellness needs of aging adults.
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Be Part of Photonics Future: CIOE 2025 Visitor Registration Live Now!4/9/2025
The 26th China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE 2025) is set to take place from September 10–12, 2025, at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center, spanning 240,000 square meters of exhibition space.
ABOUT
Instrumentation
The science of measuring and controlling variables is termed instrumentation. As the name suggests, the process involves using a wide variety of instruments. These are classified as any device that can measure amounts that are physically quantifiable. These instruments do not have to be extremely complex in design. For example, the ruler is an instrument to measure distance, and a simple thermometer measures temperature.
Instruments specific to petrochemical processing include platinum Resistance Temperature Detectors (RTD’s), P/I Converters, many types of level meters, chromatographs, and continuous gas analyzers. These instruments are essential to the day to day instrumentation at petrochemical plants, as it is impossible to gauge to the necessary extent by estimation alone. Human error is inevitable, but an instrument can easily be calibrated or replaced.
Now that you understand the definition of and tools used in instrumentation, you should also understand the necessity of it. Temperature and pressure meters serve to ensure that the environment stays safe for both the chemicals being processed and the employees of the plant. Heat is a very well-documented activator in chemical reactions. If the temperature rises to unusual levels, this could spark an undesired chemical reaction that could prove catastrophic. The flow meter must measure how much oil is leaving the refinery, as it is a very volatile substance. Analytical instruments, such as the chromatograph, analyze the chemical make-up of the refined oil. This allows for the opportunity to make sure that the chemical make-up is correct, giving evidence that the process was correctly completed at all stages of refinement.