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Industrial Application Guide

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Industrial Application Guide

IndustryProductsIndustrial Applications

Aerospace and Composites

Autoclave Thermocouples, G, Q, PFA, TEX
  • Control composite temperatures during cure.
  • Quality verification of autoclave curing temperatures during bonding applications of aircraft components.
  • Structural parts temperature monitoring during heat treating.
  • Environmental chamber monitoring.
  • Engine parts temperature monitoring during heat treating.

Aluminum

CEFIR®, G, HG, Q, Accutherm™
  • Thermocouples for homogenizing furnaces to preheat billets.
  • Coils stress relieving / aging temperature measurement.
  • Extrusions stress relieving temperature measurement.
  • Multipoint furnace surveys when temperature certification is needed for quality control.
  • Temperature measurement when melting or pouring.
ApplianceG, PVC Ripcord
  • Control thermocouple
  • Research and testing of production units
Component Heat TestingCEFIR®,HG, Q, Accutherm™
  • Heat treating various metal parts from 1000°F (593°C) to 2200°F (1204°C)
Field Heat TreatingCEFIR®,G, HG, Q, TEX, Stabilized K, Accutherm™
  • Used where parts are to be replaced repaired or modified in the field and require preheating prior to welding and stress relieving after welding.
  • For recording temperatures to maintain QC records.
Food and PharmaceuticalK, PFA, TE/D, TEX, TF
  • Equipment sterilization and validation
  • Measure process temperatures
ForgingsCefir™, G, HG, Q
  • Preheating temperature measurement prior to forging.
  • Stress relieving temperature measurement after forging.
Glass, Ceramics, Clay Tiles, BricksB, CEFIR®, G, K, Q, TEX, TF
  • Brick and tile curing in long kilns.
  • Traveling thermocouples to survey kiln temperatures.
  • Glass/fiberglass manufacturing plants
  • High temperature areas.
  • Note: Insulation can be any one or a combination of those listed to meet the individual requirements.
Heat TreatingCEFIR®, G, HG, Q, Stabilized K, Accutherm™
  • Quality control temperature measurements.

Indicate temperatures for

  • annealing
  • aging
  • hardening surfaces of fabricated parts.

Metal Qualification

CEFIR®, G, HG, Q, Accutherm™
  • High temperature creep and rupture testing

New Plant Construction

Cables
  • Instrument and control signals.
  • Process temperature measurements.

OEMS

All Products and special designs
  • Measure equipment temperature.
  • Interconnect sensors and controls.

Petroleum, Downhole Oil & Gas

K, PFA, PVC, TEX, Cables
  • Resistant to most chemicals found in refineries and chemical processing plants where higher than ambient temperatures are encountered due to processing proximity.
  • Transmission of sensor signals.
Research and DevelopmentAccutherm™
  • Use with all available insulations.
  • Measure temperatures in process pilot plants.
  • High-tech research.
Sensor ManufacturingAll products
  • Lead wire.
  • Thermocouple junction.

Steel

CEFIR®, G, HG, Q
  • Multipoint furnace temperature surveys.
  • Quality control temperature certification.
TransportationB, G, K, PVC, TEX, TF
  • Testing brakes engines cooling systems etc.
  • Interconnection wire on gas turbines.
  • Production unit testing.

Utilities Power Generation

CEFIR®, HG, K, PFA, Q, TEX, Cables
  • Temperature monitoring in high temperature areas.
  • Startup performance verification.
  • Control panel applications (TZ offers good electrical properties
  • small size and durability).
  • Transmission of various sensor signals.

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About TE Wire & Cable LLC

TE Wire & Cable LLC, a Marmon Wire & Cable/Berkshire Hathaway Company, is a premier Thermocouple and Specialty wire and cable manufacturer that formed from the Wire and Cable Division of the Thermo Electric Corporation. TEW&C operations for the manufacture of wire and cable have been in existence for more than 79 years. Starting in 1941, TEW&C committed to a mission of providing high-quality wire to the temperature measurement markets, supplying applications from cryogenic up to 1300°C temperatures. Presently, TE Wire & Cable manufactures a full line of thermocouple wire and cable, from iron and nickel-based alloys, and copper with a full line of insulating materials ranging from PVC to high-end CEFIR®, ceramic fiber braids.

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