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Liquid Level Sensors for Specialty Vehicles

June 10, 2016

While much gets made of the technological advances being made in the consumer auto industry, and rightfully so, there’s a great deal less being said about similar advances in specialty and commercial vehicles. As advances like increased fuel efficiency, hybrid …

How to Tell if Your Liquid Level Sensors Need to Be Replaced

May 31, 2016

Liquid level sensors and float switches are extremely common devices which are necessary for a variety of applications in industries as diverse as aerospace, HVAC, oil and gas, manufacturing, wastewater treatment, brewing and distilling, and many more. While many float …

Make & Install Your Own Basement Sump Pump System

May 23, 2016

Sump pumps aren’t something that many people spend a lot of time thinking about, but the fact of the matter is they’re usually one of the most important appliances in the entire house. When water seeps into a home’s basement …

Peristaltic Pump Leak Detection with Sensors from SMD Fluid Controls

May 19, 2016

Peristaltic pumps are common in many industries, including medicine and surgery, testing and research, agriculture, engineering, wastewater treatment, food processing, and more. These positive displacement pumps consist of a flexible tubing fitted inside of a circular pump, with “rollers” fitted …

Float Switches for Milking Equipment & Dairy Processing

May 12, 2016

Popular images of dairy farming include bucolic green pastures and farmers rising at the crack of dawn to milk a trusted old heifer into a tin bucket. In reality, the vast majority of today’s dairy farming is as modern and …

Faulty Float Switch Causes Sewage Spill in Georgia Town

May 5, 2016

Oconee County in Georgia has something of a sewage problem. At least, the residents of the town of Calls Creek would say so. Sewage lines in the region are often routed along creeks and rivers, because they flow downhill. This …

Condensate Pan Float Switches from SMD Fluid Controls

April 26, 2016

Air conditioners are all but ubiquitous in the modern developed world, so much so that many people never think about them until their malfunctioning. We simply accept that even the harshest of the summer’s dog days will be pleasant and …

Sensors for Harsh Environments from SMD Fluid Controls

April 22, 2016

While some industrial level sensor applications are functionally no more demanding than a toilet tank or home sump pump, this is far from always the case. Certain applications, like those in the HVAC, chemical processing, waste processing, and oil and …

Float Switch Helps Keep the World’s Longest Floating Bridge Afloat

April 15, 2016

Earlier this month, the Washington State Department of Transportation held the grand opening of the Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge replacement, also known as the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and more commonly the SR (State Route) 520 Bridge. The unveiling …

Questions to Ask When Buying Float Switches or Level Sensors

April 8, 2016

If you’re looking for float switches or liquid level sensors you might be a little daunted about where to start. There’s a lot to take into take into consideration, and in most industrial applications switches serve a vital role that …

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