Gas Turbine Monitoring with Kistler Pressure and Acceleration Sensors


AP Corporation is pleased to present Gas Turbine Monitoring with Kistler Pressure and Acceleration Sensors

Kistler high-temperature measuring systems allow measuring thermoacoustics phenomena in harsh environments with extreme temperatures up to 700°C.
  • Safe and reliable operation of gas turbines thanks to combustion dynamics monitoring.
  • Differential charge amplifier designed for high temperature sensors.
  • High temperature acceleration sensors measuring vibrations.
  • High temperature pressure sensors measuring pressure pulsations.
  • Reliable monitoring with durable sensors in harsh environments and up to 700°C / 1300°F.
  • Predict, monitor and analyze combustion dynamics.
  • Complete differential, ground insulated measuring chains enable early detection of smallest pressure pulsations.
Features of Kistler measuring equipment for combustion dynamics monitoring:
  • Resistant to high temperature (700°C / 1300°F)
  • Ex certified and interference resistant (EMI, RF)
  • PiezoStar sensing element - not pyroelectric and no popcorn effect
For more information, contact AP Corp. for Kistler products in New England. You can reach them by calling (508) 351-6200 or visit https://a-pcorp.com.

Why Plastics Industry Feed Screws are Designed the Way They Are

Feed screw selection
Download the white paper here.

The selection of the proper screw for a given injection molding or extrusion application can be critical to its success.

Screw geometry — length-to-diameter ratio, profile, channel depth, compression ratio, helix angle and a host of special design features — has everything to do with how well the screw performs in a given application.

There are documented applications where customers have improved production rates or reduced cycle times by 30 or 40% simply by switching to an improved screw design. Similarly, reject rates have been lowered from more than 4-6% to less than 1% by incorporating a custom designed mixing screw.

And experience shows that the amount of color concentrate required to achieve optimum color mix can be typically reduced from 4% (of the total blend) to 2%, just by using an optimized screw design. When considering resin and concentrate costs, payback for an optimized screw and non-return valve design can be almost immediate.

This white paper, published by Glycon Corporation, provides an in-depth look into plastics industry feed screw design.