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Instruments basicHelpful Member!(5) 

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EagerLearner (Chemical)
22 Sep 11 22:11
Hi,
Does anyone know where i can find info only REAL basics of instrumentation?

I find it very interesting but i really dont know anything about it?

Any pointers as to what i need to know first?
Helpful Member!  MikeHalloran (Mechanical)
22 Sep 11 22:23
What do you know now?



Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
EagerLearner (Chemical)
22 Sep 11 22:36
Well very vaguely, i know things like I/O exists, safety barrier, 4-20mA signals, transmitter, digital/analog, control valves.

Hardware basics i know but whats inside it, is what i want to learn
When people discuss about signals and I/O i cannot imagine what they are. They talked about cabling and marshalling etc, transmitter, positioner.  
MikeHalloran (Mechanical)
22 Sep 11 23:40
You can learn a lot from the information that component manufacturers provide for free.  So pick a few components and start downloading.  
Marketing brochures are of relatively limited use.
Get the installation/ maintenance manuals and study them.
 

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

EagerLearner (Chemical)
23 Sep 11 1:40
Mike, do you have any link for a start
Helpful Member!(4)  danw2 (Industrial)
23 Sep 11 8:32
2600 pages, a work in progress (still being updated, added to), lucid explanations, and it's free:

Tony Kuphaldt's "Lessons in Industrial Instrumentation"

http://www.openbookproject.net/books/socratic/sinst/book/liii.pdf
 
EagerLearner (Chemical)
23 Sep 11 22:35
Thanks danw2.

Its a large file to dwnload. Will let you know once i have a look at it.
MikeHalloran (Mechanical)
23 Sep 11 23:08
Well, _I_ have learned something from the book already.

Thanks, danw2.
 

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

knapee (Petroleum)
28 Sep 11 0:30
Hi
This is free Flow Meter Tutorial
http://www.omega.com/techref/flowmetertutorial.html

Hope is you want.

 
EagerLearner (Chemical)
28 Sep 11 1:50
Thanks knapee

For sure i will gain something reading it.
barca10 (Electrical)
17 Dec 11 9:43
well,
i think you get easy to learn instrumentation by doing some practice in oil plant.
MikeHalloran (Mechanical)
17 Dec 11 16:04
Barca, do not let the owner of the oil plant find out that you are practicing on his equipment.

By the way, what is an oil plant?
What goes in?
What comes out?

 

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

rmw (Mechanical)
24 Dec 11 16:16
Danw2,

Nice link.  The one thing I couldn't find that I have been looking for for a long time was the specific heat of cheese, as in Pizza cheese when it burns the top of your mouth if you take a bite while too hot (excuse me - at too high of a temperature.)

rmw
waross (Electrical)
2 Jan 12 6:55
http://www.omega.com/literature/
You may read these books online or order the complete library. The library is free but if you are outside of the USA you may have to pay shipping.

Bill
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