Hi All, can i know what is the difference between temperature/pressure transmitter & temperature/pressure gauge? Is transmitter the one that we normally read in process piping systems? Thank you.
In industrial instrumentation,the transmitter provides 4-20 mA output,and it could mean the combination Gauge+transmitter,the gauge is the instrument in contact with the Temperature or pressure.
In other words,if you hear transmitter that means the output is 4-20 mA, a Gauge is the part in contact with the temperature and it could just have a voltage output like the thermocouple for example,the thermocouple transmitter makes it a 4-20 mA output,or the combination thermocouple+transmitter is simply called transmitter.
What i mean is temperature gauge eg mounted on top of a thermowell. In what case do we use temperature gauge and it what case temperature transmitter? Thanks in advence for the reply.
1) Which one(s) would you use for manual control? Why?
2) Which one(s) would you use for automated control? Why?
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Good concept, however, original poster seems to be a green horn, it behooves you to break it down to him real slow and easy.
@ OP, gauge is a device with an indication (read-out, be it digital or analog), connected to the process, found on the field/process environment with or without remote connection, its sole purpose is for indication, nothing else, while a transmitter is a device connected to the process to send signal to a remote location for control/safeguarding purpose, it could also include indication purpose as well.