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Integrate a fast flow controller into your networked system
Ethernet/IP and DeviceNet now available on mass flow controllers, meters and pressure controllers Two new networking industrial protocols compatible with Alicat Instruments. What’s cooler than having...
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Improved Process Gas Control Optimizes Reactive Sputtering
Customized valve response algorithms in flow controllers produce better films, with more control of the target’s transition state. Reactive Sputtering Reactive Sputtering is a type of Physical Vapor...
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Mass Flow Controller Measurement Technology: A Review
All mass flow controllers are made to achieve the same goal, but there are numerous techniques for measuring. Taming the flow rate of a gas stream requires two systems to work in tandem—a control...
View ArticleAlicat BASIS Mass Flow Controllers Chosen by VICI for Air Pollution Analyzer...
Accuracy, speed, size essential to operation of permeation devices Tucson, Arizona (February 8, 2017) – Alicat Scientific’s BASIS mass flow controllers have been selected by Valco Instruments Co. Inc....
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Remote Control of Alicat Instruments with Flow Vision SC
Flow Vision™ SC Flow Vision SC is Alicat’s Windows® desktop application for controlling and logging data of our flow and pressure control devices. It is versatile and intuitive, with many...
View Article3 reasons why Alicat is the fastest flow controller company in the world
Building the fastest mass flow meters/controllers and pressure equipment in the world is both a point of pride for us and a unique factor for which our customers select Alicat instruments. The question...
View ArticleCustom Part Number Decoder
Because Alicat instruments are so highly customized, our part numbers get quite long and confusing. Customers often want to reorder a similar instrument or to find out what options are included in a...
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The RS-232 Communication Protocol and your Alicat instrument
The 55-year-old RS-232 protocol is the default method of talking to Alicat devices. Aside from RS-232, you could configure your instrument with RS-485, Profibus DPV1, ModBus RTU, DeviceNet, and...
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Customer Experience: Ethernet/IP
We’d like to think of ourselves as nerdy but fun engineers—the kind of people you might want to call and chat with from time to time… What? It could happen! So, it’s always a bit of a let-down that...
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Gas Chromatography’s mobile phase and mass flow control
It’s safe to say that a Gas Chromatograph is one of the most important tools one will see in an analytical chemistry laboratory. Chromatographs are the workhorses of the analytical trade. When it comes...
View ArticleThe valve offset parameter
How does Alicat do it?! How can a proportional control valve hit a setpoint from zero so quickly and accurately? Part of the answer is our valve offset setting. It’s like having a sprinter poised in...
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Modbus TCP/IP Added to Alicat Industrial Automation Protocol Options
A full range of communication protocols to integrate Alicat mass flow and pressure instruments into process scheme Modbus TCP/IP compatibility has been added to Alicat Scientific’s line of mass flow,...
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How can I take advantage of PID Tuning?
Alicat flow and pressure controllers use closed loop control algorithms to achieve their highest degree of control stability. The algorithms are a mathematical relationship that dictates the response...
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Customizing mass flow and pressure controllers: brilliant to baroque
Many customers, even our most loyal ones, don’t realize that we customize just about EVERY Alicat instrument order. That’s because all our instruments are built when you order, and configured and...
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About that Pressure Control Loop feature? It’s so cool
As an applications engineer at Alicat Scientific, I talk to people in every industry all over the world and learn about how they use our product. One of the most interesting applications I’ve seen is...
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Precision & Repeatability in Fiber Optic Manufacturing
In the optical fiber industry, manufacturers’ needs center around precision and repeatability. It’s somewhat analogous to archery, where accuracy means hitting the bullseye. If you can hit the same...
View ArticleReducing fluid control cost, complexity and inventory with Alicat MFCs
Controlling multiple pressures and managing differing gases can be critical to getting the data you need but multiple variables often means multiple instruments, adding complication and cost to your...
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Four kinds of intelligent pressure control
From nitrogen purging or filter characterization, through vessel pressure control and leak testing applications, Alicat instruments are versatile and easy to use, while still providing excellent...
View ArticleWhy Recalibrate Your Alicat Device Annually?
When exact measurements and highly accurate data is critical to the success of an experiment, test, calibration or other application, maintaining a precisely calibrated device is key. To meet the...
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FAQ: Recalibration of Alicat Devices
When do I need to get my Alicat device calibrated? We recommend sending your units back for yearly calibration. This upholds your lifetime warranty and allows our service department to check for any...
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