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How to calibrate a pressure switch

Posted by Heikki Laurila on Nov 30, 2015

Update March 2020: We have a newer blog post on pressure switches, please find it here: Pressure Switch Calibration

We often get asked questions regarding the calibration of a pressure switch.
Since we didn’t have any videos on the topic on our YouTube channel, our dynamic duo from our US office, Roy and Ned, decided to make one.

In this video they show how to calibrate a pressure switch. In the video they use a hand pump to generate the pressure. It is also possible to use the automatic pressure controller (model POC6), controlled by MC6, to make a fully automatic calibration of a pressure switch. And naturally it is also possible to calibrate temperature and electrical switches automatically. In the beginning of the video Roy and Ned present something they call statistical facts..

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Heikki Laurila

Heikki Laurila is the Product Marketing Manager at Beamex. He started working for Beamex in 1988 and since then has worked in production, service, the calibration laboratory, as quality manager, produ...

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