The Effects of Orientation on Mass Flow Meter Accuracy
Alicat pressure-based mass flow meters are accurate in any orientation! Portable meters (like Alicat’s new rechargeable portable mass flow meters) cause some people to question the effects of changes...
View ArticleToughness vs. Durability in Mass Flow Meters
How tough is an Alicat mass flow meter when you drop it? How durable? Are these terms the same? These are the questions we asked ourselves when we filmed what was intended to be a 12-foot drop-test...
View ArticleVerification, Validation or Calibration?
Alicat portable mass flow meter Verification, validation and calibration are different but interrelated processes that are at times conflated with each other and interpreted as synonymous. Furthermore,...
View ArticleAlicat ships first Modbus-RTU devices
Alicat mass flow meters and controllers now available with Modbus-RTU communications protocol Today, Alicat is shipping our first instruments equipped with Modbus-RTU, an industrial communications...
View ArticleHow to Clean Your Alicat Mass Flow Instrument
Spring is certainly upon us here in Tucson, Arizona. The desert wildflowers have already bloomed, and the air temperature is steadily rising. This time of year can inspire you to do some thorough...
View ArticleWhat’s up with pressure drop?
What is pressure drop? Pressure drop is the amount of line pressure that is permanently lost as gas passes through an instrument in the gas line. This pressure loss is due to the frictional resistance...
View ArticleInfographic: What can you do with the new Alicat MCD?
Following on the heels of our MCD Bidirectional Mass Flow and Pressure Controller new product release, the infographic below shows the many ways you can use the MCD for flow and pressure control. To...
View ArticleIntroducing the most versatile flow controller in the world: Alicat’s MCD
MCD-Series bidirectional mass flow controller, shown with IPC option Have you ever come up with an ingenious new idea that you just had to try out right then, only to find that your research equipment...
View ArticleAsk Alicat: How do you control pressure in a closed system?
Alicat PCD family of dual-valve pressure controllers Alicat Scientific’s PCD-Series dual-valve pressure controllers are unique among the hundreds of competing pressure controllers on the market today....
View ArticleAsk Alicat: What does a potentiometer do?
Alicat-O-Lantern at full mass flow of 500 sccm We have just posted the first video of a new series called “Ask Alicat.” Using customer input from this blog, Twitter and our YouTube channel, we will...
View ArticleMass Flow Meters in Nuclear Leak Rate Monitoring
Our first “Alicats in the Wild” post highlighted an Alicat mass flow meter that is helping to send scientific payloads into near space. This week, we follow Graftel, LLC, in a common Alicat OEM...
View ArticleWhy Turndown Ratio Matters
Turndown ratio is a measure of the useable range of an instrument, expressed as the full-scale range divided by the minimum point of measure. It indicates how much of the instrument range can produce...
View ArticleAlicats in the Wild: Mass Flow Meters for High-Altitude Ballooning, Part 2
Yesterday, we started our new “Alicats in the Wild” series with a look at FAST, Flying Apple Space Technologies, who uses our portable mass flow meter to totalize the flow of gas into the high-altitude...
View ArticleAlicats in the Wild: Mass Flow Meters for High-Altitude Ballooning, Part 1
Just over a year ago, we donated a portable mass flow meter with totalizer to a STEM-focused high-altitude ballooning project called FAST: Flying Apple Space Technologies. In this first blog of our...
View ArticleThree Mass Flow Control Solutions for Dark Labs
Mass flow control requires precision. When poor lighting prevents you from being able to monitor your process, you cannot maintain optimal accuracy and efficiency. At Alicat, we’re with you…even in the...
View ArticleAlicat Flocabulary: TFT color backlit display
At Alicat, we make flow control beautiful! Our large interactive displays provide simultaneous readings for up to six variables. But did you know that we can upgrade your flow meter’s monochrome LCD...
View ArticleWhat happens if I drop my mass flow meter?
Nothing…if it is an Alicat. Customers sometimes ask us what happens if one of our mass flow meters is dropped. Well, this YouTube video shows exactly what happens to an Alicat mass flow meter upon...
View ArticleAlicat Scientific Adds New Distribution Partners
Alicat Scientific has in recent months added a number of new distribution partners, bringing precise and accurate mass flow meters and controllers to more countries throughout the world. Our...
View ArticleFollow Alicat Scientific on Google+
Alicat Scientific now has a Google+ business page! Follow us for company updates and discussions of our mass flow meters, pressure controllers and other great products customized for you!
View ArticleAlicat Flocabulary: W – Whisper low pressure drop mass flow meters and...
The Whisper is here! For the first time, Alicat has given a name to a new product line. The low pressure drop characteristics of our new Whisper series eliminates frictional resistance to gas flows so...
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