Flexible Industrial Wireless Transmitters

UWXL industrial wireless transmitters for process measurement are designed for a variety of applications, including temperature, infrared temperature, relative humidity, process transducers with standard voltage or current outputs, flow (pulsed frequency) as well as pH.

Jan 12th, 2011

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Thermocouple, RTD, Infrared Temperature, RH, Ph, Process Voltage/Current and Flow/Pulsed Frequency Input Models are available. The UWXL has an IP68-rated industrial enclosure, includes free software that converts a PC into a multi-channel chart recorder or data logger, and is compatible with both of the vendor’s UWTC-REC and UWXL-REC wireless receivers. Price starts at $395.

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