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MT100 Multipoint Flue Gas Flow Meter Earns TÜV Certification for AMS/QAL1 Compliant Continuous Emissions Monitoring

  • September 15, 2021
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Accurate, dependable gas flow data for large industrial plants producing electric power, petrochemicals, steel, waste incineration and other industries.

COVID-19 Vaccine Production Lines Rely on FCI FLT93C Sanitary Thermal Flow Switch

  • April 19, 2021
  • News

The highly reliable, precision FLT93C Sanitary Thermal Flow Switch from Fluid Components International (FCI) is today helping a major pharmaceutical company assure the necessary high quality of its rinse water for injection (WFI) is maintained on its batch lines during the production of COVID-19 vaccine.

FCI Flow Switch Embarks on Out of This World Mission for Spacesuit Experiment Aboard International Space Station

  • March 11, 2021
  • News

In support of NASA’s development of next-generation spacesuit technologies, the reliable, precision Model AS-FS Flow Switch from FCI Aerospace has been inserted into the Spacesuit Water Membrane Evaporator (SWME)--Spacesuit Evaporation Rejection Flight Experiment (SERFE), which was installed last November aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Master Advanced Flow Measurements to Control Emissions

  • by Renee Bassett
  • November 10, 2020
  • News

Process plants install the world’s most sophisticated air pollution control systems, but they can be ineffective if the flow meters they rely on deliver inaccurate or unreliable data. This excerpt is from chapter 5 of the Air/Gas Flow Measurement Solutions Handbook covers everything from wet gas measurement issues to essential questions for specifying the correct flowmeter.

Fluid Components International (FCI) announces registration open for Product Knowledge Workshop

  • August 20, 2019
  • News

This workshop is designed to provide customers training on FCI thermal dispersion mass flow meters, flow switches, and level switches.

FCI announces two Product Knowledge Workshops

  • June 27, 2017
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The Product Knowledge Workshop will take place on October 4-5 in San Marcos, California, and October 17-19 in Beijing, China. These workshops are designed to provide customers comprehensive training on FCI thermal dispersion mass flow meters, flow switches, and level switches.

FCI Founders Bob Deane and Mac McQueen named to MCAA Industry Hall of Fame

  • May 23, 2017
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Bob and Mac began their partnership in 1964 with the development of a thermal flow switch designed to provide service in the the oil/gas industry. Starting in Mac’s home garage, the two engineers improvised with a kitchen candy thermometer, soldering iron, and a bowl of water to prove the validity of their initial sensor concept design and then began manufacturing the devices for a major U.S. oil company.

FCI aims to enhance gas and air ratio control with ST100 flow meter

  • December 27, 2016
  • News

Installing a direct mass device in the process control loop offers a number of advantages. It allows the operator to achieve a direct ratio of control between the natural gas, the air and waste gas fuels without any corrections for pressure, temperature or density, which requires extra components and possibly extra offsets and failures.

FCI announces Fluid Components Saudi Arabia Ltd joint venture with GAS Arabian Services

  • November 1, 2016
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The facility provides access to FCI engineering and technical support, local spare parts inventory and supply, repair and re-calibration services, factory certified field service personnel, client product and service training, site dispatching and on-site installation and start-up assistance.

FCI announces launch of revamped website

  • June 24, 2016
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Designed with an intuitive user interface, the FCI website supports the instrumentation needs of busy professional engineers and plant technicians with articles and case studies to address problems and solutions in air/gas measurement.