One of the most hazardous by-products of the petrochemical industry is ammonia, a compound of hydrogen and nitrogen.  This caustic chemical, which is used principally in fertilizers and commercial cleaning products, is produced using the synthetic gases generated in crude oil distilla... read more

Level measurement in the blast furnace. The harsh operating conditions in a blast furnace call for robust instrumentation that can withstand dust, material compositions and very high temperatures.  Level measurement of raw materials such as coal, coke, iron ore and limestone as well a... read more

The unique Fibreflex® from Ohmart/VEGA utilises a special fibre-optic bundle as the scintillator, and is the only one of its kind in the world.  The flexibility of the scintillator allows the instrument to be installed on vessels with angled or curved sides, or to bend round vesse... read more

In 1997 VEGA introduced the world’s first two-wire radar sensor and two years later the company became the international market leader in radar level measurement.  Radar had become widely accepted as the reliable standard technology for measurement of liquids and in 2003 VEGA in... read more

A new, climate compensated electronics version of the Vegabar range of pressure transmitters has been released by VEGA, a leading manufacturer of level and pressure instrumentation. Says National Sales Manager of Vega Instruments SA (Pty) Ltd., John Groom, “This version has been espe... read more