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While APG’s Stainless Steel Float Switches might look like your average float switch at first glance, the truth is they are far from being JUST another float switch. APG’s Stainless Steel Float Switches have unparalleled repeatability in actuation and 100% repeatability of float position. To achieve this, APG’s Stainless Steel Horizontal Float Switches and Vertical Float Switches are expertly engineered, from the electrical components to the stainless steel shell, providing greater accuracy and a longer sensor life span that is simply not found in other float switches on the market.

Float Switch

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For an OEM, level measurement in easy places is, well, easy. In fact, in some places, it’s so easy a float switch can do it (well, several hundred float switches). But we’re not here to talk about those places today. We’re going to look at continuous level measurement with harsh chemicals. And in explosive atmospheres. And the availability to meet OEM and system-integrator needs. That’s right, we looking at the Intrinsically Safe, Chemically Resistant MPI-E Chemical Float Level Transmitter.

Intrinsically Safe

Chemical Compatibility

OEM Solution

Read more about MPI-E Chemical: Safe, Continuous Level Readings in Hazardous OEM Spaces

Deciding whether your float switch needs to be normally open or normally closed for pump control can be a little confusing. So we would like to clear things up.

When we say normally open or normally closed, we are referring to an electrical circuit. An open circuit is incomplete, meaning that the electric current is unable to complete the loop due to a gap. A closed circuit is complete with no gaps, enabling the current to travel through the whole loop.

Read more about How to Configure Your Float Switch: Normally Open Switches vs Normally Closed Switches

APG recently introduced the new API 18.2 MPX Custody Transfer Approved Magnetostrictive Float Level Sensors. We also provided you with a quick synopsis of API 18.2 and its importance for increasing safety and accuracy in crude oil custody transfers from lease storage tanks. In this post, we will tie the two together, showing you how our API 18.2 MPX sensors meet the requirements of API 18.2.