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Weed Instrument has been supplying nuclear qualified
temperature and pressure measurement instrumentation
and fiber optic networking equipment for more than three
decades.
Today,
over 80% of all North American reactors rely exclusively
on Weed Instrument temperature
sensors for critical reactor coolant monitoring.
Our nuclear qualified
pressure transmitters are used for safety related
measurements at over 20% of US nuclear power plants.
Weed Instrument products have been qualified for use
in all of the leading reactor technologies, including
PWR, CANDU (PHWR) and APWR.
Weed
Instrument is also proud to be a team member of the
Generation III and III + reactor technology platforms,
including the System 80+ and AP600.
In
1989, Weed Instrument acquired the manufacturing rights
for the Foxboro N-E 10 Series Nuclear qualified pressure
transmitters. In 1993, Weed Instrument purchased Camille
Bauer, Inc. (Tobar/Westinghouse-Veritrak), a major US
based manufacturer of pressure transmitters for the
nuclear power industry. More recently, Weed Instrument
seismically qualified, and became the exclusive US supplier
of the Invensys (Foxboro) N-I/A Series combines the
advantages of digital electronics with the reliability
and performance of ion-implanted, micro-machined silicon.
Weed
Instrument has continued to invest in nuclear engineering,
manufacturing, and quality infrastructure, and we are
now acknowledged to be one of the world's leading suppliers
of temperature and pressure measurement instrumentation
and fiber optic networking
equipment to the nuclear power industry.
Weed
Instrument is headquartered in Round Rock (a suburb
of Austin), Texas. The company operates from a purpose
built 50,000 sq. ft (4,600 sq. m) facility.
Weed
Instrument maintains an on-site, National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST) traceable Metrology
Laboratory that provides comparison temperature calibrations
from -80 °C to 600 °C (-112 °F to 1112 °F)
on the International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90)
for temperature sensors and instrumentation. We can
also perform relative calibrations at the boiling point
of liquid nitrogen. The Laboratory is equipped with
fluidized baths, tube furnaces, standard platinum resistance
thermometers and standard thermocouples. Time response
testing is performed in full compliance with ASTM E-644.
Our test reports are comprehensive and include, when
required, "as found" and "as left"
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In
addition to being ISO 9001:2000 registered,
Weed Instrument Products are compliant with
the 10CFR50 Appendix B, 10CFR21, ANSI N45.2,
ASME NQA-1, ASME NCA3800, CSA Can3-Z299.1 and
AS 9100 quality standards. |
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