Leading Level Control Switch Manufacturers

Typically, the materials need to remain within the certain range for safety purposes, or because the process depends on having a very specific amount of the material. In addition, level control switches can be used for materials such as liquids, slurries, solids and sludge. Read More…

Level Control Switch Level control switches are used specifically for material flow control, ensuring that levels remain within a specific, designated range.

Sierra`s Innova-Switch™ electronic instruments and devices represent the state-of-the-art in gaseous and liquid flow switching or liquid level control.

Sierra Instruments $$$

A distributor of industrial instrumentation & process controls, representing top level switch manufacturers, such as Magnetrol. Precision level monitoring instruments & flow controls, float liquid level switches, magnetic switches & indicators, and new level switches & transmitters with radar technology.

Miller Energy, Inc. $$$

FPI Sensors manufactures standard and custom liquid level sensors. Our capabilities include single and multi-level float sensors, side mount, leak detection, continuous measurement, field adjustable products and custom applications. We have technology in capacitance, optical sensing and float type switches.

FPI Sensors International $$$

Vega Inc. has been a leader in the level switch industry for over 60 years. We serve a wide range of industries including industrial, chemical, and energy. With plants in over 80 countries, we are one of the best in the industry worldwide.

Vega Inc. $$$
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Level control switches can be essential components in many applications and are used in a wide range of industries, including industrial, for use in manufacturing and processing applications; marine, for use in control of shipboard vessel liquid levels; commercial, for use in applications such as in office buildings, restaurants and more; residential, for use in water level control applications for houses, condominiums and multi-storied apartment buildings; and appliance, for use in water level control in dishwashers, clothes washers and more.

Additionally, level control switches can be used in industries such as automotive, defense contracting, wastewater, agriculture, chemical processing and petroleum. Although there are many domestic applications in which level control switches are utilized, it is in the industrial applications that their high-precision and efficiency become crucial.

While there are many different ways in which level control switches can function, there are methods that are more commonly used for industrial purposes. Some of these measurement techniques include differential pressure level switches, diaphragm level switches, optical level switches and ultrasonic level sensors. For differential pressure level control, the level of the material is determined from the difference between the two pressures (the pressure at the bottom of the tank compared to the atmospheric pressure) being equal to the height of the material when it is multiplied by the specific gravity of the material.

Diaphragm level control operates in much the same way, determining the level by means of the pressure that is produced at the given depth of a material with a known specific gravity. Optical level switches and ultrasonic level switches, on the other hand, operate in a much different manner than differential pressure and diaphragm level switches.

Optical level switches function by using optical sensors in order to use the light transmittance, reflective or refractive properties of the material being measured to determine its level. Ultrasonic level switches operate by utilizing the energy of ultrasonic acoustic waves, which are sound waves that have frequencies above the normal audible range. They operate by bouncing ultrasonic signals off of materials. The time it takes for the signal to bounce back to the switch indicates the level of the material.

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