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Understanding Thermocouple Accuracy Drift

Understanding Thermocouple Accuracy Drift

One constant in industrial processing is that accuracy drift in a measurement device is something to be avoided. For critical applications, where temperature measurements directly influence performance, even a slight drift in the accuracy of a device like a thermocouple can lead to significant issues.

Yet, consumers continuously find that many of the thermocouples out there on the market end up needing to be recalibrated or replaced all together (sometimes after an annoyingly short period of time) due to, you guessed it, accuracy drift.