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Choosing your Alicat
- Alicat model guide
- All about Coriolis: A collection of information & resources
- Choosing mass flow for bioreactors
- Choosing the right pressure control (absolute vs gauge)
- FP-25 field flow calibrator for PM air samplers
- Rotameters vs. Alicats for bioprocessing
- RS485 vs RS232: which is right for you?
- Selection guide for flow
- Selection guide for pressure
- Ten parameters for choosing flow meters
- Types of gas flow meters
- Types of pressure controllers
- When to use a Coriolis mass flow meter
How it works
FAQs
- 7v firmware FAQ
- 8v firmware FAQ
- 9v Firmware FAQ
- Alicat calibration and accuracy specifications FAQ
- Annual recalibration FAQ
- Backlit monochrome displays FAQ
- Barometer (-IB sensor) FAQ
- Calibration types FAQ
- DeviceNet FAQ
- EtherCAT FAQ
- EtherNet/IP FAQ
- How accurate are multi-gas calibrations?
- Measurement/control range and turndown ratio FAQ
- MODBUS FAQ
- Ordering and purchasing FAQ
- Portable meters update FAQ
- PROFIBUS FAQ
- What is PID tuning (valve tuning)?
- Why recalibrate your Alicat device annually?
Tutorials
- How to adjust zero band (AKA deadband)
- How to bleed your liquid controller
- How to change a setpoint and setpoint limits
- How to change an IP address configuration
- How to change engineering units
- How to change flow and pressure averaging
- How to change selection from mass flow to volumetric flow
- How to change the control loop variable
- How to change the Unit ID and Baud Rate
- How to configure an Alicat display
- How to configure PuTTY
- How to issue serial commands
- How to read/edit registers or factory restore from the front panel
- How to select PID tuning terms and algorithms
- How to set control deadband
- How to switch from forward to back control
- How to tare your Alicat device
- How to use Gas Select and Composer
- How to use PD/PDF tuning
- How to use PD2I tuning
- How to use setpoint ramping
- How to use the batch function
- How to use the gas totalizer on a mass flow controller
Troubleshooting
Reference
- Alicat limited lifetime warranty
- Alicat quality policy
- Certifications and quality
- Certifications for elastomeric components in bioprocessing
- Connector pinout diagrams
- Engineering units
- Export codes for international orders
- Gas Select gas list
- Part number decoder
- Product brochures
- Product manuals
- Service return checklist
- Specification sheets and drawings
- Terms and conditions of sale
Ask Alicat videos
- Ask Alicat: How can I accurately control my mixed gas flows? (COMPOSER™)
- Ask Alicat: How can I use a mass flow controller set to a pressure control PID loop?
- Ask Alicat: How do fiber optics companies use Alicat instruments?
- Ask Alicat: How do you communicate with your Alicat?
- Ask Alicat: How do you control pressure in a closed system?
- Ask Alicat: How do you dispense fluids in batches?
- Ask Alicat: How fast is your mass flow controller?
- Ask Alicat: What does a potentiometer do?
- Ask Alicat: What is pressure drop?
- Ask Alicat: What is the fastest way to validate flow rates?
Product videos
- Video: Alicat Scientific - The fastest flow controller company in the world
- Video: Alicat weatherproof gas flow calibrator
- Video: Fast control of gas mass flow and pressure over EtherNet/IP
- Video: Gas Select COMPOSER™ - Accurate mixed gas flow measurement
- Video: How do you control mass flow in two directions?
- Video: Mass flow controllers
- Video: Mass flow controllers for OEM applications: BASIS™ by Alicat
- Video: Whisper-Series low pressure drop mass flow meters
Training videos
- How to tare your Alicat device
- How to use the gas totalizer on a mass flow controller
- Video: Alicat rolamite valve cleaning
- Video: Changing valve position on any small valve Alicat controller
- Video: Connecting and leak checking a mass flow instrument
- Video: Electrical and wiring connection tutorial for a mass flow or pressure device
- Video: Rolamite valve swap
- Video: Serial communication with a mass flow meter or flow controller
- Video: Standard temperature and pressure settings on a mass flow controller
- Video: Tuning the PD settings on your Alicat instrument
Visual specifications videos
- Ask Alicat: How fast is your mass flow controller?
- Ask Alicat: What is pressure drop?
- Video: Fast flow calibrations at low flow rates using a mass flow meter
- Video: How tough is an Alicat flow meter?
- Video: Speed of response for Alicat mass flow controllers
- Video: Turndown ratio in mass flow controllers
Flow measurement applications
- Appnote: Bioreactor outgassing
- Appnote: Calibration of flow controllers for air canister sampling
- Appnote: Even faster (and simpler) leak checking
- Appnote: External ion gauge vacuum control system
- Appnote: Fast, flexible leak testing for single-use bioprocessing
- Appnote: Faster leak checking
- Appnote: Filter characterization with differential pressure
- Appnote: Flame and burner monitoring
- Appnote: Improving color dosing for liquid detergents
- Appnote: In-house check of gas chromatograph operation
- Appnote: Measuring bidirectional air flow from furnace bellows
- Appnote: Testing a tube bore for imperfections
- Appnote: Using mass flow rate to replace pin gauge testing
- Case study: Flow measurement in Biosphere 2
- Case study: Natural gas monitoring with framergy
Flow control applications
- Appnote: Alicat controllers in SOFC applications
- Appnote: Brewing with Alicat
- Appnote: Controlling flow to fine adjust the valves in a dual valve assembly
- Appnote: Controlling pH with CO2 injection
- Appnote: Elastomer considerations for bioreactors
- Appnote: Enabling oxygen concentration fuels glass production
- Appnote: Fuel cell membrane test
- Appnote: Lowered cost and increased speed for biologics production
- Appnote: Mass flow control for high temperature gases
- Appnote: Optimizing bioreactor production
- Appnote: Precision & repeatability in fiber optic manufacturing
- Appnote: Product sparging
- Appnote: Reliable air delivery for automated liquid paint application
- Appnote: Scaling challenges of bioreactor sparging
- Appnote: Simple, acccurate control for enhanced preform surface polishing
- Appnote: Sputtering flow control
- Appnote: TIG (tungsten inert gas) welding
- Case study: Making distilled spirits better with Persedo and Alicat instruments
- White paper: Alicat Mass Flow Controllers Resist Backpressure Contamination
- White paper: More efficient flow control for bioreactors and bioprocess systems
Pressure control applications
- App note: Absolute pressure control equates to absolute temperature control for cryogens
- App note: Overcoming the challenges of high-speed aerodynamic tests
- Appnote: Achieving more repeatable coatings with faster, higher precise pressure control
- Appnote: External ion gauge vacuum control system
- Appnote: Faster leak checking
- Appnote: Filter characterization with differential pressure
- Appnote: Fluid dispensing using pressure control
- Appnote: High efficiency helium leak check
- Appnote: Inflating single-use bioreactor bags using dual-valve pressure controllers
- Appnote: Pressure control loop feature
- Appnote: Pressure control with sense port
- Appnote: Regulating vacuum in test system when the vacuum source varies
- Appnote: Shaping a paint stream using mass flow pressure controllers
- Appnote: Upstream pressure control increases stability and speed in vacuum deposition applications
Measurement and calibration applications
- Appnote: Bioreactor outgassing
- Appnote: Calibration of flow controllers for air canister sampling
- Appnote: Flame and burner monitoring
- Appnote: In-house check of gas chromatograph operation
- Appnote: Measuring bidirectional air flow from furnace bellows
- Appnote: Vent gas & green house gas emissions measurement
Testing and leak checking applications
- App note: Overcoming the challenges of high-speed aerodynamic tests
- Appnote: Alicat controllers in SOFC applications
- Appnote: Even faster (and simpler) leak checking
- Appnote: Faster leak checking
- Appnote: Filter characterization with differential pressure
- Appnote: High efficiency helium leak check
- Appnote: Mixed gas re-metering
- Appnote: Testing a tube bore for imperfections
Process control applications
- Appnote: Achieving more repeatable coatings with faster, higher precise pressure control
- Appnote: Aerobic and anaerobic wastewater treatment
- Appnote: Alicat controllers in gas mixing systems
- Appnote: Automation of paint application pressure control system
- Appnote: Controlling pH with CO2 injection
- Appnote: Even faster (and simpler) leak checking
- Appnote: External ion gauge vacuum control system
- Appnote: High flow control for gasification
- Appnote: Mass flow control enables chocolate aeration
- Appnote: Pressure and flow control for gas analysis
- Appnote: Product sparging
- Appnote: Reliable air delivery for automated liquid paint application
- Appnote: TIG (tungsten inert gas) welding
- Appnote: Tough environments call for tougher instruments
Alicats in the wild
- Alicats in research labs: Pulmonary medicine
- Case study: Flow measurement in Biosphere 2
- Case study: Making distilled spirits better with Persedo and Alicat instruments
- Case study: Natural gas monitoring with framergy
- White paper: Alicat Mass Flow Controllers Resist Backpressure Contamination
- White paper: More efficient flow control for bioreactors and bioprocess systems