Thermocouple material includes wire, strip and protection tubes for use at temperatures up to 1260°C (2300°F). For many industrial heating processes, particularly those carried out at high temperatures, a thermocouple is the most accurate, convenient and simple method of temperature measurement.
Each individual arm is calibrated against platinum and the EMF values are shown on each coil or spool.
Our product program for thermocouples includes:
Thermocouple wire - round and flat
Thermocouple strip
Thermocouple extension leads/extension cables
Thermocouple compensating cables
Bunched wire
Thermocouple protection tubes
Size range
Wire: Kanthal® thermocouple wire ranges from 0.05 to 8.0 mm (0.0019 to 0.315 inch). Thermocouple wire in the size range 0.0254 mm to 0.51 mm (0.001 to 0.0201 inch) can be supplied with or without an insulating coating.
Strip: Standard sizes for thermocouple strip range from thickness 0.10 to 3.0 mm (0.0039 to 0.181 inch) and width from 4 to 195 mm (0.157 to 7.68 inch).
Standards
Kanthal® thermocouple alloys are supplied according to the following standards shown below. Where older standards are still in use (which are not equivalent to those listed below), we can supply different EMF values upon request.