I'm glad you asked.
One thing that really differentiates TECO Consistency Transmitters is that all of our systems
are shipped with built-in flow-rate compensation.
Blade style consistency sensors, in particular, are sensitive to
shifts in production flow-rate. This means that their output has a
component which is strictly a function of flow-rate. If this isn’t taken
into account, changes in flow-rate will look like changes in consistency. All of our systems have a flow-rate input so that this flow-rate component can
be automatically subtracted out of the consistency signal.
We are the only manufacturer that offers flow-rate compensation.
Of course, it would be nice if a sensor wasn’t sensitive to
changes in flow-rate in the first place. This is the key feature of our
C3000 and C5000 probe style sensors. Their design is such that they are insensitive to shifts in production flow-rate below 3.0 fps. This
means that as long as the flow-rate stays below 3.0 fps, shifts in flow-rate
will not affect the probe output signal at all. That said, we do recommend
active compensation for flow-rates above 3.0 fps when using C3/5000 series
sensors.
We are the only manufacturer that offers a probe style sensor.
Next, our C5000 sensor is retractable, which means that the
sensor can be removed from the process while the process is active.
This feature is particularly useful for hostile measurement
environments such as blow lines and bleach plant operations.
While our
systems are as robust, if not more so, than other manufacturers, the nature of
mechanical passive sensors make them consumables. The retractable feature
of the C5000 allows a customer to restore a critical measurement in minutes,
instead of waiting weeks or months for a scheduled shutdown. This is a
real advantage for our customers.
We are the only manufacturer that offers a retractable probe style sensor.
All of our consistency transmitters can be upgraded to behave as a consistency controller. The transmitter can also be upgraded to function as multi-input controller, so that other process parameters can be adjusted for in the consistency control loop.
We are the only manufacturer whose consistency transmitter can also act as a dilution controller.
Finally, TECO is aggressively price competitive, if not actually the least expensive consistency measurement option available.
I'd say that those are pretty good reasons. Don't you agree?