Case Study #168: Shimstock Thermocouple Solution A Customer’s Question In 2014, a customer called about an octagonal extrusion die. This octagonal extrusion die had three zones. The customer wanted to know how he could monitor the temperature of each face of the the octagon for all three zones at once. How To Monitor All Three Zones Each face of the octagon would require a thermocouple. We recommended a shimstock thermocouple. Shimstock thermocouples are used to measure surface temperature. (Click here to view our Shimstock Thermocouple - Configuration 261.) As opposed to probe-type thermocouples that are inserted into a hole to read temperature inside a barrel or melt, shimstock thermocouples are typically terminated at 3/4” x 3/4” flat metal plate that is then mounted to a fla

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