Sensors made in Sydney since 1988

Temperature Controls is an independent, management owned manufacturer of temperature and level sensors. We design, machine, assemble and test in our own factory at Sefton, and supply from branches in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

Established
1988, Sydney
Ownership
Independent, management owned
Factory
2,600 m² at Sefton, Sydney
Branches
Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
Quality system
AS/NZS ISO 9001:2015, licence QEC 14412

Manufacturing

Design, machining, mechanical assembly and testing are done at Sefton to the customer's specification. We machine thermowells and fittings in-house, on centre lathes, CNC lathes and a gun drill.

Sensors

  • Mineral insulated thermocouples from 0.5 to 12.7 mm diameter, sheathed in Inconel 600, 316 or 310 stainless steel
  • Ceramic thermocouples for high temperature furnaces, base metal or noble metal, to 1800 °C
  • Ceramic sheaths in alumina and Dimulit (Pythagoras) grades
  • Transmitters fitted in the head

Available materials

  • 316, 321 or 304 stainless steel
  • Hastelloy B or C
  • Monel 400
  • Duplex stainless steel
  • 253MA
  • Inconel 600, 601 or 800
  • Titanium Gr 2 or Gr 12
  • UMCO 50 cobalt alloy
  • Teflon

Testing and certificates

  • X-ray of welds
  • Positive material identification
  • Ultrasonic testing of bore concentricity
  • Internal and external hydrostatic pressure testing
  • Wake frequency calculations to ASME PTC 19.3
  • Material certificates for bar and flange
  • Cleaning for oxygen use

Equipment

  • CNC and centre lathes
  • Gun drill, 1/8 inch to 25 mm diameter by 1100 mm
  • TIG and MIG welding
  • Micro plasma welding from 1 to 50 A
  • Hydraulic testing of thermowells
  • Laser engraving

Sites

Agents in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, the Philippines and New Zealand supply our products overseas.

Sefton, Sydney

Head office and factory. Most stock is held here, with the calibration laboratory.

Yarraville, Melbourne

Catalogue stock and raw material for limited production of temperature assemblies.

Archerfield, Brisbane

Catalogue stock, technical support and customer service for Queensland.

Quality

Our quality system is certified to AS/NZS ISO 9001:2015 for the design, manufacture and repair of temperature assemblies and level switches, with third party certification from SAI Global, licence QEC 14412.

The Sefton calibration laboratory is separately accredited by NATA. See the calibration service.

Brands we represent

Instruments and components from these manufacturers are available through Temperature Controls.

Shinko

Digital temperature controllers

Isotech

Calibration equipment

AOIP

Process calibrators

Marlin

Connectors

INOR

DIN rail and head mount transmitters

Novus

Electronic thermostats and loggers

Nokeval

Wireless modules

Tempol

Temperature indicating labels, paints and crayons

Optris

Infrared thermometers

Drago

Signal converters

Grant

Data loggers

Dostmann

Precision indicators

TECSystem

Temperature relays

Dynisco

Melt pressure transducers

Viatran

Pressure transducers

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