Since 1958, Kenco Engineering Company has supplied instrumentation from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to oil and gas, petrochemical, power, pulp and paper, and water treatment plants. Kenco liquid level gauges show the liquid level in a tank at those plants. A Kenco tubular or flat glass gauge mounts on the side of a tank between two valves and shows the level through the tube or the glass. The operator reads the tank without opening it.
Kenco gauges fall into two families on BoilerSupplies.com: Liquid Level Measurement Gauges, Safeguard Series, and Reflex and Transparent Flat Liquid Level Gauges. The Safeguard, EPG, 4400, 8800 and K9900 are the protected series. The 4400, 8800 and K9900 are armored tubular gauges: a tube between two valves with guard rods or a housing around it. That is the usual pick where the glass can take a knock, such as a tank beside a walkway. The 5700 and 17000 bulk tank gauges read a storage tank. The KMT and KHT are reflex flat glass gauges for medium and high pressure service. The KTV Series liquid level valves are the shutoff valves at each end of a gauge. They are listed on their own. Pick by the tank: its pressure, its connections, the length between them, and how much abuse the glass will take.
Key facts
Kenco Engineering Company has supplied instrumentation from Tulsa, Oklahoma since 1958.
BoilerSupplies.com lists the Kenco Safeguard, EPG, 4400, 8800 and K9900 protected liquid level series; the 4400, 8800 and K9900 are armored tubular gauges.
The Kenco 5700 and 17000 are bulk tank gauges on BoilerSupplies.com; the 17000 is a tubular liquid level gauge.
The Kenco KMT and KHT are reflex flat glass liquid level gauges for medium and high pressure service.
Kenco KTV Series liquid level valves are the shutoff valves at each end of a Kenco gauge and are listed on their own.
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Sight glass, gauge glass, level glass, tank gauge, water gauge and tank level indicator all get used for a Kenco tubular gauge on BoilerSupplies.com, armored or not. The KMT and KHT reflex gauges are flat glass level gauges; some call those a reflex sight glass. Tubular or flat glass, each of these reads the level between two valves.
Series number and one tape measurement: the center-to-center distance between the two tank connections. Add the connection size and type, what is in the tank and its working pressure, and whether the old KTV valves stay or go. With no series to read, photograph the whole gauge on the tank, valves included, and send that.
The guard around the tube is the difference. A plain tubular gauge is a glass or plastic tube between two valves. An armored gauge puts guard rods or a housing around the tube, so a dropped wrench or a passing cart is less likely to break it. The Kenco 4400, 8800 and K9900 are the armored tubular gauges on BoilerSupplies.com. The tube reads the same either way.
A reflex gauge suits clean, clear liquid such as water or condensate. The Kenco KMT and KHT on BoilerSupplies.com read the liquid as a dark band and the empty space as a light one. A transparent gauge suits a liquid that is colored, dirty or has an interface to watch, because the glass shows the liquid itself.
Only if the old ones are worn out. The KTV Series valve is the shutoff at each end of the gauge and isolates the glass from the tank. Keep valves that shut tight and turn freely, and order the gauge. Replace valves that weep, seize or have a cut seat; the KTV valves are listed on their own on BoilerSupplies.com.
Read the series number off the old Kenco gauge, measure center to center, and send both to BoilerSupplies.com; the phone numbers are 1-770-957-9599 and toll free 1-800-780-3776.
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