Articles

April 14, 2026

Pressure Switches NZ: Understanding Types, Applications, and Selection Criteria for Industrial Use

Unexpected pump trips, nuisance alarms, or drifting setpoints can stall production and raise safety risks. If you’re troubleshooting pressure control in a plant or specifying new equipment for a facility, choosing the right pressure switch is critical.

This guide focuses on practical, experience-led … Read more

April 2, 2026

What Flowmeter Types Are Available in New Zealand for Industrial Liquid Measurement?

Selecting the right industrial flowmeter can feel risky: choose poorly and you’ll fight drift, fouling, and unreliable data when you need compliance-ready numbers. For Christchurch plants managing water, dairy, chemicals, or HVAC loops, the stakes include uptime, energy use, and audit outcomes.

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March 16, 2026

Industrial Epoxy Glue in NZ: Selecting the Right Adhesive for Temperature Sensor Installation

If a temperature probe you bonded last quarter is now reading slow or drifting under heat and vibration, the adhesive is often the culprit, not the sensor. In NZ plants from Christchurch to Auckland, getting the epoxy wrong can insulate a sensor, fail under washdown, or create rework that stalls pro… Read more

March 3, 2026

Digital Thermometers NZ: Customisation Options for Food Processing, Manufacturing, and Laboratory Applications

If a regulator or customer asked for proof your temperatures were accurate today, could you show it confidently? Across Christchurch and wider New Zealand, food processors, manufacturers and labs are raising the bar on thermometer customisation to meet compliance, audit, and integration demands.

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October 8, 2022

The Story of Glass

At Homershams, we have been thinking about glass quite a lot lately.

Homershams manufacture conventional probes for glass furnaces and work with glass blowing artisans in temperature measurement and control.… Read more

October 9, 2022

Standards

Einstein teaches us that everything is relative.

When he postulated his General Theory of Relativity, he probably didn’t realise he was foreseeing a political future where truth was one of these relativitys.… Read more

October 9, 2022

Refrigeration Systems

This Homershams article begins with a brief description of the operation of a refrigeration system, and then in section 2 we examine some products that Homershams stock that are relevant to the industry.… Read more

October 9, 2022

Steam for Energy Transfer

When we think of steam or steam engines, we tend to imagine historical equipment, and while it’s true that the steam engine played a crucial role in the Industrial revolution, it’s as valid in 2017 as it was in 1880. At Homershams many of our customers are involved in steam generation and boiler mai… Read more

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