A wire bonding method for ultrasonically joining two connecting electrodes with a wire includes the steps of forming at least one of the connecting electrodes with tantalum and forming the wire of one of a metallic wire having a fracture load of about 21 g or greater and a metallic wire having a fracture stress of 290 Nmm2 or greater. The disable circuit sends a disabling pulse to one or some LED pins of the plurality of LED pins, where the one or some LED pins are connected to the disable circuit. The thermowell includes a shoulder region that is shaped to accommodate an RTD seal which provides a fluid impermeable clean in place barrier between the thermowell and an interior region of a fluid containing pipe or vessel to which the thermowell is mounted. It has on-device, add-on and detached versions and many variations. The parallel tube segments have inflow ends and outflow ends, and the inflow ends are joined at a first common juncture and the outflow ends are joined at a second common juncture. When the locking device is in its locking position, the combination of the locking device and drive sprockets is movable along the longitudinal length of the drive shaft.