TECHNOLOGY IN ACTION
New dual chamber orifice fittings help keep fiscal metering lines running
2 week lead-time on programmable DC power supply products 1.5 kW to 15 kW
agna-Power Electronics, a leader in high power programmable DC power supplies, announced 2 week lead-time for its products spanning power levels 1.5 kW to 15 kW, which includes the newly introduced SL Series 1U (1.75” high). With its vertically integrated manufacturing and engineering facility in Flemington, NJ USA, the company made significant investment in material, equipment, manufacturing space and improved processes to achieve the reduced lead-time. Magna-Power Electronics new SL Series 1U (1.75” high) programmable DC power supply. The SL Series continues the Magna-Power Electroincs commitment to market-leading power density, offering models at 1.5 kW, 2.6 kW and 4 kW—all in a 1U rack-mount package. The new SL Series was released with 54 different models, with voltage ratings ranging from 5 Vdc to 1000 Vdc and current ratings ranging from 1.5 Adc to 250 Adc.
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isruption in fiscal metering applications caused by the removal and inspection of orifice plate flowmeters can now be eliminated using ABB’s new meter2di FPD220. The meter2di is a dual-chamber orifice fitting which enables orifice plates to be inspected or replaced without removing the fitting itself from the pipeline. Many orifice meters have single chamber fittings and have an orifice plate that can be replaced without removing the fitting from the pipeline. However, before the plate can be withdrawn, the flow must first be stopped and the pipeline vented, causing potential disruption. ABB’s meter2di overcomes this by enabling safe removal of the orifice plate while the line remains pressurised and the product is flowing. The orifice plate is withdrawn into a dual chamber, which is then isolated from the pipeline. Although the second chamber must still be vented, there is no requirement for the pipeline itself to be vented.
ABB Ltd. Tel: 01480 475321 Web:
www.abb.com/instrumentation
Spirax Sarco delivers 1000th BOAS pass A
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landmark 1000th delegate has passed the Combustion Engineering Association’s Boiler Operation Accreditation Scheme (BOAS) training
course, which was undertaken at Spirax Sarco’s Cheltenham UK Steam Technology Centre. BOAS accreditation is recommended in the 2011 BG01 boiler guidance document as the industry best practice for all boiler operators and managers, published by the CEA, SAFed and HSE. Spirax Sarco has a state-of-the-art UK Steam Technology Centre, which is the only training facility in the UK to offer a fully-operational steam system with SCADA control. This system allows it to provide a very high standard of theory, practical and design steam engineering courses, as well as supporting live technology demonstrations.
For more information on BOAS or other training enquiries please contact the Spirax Sarco UK Steam Technology Centre
attraining@uk.spiraxsarco.com or phone 01242 535211
Multi-Channel, Low Power Dataloggers for Industry and Research
ack in 1975, Campbell Scientific introduced the CR5, the world’s first portable, battery-powered data logger capable of performing time-averaged measurements from thermocouples, solar radiation sensors, and wind sensors requiring vector averaging. Over the years and as their reputation for reliable loggers grew, the product range developed and expanded. Whilst technology has certainly advanced since those early days there are some standards that are still applied to current Campbell loggers that stem from those first products. data loggers:
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• Measure most makes and types of electronic sensor. • Provide non-volatile data storage and on-board battery backed clock. • Features on-board data processing.
• Initiate measurement and control function based on time or event. • Can control external devices such as pumps, motors, alarms, freezers, valves, etc. • Are fully programmable using CS PC support software or keyboard/display. • Operate independently of ac power, computers, and human interaction. • Consume minimal power from a 12 Vdc source.
• Interface with on-site and telecommunication devices such as telephone modems (including cellular and voice-synthesized), short haul modems, radio transceivers, satellite transmitters, and Ethernet interfaces.
• Operate in a wide temperature range of -25° to 50ºC (Optional extended ranges are available)
Although widely used in industrial applications Campbell Scientific data loggers are perhaps best known for their effectiveness in environmental and other field based monitoring applications requiring long term, unattended data acquisition. In these applications, often far from civilisation and off-grid for power and communications, the field proven power-efficiency, system flexibility and reliability of Campbell loggers become vital. Some people will not have the resource, the time or the inclination to manage data communications themselves - they just want a simple way to access and view the final data. Konect GDS (Global Data Service) is a Campbell Scientific service developed for these situations. Konect GDS collects data from a logger, applies integrated QC rules if required and then stores and archives the data in highly secure cloud based data centres. A simple-to-use web interface provides browser-based access to the data 24/7/365 via any suitable web enabled device. To summarise, Campbell Scientific have been at the forefront of data logger innovation since 1974 and offer a range of generic, low power, multi-channel data loggers suitable for a wide range of field or lab based applications.
Campbell Scientific Ltd Instrumentation NOVEMBER 2013 Tel: 01509 828888 Web:
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