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Dust monitors for traffic and
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shtead Technology has announced that the TSI Environmental DustTrak™ Aerosol Monitors in its fleet of particulate matter monitors have MCERTS approval, which demonstrates compliance with the performance requirements of the Environment Agency. These instruments are therefore ideal for monitoring particulates from construction projects, traffic and industrial sources.
With a ‘cloud’ based data management system, the Environmental DustTrak provides users with easy access to real-time data on dust levels. Alarm conditions can be set by users for text/email alerts. The Environmental DustTrak units are quick and easy to set up and run, with remote web-enabled access helping to lower operating costs, and MCERTS approval providing confidence in the data. The TSI range of Environmental DustTrak™ Aerosol monitors are available for sale or hire as single or multiple units from Ashtead Technology.
Ashtead Technology Ltd 0845 270 2707
www.ashtead-technology.com
Miniature load cell for audio equipment
ega began designing and manufacturing audio equipment in 1973 and today, thanks to its obsession with innovation and the resurgence of interest for vinyl, is now the UK’s largest manufacturer of high-end turntables. Rega doesn’t just make excellent turntables, its range includes amplifiers, loudspeakers, CD players, cartridges and tone arms as well as many accessories that enhance the hi-fi experience for the discerning listener. Demonstrating its continuing role as a technological innovator, Rega will soon be launching a new accessory – a weighing scale that precisely measures stylus tracking force. With tone arm set-up critical to sound performance as well as stylus and record condition, Rega’s new Atlas Tracking Force Scale will confirm tone arm adjustment to 1/100th of a gram with a working range of 3.5 to 5 gm in a simple in-situ process. As an integral component for the scale, Rega chose the Zemic Q70 series miniature load cell, supplied and fully supported in the UK by Variohm EuroSensor. Having identified that an accurate way to measure tracking force was desirable for the high-end audio market, Rega set out to design a scale that would be affordable and be able to be offered alongside the majority of its turntable range. Rega design engineer, Ashton Wagner explains how the project developed, "We looked for a load cell with an accuracy to one hundredth of a gram that would fully maintain that accuracy over its lifetime; we needed excellent durability and a scale that would not require calibration by the user." Budget constraints were also fully considered at the outset, "To meet our target costs the use of premium digital and analogue electronics were off the table.
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international Air Quality and Emissions Show (Telford, UK, 24- 25th May) have published the programme for Day 2. Developed with IAPSC, there will be three sessions covering: pervasive air quality monitoring; vehicle emissions monitoring and data
AQE announces agenda for Air Quality Conference T
he organisers of AQE 2017 (
www.aqeshow.com),
management; and local air quality management and policy. Air quality is also affected by industrial emissions, so day 1 of AQE 2017 will focus on industrial emissions monitoring - regulations, standards, methods and technologies, and the agenda for this day will be published shortly. Visitors to AQE 2017 will also be able to attend an Exhibition with more than 90 stands and over 50 free walk-in workshops, addressing a wide variety of monitoring themes including ambient air quality, stack emissions, process gas, occupational safety, fugitive emissions and boundary monitoring.
AQE 01727 858840
www.ilmexhibitions.com/aqeshow/
Fluke 1660 Series Multifunction Installation Tester Kit money-saving offers
ntil 30th June 2017, Fluke UK is offering two money-saving 1660 Series Multifunction Installation Tester Kits. The Fluke 1664FC- TPLKIT comprises a 1664 FC multifunction installation tester with free Fluke DMS Data Management Software and a free Fluke T150 2-pole Voltage and Continuity Tester; the Fluke 1663-TPLKIT comprises a 1663 with free Fluke DMS Data Management Software and a free Fluke T130 Voltage and Continuity Tester. These and other Fluke Specials may be found at
www.fluke.co.uk The Fluke 1664 is the only installation tester on the market that helps prevent damage to appliances that may be inadvertently connected to the system under test, and it also makes it easy to share test results over a smartphone using Fluke Connect®. The 1664 FC features an Auto Test function that does 5 required installation tests in one sequence, ensuring compliance with BS7671 17th Edition Wiring Regulations.
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www.fluke.co.uk 01327351004
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Winner of Ocean Optics’ 2017 Young Investigator Award named
cean Optics has announced the winner of the annual Young Investigator Award, which is sponsored by the company. Lauren D. Field of the United States Naval Research Laboratory was named the winner during SPIE BiOS / Photonics West 2017. The Young Investigator Award is presented to a researcher who is a graduate student or has completed their graduate work in the last five years. The recipient must be the primary author of the best juried paper submitted as part of the “Colloidal Nanocrystals for Biomedical
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symposium. Cash prizes are awarded to the winner and runner-up, with grants of Ocean Optics equipment made to the laboratories where the work was performed. Field was honoured for the paper titled “Semiconductor quantum dots as Foerster resonance energy transfer donors for intracellularly- based biosensors,” co-authored by Scott A. Walper (U.S. Naval Research Lab), Kimihiro Susumu (Sotera Defense Solutions Inc.), Eunkeu Oh (Sotera Defense Solutions Inc.), Igor L. Medintz (U.S. Naval Research Lab), and James B. Delehanty (U.S. Naval Research Lab)
Ocean Optics +31 (0)26 319 05 00
www.oceanoptics.com
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