AIR QUALITY MONITORS FEATURE ON CHANNEL 4’S DISPATCHES SHOW A
ir quality monitoring technology, supplied by Air
Monitors, featured in the Channel 4 Dispatches episode ‘Dirty Secrets: What’s Really in Our Air?’
The programme, which was
presented by Morland Sanders, highlighted the situations in which people are exposed to high levels of pollution: indoors, outdoors and whilst travelling. To achieve this, AQMesh pods were loaned to a family of four so that they could monitor exposure during normal activities such as jogging, walking to school and even whilst enjoying a family meal.
The results were said to be both surprising and alarming. As an example, Dr Ben Barratt from King’s College London suggested that drivers caught in a traffic jam should close the vents in their car to avoid pollution from the vehicle in front. “The AQMesh pods were absolutely vital to the journalistic integrity of the programme,” commented producer Roger Corke. “We were amazed at the level of technology available in such small, lightweight units. Without them, it would not have been possible to identify the
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IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR YOUR DIARY
This Summer, two important events will be taking place in the Instrumentation calendar. The first, Instrumentation & Offshore Systems, will be held at the AECC in Aberdeen, Scotland. This biennial event will be bringing together the companies who supply products and services to the offshore sector as well as traditional industries representing processing, power generation, paper, distilling, water and waste, and marine engineering in North East Scotland. Running alongside the exhibition will be a free to attend seminar programme, with contributions from notable industry experts. The event will be held on 31st August and 1st September. A month after this event, Sensors & Instrumentation will be
taking place at the NEC, Birmingham. The popular exhibition and seminar programme, which covers all aspects of sensors, test and measurement, will be held on 28-29th September.
www.instrumentation.co.uk www.sensorsandinstrumentation.co.uk
FLOW METER E-LEARNING COURSE
C alibration is an essential process
used to maintain the accuracy of instruments. Being such an important topic, we have therefore introduced a supplement this month focusing specifically on calibration. Found in the centre of this issue, the supplement covers a number of interesting topics - including why the instruments onboard a new satellite mission monitoring climate change are being calibrated in space; the benefits of ISO 17025 calibration; and advice on how often to calibrate thermometers.
Rachael Morling - Editor
A free course on the ‘Magnetic Resonance based multiphase flowmeter’ has been released on the KROHNE Academy online eLearning platform. This covers an introduction to the measuring principle as well as important topics related to multiphase flow measurement. Starting with the definition of
multiphase flow, the course leads into traditional measurement technology used for multiphase flow. History and basic physics of Magnetic Resonance (MR) are explained, as well as the physics of MR multiphase flow measurement. Construction, installation and calibration of a MR multiphase flowmeter are covered, as well as its inline-self-characterisation feature, accuracy and key benefits.
www.krohne.com
PARTNERSHIP OFFERS TEST SUPPORT ACROSS EUROPE
Under a new partnership between The Peak Group and Equip-Test of Hungary, test system customers will be offered a one-stop-shop for consistent quality design, implementation and support across the UK, Central and Eastern Europe. Karl Miles, technical sales manager
at Peak Production, said: “The partnership with Equip-Test will offer our customers a range of fixtures and services to complement our own. We plan an initial focus on ICT fixtures for users of systems from Agilent, Teradyne, etc., but expect that to expand as the partnership develops. For our part we will now be able to offer custom designed functional test systems to the Equip-Test customer base. Together we can provide unrivalled European technical support.” Zoltán Kádár, CEO of Equip-Test,
said: “Over the last 30 years The Peak Group has built a good reputation for its test systems and its track record of quality and attention to detail makes Peak an ideal partner for Equip-Test. The commitment of both parties also means that we will now be able to offer our services in the UK and Ireland for the first time, whilst also supporting Peak customers from our already established locations.” Equip-Test has built a reputation
for quality in ICT, particularly its support services – the company has been the TRI systems European technical support centre for 15 years. The Peak Group’s reputation for test systems development matches this, and customers operating multiple locations across Europe will benefit from consistent quality at every stage of their project.
www.thepeakgroup.com
Trescal has acquired Kalibrix (Germany). Kalibrix provides One- Stop-Shop accredited services (Dakks) in dimensional and electrical low frequency and is also specialized in material testing machine calibration, which expands Trescal’s skill range. Timo Grünewälder, Trescal
German country manager, said: “I am very happy about the Kalibrix-Team joining the Trescal network. Kalibrix not only enhances the Trescal footprint in Germany, with two excellent laboratories, but also brings two mobile calibration laboratories into the group and accreditations for material testing as well. Both companies’ customers will benefit from this acquisition.”
www.trescal.com
IRISS EMEA is offering a one day introductory course to thermography that provides attendees with a basic grounding in the theory behind infrared as well as practical guidance on camera use. Certified Level 1 and Level 2 courses will also be available for those who wish to ensure they get the best return on infrared technology and their camera investment. Courses can either be held in the
training suite at IRISS EMEA or on-site at the customer’s premises.
www.iriss.com
STEMMER IMAGING and the Graz-based company Perception Park have signed a cooperation agreement for the distribution of innovative imaging systems based on Chemical Colour Imaging (CCI) technology. CCI combines essential advantages of the basic technologies of chemical imaging (hyperspectral imaging) and colour imaging (Colour image processing) and makes chemical material properties accessible to a completely new range of users through new approaches to data processing.
www.stemmer-imaging.co.uk
pollution hotspots that were the main focus of the programme.” AQMesh pods are small battery-powered air quality monitors that continuously measure key pollutants such as nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, ozone and fine particulates (PM10 and PM2.5). Data is transmitted to the ‘cloud’ and made available on a the website. This enabled the dispatches team to quickly and easily compare, for example, the difference in air quality between a park and a roadside path.
www.airmonitors.co.uk
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