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1985 saw the invention of one of the first point IR flammable gas detectors, the 5050, marking the company’s migration into infrared based detection. 5050’s high quality performance, coupled with the benefits of using IR detection when compared with more traditional sensing principles, gained a lot of interest from the marketplace. This optical expertise was soon recognised when a global oil giant chose to work with the company on developing a conceptual idea that further evolved optical gas detection in 1987. The resulting commercially available model, called Searchline, was the first haz - ardous area certified Open Path detector on the market.


Impact marked the industry’s first multi-gas portable with easy swap sensor cartridge technology


Today, Honeywell Analytics is still a global leader in optical gas detection solutions, and a man - ufacturer of market leading IR products, including Searchpoint Optima Plus (Point IR) and Searchline Excel (Open Path IR).


The early 1990s saw the company’s first products that combined complex certi -


fications, delivering enhanced flexibility to users. Series 2000 was launched in 1992 and featured a range of mixed certification gas transmitters that provided simplified sensor replacement in hazardous areas without the need for a hot work permit.


A few years later an important acquisition would be made, bringing with it a wealth of new in-house technology and expertise, catalysing further development of the portable gas detection line of business. Neotronics, a pioneering provider of state-of-the-art portables was acquired in 1996, and allowed the company to launch one of the World’s most popular portable devices; Impact.


The Impact range was launched in 2001 and was considered revolutionary at the time with cutting-edge functionality such as ‘Plug and Play’ replacement cartridges. The Enforcer, one of the Impact range’s supporting accessories was even more groundbreaking; it was the first device on the market capable of offering automatic calibration of a portable for the cost of a bump test; this meant that a device could be fully calibrated in just minutes, with a single button press.


Aside from setting the standard for innovative functionality capable of adding genuine value, Zellweger Analytics also managed to consistently retain an enviable position of excellence for cell and sensor manufacture. Building on the existing electrochemical cell technology for detecting toxic gases, many manufacturers tried to develop the basic cell construction in an attempt to improve performance in harsh environments.


However, it was the company’s radical re-design of the electrochemical technology that lead to the launch of the Surecell™ in 2000, now one of the World’s leading and most reliable electrochemical cells, particularly in high temperature and high humidity environments.


The company was also the first to fully automate sensor production of the Surecell™, eradicating the traditional errors and faults associated with manual prod - uction.


Zellweger Analytics also made a dramatic impact upon the consumer market when it established its SF Detection brand in 1991 to supply domestic Carbon Monoxide (CO) units to consumers in the UK.


Again, a pioneering spirit pre - vailed in its endeavours, and the company was the first to bring a kitemarked product to market in 1996, whilst a subsequent model, the SF350BS released in 1998, was the first device to be approved to the new British Standard.


When the European Standard governing the use of domestic CO alarms (EN50291:2001) was released in 2001, the company responded by launching the SF350EN in 2002; the first CO alarm in the UK to be certified to the European Standard.


Searchline Excel still remains one of the market leading Open Path IR device


In 2005 industrial leader Honeywell acquired the company and subsequently re-branded the organisation as Honeywell Analytics,


within its Life Safety Division. In 2007 MST Technology, a market leading German supplier of semiconductor fabrication and laboratory based gas detection, was acquired and integrated, bringing a variety of products into the range of solutions offered.


Today, the company has offices all over


the World, and provides gas detection solutions to all industries and applications; from low-cost, compliance equipment suited to a wide range of industrial settings to high- end, high-functionality devices.


As one of the World’s premier providers of gas detection, Honeywell Analytics has come a long way from its humble beginnings 50 years ago, enjoying more technological firsts than any of its competitors.


And with the advent of new product releases such as the XNX Universal Transmitter, which can be used with any of Honeywell Analytics’ gas sensing solutions and Sensepoint XCD, which is the first device that clearly shows the unit’s status at a glance; even from a distance, more ground-breaking innovation is very much on the horizon, as Honeywell Analytics begins its next 50 years in business.


Joshua Sieger C.B.E, master inventor and company founder


Honeywell Analytics – Celebrating 50 Years of Pioneering Products:


1958: Mark 9: The first low-power, minimal cross interference catalytic bead device


1971: Chemcassette: First physical evidence based detection principle available


1982: Siegestor Sensor (SG7): First poison resistant catalytic bead sensor available


1983: 1050 transmitter range: First device offering simple, one man calibration and set up


1984: 1053 transmitter range: First device to offer remote sensor mounting capabilities


1985: 5050 Point IR detector: One of the first point IR devices available


1985: Sieger GDACS: First communication based industrial control system available


1987: Searchline: First Open Path IR device available (developed in partnership with Shell)


1998: SF350BS CO Alarm: First CO alarm to offer a Kitemark and be officially approved to the British Standard in the UK


1998: Searchline Excel: First Open Path device offering dynamic monitoring of up to 200m


2000: Surecell: First fully automated sensor production, eradicating errors associated with manual production


2001: Impact Portable Range: First multi-gas portable device offering plug and play easy swap sensor cartridges


2001: Impact Enforcer: First automatic calibration device offering portable device calibration for the cost of a bump test


2002: SF350EN CO Alarm: First CO alarm to be officially approved to EN50291:2001 – the European Standard governing the use of domestic CO alarms


2005: Zareba range is launched offering low-cost compliance based solutions to customers


AUTHOR DETAILS


Gemma Bayless Marketing Specialist Honeywell Analytics Life Safety Distribution AG Wilstrasse 11-U31 CH-8610 Uster Switzerland Email:


gasdetection@honeywell.com Web:


www.honeywellanalytics.com


May/June 2010


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