Air Monitoring 35
Portable FID Now Available with On-Board Logging and Increased Sensitivity for Low Concentration Applications
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT
Free Cloud Based Data and Diagnostics with Every Dust Monitor
Aeroqual (New Zealand) recently announced that it would be giving away a free cloud based data acquisition system with every dust monitor sold.
Ambient dust monitoring around mines, quarries, and construction sites is all about giving site managers access to real-time information. Cloud computing has given a whole new meaning to real- time monitoring. Managers get alerts via email and SMS whenever an incident occurs. Regulators can check on operations without going to site. The community can be kept informed too.
Aeroqual recognises that people don’t buy dust monitors, they buy information. And a cloud based data acquisition system is the best way to get information to the people who need it most. So starting today Aeroqual will be providing a cloud based data acquisition system for free with every dust monitor sold.
Most dust monitors on the market do not provide real-time data access via the cloud. Those that do charge hefty subscription fees for the service: well over a thousand dollars a year in some cases. Market feedback suggests customers resent being charged an ongoing subscription to access their data. After all, that is the reason they purchase the monitor in the fi rst place.
Building on the success of the original MiniFID, the Pure, from Signal Group (UK), represents an evolution in design for portable FIDs. Existing users will be pleased to see the familiar robust case and straightforward operation now combined with some new options for confi guration including a catalytic air purifi er for zero air and an on-board data logger.
The standard method for generating zero air for the FID fl ame and zero calibration on portable models is to use a carbon scrubber cartridge. However, this is not effective for low concentrations of methane in ambient air and requires replacing on a periodic basis. Signal now offer the option for a heated catalytic air purifi er instead to provide a more stable baseline and more sensitive readings when using the 0-10ppm bottom range.
Aeroqual Cloud, as the software is known, does more than make data freely available. Aeroqual’s technicians (based in New Zealand) and their local service agents can remotely access the instrument to run diagnostic health checks, do trouble-shooting, and adjust instrument settings. This added-value service benefi ts site managers who usually don’t know how to maintain the instruments; if there’s a problem they just want it fi xed.
Paul Pickering, Global Key Account Manager at Aeroqual says, “Customers buy our dust monitors because they want information. Having spent thousands of dollars on a state of the art instrument they don’t then want to spend another thousand dollars every year just to get the data out.” He says reaction to Aeroqual’s decision has been overwhelmingly positive: “Aeroqual Cloud has been a game-changer. We can’t make enough instruments right now.”
Starting today the free cloud offer applies to all dust monitors manufactured and sold by Aeroqual worldwide. This includes Dust Sentry and Dust Profi ler products as well as the compact air monitoring station, the AQM 65.
The new MiniFID also has the option of an on-board datalogger. This means that instead of having to transport and connect a separate box, and that’s once you’ve sourced or made the cable to connect it to the analyser, you can simply use your laptop via a USB connection to confi gure the settings and then leave the analyser in place measuring, and logging, for up to a month. There is then a very simple download, from which the data can be easily exported to Excel or other programs for analysis and reporting.
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John Clements, Managing Director says, “With the new MiniFID our objective was to continue with the reliable reference method detector we’ve always used for our FIDs and the successful design for the transportable case, but to upgrade the user interface and features to what you would expect for sophisticated equipment in the 21st century. Our customers expect reliable, consistent and compliant results, we wanted to give them a modern user experience too”
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The MiniFID, along with the full range of Signal products, is available to purchase or hire through Signal in the UK, or their range of worldwide distributors.
Continually Expanding Air Sampling and Analysis Range of Supplies
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Gradko Environmental (UK) are amongst market leaders in the supply and analysis of diffusion tubes for environmental monitoring throughout Europe, the Middle East and the Far East. Gradko supply tubes for Government instigated projects and also assessments carried out by Environmental Consultants, Universities and private industry.
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Gradko Environmental have expanded this technology to detect and measure sub soil pollution in landfi ll sites and personal health monitors for employees involved in hazardous working environments. Also indoor ambient air sampling to monitor odours and toxic air in new buildings or developments built on reclaimed sites. Gradko are continually expanding their already extensive VOC sampling and analysis capabilities; their schedule of UKAS accredited analysis is regularly updated to refl ect their recent development work.
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