Test & measurement
remote monitoring and diagnostics as part of your overall rental package. Companies like Energyst allocate a dedicated engineer to your project and will be tasked with checking and monitoring your units at regular intervals throughout the day, reporting all recorded data as and when required. By having a constant flow of data on your
genset’s performance, you can take charge of your own rental package. For example, you can check when servicing is required, monitor its loading, check for any warnings or alarms and know when diesel fuel is running low. Checking this manually on a rig or vessel is often impractical, and speed is typically critical in these applications. While your temporary genset will not need to
face the dust storms of Mars, connecting it with telemetric capabilities like the REMS can help you stay on top of its performance and monitor its health in the harshest of offshore environments.
Energyst UK & Ireland
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Load CeLLs for nuCLear CLeanroom
for use at a nuclear cleanroom site where propulsion systems are developed for the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD). The load cells, of 500kg and 1,500kg
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capacity, were the latest products to be delivered to the undisclosed location by Catena, of Nottinghamshire, UK, which constantly provides equipment and services to the facility, principally related to proof load testing and lifting applications. Stainless steel shackles with custom engraved asset numbers were also part of this project. Tyler Hickling, lifting and fabrication sales at
Catena, explains that the order initially started with a request for load monitoring technology that could, firstly, measure low weights and, secondly, do so to an extreme degree of accuracy. DLM is a renowned manufacturer of equipment that can meet such requirements, while giving the user the ability to monitor data wirelessly, which is a further requirement of such end user environments. Hickling adds: “Given the nature of the
facility, there wasn’t a great deal of information provided, beyond what we needed to know to source the best possible solution, which turned out to be a pair of custom telemetry tensile links. I was only privy to the maximum weight lifted and the resolution required. They will be used separately, repeatedly, for specific lifts where the weight needs to be monitored closely.” As well as utilising load cells for proof load
testing contracts, Catena is increasingly providing a range of force measurement technologies for a variety of industrial applications. DLM, a specialist in the design, manufacture, repair and calibration of load cells and load monitoring equipment, is its go-to
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ynamic Load Monitoring (DLM) has delivered two load cells to Catena Inspection & Engineering Services
manufacturer for product and expertise. Hickling says: “Using telemetry load links and
compression load cells allows us to move away from using loose weights for proof load testing when used with a hydraulic set-up; we can apply smaller, incremental loads in a more controlled manner. We can also use a load link in the line to check lifts are equally distributed and not exerting excessive unknown loads.” These Catena-branded load cells were from
DLM’s TL-3.0 family, a third-generation of its popular telemetry tensile link line. The lightweight wireless tension measuring unit combines a high level of performance with a robust design for harsh environments. They are made from aerospace grade aluminium and offer a range up to 800m and a huge battery life of 700 hours. Hickling pointed out that the TL-3.0 can be paired with an unlimited number of displays to one load cell or 12 load cells to one handheld display. Martin Halford, managing director at DLM,
says: “We have worked successfully with Catena for many years now, especially on MoD-type contracts where off-the-shelf solutions are not suitable and something customised is required to meet the high defence standards. In this instance, we drew on our extensive experience within the marine and offshore industry to design a stainless steel version of our popular TL-3.0 telemetry load link, suitable for the maritime defence industry. It is fantastic to be able to play a small part in supporting the UK government in keeping our waters safe, and this type of work really fits in nicely with our focus on the offshore and marine sector, which is reflective in the products and services we offer.”
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www.dlm-uk.com
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