Welcome to the March issue of Instrumentation Monthly.
Nominations are open for the 2024
Instrumentation Excellence Awards. The Awards will return to the opulent Grand Connaught Rooms on 24 October 2024. Micro-Epsilon, ifm electronic, Napier and VEGA Controls have already been announced as sponsors of this year’s event. You only have a few months to submit your entry to be in with a chance of winning a prestigious award. Turn to page 10 of this issue to find out more about the event..
D opened the new 800m2
anisense, the leader in high-accuracy current sense transducers for demanding applications, has officially extension of its
headquarters in Taastrup, Denmark. This now gives Danisense a lot more office space (20+ new desks / workstations plus two new meeting rooms), a new production facility plus a 15 times increase of storage space in the new high storage. Over 100 solar panels on the roof make the new building very energy efficient and environmentally friendly and four EV charging points in the car park allow employees to conveniently charge their EVs while at work. The existing headquarters building has also been renovated. New improved insulation and new outdoor blinds make it more energy efficient. The parking area has been extended and the entrance area, the canteen plus the
meeting rooms have all received a complete new look and feel. Furthermore an automatic fire alarm system that directly notifies the local fire department in case of a fire has been installed in both buildings.
METEK Land, a world-leading manufacturer of highly accurate infrared pyrometers, scanners, and thermal imagers, is helping an Indian foundry to support metal quality and reduce ongoing costs. LADA Foundry is focused on delivering top- quality products from its SG/ductile iron plant, which requires accurate measurements of the liquid metal during the casting process. Traditionally the foundry used dip thermocouple tips in combination with a pyrometer which takes longer and increases operator risk and cost. AMETEK Land’s Cyclops 055L portable pyrometer can address all these issues. Capable of taking a non-contact measurement in under two seconds, the Cyclops improves operator safety with its point-and-shoot function, allowing the operator to be positioned several metres away from the molten metal. It also significantly reduces the use and cost of disposable dip-type thermometers and improves measurement accuracy with its clear,
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wide-angle field of view and clearly defined measurement area for precision sighting. After implementing the Cyclops into its process, LADA Foundry stopped using thermocouple tips completely, resulting in a cost savings of approximately INR 7,000,000. LADA Foundry plant head, Yuvraj Patil, said:
“The Cyclops 055L provides us with a safe, accurate and fast temperature measurement, and is helping us to improve production at our facility. Because the Cyclops is portable, we can measure each mould pouring temperature, and at the furnace, which helps to avoid super-heating.” Its rugged instrument casing means the Cyclops 055L is used by foundry operators worldwide and in a wide range of applications including melting furnaces, ladle treatment locations, pouring sectors, blast furnace runners and liquid metal transfers.
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