T&M and Monitoring

For a limited period, Fluke is offering a free Fluke LVD2 Volt Light to purchasers of a Fluke 561 Multipurpose Thermometer. The Fluke 561 offers both non-contact infrared (IR) and contact temperature measurements, suitable for HVAC and general industrial maintenance: the Fluke LVD2 is a non-contact AC voltage detector and LED flashlight combined in one convenient pen-style tool.

Aspectrics, Inc., the innovator of patented Encoded Photometric Near Infrared (EP-NIR) spectroscopy technology, further extends its biodiesel portfolio offering with the launch of the new Aspectrics Biodiesel Quality Analyzer 1000 (BQA 1000). Designed to provide fast and efficient results, the new analyzer incorporates the revolutionary Aspectrics EP-NIR technology, a robust sampling interface and an easy to use graphical user interface.

Fluke is offering the unique experience of free participation in thermal imaging seminars on 8th or 14th November via the Web from a PC on the participant’s desk. The hour-long Webinar spells out the great benefits that a purpose-designed thermal imager, like an easy-to-use Fluke Ti20, can bring as part of a preventative maintenance strategy – to fix problems before they fail. Participants can ask questions at the end of their session.

Since the 2005 release of the first Coating Durability Tester, designed to evaluate the durability of coatings on drug-eluting and other coated stents, there has been high demand for Dynatek's testers and contract testing services. The second generation testers include additional capabilities to address a wider variety of devices and testing techniques. The CDT2 allows for a larger range of sample lengths and diameters, as well as for complicated sample designs (bent, bifurcated, etc.), opening the door for testing of larger peripheral vascular stents, as well as complicated coronary and peripheral stents. In addition, the new design of the CDT2 readily accommodates laser micrometer use for sample measurement, allows for vertical or horizontal testing, and provides internal loop heating for better temperature control. Deployment access ports are also available, and provide for direct stent deployment into the pre-mounted sample vessels, allowing the CDT2 to be used for both acute-phase

Seaward has introduced the first instrument of its type for the safe discharge of stored energy in large capacitors and electrically charged equipment. The portable new SD300 is a highly innovative, self-contained safe discharge device that has been designed to protect the operator or test engineer from danger and the equipment under test from potential damage.

The GL800 data logger and hand-held chart recorder is one of a kind in its ability to read up to 200 channels of temperature, humidity and voltage data. With its large format LCD display, you can easily set up and capture data with the ability to monitor waveforms and digital values during measurements. Its instant replay function makes it easy to review data that has been captured to internal memory or to a USB memory stick. Standard PC interface makes GL800 accessible through USB or a LAN using the standard network settings built in to GL800

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announces the launch of the TurboTox™ GC/MS Productivity Solution, designed to maximize performance while considerably minimizing costs in high-throughput toxicology laboratories testing urine samples for drugs of abuse. The new Thermo Scientific TurboTox GC/MS Productivity Solution offers a complete, integrated platform comprised of the Thermo Scientific DSQ IITM single quadrupole GC/MS system, ToxLab™ 2.0 software, and GC/MS methods and consumables, all brought together to ensure lowest cost per test, with maximum uptime and unmatched linearity, precision and intelligent sequencing.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announces the addition of a new kit for coupling Gas Chromatography (GC) to the Thermo Scientific high resolution ICP-MS ELEMENT 2 and ELEMENT XR. Designed to enable scientists to use a high resolution magnetic sector field ICP-MS as a detector for GC, the kit extends traditional ICP-MS capabilities for elemental speciation analysis of volatile compounds. This novel system is the latest offering, further expanding the unique and comprehensive capabilities of the Thermo Scientific ELEMENT 2 and ELEMENT XR which are manufactured at the company’s Mass Spectrometry Center of Excellence, based in Bremen.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. introduces a new entry level version of its ARL SMS-2000 Sample Manipulation System for automated metal analysis. Designed to offer foundries and other metals producers a way to fully automate sample analysis, the innovative Thermo Scientific ARL SMS-2000 EL features high sample process rate, reliability and ease of use. Based on the industry reference ARL SMS-2000 and the experience of more than 330 Thermo Scientific OES Automation systems installed worldwide, Thermo Fisher Scientific is now offering an affordable way for smaller metals processors to address testing capacity and reliability of data while reducing manual labor.

Aspectrics, Inc. has extended the capabilities of its recently launched MultiComponent 2750 EP-NIR analyzer to perform reliable and accurate quality assurance measurements of biofuels. The EP-NIR analyzer is capable of monitoring methanol, water and total glycerin in biodiesel, measuring water content in ethanol, biodiesel blend determination and analyzing ethanol/gasoline blends.