Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/ TempSensorNEWS Headlines en-us http://www.tempsensornews.com/images/logo.gif http://www.tempsensornews.com/ tsnews at temperaturesensornews dot com http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1296 Industry veteran to help SensorTran further build business, following on 2007 momentum Austin, TX, USA – – SensorTran, developer of advancedDistributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) solutions, today announced that J.F. (Jack) Angel has joined the company as Vice President of Business Development for the Oil & Gas market, focused specifically on pipeline, well, and reservoir monitoring. Mr. Angel is a recognized expert in the oil and gas service business, bringing to the table proven performance in the application of emerging technologies. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Sabeus, Inc. in Houston, Texas, where he had full operational and financial responsibility for all product lines. Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1295 GEC Instrument's Versitile Logging Software is Free! Gainesville, FL, USA -- All GEC temperature & humidity data logging instruments are accompanied by a software package called PinPoint that consists of four seperate modules. PinPoint is designed to run under Microsoft Windows ® . The cost for this versatile and powerful software package is included in the pricing for the instrument. The four PinPoint modules are: * PinPoint Monitor (PPM) is the main program used for display, plotting and logging of temperatures. It also supports a DDE server for communicating temperature data to other programs (including LabView) running on the same computer or over a network. Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1294 Near infrared (NIR) Imager provides wide dynamic range for processes & R&D Franklin Lakes NJ, USA -- Designed for long-term use in harsh industrial environments such as the steel and cement industries, the Thermal View 640N thermal imager provides non-contact measurement of 2D temperature distributions with high dynamic range and spatial resolution. The High Performance Thermal View 640N is used for process monitoring and control for a variety of high temperature applications. The newly developed 640N high temperature IR-Imager with a spectral range in the near infrared (NIR) provides for a wide dynamic range by utilizing a specialized detector and signal processing. A continuous temperature measurement range from 600°C up to 1500°C (2500°C optional) is realized with an array of 640 x 480 or 300,000 temperature points with a measuring frequency of 25 frames per second . Each resulting image contains the full dynamic range and is transmitted via a Fast Ethernet interface in real time. Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1293 To be Exhibited by Everest Interscience at Sensors Expo, 6/9-11/08 Tuscon AZ, USA -- Everest Interscience will be exhibiting at Sensors Expo & Convention, June 9-11, 2008, at Rosemont, Illinois. Here they will be showing their field-variable-focus infrared thermometry system that was recently patented (U. S. Patent 7,355,178). Sensors Expo will be held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. Vario-Therm Series 6000 infrared temperature sensors combine the first infrared thermometry (IRT) system capable of both varying the focus of the infrared temperature sensor and identifying the exact target area where a surface temperature measurement is being taken. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1292 Data Translation Announces “Network-Ready” Version of the Temperature Measurement Instrument MARLBORO MA, USA -- Data Translation has announced the Ethernet (LXI) version of their ultra-accurate temperature measurement instrument TEMPpoint. This network-ready version of the popular instrument provides a standard Ethernet connection to support remote monitoring and control of thermocouples, RTD's, and voltage or resistance in the field and on the factory floor. TEMPpoint has received full Class C compliance and certification for LXI. Compatibility to other LXI devices is now assured for large system configurations. TEMPpoint offers 48 separate channels with 24-bit resolution, each with it's own A/D converter and CJC circuit. 1000V channel-to-channel isolation protects signal integrity and rejects common mode noise. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1291 BreastCare(TM)/BreastAlert(TM) are Differential Temperature Sensor products CEDAR KNOLLS, NJ, USA -- /PRNewswire/ -- Scantek Medical, Inc. has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Scantek Medical do Brasil LTDA has entered into two contracts to sell an aggregate of 70,000 units of its BreastCare(TM)/BreastAlert(TM) Differential Temperature Sensor product ("BreastCare") to two companies in Brazil. BreastCare is a safe, non-invasive, low-cost, single-use medical device that detects tissue heat differentials between the breasts. The pads are placed inside of a woman's bra for 15 minutes, after which the device registers a digital reading of the heat conducted from within the breast tissue. Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1290 GainSpan's Ultra Low-Power Wi-Fi SoC at Heart of Temperature Monitoring Solution With Years of Battery Life FREEHOL, NJ, USA -- /PRNewswire/ -- Aginova Inc. has announced the industry's first Wi-Fi cold storage monitor that provides up to 5-10 years of battery life. Their SentinelPro offers the most advanced Wi-Fi sensing hardware, a portable alarm unit, and a comprehensive software package for monitoring, reporting, and storing of critical storage condition data over time. SentinelPro is based on GainSpan Corporation's(TM) ultra-low power GS1010 Wi-Fi SoC and is able to leverage the existing ubiquitous Wi-Fi network. As a result, the new temperature monitoring solution provides the security, manageability, convenience and benefits of Wi-Fi along with 5-10 years of extended battery life. Fri, 09 May 2008 00:05:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1289 Minneapolis MN, USA -- SureCross™ Temperature Nodes are now available for Banner's Surecross Wireless Network. Designed and purpose-built for Banner’s SureCross Wireless Network, these Nodes are available in versions to support thermocouple/ thermistor inputs and 2-, 3- and 4-wire RTDs. They facilitate easy, rugged wireless temperature sensing for high repeatability and fast response time, requiring no calibration by the user. List price for a Gateway and Instrumentation Node pair is $1438. Thu, 08 May 2008 00:05:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1288 Professional Infrared training without leaving the office Boston MA, USA -- The Infrared Training Center's (ITC's) exciting new live instructor led online courses offer students the opportunity to take high-quality professional courses and earn ITC credits, without the need to travel or even be out of the office. When you register for an online course, you'll receive an email with a link to the course and a toll free telephone number (for U.S. and Canada only) for audio conferencing. All you need to participate is high speed access to the Internet and a telephone. This course will introduce you to FLIR Systems premier report and analysis software, ThermaCAM Reporter Pro 8. Using state-of-the-art software the instructor is able to present the course live over the Internet with audio so students can interact with each other and the instructor. Wed, 07 May 2008 00:05:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1287 Dexter Lab's IR Imaging Products Dexter, MI, USA -- Dexter Research currently offers the SLA32, a 2×16 staggered element silicon-based thermopile array. Additionally, development is continuing on future imaging products with integrated electronics. Please contact us with your specific requirements. SLA32: 2 x 16 staggered element silicon-based thermopile array. It offers a proven design with no readout electronics for spectral analysis and line temperature measurements. Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1286 Heitronics Series CT09 approved by the German Motor Transport Authority Wiesbaden, Germany -- High accuracy, short response time and extreme long product life are substantial arguments for using this series for non contact temperature measurement from -30 to 900°C. In addition to the typical applications in food industry, or temperature measurement of asphalt, building materials, glass, plastics, paper + textiles, this series now also meets the e1-approval according to EC directive, and can be used successfully in vehicles for the control of road conditions. Mon, 05 May 2008 00:05:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1285 MadgeTech, Inc. has announce TCTemp2000, a thermocouple temperature data logger with two LCD displays of temperature Warner NH, USA -- This N.I.S.T. traceable device has user-selectable measurement units, programmable start and stop time, and displays both the current ambient and thermocouple temperature readings. The large screen provides convenient access to the minimum, maximum and average statistics, as well as displaying battery level, external power status, sampling and recording status. An easy to use front panel key pad offers a quick and efficient way to change settings. Sun, 04 May 2008 00:05:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1284 Colchester VT, USA -- Isotech's Optimal Metal Clad Cells are available in Indium, Tin, Zinc, and Aluminum and can be provided with one of two UKAS certificates depending on the amount of testing done of the cell. For their Standard Service they perform one melt and one freeze of the cell plus one intercomparison with Isotech's reference Cell. For their Premium Service they perform three melts, three freezes and two intercomparisons. The uncertainties for these two options are listed below. Sat, 03 May 2008 00:05:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1283 Elstree, UK -- Sensornet has announced a supply and cooperation agreement for its Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) technology with Ziebel. The supply agreement will allow further expansion of Ziebel's current fibre optic permanent downhole monitoring solutions as well as intervention services, and will strengthen Sensornet’s position as the industry leading supplier of fibre optic monitoring products and services. The partnership enables Ziebel's intervention technologies and competencies to be combined with the industry’s most advanced DTS products and services from Sensornet. This allows for the provision of data management and interpretation services by FloQuest, enabling advanced analysis of DTS and other sensors for flow allocation, injection profiling, and well integrity monitoring. Fri, 02 May 2008 00:05:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1282 Sensornet installs Distributed Temperature System in Mideast Elstree, UK -- Sensornet, a global provider of advanced monitoring solutions, has successfully installed the world’s first distributed fibre optic monitoring system (DTS) in a Maximum Reservoir Contact (MRC) oil well for a major operator in the Middle East. Regarded as the most complex well type ever monitored by a fibre optic DTS system, the system allows continuous monitoring of flow contribution from two side-tracks as well as the mother bore in the multilateral well. Deployment in the 14,500 ft deep well was achieved in less than two days, with the Sensornet SureSightTM cable passing through three permanent production packers and three Inflow Control Valves (ICV). Thu, 01 May 2008 00:05:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1281 Ensuring Safe Shipment, Storage and Handling While Increasing Yield, Quality and Accountability in the Cold Supply Chain DALLAS TX, USA--(Marketwire) - Xterprise Incorporated, a Gold-Certified Microsoft™ ISV partner, has announced the general availability of its Clarity™ CCI - Cold Chain Integrity solution. The solution addresses the need to ensure safe handling, storage and shipment of pharmaceuticals, engineered materials, produce, foods and beverages, and volatile raw materials by continuously monitoring and analyzing various environmental variables that affect the integrity and quality of these products. "The risk is real and the stakes are high. Whether your industry is pharmaceutical, healthcare, food, beverage, specialized material, or logistics providers to these industries, the loss of a single shipment can range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars," said Jim Caudill, SVP of Marketing and Strategy at Xterprise. "The Clarity CCI™ solution minimizes this risk using Active RFID technology to continuously monitor temperature, movement, humidity, and many other variables, providing highly granular visibility and analysis of these variables across all stakeholders." Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1280 An Article From the PTB,the National Metrology Institute of Germany Abstract Among the great variety of temperature-measurement techniques, radiation thermometry has a unique potential. As an optical contactless method, it allows remote sensing of the object temperature without influencing it, measurements of rapidly moving objects, and measurements of very high temperatures. Its high flexibility, its great accuracy potential, and the possibility of accurately tracing the measurement back to the International Temperature Scale (ITS) have made radiation thermometry a method widely used in science, industry, medicine, and everyday life. Traceability of temperature measurements is of increasing importance, as further globalisation will require comparability of temperature measurement world-wide. This can be ensured only if the measurement can be traced back to the ITS, which means that the result of a measurement can be related to stated references of the ITS through an unbroken chain of comparisons, all of them with stated uncertainties. The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), the National Metrology Institute of Germany, maintains, provides, and further develops a wide range of instrumentation for radiation temperature measurements, allowing temperature measurements to be carried out from -60°C to 3000 °C which are directly traceable to the ITS. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1279 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 1:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -04:00, New York) Duration: 40 minutes - Presenter: John Snell - Session Fee: $45 The Web -- The Snell Group's Infrared Thermography for Home Inspectors Webinar will help attendees learn about how infrared can assist home inspectors by increasing the effectiveness of their services. Discover why thermography is used, the types of issues that can be detected, what training and equipment are recommended as well as standards and resources that are available. The presentation will last 30 minutes followed by an available 10 minute question and answer session. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1278 Omega OM-CP-PRHTEMP2000 with LCD Display Stamford CT, USA -- The OM-CP-PRHTEMP2000 is perfect for applications requiring instant remote readings of environmental parameters, including temperature, humidity and atmospheric pressure. The 8-button keypad and large LCD provide convenient access to current data and recorder configuration. Statistics can be cleared at any time during logging. Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1277 From SPIE Defense and Security 2008 The Web: These presentations from SPIE’s Infrared Technology and Applications conference, given on 19 March 2008 at SPIE Defense+Security, cover 3rd Generation Infrared Imagers. This family of imagers is designed to answer the performance requirements of the defense and security communities for longer target detection, recognition, identification, and intent determination ranges. These requirements are the drivers behind the dramatic development of several leading edge technologies in the fields of infrared focal plane arrays, FPAs, and the smart signal processing in and behind these FPAs. Performance requirements, technology development, and imager concepts are discussed by the presenters. Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1276 Marlboro MA, USA -- From the folks at Data Translation comes three Myths and truths about using data acquisition devices to make better temperature measurements. Myth #1 Thermocouples and RTDs are difficult to measure precisely because they are tiny signals, usually in the presence of noise and common mode voltage. The approach to make good measurements is to isolate each channel from the other and from the computer ground. The maximum isolation range should be well in excess of the highest common mode voltage. Then measurement should be made with a 24-bit A/D converter per channel to get maximum accuracy. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:49:08 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1275 Promises Biochem Advances {CAPTION: The NIST terahertz imaging system reveals slight temperature differences, as shown in this post-processed image. The color scale ranges from blue indicating 301 K or 28.75 degrees C, to red indicating 302.5 K or 29.35 degrees C. The image was made of the test scene shown in the photo, a room-temperature ring on top of a warmer absorber material. Quantitative analysis shows the current system can distinguish structures with dimensions as small as 4 millimeters, to be significantly improved in the future. Credit: NIST} Gaitherburg MD, USA -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new imaging system that detects naturally occurring terahertz radiation with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution. The technology may become a new tool chemical and biochemical analyses ranging from early tumor detection to rapid and precise identification of chemical hazards for homeland security instruments. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1274 A Cool Pair {CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE- CAPTION:Colorized micrograph of a NIST chip combining four microrefrigerators (circled in red) with a superconducting sensor (large orange square in the middle). The self-cooling chip could be used for applications ranging from detailed X-ray analysis of semiconductors to detection of microwave signals in deep space.Photo Credit: N. Miller, K. Talbott NIST} Gaithersburg MD, USA -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have combined two tiny but powerful NIST inventions on a single microchip, a cryogenic sensor and a microrefrigerator. The combination offers the possibility of cheaper, simpler and faster precision analysis of materials such as semiconductors and stardust. As described in an upcoming issue of Applied Physics Letters,* the NIST team combined a transition-edge sensor (TES), a superconducting thin film that identifies X-ray signatures far more precisely than any other device, with a solid-state refrigerator based on a sandwich of a normal metal, an insulator and a superconductor. The combo chip, a square about a quarter inch on a side, achieved the first cooling of a fully functional detector (or any useful device) with a microrefrigerator. The paper also reports the greatest temperature reduction in a separate object by microrefrigerators: a temperature drop of 110 millikelvins (mK), or about a tenth of a degree Celsius. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1273 An Online Tool to Help in Picking A Fluke IR Imaging Device Everett, WA USA -- Merely "Select the product attributes needed for your application. The products that match those attributes will appear on the left." So reads the instructions on this unique webpage at the Fluke Corp website. The choices at present are among their thermal imaging camera products that at present include: The Ti20, Ti30, Ti40FT, Ti45FT, Ti45FT/HT, Ti50FT, Ti55FT, TiR2FT, TiR3FT, TiR4FT, Ti10, Ti25, TiR and TiR1. There is little to distinguish among them by appearance, only three different body styles show in the images. But there's more to help you pick one. Making a wise decision depends on how well you understand and appreciate the meaning and significance of the terminology used and how experiences you are in the art & technology behind these the uses of these amazing devices. Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:04:14 -0700 http://www.tempsensornews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1272 Designed for active IR imaging methods like Lock-in and Pulse Thermography Erlangen, Germany -- This new large format high-speed infrared camera from IRCAM GmbH is specially designed for research applications. With an image size of 327.680 (640 x 512) pixels the IR camera allows a full frame rate up to 100 Hz per second and an effective data rate of 62.5 Mbyte/s (32.7 MPixel/s). The Equus 327k SM pro IR camera permits high flexibility and a very high thermal resolution even at short integration times. As a special feature the IRCAM Equus 327k SM pro has an integrated MIO measurement interface high-precision acquisition, digitizing and processing of external signals and generation of control signals for external devices. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:10:00 -0700