http://www.tempsensornews.com TempSensorNEWS Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:44:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/fully-calibrated-temperature-dataloggers/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/fully-calibrated-temperature-dataloggers/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:30:39 +0000 CAS News http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=8706 Prove Regulatory Compliance CHESTERLAND OH, USA – — CAS DataLoggers is proud to announce it will soon be offering in-house temperature calibration service to customers, utilizing its wealth of electrical engineering knowledge and experience to offer a complete datalogging solution to meet the demands of any temperature monitoring application. CAS has recently acquired temperature calibration [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/fully-calibrated-temperature-dataloggers/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/trade-in-one-of-your-old-fluke-temp-calibrators-save-up-to-17/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/trade-in-one-of-your-old-fluke-temp-calibrators-save-up-to-17/#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:06:36 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=8249 Everett WA, USA  — Now through May 31, 2012, trade in one of your old temperature calibrators and receive 12% of the purchase price of a new Fluke Calibration Metrology Well, Handheld Reference Thermometer, or Infrared Calibrator. Submit your purchase order before December 19, 2011 and they’ll sweeten the deal with an additional 5% off [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/trade-in-one-of-your-old-fluke-temp-calibrators-save-up-to-17/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/choosing-sensor/learn-all-about-traceable-temp-calibration/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/choosing-sensor/learn-all-about-traceable-temp-calibration/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:57:31 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=8228 From Fluke Calibration: Everett WA, USA — Temperature is likely the most widely measured parameter in industry today. Thermocouples (TCs), Resistance Temperature Detectors (RTDs), Platinum Resistance Thermometers (PRTs), Liquid-in-Glass thermometers (LIGs). With so many temperature sensors to calibrate, how do you know what equipment is best for the job? Plus… How do I measure temperature? [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/choosing-sensor/learn-all-about-traceable-temp-calibration/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/new-millik-secondary-thermometer/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/new-millik-secondary-thermometer/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:59:20 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7963 Merseyside, England & Colchester VY, USA & Shanghai, P.R. China —  Isotech are pleased to announce the MilliK, a new Precision Thermometer, named after the unit for one thousandth of a degree Celsius, 1 mK, 0.001 °C. The MilliK is accurate to 3 mK (0.003 °C) with a resolution of 0.0001°C. It can be used with [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/new-millik-secondary-thermometer/feed/ 1 http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/humicalc%c2%ae-with-uncertainty/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/humicalc%c2%ae-with-uncertainty/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:00:17 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7787 Albuquerque NM, USA — The Ultimate in Complex Humidity Conversions features highly accurate formulas that replace charts and tables. It automatically applies enhancement factors and temperature/pressure corrections. It includes user selectable units for temperature, pressure, vapor pressure, density, and enthalpy. Now includes the ability to calculate uncertainty and As Found Error DESCRIPTION HumiCalc® software is [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/humicalc%c2%ae-with-uncertainty/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/nir-helps-grade-grasses-for-ethanol-yields/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/nir-helps-grade-grasses-for-ethanol-yields/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:30:07 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7718 A Quick Way… By Don Comis  August 18, 2011 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers have developed an inexpensive way to grade the ethanol potential of perennial grasses at the biorefinery’s loading dock. That future has been made possible by a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists, including Ken Vogel, Rob Mitchell, and Steve [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/nir-helps-grade-grasses-for-ethanol-yields/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/new-cyclops-as-transfer-standards/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/new-cyclops-as-transfer-standards/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:50:30 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7608 Dronfield, UK –  The Land Instruments Cyclops Models 100B+ and 160B+ are the latest evolution in the Land Cyclops range of handheld Infrared Radiation Thermometers. They are visually very similar to any other Cyclops instrument. However, additional work has gone into each of these instruments with updated firmware and a more rigorous calibration. The results [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/new-cyclops-as-transfer-standards/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/7554/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/7554/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:04:04 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7554 Online — Here’s a great little video featuring the ThermoWorks calibration lab and one if its reference thermometers  in a little competitive side-by-side speed testing between the Splash-Proof Thermapen and some of the other “instant read” digital thermometers on the market. If they missed testing your favorite device, drop them a line with a recommended [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/7554/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermowells/two-days-left-for-its9-abstracts/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermowells/two-days-left-for-its9-abstracts/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:42:09 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7382 Held Once per Decade – The Top Temperature Meeting in Los Angeles – March 2012 ITS9 – the International Temperature Symposium – A friendly reminder that we are just two days away from the July 15 deadline for ITS9 Abstracts. We’ll be sending out a bulk email reminder to our general mail list. Do you [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermowells/two-days-left-for-its9-abstracts/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/infrared-collimator/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/infrared-collimator/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:42:18 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7370 LWC-58 Collimator Attachment for MRTD-50 Differential Blackbody Newton MA, USA —  This collimator attachment allows infinity-focus testing of Long Wave Infrared (LWIR) optics and Infrared Thermal Imaging and Night Vision cameras of apertures up to 58 mm. The instrument’s germanium lens is coated for operation from 7–14 ?m. Optics for other wavebands may be furnished [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/infrared-collimator/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/temperature-calibration-resources-at-flukecal/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/temperature-calibration-resources-at-flukecal/#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:15:34 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7362 Online — The new website at FlukeCal is more than a run-of-the-mill catalog website. It embodies many of the “Web 2.0″ features that make such advanced websites more useful to their visitors. Among the features of this site is the series on the “Calibration and Metrology Web Seminar Series Archives” page that stands out for [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/temperature-calibration-resources-at-flukecal/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermowells/new-temp-instrumentation-plant-in-u-s-a/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermowells/new-temp-instrumentation-plant-in-u-s-a/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:05:32 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7244 New plant to help meet the 40% increase in demand for Endress+Hauser’s temperature instrumentation Greenwood IN, USA — Endress+Hauser officially opened a new Temperature production facility in Indiana on June 15th. The 12,000 sq. ft. manufacturing plant will build temperature sensors, thermowells, transmitters, recorders, flow computers, safety barriers, displays and other instrumentation to meet the [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermowells/new-temp-instrumentation-plant-in-u-s-a/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/choosing-sensor/paper-call-ninth-temp-symposium/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/choosing-sensor/paper-call-ninth-temp-symposium/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:06:09 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7238 Los Angeles USA | 19-23 March 2012 The Ninth International Temperature Symposium, ITS9, will be held in March of 2012, in conjunction with the Measurement Science Conference 2012, along with a combined technology exhibition. Sponsored by: Measurement Science Conference (MSC) and the USA’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Proceedings published by: American Institute [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/choosing-sensor/paper-call-ninth-temp-symposium/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/beamex%e2%80%99s-cal-lab-services-adds-temperature/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/beamex%e2%80%99s-cal-lab-services-adds-temperature/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 05:47:16 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7110 Traceable recalibration services for the temperature range from -80 °C to +660 °C Marietta GA, USA –  The Beamex Calibration Laboratory provides traceable calibration services in pressure, DC current, DC voltage, resistance, frequency and now also in temperature. A traceable, accredited calibration certificate is needed if a plant operates according to a quality system, such [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/beamex%e2%80%99s-cal-lab-services-adds-temperature/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/new-website-for-blackbody-calibrators-of-ir-sensors/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/new-website-for-blackbody-calibrators-of-ir-sensors/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 05:41:24 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7093 Newton MA, USA –  Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC (BD&E) is pleased to announce the launch of a new website to promote its thermal imaging calibration instruments. The site, www.irblackbody.com, caters particularly to the needs of a select market within the wide range of customers that BD&E services. BD&E has made a mark in several [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/new-website-for-blackbody-calibrators-of-ir-sensors/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/ukas-temp-calibration/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/ukas-temp-calibration/#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2011 06:05:40 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6930 Contact & Non-contact Thermometer Calibration Services Chorley, UK — Lambda Calibration is a  UKAS temperature laboratory that uses a range of reference platinum resistance thermometers, noble metal thermocouples, stirred liquid baths, specially designed isothermal calibration furnaces and black body sources to provide a comprehensive facility for cost-effective thermometer calibration over the range -35 ºC to [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/ukas-temp-calibration/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/millik-precision-thermometer/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/millik-precision-thermometer/#comments Sat, 02 Apr 2011 14:00:26 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6715 Colchester VT, USA / Southport, UK / Shanghai, P.R. China –  The milliK Precision Thermometer from Isotech sets a new standard for the high accuracy measurement and calibration of Platinum Resistance Thermometers, Thermistors, Thermocouple and Process Instrumentation (4-20 mA) over the range -270 °C to 1820 °C. In addition to low uncertainty measurements from Reference [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/millik-precision-thermometer/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/isothermal-technology-ltd-offers-irls-rb-calibrator/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/isothermal-technology-ltd-offers-irls-rb-calibrator/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:18:46 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6713 Has signed a license to Develop, Sell and Produce IRL’s Resistance Bridge Calibrator (RBC) Southport, UK & Colchester VT, USA  — Industrial Research Ltd of New Zealand (IRL) has developed and patented a Resistance Bridge Calibrator designed for quick and simple, in-house calibrations of AC and DC thermometry bridges, with an accuracy of better than [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/isothermal-technology-ltd-offers-irls-rb-calibrator/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/profilepmod-the-world-radiation-center-wrc/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/profilepmod-the-world-radiation-center-wrc/#comments Sat, 26 Mar 2011 04:15:16 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6686 In 1971, the PMOD was designated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO, Geneva) to serve as a World Radiation Center (WRC). The Swiss government offered the WMO to operate the WRC as a contribution to the World Weather Watch Program (WWW ) A further service was added in 1996 with the operation of the World [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/profilepmod-the-world-radiation-center-wrc/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/new-high-performance-infrared-camera/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/new-high-performance-infrared-camera/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 07:00:58 +0000 VincentM http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6592 TEL-1000 Features 3 Wavelength Options QUEBEC, CANADA — Telops is pleased to announce the launch of its newest infrared camera. The TEL-1000 is a significant addition to Telops’ innovative line of cooled infrared cameras. This expansion reinforces Telops’ position as a leader in the high performance infrared camera market. Currently shipping, the TEL-1000 is available [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/new-high-performance-infrared-camera/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/article-from-tempmeko-ishm-2010/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/article-from-tempmeko-ishm-2010/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:20:31 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6388 The Joint International Symposium on Temperature, Humidity, Moisture and Thermal Measurements in Industry and Science (May 31st – June 4th 2010) – (www.tempmeko-ishm.org) was held in Portorož, Slovenia, located on the Slovenian coast on the Adriatic sea. In a recent report from the organization the participants presented a total of 349 contributions. The first special [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/article-from-tempmeko-ishm-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/choosing-sensor/replacing-mercury-thermometer/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/choosing-sensor/replacing-mercury-thermometer/#comments Sun, 27 Feb 2011 09:00:56 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6536 Consider the STIK Thermometer Everett WA, USA –  Many of the United States states and European Union countries have already banned the use of ASTM mercury-filled thermometers in industrial applications. Some organizations have replaced their mercury thermometers with more durable,  portable electronic thermometers, only to discover that some resistance temperature detector (RTD) probes lack the [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/choosing-sensor/replacing-mercury-thermometer/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/testing-troubleshooting-calibrating-process-temp-devices/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/testing-troubleshooting-calibrating-process-temp-devices/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:50:20 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6531 Webinar by Fluke:   Online –  Join industry expert Jim Shields ,Fluke Marketing and Technical Product Manager, to learn about testing, troubleshooting, and calibrating process temperature devices in Fluke’s  newest webinar in the Process Troubleshooting Webinar Series. Jim uses his 15-plus years of experience testing and troubleshooting equipment in the process control industry to make [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/testing-troubleshooting-calibrating-process-temp-devices/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/end-of-an-era-no-more-nist-cals-for-hg-filled-ligs/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/end-of-an-era-no-more-nist-cals-for-hg-filled-ligs/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 05:00:29 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6445 NIST to Stop Calibrating Mercury Thermometers Gaithersburg MD, USA — The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will no longer provide calibration services for mercury-filled, Liquid-in-Glass (LIG) thermometers as of March 1, 2011. The ending of the mercury thermometer calibration program marks the end of an era at NIST, which has provided the service [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/end-of-an-era-no-more-nist-cals-for-hg-filled-ligs/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/high-temp-dry-block-calibrator/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/high-temp-dry-block-calibrator/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:45:02 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6293 Highly Accurate – Wide Range With Excellent Stability for TCs, RTDs & Other Sensors Stamford CT, USA –  The Omega CL1201 is designed to provide very accurate and repeatable thermal calibration between 400 °C and 1200 °C for a wide variety of thermocouples and other temperature sensors in industries such as glass manufacture, power generation, [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/high-temp-dry-block-calibrator/feed/ 2 http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/new-bbs-calibration-source/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/new-bbs-calibration-source/#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2011 11:00:32 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6222 PRECISION MID TO HIGH TEMPERATURE BLACKBODY SOURCE WITH UNIQUE SPHERICAL CAVITY DESIGN PRODUCES SUPERIOR RESULTS The high accuracy, Process Sensors bench type design model BBS 1150, blackbody calibration source, features high emissivity of +0.995, a large 2” diameter aperture and a superior uniformly heated spherical cavity. Model BBS1150 blackbody calibration source offers a wide temperature [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/new-bbs-calibration-source/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/1594a1595a-super-thermometers/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/1594a1595a-super-thermometers/#comments Sat, 11 Dec 2010 06:04:16 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6098 Thermometry bridge accuracy combined with time-saving features Everett WA, USA — The Fluke 1594A and 1595A Super-Thermometers from Hart Scientific combine the accuracy of complex and expensive bridges with innovative features that simplify measurement processes and provide excellent value. They are accurate enough for the primary lab and economical enough for the secondary lab. With [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/calibration/1594a1595a-super-thermometers/feed/ 1 http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/its9-cfp/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/its9-cfp/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:59:06 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6058 9th International Temperature Symposium Los Angeles / Disneyland CA, USA – March 19-23, 2012 The 9th International Temperature Symposium will be held in March of 2012, in conjunction with the Measurement Science Conference 2012, along with a combined technology exhibition. Sponsored by: Measurement Science Conference (MSC) (www.msc-conf.com) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/its9-cfp/feed/ 0