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A Wi-Fi transmitter for wireless data monitoring

The new wSeries Wi-Fi transmitter communicates on a standard Wi-Fi network, which is an economical solution for facilities with an existing Wi-Fi network as well as for new installations. Transmitters are available for analog voltage (0–10 V) and current (4–20…

A compact, digital pressure gage with high accuracy

A digital pressure gage combines the accuracy of digital technology with the simplicity of an analog pressure-measuring device. Given its very high sampling rate of 100 measurements per second, the CPG500 digital pressure gage (photo) is able to capture fast…

Extended hardware and software functions for this control system

Version 8 of the Simatic PCS 7 process-control system boasts a host of new functions. The new features range from improved data exchange and an easier engineering workflow, more powerful communication, redundancy-related and fault-tolerant functions to new controllers and extended…

Major enhancements for BatchReactor software

Last month, this company released a completely new version of its software for batch chemical reactors simulation, BatchReactor. The new software combines detailed equipment modeling, reaction engineering and advanced numerical methods to create a state-of-the-art simulation environment for chemists and…

This software presents NIR data in realtime

This supplier of online near-infrared (NIR) sensors now offers the NIRView process monitoring software. With NIRView, the measurement from the NIR sensor is presented graphically to operators in realtime, giving instant knowledge of the process. NIRView shows trend charts as…

ProSim releases a major enhancement of BatchReactor  

ProSim (Toulouse, France; www.prosim.net), which provides process simulation and optimization software to the chemical process industries (CPI), announces the release of a completely new version of BatchReactor, its software for batch chemical reactors simulation. The new software combines detailed equipment…

This control thermometer requires no external power

The TGT70 thermometer has both an electrical output signal and an onsite display, yet requires no external power supply. This expansion thermometer for industrial applications operates in the temperature range of –40 to 250°C, and has selectable output signal of…

A tool for measuring properties of high-voltage insulation

The Tettex 2830/2831 is designed to test dielectric properties of liquid and solid insulating materials. The instrument incorporates a fast and advanced procedure to measure capacitance, d.c. resistance and relative permittivity. The graphical user interface of the instrument is highly…

Lots of features come with this thermal imager

The OSXL 160 thermal imager is said to be the most versatile and competitively priced unit on the market. The device covers the temperature range of –20 to 1,200°C, and has many special features, such as voice annotation, analysis software,…

Higher data acquisition rates for this rheometer

This company has extended its rheometer accessory range to support ultraviolet (UV) curing cell requirements. With common oscillatoric shear methods, it is often difficult to monitor UV-induced reactions that may occur in just a few seconds during the curing process.…