The benefits of field-device diagnostics are often acclaimed in qualitative terms, but on a much lower frequency in quantitative ones. Yet, an attractive cost-benefit analysis is necessary for almost any initiative to make it off the drawing board and into…
Last month, this company introduced three new or improved transit-time ultrasonic flowmeters. The new Innova-Sonic 203 has been optimized for good performance and lower cost, without the feature-rich option for dedicated clamp-on ultrasonic metering. The company’s highest performing instrument of…
The Microshim is a precision adjustable shim for positioning large machinery, leveling grinding equipment, adjusting roll assemblies, leveling extruders and injection molding equipment and more. The simple, compact device comes in packs of four, and is milled from a solid…
The 4CM carbon-monoxide sensor was developed to meet the most stringent toxic-gas and mining standards. The 4CM is said to respond 12% faster to CO hazards and recovers in over half the time of the industry average for other sensors.…
The Gladiator Acoustic Switch series is designed for continuous operation in applications in which detecting blocked feed chutes is important. The device has two acoustic wave transducers that pulse and receive each other’s acoustic echoes. Using this company’s specially developed…
The next-generation xSort handheld energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer now comes in a smaller, lightweight package. The instrument offers improved analytical performance, the company says. The xSort is designed for high-throughput elemental testing and spectrochemical analysis of a wide range of…
The new Rosemount Analytical Mode RB Sensor is designed for optimum sensor life in demanding scrubber applications. pH sensors are said to be most vulnerable to failure due to poisoning of the reference junction. The new RB sensor features a…
This company has added a compact thermoelectric thermostatting device to its line of accessories for its gas sorption instruments — used to measure pore size and surface area of materials and powders — and gas pycnometers. The device uses Peltier…
The new Type 8022 flow transmitter and pulse divider combines the functions of the company’s 8021 pulse divider and its 8023 flow transmitter into a single device. This electronic module can display and further process the flow measured by the…
Intergraph (Huntsville, Ala.; www.intergraph.com) has released the latest versions of its next-generation plant, offshore and materials handling design solutions, SmartPlant 3D, SmartMarine 3D and SmartPlant 3D Materials Handling Edition. Collectively known as Smart 3D, they are said to be the…