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General Monitors, ELPRO Form Partnership
As industrial wireless communication continues to gain acceptance in many process instrumentation and safety applications, it is enabling plant managers to deploy detectors in hard-to-access areas where the cost of a fully wired installation is prohibitive. Wireless transmitters and receivers also allow users to combine different protocol devices into a common network. Also, the wireless extension of industrial automation buses such as Ethernet, wireless Hart and Profibus are thought to facilitate the integration of multiple automation local area networks in different sections of the plant.
 In response to these trends, General Monitors Inc., Lake Forest, Calif., and
ELPRO Technologies, Stafford, Australia, have formed a partnership that will provide wireless technology and communications for advanced gas- and flame-detector products.
As a subsidiary of the MTL Instruments Group, ELPRO is a provider of radio telemetry. The company produces a range of industrial wireless products for process and manufacturing applications. Using ELPRO's wireless devices and ancillary components, General Monitors will provide secure wireless communication for its gas and flame detector product lines. ELPRO products offered by General Monitors will include wireless I/O units, wireless gateways and wireless modems. |
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Cleaver-Brooks Offers Energy-Solutions Program
Aimed at helping customers find significant, quantifiable energy savings while lowering environmental impact and cost of ownership, the Energy-Saving Solutions program from Milwaukee-based
Cleaver-Brooks Inc. encompasses products and services.
 According to the company, the energy-solutions program will focus on technologies developed as part of the
Super Boiler research and testing program
. The energy-solutions agenda will teach users how they can reduce parasitic costs by 12 to 15 percent by employing energy-saving enhancers such as advanced controls, blowdown heat recovery equipment, feedwater accessories, stack economizers and high-efficiency, low-emission boilers. The program's core strategy includes cutting-edge equipment, training programs, engineering support, system audits and equipment services. |
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 Piping, Valves & Insulation
Carefully selecting the piping materials, piping design, valves and insulation used in your thermal fluid heating system is important to control leaks and extend fluid life.
Better Tortilla Chips, Less Scrap
Infrared sensors determine the temperature of an object without making physical contact with it. Here's how the noncontact technology helped optimize the performance of gas-fired ovens used in flour and corn food production operations.
5 Steps to Choosing a Temperature Controller
Evaluate your process and understand your control needs before selecting a controller. This will help ease the job of specifying or purchasing of new single-loop temperature controllers.
 Tips for Drying Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
Conducting a drying study can help you determine where the major resistances to drying occur with your product, and the best types of drying systems to deliver the characteristics desired in pharmaceutical products.
Water-Saving Solution for Chilling Plastics
A new chiller system has helped a plastics manufacturer reduce water costs and meet increased production demands. |
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 Noncontact Thermometer
Simple to operate, Model OSXL450 reads temperatures in less than 1 sec. The noncontact thermometer has a laser-sighting system that defines the target for point-and-shoot measurement of temperatures from -20 to 320°F (-4 to 608°C). With a backlit display for night use and auto power-off, the infrared thermometer includes a wrist strap and batteries.
Omega Engineering Inc., (203) 359-1660
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Insulating Coating
Designed to protect equipment against condensation and corrosion-under-insulation effects, DTI-AC is a specially formulated version of the company's Delta T composite ceramic thermal insulation coating. The nontoxic, noncombustible coating comprises a match-formulated matrix of air-encapsulated insulation particles held in suspension by a high-grade acrylic binder. The coating helps reduce condensation by forming a nearly solid thermal barrier, which is applied directly to the substrate or primer. Thermal insulation particles encased in its low-conduction binder reduce or eliminate condensation, depending on coating thickness.
Mascoat Products, (713) 465-0304 |
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 Turnkey, PLC-Based Control Systems
Hot-air process heating control systems include programmable PLCs that can be preconfigured for multiple heat zones, each with independently controlled heaters or blowers and redundant safety interlocks. Designed for plug-and-play operation, the systems incorporate counters, timers, variable airflow speeds, recipes and more. They can accept a range of heat sources, interface with other industrial controllers, and integrate with existing production and packaging applications.
Malcom Co. Inc., (888) 807-4030
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Power Controller
EPower incorporates a predictive load management function that helps manage power demand. Applications that have traditionally used resistive loads or phase-angle firing now can be reconfigured to burst firing, which may help reduce operational and energy costs. The power controller can be used in true power, phase-angle firing or burst-firing modes. The controller helps reduce power demand via load-sharing and load-shedding techniques.
Eurotherm, (703) 669-1300 |
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Conveyor Oven
Gas-fired conveyor oven includes blow-off and cool-down zones for drying moisture on aluminum replacement coils. The oven has horizontal airflow, a 2'6" x 20'4" x 3'6" work chamber and a 300°F (149°C) max. operating temperature. The 1 by 1" flat-wire belt is driven by a DC drive with potentiometer speed control. Process heating is accomplished via 4,000 ft/min vertical-angled supply nozzles. Controls include a Honeywell UDC2500 controller with autotuning; an Allen-Bradley CompactLogix PLC with Ethernet connection; and a PanelView Plus 600 touchscreen for operating the equipment.
Wisconsin Oven Corp., (262) 642-3938 |
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Sensor Assemblies
Built-to-order RTD, thermistor, thermocouple and semiconductor assemblies are offered for OEMs and high-volume users. Sensing elements, tubing, lead wires, termination design, fittings and calibration can be combined to create custom sensors. Applications include cooling and heating equipment, semiconductor processing, environmental treatment and laboratory apparatus.
Thermalogic Corp., (800) 343-4492 |
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