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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Play the Percentages Game!

With budgets under pressure everywhere, the good news is that Casella (UK) is offering customers an incentive to upgrade their monitoring instrumentation.

An old for new replacement scheme can save users up to 30% on new replacements, plus the company is offering a 50% reduction on its Microdust to encourage SHE professionals to work with real time dust data. Real time dust monitoring allows you to quickly assess workplace and individual tasks for inhalation hazards enabling you to make instants decisions, rather than waiting days for retrospective gravimetric data gained from traditional personal air samplers. The 50% discount applies to all Microdust Real time Dust Monitors and Dust Detective area monitoring unit.

Although the old for new replacement scheme does not apply to already discounted products, it does bring substantial savings to all other Casella monitoring technology when old product in any condition and from any manufactures are traded in for disposal. The saving of up 30% are available on equipment such as sound level meters, dust monitors and air sampling pumps, and should enable SHE Professional to proceed with necessary equipment upgrades despite budgetary limitations imposed upon them.

AirSentry II – Airborne Molecular Contamination monitor

Particle Measuring System (USA) Airborne Molecular Contamination (AMC) monitor, the AirSentry II, was designed for high sensitivity, speed, and low cost. Building upon the original AirSentry-IMS system, the new Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS) cell provides ppt sensitivity, fast response, and increased selectivity. Continuous coverage of a critical monitoring point and a central software platform allow for easy data acquisition and analysis.

Current monitoring techniques, most evolving from a strategy of adapting old technology to contamination applications, are proving inadequate as critical dimensions shrink and lithography tools increase their exposure energy. Problem such as lack of time resolution, sample transport contamination, and insufficient sensitivity have become increasingly problematic. Working to resolve these inadequacies, the AirSentry II continuously monitors a critical point with the highest sensitivity offered in a low cost, point-of-use AMC monitor.

The Pulsar Instrument – Ultra Simple Sound Level Meter

Combining computer technology with ultra simple operation, the Pulsar Instruments (UK) sound level meter model 14 is an entry level instrument intended to be used primarily for factory surveys to enable employers to meet the “Noise at Work” regulations at the lowest possible cost.
As well as simplicity in operation, particular attention has been paid to the display and a new design of LCD has been used with very high legibility in all light conditions. The unit has not only the A-frequency-weighting required by the EU directive, but as well, C- Frequency-weighting, both with F-time-weighting or what was traditionally called ‘Fast response’.

The intent of the model 14 is to carry out an initial survey of factories and other workplace where the noise levels are not expected to be very high. If during and initial survey, no noise level is found that is over say 75dBA, no worker can be exposed to dangerous noise levels and the employer can be confident that he is fully compliant with the current regulations. Even if one or more slightly higher levels are found, these can be avoided or a more complex Leq meter can be used to quantify the average level, or a Personal Sound Exposure meter such as the Pulsar Model 22 ‘doseBadge’ used to measure the noise exposure of individual workers. A high sensitivity range is also fitted, going down to 35 decibels to allow noise to be checked at the boundary of any premises to ensure that noise is not escaping from a workplace.

A major problem with measuring noise accurately for the purposes of the EU directive is the presence of many ultra low cost units, intended for hi-fi. That can be bought from many non-professional retail outlets, but these are simply not suitable for measuring industrial noise as they have not been checked for accuracy and in general cannot be officially approved. Model 14 is normally supplied as a kit including a calibrator – mandated by the Directive as well as the operating manual etc, housed in a carrying pouch and fully complies with the latest International standards IEC 61672 at Class 2 level as well as the older IEC 60651 Type 2.lt therefore offers the lowest cost fully compliant meter available on the European market.
Pulsar Instruments plc have been manufacturing high quality sound measuring equipment since 1969, in the USA and Uk and offer their standard 2 – year warranty with model 14 that can be extended at no cost, when the instrument is regularly calibrated.

Showing posts with label Health and Safety Tool. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health and Safety Tool. Show all posts

Play the Percentages Game!

With budgets under pressure everywhere, the good news is that Casella (UK) is offering customers an incentive to upgrade their monitoring instrumentation.

An old for new replacement scheme can save users up to 30% on new replacements, plus the company is offering a 50% reduction on its Microdust to encourage SHE professionals to work with real time dust data. Real time dust monitoring allows you to quickly assess workplace and individual tasks for inhalation hazards enabling you to make instants decisions, rather than waiting days for retrospective gravimetric data gained from traditional personal air samplers. The 50% discount applies to all Microdust Real time Dust Monitors and Dust Detective area monitoring unit.

Although the old for new replacement scheme does not apply to already discounted products, it does bring substantial savings to all other Casella monitoring technology when old product in any condition and from any manufactures are traded in for disposal. The saving of up 30% are available on equipment such as sound level meters, dust monitors and air sampling pumps, and should enable SHE Professional to proceed with necessary equipment upgrades despite budgetary limitations imposed upon them.

AirSentry II – Airborne Molecular Contamination monitor

Particle Measuring System (USA) Airborne Molecular Contamination (AMC) monitor, the AirSentry II, was designed for high sensitivity, speed, and low cost. Building upon the original AirSentry-IMS system, the new Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS) cell provides ppt sensitivity, fast response, and increased selectivity. Continuous coverage of a critical monitoring point and a central software platform allow for easy data acquisition and analysis.

Current monitoring techniques, most evolving from a strategy of adapting old technology to contamination applications, are proving inadequate as critical dimensions shrink and lithography tools increase their exposure energy. Problem such as lack of time resolution, sample transport contamination, and insufficient sensitivity have become increasingly problematic. Working to resolve these inadequacies, the AirSentry II continuously monitors a critical point with the highest sensitivity offered in a low cost, point-of-use AMC monitor.

The Pulsar Instrument – Ultra Simple Sound Level Meter

Combining computer technology with ultra simple operation, the Pulsar Instruments (UK) sound level meter model 14 is an entry level instrument intended to be used primarily for factory surveys to enable employers to meet the “Noise at Work” regulations at the lowest possible cost.
As well as simplicity in operation, particular attention has been paid to the display and a new design of LCD has been used with very high legibility in all light conditions. The unit has not only the A-frequency-weighting required by the EU directive, but as well, C- Frequency-weighting, both with F-time-weighting or what was traditionally called ‘Fast response’.

The intent of the model 14 is to carry out an initial survey of factories and other workplace where the noise levels are not expected to be very high. If during and initial survey, no noise level is found that is over say 75dBA, no worker can be exposed to dangerous noise levels and the employer can be confident that he is fully compliant with the current regulations. Even if one or more slightly higher levels are found, these can be avoided or a more complex Leq meter can be used to quantify the average level, or a Personal Sound Exposure meter such as the Pulsar Model 22 ‘doseBadge’ used to measure the noise exposure of individual workers. A high sensitivity range is also fitted, going down to 35 decibels to allow noise to be checked at the boundary of any premises to ensure that noise is not escaping from a workplace.

A major problem with measuring noise accurately for the purposes of the EU directive is the presence of many ultra low cost units, intended for hi-fi. That can be bought from many non-professional retail outlets, but these are simply not suitable for measuring industrial noise as they have not been checked for accuracy and in general cannot be officially approved. Model 14 is normally supplied as a kit including a calibrator – mandated by the Directive as well as the operating manual etc, housed in a carrying pouch and fully complies with the latest International standards IEC 61672 at Class 2 level as well as the older IEC 60651 Type 2.lt therefore offers the lowest cost fully compliant meter available on the European market.
Pulsar Instruments plc have been manufacturing high quality sound measuring equipment since 1969, in the USA and Uk and offer their standard 2 – year warranty with model 14 that can be extended at no cost, when the instrument is regularly calibrated.