Gone are the headaches normally associated with valves.

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. “Looking for a solenoid valve that works with your design” not against it? Then look no further than the family of Diaphragm Isolated Solenoid Valves from Valcor Scientific.

Valcor Diaphragm Isolated Solenoid Valves (series SV 51 and SV 73) use flexible diaphragms or bellows to isolate operating parts from the fluid being handled. Metal-to-fluid contact is eliminated along with the contamination, corrosion and clogging that occurs in wetted valves. With Valcor Diaphragm Isolated Solenoid Valves, you get fluid integrity in a completely inert environment.

Providing access to the solutions engineers need to realize their designs is central to our work, says Al LaMastra, Business Unit Manager at Valcor Scientific. Our diaphragm solenoids are a big part of that.

With all-Teflon® construction and Polypropylene bodies, Valcor’s Diaphragm Isolated Solenoid Valves come in two-way normally closed and normally open, and three-way configurations. Seal materials include Viton, EPDM and Teflon®. Standard voltages are 24 VDC and 115vac/60Hz, while pressures range from vacuum to 100 psi and floe rates up to Cv 3.5.

Since 1951, Valcor Scientific has been a leader in the design and manufacture of a broad range of pumps and valves for analytical chemistry, medical, biomedical and scientific instrumentation as well as light industrial applications. With a wide-reaching sales network dedicated to helping engineers bring their designs to market, Valcor Scientific is based in Springfield, New Jersey, and is a division of Valcor Engineering Corporation. For more information, contact Valcor Scientific at 973-467-8400, valcorscientific@valcor.com or

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Offshore outsourcing is on a steady growth path, growing about 20%-25% per annum, with little evidence of slowing. Though enterprises experience initial resistance, most technical issues are readily resolved and geopolitical risk is deemed insignificant after careful evaluation. Even the current political fervor about jobs being moved offshore via outsourcing is not impacting the demand or strategy of IT organizations.

No matter which country you choose as your outsourcing destination, be sure to analyse its statistics in depth, as choosing the right outsourcing destination and partner can go a long way in ensuring that you reap huge benefits.

Outsourcing is not bereft of risks. The risks in outsourcing need to be successfully addressed to ensure your companys productivity. The top 10 risks of offshore outsourcing are as follows:

1. Cost-Reduction Expectations

The biggest risk with offshore outsourcing is that of cost reduction expectations. Companies that outsource their business functions assume that labor arbitrage will yield savings comparable to person-to-person comparison (e.g., a full-time equivalent in India will cost 40% less) without regard for the hidden costs and differences in operating models. In reality, most IT organizations save only about 15%-25% during the first year; by the third year, cost savings often reach 35%-40% as companies "go up the learning curve" for offshore outsourcing and modify operations to align to an offshore model.

2. Data Security/Protection

This is another risk that IT organizations evaluating any kind of outsourcing need to successfully tackle. Before deciding on an outsourcing supplier, be sure to check if they have sufficiently robust security practices and if they can meet the security requirements they have internally. While most IT organizations find offshore vendor security practices impressive (often exceeding internal practices), the risk of security breaks or intellectual property protection is inherently raised when working in international business. Privacy concerns must be completely addressed. Although these issues rarely pose major impediments to outsourcing, the requirements must be documented and the methods and integration with vendors defined.

3. Process Discipline (CMM)

The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) becomes an important measure of a companys readiness to adopt an offshore model. Offshore vendors require a standardized and repeatable model, which is why CMM Level 5 is a common characteristic. Companies lacking internal process model maturity will undermine potential cost savings.

4. Loss of Business Knowledge

Most IT organizations have business knowledge that resides within the developers of applications that may be of a proprietary nature or competitive advantage. Companies must carefully assess business knowledge and determine if moving it either outside the company or to an offshore location will compromise company practices.

5. Vendor Failure to Deliver

Even with the superb quality methodologies of offshore vendors, they may sometimes fail to deliver. When considering outsourcing, IT organizations should assess the implications of vendor failure and should have a contingency plan ready. If such a situation arises, the organization must be ready to shift the outsourcing strategy (e.g., from a single vendor to multiple vendors). The results of risk analysis vary between companies; it is the process of risk analysis that is paramount.

6. Scope Creep

There is no such thing as a fixed-price contract. All outsourcing contracts contain baselines and assumptions. If the actual work varies from estimates, the client will pay the difference. This simple fact has become a major obstacle for IT organizations that are surprised that the price was not "fixed" or that the vendor expects to be paid for incremental scope changes. Most projects change by 10%-15% during the development cycle.

7. Government Oversight/Regulation

IT organizations must ensure that the offshore vendor is sensitive to industry-specific requirements and the vendors ability to: 1) comply with government regulations; and 2) provide sufficient "transparency" showing that it does comply and is thus accountable during audits. The issue of transparency is becoming more significant as requirements such as the USA PATRIOT Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act place greater burdens of accountability on all American corporations.

8. Culture

Cultural differences are a sensitive issue in outsourcing. Though English is spoken throughout India, pronunciation and accents can vary tremendously. Therefore, many vendors put call center employees through accent training. In addition, cultural differences include religions, modes of dress, social activities, and even the way a question is answered. Most leading vendors have cultural education programs, but organisations should not assume that cultural alignment will be insignificant or trivial.

9. Turnover of Key Personnel

Rapid growth among outsourcing vendors has created a dynamic labor market, especially in Bangalore, India. Key personnel are usually in demand for new, high-profile projects, or even at risk of being recruited by other offshore vendors. While offshore vendors will often quote overall turnover statistics that appear relatively low, the more important statistic to manage is the turnover of key personnel on an account. The impact of high turnover has an indirect cost on the IT organization, which must increase time spend on knowledge transfer and training new individuals.

10. Knowledge Transfer

Most IT organizations experience a 20% decline in productivity during the first year of an agreement, largely due to time spent transferring both technical and business knowledge to the vendor. The time and effort to transfer knowledge to the vendor is a cost rarely accounted for by IT organizations. Many offshore vendors are deploying video conferencing (avoiding travel) and classroom settings (creating one-to-many transfer) to improve the efficacy of knowledge transfer. In addition, employee turnover often places a burden on the IT organization to provide additional information for new team members.

Business Impact: Offshore outsourcing can reduce IT expenditures by 15%-25% within the first year. Longer term, process improvements often make great impacts on both cost savings and the quality of IT services delivered.
Bottom Line: As IT organizations consider the vast benefits and allure of offshore outsourcing, they must balance the risks and uncertainties with the potential for labor arbitrage.

Ulrick & Short is launching an adapted version of its Delyte F fat replacer for tapioca to reduce the fat content in both sweet and savoury shortcrust pastry.

The UK ingredients supplier has previously enabled fat reduction in sponge cakes and cream fillings using other products in its Delyte range, but pastry has presented a particular challenge.

Company director Andrew Ulrick told that attempts to reduce fat by 10 to 15 per cent resulted in a pastry that was unacceptably tough. For this reason, the Delyte F product has until now been used to retain moisture and increase shelf life in fruit-rich tea loaves.

But following requests from customers for lower fat pastry solutions, the team revisited the ingredient and has now found a way to allow up to 25 per cent fat reduction, mostly from butter but also some shortening.

Ulrick explained that the granulation has been increased to increase the surface area and increase water binding activity.

“When you reduce fat in processed meats, bakery fillings etc you use high levels of water. In pastry you use low levels, so we have to change the granulation top bind lower levels of water,” he said.

Although 25 per cent fat reduction is not enough for manufacturers to make a low fat claim on products, Ulrick called it a “significant reduction” – and it fits in with industry wide efforts to reduce the levels of saturated fats in packaged products.

Pies to please the eyes

Another benefit the company has found is that use of the revised Delyte F can help improve final product quality.
Lack of elasticity in the dough can cause cracking, and conversations with large industrial pie-makers have confirmed that cracking can be a problem, even in full fat versions of products.

However Ulrick said Delyte F has been seen to increase the elasticity and repeated tests have turned out pies with un-cracked tops.
Reducing the amount of butter would bring cost savings to manufacturers too, as butter is a relatively expensive commodity.

The company is currently conducting trials on using the ingredient in puff pastry, and Ulrick said a version suitable for the products like croissants could be available in the coming months Potato Starch. 

Some challenges still remain, but government says it will implement integrated health information systems next year.

By Audra Mahlong, Journalist

The start-up phase for its national electronic health record system will finally begin in 2010, says the Department of Health.

While progress has been slow on the implementation of the system, the department says it will be ready to implement the system next year.

It says all the relevant documentation for the start-up phase of the project has been finalised with the State IT Agency (SITA) and the SITA board. It also reports that consultations with all stakeholders in the private and public sectors have been completed.

SA has embarked on a process of developing a national electronic health record (EHR) for all patients in public hospitals. An EHR is a database of patient health information, which will include demographics, vital signs, medical history, medications, procedures, laboratory data and radiology reports.

SITA and the department were tasked with establishing the requirements for implementing an electronic record system.

The department is also creating an e-health strategy, which will guide all its ICT projects. While noting that existing challenges include adequate ICT infrastructure, bandwidth capacity and meeting approved standards, it says the electronic record is still paramount.

Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi previously stated the current fragmented health information systems and sub-systems would be integrated into a single, national system. The focus of the department would be to establish an integrated national data warehouse for all data sources and tracking of human resources equipment, physical status of facilities and expenditure.

The collection, organisation, reporting, storage and use of data for planning, management and healthcare services would strengthen existing health programmes and help the department achieve its priorities, it notes.

Privacy and confidentiality of individuals' health records will be secured before embarking on the implementation of the system, adds the department. Approved standards, by a recognised body that provides rules and guidelines, would also be in place before the start-up phase.

This would help the department to achieve its priorities and strengthen health programmes through the development of a nationwide integrated system.

When pumping CO2 in a liquid form, installers and users must be aware of the difficulties that this liquid presents: Cliff Warne of Axflow explains the potential problems in pumping CO2

Firstly, CO2 is a very low viscosity product, so with a conventional mechanical seal pump, leakage can occur across the faces of the mechanical seal resulting in gas escaping into the atmosphere.

Secondly, ice forms on the pump components and this can cause the mechanical seals to freeze, resulting in pump failure.

For these reasons the optimal approach should be by the installation of a seal-less or canned pump.

The double containment design, free of a shaft sealing device, makes the canned motor pump one hundred percent leak free.

Furthermore, the absence of mechanical seals and the employment of maintenance free slide bearings, as opposed to roller bearings, ensure optimised MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure).

Hermetic Pumps is a specialist in the design and manufacture of hermetically sealed centrifugal pumps for difficult pumping applications.

Recognized worldwide by all major chemical manufacturers, its pumps can be relied upon to contain some of the most toxic chemicals.

Hermetic has taken decades of experience in handling toxic liquids and applied this technology to its refrigeration pump range.

Its refrigeration pumps are of mono-bloc design (pump and motor share a common shaft) and as such are quieter, more compact and easier to install than conventional pumps.

They do not require a base plate, couple or coupling guard, nor is there a need for alignment of motor and pump to ensure totally leak-free operation.

Where applications require a low flow, high differential pressure Hermetic offer its CAM and CAMR models, which are built with multiple impellers to accommodate such duties.

For high flow and low differential pressure applications Hermetic has the CNF series, which differs in that it is a single stage pump.

With the use of high tensile tie bolts and high pressure casings, system pressures in excess of 1000 bar can be contained by Hermetic pumps GTMS, Feedthrough.

Valcor Scientific introduces a new flow control valve for LCO2 (liquid carbon dioxide) applications. The unique SV91 series valve designed for LCO2 incorporates many features of a valve used in Aerospace systems for over 40 years to make it one of the most dependable solenoid valves available to handle this normally difficult media. Al Lamastra, General Manager for Valcor Scientific, states "We've been involved with the Aerospace industry for so many years. By integrating the technology developed for that industry into our general market products; this helped to make us the manufacturer that people look to when they need dependable cryogenic flow control."

The SV91 all welded leak-tight SS construction has a straight-thru flow path that provides high flow in a compact size. Its direct-acting shear seal design insures positive shifting and sealing unlike piloted valves that tend to fail in the open position. Valcor Scientific developed a free-flow design internally that minimizes the transformation of LCO2 to a solid or "snow". This feature along with the direct-acting shear seal, make the SV91 from Valcor Scientific one of the most reliable solenoid valve for LCO2 applications.

Available in two versions rated at 350 PSI and 1000 PSI, the SV91 series can be used in applications such as fog producing systems for entertainment, food processing, chillers and other temperature control devices. For more information, contact Valcor Scientific at valcorscientific@valcor.com or 973-467-8400.

Company Information:
Valcor Engineering Scientific Div.
2 Lawrence Rd.
Springfield, NJ
07081 USA.
973-467-8400
973-467-9592
http://www.valcor.com

Outsourcing of software development, support and maintenance is gradually emerging as a source for competitive advantages--and a source for headaches, too--for a number of companies.

A recent study by Gartner attributed the first year-over-year revenue drop suffered by the IT services industry in 2002 to growth in offshore services, which is pushing down the prices. Forrester Research says that the offshore outsourcing is going to rise from 12 percent of corporate IT budgets in 2000 to more than 28 percent in 2003. Meta Group predicts that as much as 50 percent of U.S. IT workers will shift to contract labor by 2007.

A CEO of a young IT products company recently said on the panel of a popular Washington, D.C. event that by outsourcing its R&D center to Bangalore, India, his company was able to develop products very efficiently, effectively and with a minimal amount of cash. With only a $15,000 to $20,000 monthly cash burn rate, his company was able to compete against 4- or 5-year-old VC-backed companies that had raised multi-millions.

But is that all there is to outsourcing--reduced cost? What are the various things that one should consider while employing outsourcing? Industry experts say that there is a lot that stays hidden but has an enormous impact on the decision to outsource. Let's examine the experiences of these people to understand what it takes to successfully outsource a project.

Outsourcing Is More Than Labor Arbitrage

Labor arbitrage--the ability to pay one labor pool less than the other--has definitely modified the fundamentals of outsourcing. Also, the availability of a greater number of equally qualified people--India produces 75,000 IT graduates every year as compared to 26,000 in the United States--has played a big part in the growth and efficacy of offshore outsourcing.

However, there is more to outsourcing then just lower HR expenses. There are many areas including vendor selection, communications, technical oversight, security/privacy and specialization, which all need to be considered while outsourcing work offshore. Studying best practices in these areas is a must if you want to be successful. Five things will help you achieve that.

Select the Right Vendor

As an industry, outsourcing has matured. There are many documented benefits and pitfalls of outsourcing. The general awareness has reached such a level that the case for outsourcing has been pretty much made. Now the prevalent question has changed from "Why outsource?" to "Outsource to whom?"

How you select your vendor will have a significant impact on your success. There are a host of questions that you need to get answers to. You need to establish selection criteria to evaluate vendors. You need to understand your core competencies, your business needs and how they relate to the core competencies of the vendor. You need to evaluate the industry knowledge of each vendor and their processes and methodologies, including CMM, ISO9000 or TQM certifications. You need to understand the cultural diversity and the impact that it may have on communications and development efforts.

One startup company that tied up with an outsourcing company in India had to constantly answer this question while seeking outside investment: "How are you going to assure that you have this effective development organization in India with all of the negative things going on around the world?" It was able to address this concern easily because it wasn't the only company using Indian development centers. Its vendor was also supporting a number of other U.S. companies that were much larger and prominent than the startup. The vendor had enough redundancy and resources for backup and recovery to ensure continuous operations in emergency situations.

Do Your Homework

An entrepreneur that is using outsourcing to build his startup venture said, "Outsourcing is not going to be an easy process, but it can be relatively simplified if you know what you're getting into." Outsourcing is quite different than contracting, more specifically time and material (T&M) contracting.

T&M contracting--the more prevalent form of IT contracting--usually entails getting people to join your team to complete the work. The client keeps the control and tells the contractors what is needed, when it is needed and how it will be done. The project management, resource planning, scheduling etc., are all done by the client.

On the other hand, in the case of outsourcing you ask the vendor to deliver you something and it is responsible for the complete development and the delivery of the final product. In this case the vendor is responsible for project management, resource planning, scheduling etc., hence it calls for a different type of preparation than T&M contracting.

In outsourcing, the completeness and thoroughness of business analysis is very critical. You need to ensure that your analysis specifies each and every aspect of the proposed job.

The lessons learnt mentioned by a panel of CEOs discussing outsourcing in a recently held Washington, D.C. event included requirement specifications and documentation. These companies spent a large amount of time writing the specs and completing the documentation that they then handed over to the vendor. They broke their specs in multiple modules, which could be much easily communicated to the development team as compared to the complete system. They developed elaborate matrices to measure the final product. They communicated this matrix to the vendor well in advance. Their suggestion? Don't even think about outsourcing if you are not willing to develop detailed specs and the measurement matrix.

It's the Process

In outsourcing projects, even though the project management, resource planning and scheduling is done by the vendor, the client still has to monitor the vendor. The lack of proximity to the vendor puts a greater importance on the process that is employed to communicate the work, to get the work done and to report back the progress.

That is why many companies are putting greater emphasis on the certification like CMM, ISO900, TQM, etc., as compared to the technical resources of the vendors. The vendor must deploy a consistent and high quality process for analysis, design, development, QA, reporting, project monitoring and management. The client and vendor must have a clear understanding about the process. Otherwise, the project will fail.

Other than SDLC processes and certification, another critical aspect is the outsourcing contract. The contract should be flexible enough to be able to address various late-stage concerns and modifications B2B Software.

Protect Your IP

When the software is developed in a far-away place that you do not visit very often and where you do not have control, it can raise doubts about the protection of your intellectual property rights. How you go about protecting your IP will have a great impact upon the success of your company, not just the success of your outsourcing initiative.

One company split its system into multiple pieces and worked with multiple companies, finally integrating all pieces and coming out with the eventual product. This way none of the outsourcing vendors have a clear idea about the eventual product. They only knew about the modules that they worked on, not the whole picture.

Communicate Well

A common problem that the software people face is the miscommunication of requirements. A CEO of a company that outsourced work to India once mentioned that while developing software in the United States, he had same communication issues while developing software in India. However, when the development is in a different country, the problem can be exacerbated. How you address this will have critical bearing over the success of your project.

You need to develop thorough communications that address all foreseeable issues, including the time difference between different locations, the language and cultural differences, whether video conferencing capabilities exist, etc. Such a plan should specify how often you communicate, who will set up the agenda, who will initiate the discussion, etc.

IT outsourcing has been gaining momentum for some time. The industry has matured to a very good level. A number of big and small companies have consciously made an effort to pursue outsourcing on a strategic level and they have set up many good and bad examples. Getting your IT work done offshore has many advantages, but it also comes with a number of risks. If you do not address those risks and take care of all the areas mentioned above, then your outsourcing project may become a nightmare for you.

Ulrick & Short is launching an adapted version of its Delyte F fat replacer for tapioca to reduce the fat content in both sweet and savoury shortcrust pastry.

The UK ingredients supplier has previously enabled fat reduction in sponge cakes and cream fillings using other products in its Delyte range, but pastry has presented a particular challenge.

Company director Andrew Ulrick told FoodNavigator.com that attempts to reduce fat by 10 to 15 per cent resulted in a pastry that was unacceptably tough. For this reason, the Delyte F product has until now been used to retain moisture and increase shelf life in fruit-rich tea loaves.

But following requests from customers for lower fat pastry solutions, the team revisited the ingredient and has now found a way to allow up to 25 per cent fat reduction, mostly from butter but also some shortening.

Ulrick explained that the granulation has been increased to increase the surface area and increase water binding activity.

?When you reduce fat in processed meats, bakery fillings etc you use high levels of water. In pastry you use low levels, so we have to change the granulation top bind lower levels of water, he said.

Although 25 per cent fat reduction is not enough for manufacturers to make a low fat claim on products, Ulrick called it a significant reduction and it fits in with industry wide efforts to reduce the levels of saturated fats in packaged products.

Pies to please the eyes

Another benefit the company has found is that use of the revised Delyte F can help improve final product quality Potato Starch.

Lack of elasticity in the dough can cause cracking, and conversations with large industrial pie-makers have confirmed that cracking can be a problem, even in full fat versions of products.

However Ulrick said Delyte F has been seen to increase the elasticity, and repeated tests have turned out pies with un-cracked tops.

Reducing the amount of butter would bring cost savings to manufacturers too, as butter is a relatively expensive commodity.

The company is currently conducting trials on using the ingredient in puff pastry, and Ulrick said a version suitable for the products like croissants could be available in the coming months.

Tarrytown, NY- OmniMD, one of the leading healthcare information technology companies, which provides Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Practice Management (PMS) and other Healthcare IT products and services to the providers and clinics across the nation, has announced today that Walker Family Medicine (WFM) located in Willcox, Arizona has adopted the companys EMR and PMS solution in order to improve the quality at point of care.

WFM decided to implement an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system from day one to access patient medical records, to improve the quality at point of care, to increase productivity and reduce medical errors. Besides the financial benefits, the major objective was to enhance the quality of care as well as the satisfaction of its patients.

"After comparing many EMRs, I determined that OmniMD was the best software for my new clinic. I run a high volume family practice clinic with two mid-level providers. OmniMD is used for scheduling, reminder calls, medical records, insurance and patient billing. OmniMD is a critical tool for my practice. It is a very good software, but I am also very pleased with the level of service OmniMD provides with their technical support team, Dr. Walker (Board Certified in Family Practice) says.

Dr. Walker is pleased with the performance of the OmniMD solution, which allows her to access and maintain entire patient medical records promptly. The system allows the clinic to customize templates as per their specialty, at the same time multiple providers can access a single chart at once. In case of a Specialty Provider, the system allows the sharing of charts among providers and staff across multiple locations. OmniMD Medical Billing System can electronically track claim status, payments and work flow of the billing team. OmniMD Patient Portal allows patients to register on-line, update and view their information, request an appointment, order an Rx refill and view lab reports.

About Walker Family Medicine
The Walker Family Medicine (WFM) team has worked together for over five years while serving the Willcox community. They are committed to providing patient-centered care in order to maintain their community's health. WFM provides routine healthcare for children, including immunizations. WFM also has associations with pediatric specialists. WFM provides routine women's healthcare. This care includes annual gynecological exams, family planning, pre -and post- menopausal counseling and treatment.

WFM has Urgent Care services. The clinic is available to care for patients basic urgent healthcare needs, such as simple lacerations, sprains, fracture diagnosis and care. They are associated with Charles Leighton Hospice and they provide referrals when appropriate. For more information, please visit www.walkerfamilymedicine.com

About OmniMD
OmniMD is a division of Integrated Systems Management, Inc. (ISM), a leader in software development, system integration, business and technology consulting for fortune 500 companies since 1989.

OmniMD integrated Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Practice Management (PMS) product and services, offers unparalleled reliability, ease-of-use, efficiency, and customizability. The solution is a HIPPA compliant, web-enabled and support device, which can range from tablet PCs, handhelds to desktop computers. The solution is SureScripts Certified, which also provides real-time alerts for drug-drug, drug allergy and other interactions based on a patients EMR. The solution captures complete documentation such as HPI, ROS and Physical Exams, Assessment & Plan to complete patient visits. The system follows HL7 standards for information sharing and integration across practices and hospitals. The solution is secured by Thawte, which uses 128bit encryption and digital certificates to ensure complete data security. OmniMD received a 5-star rating in the AC Group survey in 2006. For more information, please visit Medical Billing Services.

Great ideas are timeless, and the new Liquicap M, combining the tried and trusted capacitance level principle with leading-edge technology, is ideal for food, chemicals, viscous media and hydrocarbons

Great ideas are timeless, and the principle behind the capacitance level probe - the very first instrument we made - is still as sound as ever.

More than 50 years on, Endress+Hauser presents the new Liquicap M, combining this tried and trusted principle with leading-edge technology.

With its variety of housings, certifications, approvals and process connections (from 0.5''), you can tailor Liquicap M to exactly what you need - no more, no less.

Available in both rope and rod versions, Liquicap M can accurately measure level up to
10metres.

It offers outstanding performance in storage, buffer and process tanks and features two-stage over-voltage protection to safeguard against electrostatic discharge.

It can also be used in viscous media, thanks to active build-up compensation.
Ideal for the food industry, Liquicap M is suitable for both CIP and GTMS systems, and combines a wide range of hygienic process connections with FDA and EHEDG approvals.

It is also designed for the real world: in applications with strong build-up, Liquicap M has cutting-edge algorithms to safeguard stable measured values.

And its short response time means it is particularly suitable for use in small tanks, where rapid level changes occur and the measurement range must cover the entire contents of the tank.

Also ideal for the chemical industry, Liquicap M offers a SIL 2 rating according to IEC61508 for both low and high demand mode, and is ATEX certified to EEx ia and EEx d for hazardous area use.

It features a gas-tight feedthrough for protection against aggressive or toxic media, often found in solvent or hydrocarbon applications.

Best of all, the device continuously monitors the probe insulation, so that any rod breakage or damage to insulation is immediately detected to minimise measurement errors and plant downtime.