MEASUREMENT & MONITORING
SAFE WATER TEMPERATURES –
TM ELECTRONICS AND GUERNSEY HOSPITALS
Like many other health Trusts and local
authorities, States of Guernsey hospitals
have adopted a new low cost water
temperature monitoring system for the
prevention of Legionella.
The TC Wall Port System – designed by
thermometer manufacturer, TM Electronics
(TME) - has been installed on a number
of the wards at the Princess Elizabeth
Hospital to monitor subordinate loops,
situated behind panels which previously
would have to be removed every time a
temperature was taken.
“We’ve been very impressed with the Wall
Port System,” says Clive Martin, Head of
Estates “which we use with TME’s legionella
thermometer kits and dual purpose
surface/immersion probes to monitor water
temperatures across the estate.”
TC Wall Ports are miniature, wall-mounted
thermocouple sockets which speed up and
simplify temperature testing of hard to
reach water assets like concealed pipework,
thermostatic mixing valves, subordinate
loops and high-level water storage tanks.
Each port measures just 52 x 52 mm
and houses either a single or double
thermocouple connector, which is then
linked to a water outlet using a fine wired
fixed surface, air or immersion sensor.
Temperatures are taken by simply plugging
a hand-held thermometer into the port,
delivering instant results with no loss of
accuracy from up to 20 metres away.
Paperless Recording
TC Wall Ports are also ideal for enabling
a paperless method of temperature
recording. This is easily achieved by
applying a label with a unique configurable
barcode to each port. Temperature readings
are recorded using TME’s MM7000-2D
Barcode Scanning Thermometer. This
portable, Bluetooth thermometer has a
fast built-in barcode scanner, is battery
powered and operates without Wi-Fi. Up
to 1,000 readings can be stored at a time,
with results downloaded using Bluetooth
or USB connection. Software included with
the thermometer ‘translates’ the barcodes
into readable data and transfers it into a
CSV file. Data can then be easily accessed
and stored on either stand-alone or Cloud-
based systems.
NEW
Double Socket Wall Port for unblended
hot and cold water pipes
TM Electronics UK Ltd (TME)
+44 (0) 1903 700651
[email protected]
www.tmethermometers.com
ADFORS
The company ADFORS belongs to the
Saint-Gobain Group, the largest supplier
of materials and building technologies
worldwide.
ADFORS focuses on the construction and
industrial markets and offers solutions
based on a complete assortment of textile
and coating technologies using synthetic
and natural fibres. They are the global
market leader in the field of tech- nical
textiles and provide solutions which
have been precisely adapted to customer
requirements.
APPLICATION/ TASK:
During quality control on wallpaper coating
machines for glass-textile wallpaper, it is
necessary to control the straight- ness of
the wefts at an average of once per hour.
The frequency should be adjusted using a
potentiometer as the machine speed can
vary between 12-40m/min.
The web width which has to be illuminated
is two meters.
SOLUTION/ RESULT:
The decision was made to use the
stationary stroboscope RT STROBE 12000
LED (A6-12210). At a distance of 60cm, the
whole web width of two meters can be
inspected.
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Offset weft threads are checked online
using the stroboscope at a speed up to
40m/min. In the past, to inspect this offset,
the machine speed had to be reduced
which led to a loss of production. It is now
possible to carry out the inspection at full
speed.
RHEINTACHO Messtechnik GmbH ·
Waltershofener Str. 1 · D - 79111 Freiburg
phone +49 761 4513 0 ·
fax +49 761 445 274 ·
www.rheintacho.de