September 2007 : R

Scott Bonine –
Appointed National Sales Manager for
Monitor Technologies

Elburn, IL --For five decades Monitor Technologies LLC has been supplying level measurement products and exceptional service to customers that process bulk solids.  As part of Monitor’s continued growth and strategy to market its growing line of products announces that it has appointed Mr. Scott Bonine to the position of National Sales Manager.  Mr. Bonine has been with Monitor for a little more than a decade and has held positions in inside sales and as a Regional Sales Manager.  Scott has completed a variety of internal technical and business training programs, is a member of the ISA (Instrument Society of America) and GEAPS (Grain Elevator And Processing Society).  In this new position Mr. Bonine will bring his knowledge of level monitoring and measurement for bulk solids and his other skills and talents to the sale of Monitor products to the United States geographic segment in Monitor’s sales group.  Scott will work with and continue to develop the partnerships between Monitor Technologies and its exclusive Manufacturers Representatives.  Scott’s past successes in exemplifying excellence in service to customers, developing representative strengths and partnering to capture new business will serve him well.

Monitor Technologies LLC continues to pioneer level measurement and bin level indication for the worldwide powder and bulk solids market. The experience ansd market knowledge gained over five decades has earned Monitor a reputation for producing products that are "engineered to be the best" and providing customer experience “far better than” other suppliers.

For more information refer to www.monitortech.com <file://www.monitortech.com> or contact Ms. Emily Jones at 1-800-766-6486 (630-365-9403).

TrueCap^® MK-2
Advanced RF Capacitance Level Probe

The TrueCap® Model MK-2 RF Capacitance point level probe is designed to provide a superior and stable sensitivity threshold making it suitable for a variety of powder / bulk solids and some liquid or slurry applications.

Advanced features of the Model MK-2 include:
> Automatic immunity to material build-up on the probe by its driven shield design
> Push-button calibration
> Enhanced temperature compensation
> Maximized reliability via smart sensing algorithms like “self-validating” fail-safe protection
> Visible status LED on ordinary location units
> Versatility through a variety of configuration options including: hazardous location version, split architecture design, quick-connect process connection, stub probe, cable extensions, solid extensions, Nylon® probes, Ryton® - equiv. probes, etc.

A practical application for the TrueCap would be to use this level sensor where a residual material build-up on a different sensor would cause a false material level indication.

Principle of Operation for the TrueCap RF Capacitance Level Probe:
The vessel wall and the active probe element establish an impedance reference between each other when exposed to air which has a dielectric constant of 1. When materials with a dielectric constant greater than 1 are in close proximity to the probe, the impedance of the sensing field between the sensor and the vessel wall will change. Once the amount of change exceeds a threshold that was electronically determined during the calibration process, an output relay will either be energized or de-energized depending upon the position of the fail-safe selector on the probe’s electronic circuit board. A change of as little as .5 pico-farad is all that is necessary for the probe to sense the presence of material.

Click here for more information on the TrueCap MK-2 Level Sensor or contact Monitor Technologies LLC at
Tel.: 800-766-6486 in the USA and
Tel.: 630-365-9403 worldwide.

>>Download TrueCap Product Bulletin #413

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