Elburn,
IL - SiloTrack™ Inventory
Management Software Version 2.0 has expanded capabilities
and many enhanced features. This PC-based application
provides users with an unsurpassed flexible graphical
interface for use with SiloPatrol® SMU "smart" sensors.
The
most notable change in SiloTrack is
the addition of server/client capability. Together SiloTrack Server
and Client software can provide inventory management to
a virtually unlimited number of users via LAN, Internet/WAN
or Dial-up modem. Users of the SiloTrack system
can be both internal and external to a facility. This allows
for easy implementation of remote inventory monitoring
and vendor managed inventory applications.
Some
enhanced features include the ability to export history or
alarm data, receive alarm notification via e-mail, fax or
pager, and to initiate analog/relay outputs via Monitor's
Auxiliary Output Enclosures. The silo graphics have also
had a makeover to give them a 3-D look.
Additionally, SiloTrack can
setup auto, manual or auto/manual measurements and four
alarms/relays per silo. SiloTrack also
displays distance, level, volume, weight, percent-full
values, alarm, relay and sensor status.
SiloTrack Version
2.0 can monitor up to 128 silos and is easy to setup and
use. The software is compatible with Windows® 98, NT,
2000, Me and XP Pro/Home.
Elburn,
IL - Due to its excellent sensitivity
range, use of microwave technology, and product design,
Monitor Technologies' Model SFD-2 Solids Flow Detector,
has superior application versatility.
Typical
applications include detection of flow stoppage or for verifying
flow/no-flow conditions in pneumatic conveying lines. The ability
to work with a wide variety of powder and bulk solids, ranging
from heavy materials to light particles, is also evidence of
the outstanding sensitivity range and application versatility.
The
SFD-2 uses low-power microwaves to sense motion. Microwaves
are virtually unaffected by heat, humidity, ambient light,
pressure, vacuum, high or low temperatures, or dust. This provides
the SFD-2 with maximum effectiveness in industrial applications.
The
non-contact SFD-2 contains no probes that protrude into the
chute or line. This ensures process integrity because probes
or moving parts can wear out or break off in the material flow.
The ability to sense through most non-metallic surfaces allows
the SFD-2 to have a non-intrusive flush mounting.
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.
