New portable vibration test instrument
MicroVibe, a new portable vibration test and measurement instrument, is designed to make analysis of rotating equipment available to virtually any technician in any commercial or industrial setting.
It's designed to be used with a Handspring personal digital assistant. The instrument features user-selectable measurement units (English or metric). It offers vibration, time-waveform, and spectrum plots. It also provides technicians with judgment criteria based on ISO criteria, enabling an immediate assessment of a machine's condition.
MicroVibe is a card-type vibration meter made to fit the Springboard expansion slot of a Handspring Visor hand-held. MicroVibe accepts a variety of sensors, including accelerometers and electrodynamic velocity pickups.
Source: SKF USA Inc., 1510 Gehman Rd., Kulpsville, PA 19443.
Free gas chromatographic analyzer application notes
Two new application notes on the dedicated analysis modes of the Reformulyzer are available free for the asksing.
The Reformulyzer is a fully automated gas chromatographic analyzer that determines hydrocarbon types, oxygenates, and carbon number distribution in gasoline and blending feedstocks.
Dedicated and flexible application software controls the analyzer. Software includes several analysis modes with pre-programmed GC specifications, temperatures, and integration parameters. Selecting a special analysis mode enables analysts to save time and tune the analysis to the sample, the notes say.
One of the notes describes the gasoline and winter spec analysis modes that cover regional and seasonal differences in hydrocarbon and oxygenate content:
The gasoline mode performs dedicated gasoline analysis and is applicable to gasolines with a low Reid vapor pressure (Rvp).
The winter spec gasoline mode analyzes winter gasolines containing a high Rvp.
The gasoline modes enable users to analyze fuels that contain MTBE, ETBE, Ethanol, or TAME.
The other note explains the reformate analysis mode; dedicated to samples having a high concentration of aromatics and low olefin content.
The Reformulyzer generates these reports:
Hydrocarbon type concentrations by carbon number.
Oxygenated component concentration.
Benzene, total aromatics, total olefins, total saturates, and oxygen.
Allocation of high boiling components to saturates or aromatics.
RON/MON calculation.
Source: AC Analytical Controls Inc., 3494 Progress Drive, Bensalem, PA 19020.
New stud-hole flange protectors
This line of FC Series stud-hole flange protectors meets ANSI 16.5B and ANSI specifications.
Protectors are suited for use on ASA and BS 1560 flanges. They require no fasteners for installations because the four studs are designed to be inserted and fit instantly into the flange bolt holes, the firm says.
Made of low density polyethylene, protectors are weather and petroleum-resistant. Standard color blue units in the series fit 125 lb and 150 lb flanges in 11 nominal pipe sizes of 1/2-12 in.
Standard color black flange protectors fit 300 lb, 400 lb, and 600 lb flanges. Six sizes are available to fit nominal pipe sizes of 1/2-3 in.; an additional five sizes fit six nominal pipe sizes of 4-12 in. on 300 lb flanges.
Source: Niagara Caps & Plugs, 7090 Edinboro Rd., Erie, PA 16509-4497.
Market analysis program updated
Version 2.0 of web-based tool ZE Market Analyzer—designed for traders, analysts, and managers—extracts, views, analyzes, and models corporate and external market data.
The updated application is supported by the fully automated data capturing and centralization application, ZE Data Manager. ZE Data Manager captures data from ISOs, power pools, brokers, and internal data sources.
Version 2.0 offers users more flexibility, through graphical options, analytic control, and predefined user settings. The user interface has been redesigned; however, the same analytics found in Version 1.0 are still present, including time series analysis; forwards and futures; comparative analysis; profiling of market, hydrological, demand, and weather data; and for the development of forward curves.
Source: ZE PowerGroup Inc., Unit 130 - 5920 No. Two Rd., Richmond, BC V7C 4R9.
New reservoir management tool
The newly launched Living Model seismic-to-simulation work flow tool promises fast, dynamic, and proactive reservoir management.
It gives users the ability to model rapidly, as well as perform risk and uncertainty evaluation. The company says users at all levels can build dependable models and instantly update decisions with the latest information throughout the life of the asset.
Source: Schlumberger, 225 Schlumberger Drive MD-2, Sugar Land, TX 77478.
