New purge monitor aids welding operations
The new MkV version in this firm’s range of Argweld gas measuring equipment is designed for use in monitoring oxygen content during welding. The new model is technically more advanced than its predecessors, the company notes.
The portable weld purge monitor weighs 200 g. It has the ability to measure oxygen levels accurately down to 0.1% (1,000 ppm) but will indicate as low as 0.01% (100 ppm).
It is supplied with support equipment in a custom-designed protective carrying case and features temperature compensation, continuous or sample reading, and a self-calibrating function.
Source: Huntingdon Fusion Techniques Ltd., Stukeley Meadon, Burry Port, Carms SA16 0BU, UK.
New program manages large volumes of data
A new cluster edition for Open Inventor is designed to enable application developers to overcome limitations of display hardware cost effectively.
This optimized software solution enables transparent scalability of Open Inventor from VolumeViz large data management for increased resolution, quality, and performance in applications that display large volumes of data. These applications, which include exploration, production, and 3D visualization, are typically run on high-performance visualization computer systems with multiple Internet-networked graphics machines, also called graphics clusters.
The new cluster edition offers the ability to manage and dynamically analyze massive volumes of data and propose 3D representations that are appropriate to geophysics operations, the firm says.
Open Inventor also offers users flexibility to navigate interactively within several hundred gigabytes of volume data.
Source: Mercury Computer Systems Inc., 199 Riverneck Rd., Chelmsford, MA 01824-2820.arbitrary configurations.
Interface for real-time plant floor data
The latest addition to this firm’s IPm product line of Linux-based RTUs and controllers is the Micro-VersaTRAK μIPm.
The rugged, compact unit has a built-in mix of 14 discrete and analog I/Os, 4 serial ports, and a 10/100 Ethernet interface. It is a sister product to the Mini-VersaTRAK mIPm (mini-IPm) which has as many as 26 built-in I/Os. The μIPm is preloaded with open-source Linux and the industrial IPm firmware.
Source: Sixnet, Box 767, Clifton Park, NY 12065.