January 16, 2006—Dranetz-BMI has introduced the MeasuringPAD, a new portable data acquisition instrument. This hand-held instrument is designed for use in a wide range of manufacturing, laboratory, plant operations and quality control applications, the company says.
Configured and operated through an easy-to-use graphical interface, MeasuringPAD provides live readout of up to 16 different analog inputs and up to eight logic-level digital inputs, says the company. As numerical measurements are monitored for exact conformance to user-entered set points, the vivid color-coded status display allows users size up a test or process at a glance.
Rapidly collecting, monitoring and displaying multiple sensor inputs, MeasuringPAD features input “pods” that allow fast and easy hookup of machine- or process-dedicated sensors. Up to eight internal cross-channel math calculations can also be set up to display and monitor additional process variables such as horsepower, efficiency and corrected flow.
Dranetz-BMI is a pioneer in power quality instrumentation, engineering and manufacturing a wide range of handheld, portable and permanently-installed power quality and energy management instrumentation for utility, industrial, facility and electrical contractor customers. For more information, visit the Web site or see their white paper on FMLink.
