AMETEK : New JofraCloud Remote Calibration Saves Time and Improves Safety
November 13, 2017 at 11:24 am EST
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Contact: Sean Nielson, 805-595-5477, ext. 115, sean.nielson@ametek.com
New JofraCloud Remote Calibration Saves Time and Improves Safety for Temperature Calibrator Users
Remote Calibration Now Available for JOFRA RTC and PTC Calibrators
LARGO, FL - AMETEK Sensors, Test and Calibration (STC) has developed a new way to perform remote reading and setting of its JOFRA™ RTC and PTC Series temperature calibrators. A 3G Gateway unit with transmission coverage equal to a smartphone can now be attached to any JOFRA RTC or PTC temperature calibrator and read data from the calibrator every two seconds.
The data is presented as a real-time copy of the calibrator's display and viewed at www.jofracloud.com with any web-enabled electronic device, such as a PC, laptop or smartphone. Once set up, a single technician can control the set point, read unit-under-test (UUT) values on a SCADA in the control room, and take the calibrator reference read out remotely, all at the same time.
The JofraCloud can save time and improve work safety when calibrating sensors in difficult or dangerous locations. When calibrating sensors atop a fermenter tank or smoke stack, for example, the technician needs to only climb a ladder for set up and finish. All set points and readings in between can be done remotely.
Similarly, the JofraCloud can simplify clean room readings that otherwise would require a change of clothes to enter or exit every time a reading or new set point was needed. And, during a process shutdown, when time is of the essence, the calibration of multiple sensors in different locations can be done much more simply.
The system can monitor five calibrators simultaneously on a single mobile device. There is no need to wait for a calibrator to reach a set point or cool to ambient temperatures, an operator receives a notification when ready.
The JofraCloud enables a controlling device to select a new temperature set point for the calibrator. When the calibrator reaches the set temperature and gains stability, a report is e-mailed to the controlling device. On demand reporting that sends a timestamped report at any time also is available, and the JofraCloud can send audible notification to a PC or laptop to alert the operator when the calibrator has achieved stability.
For more information on JofraCloud and its application with JOFRA RTC and PTC Series calibrators, contact AMETEK Sensors, Test & Calibration, 8600 Somerset Drive, Largo, FL, 33773, USA. Phone; +1-727-538-6000, Fax: +1-727-539-6882 E-mail: jofra@ametek.com, website: www.ametekcalibration.com.
AMETEK Sensor, Test & Calibration is among the world's leading manufacturers of calibration instruments, scales, material and force testing, and hardness testing equipment and a unit of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices with annual sales of $4.0 billion.
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AMETEK, Inc. is one of the world's leaders in manufacturing and marketing electronic instruments and electromechanical devices. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- electronic instruments (70.1%): instruments and screens for aircrafts cockpits, airborne electronic systems of data surveillance and registering, pressure, temperature and flow sensors for airline companies and aeronautical manufacturers, analysis devices for the medical and research sectors, measurement and surveillance instruments used in the processing industries, instruments and dashboards for heavy trucks and agricultural vehicles, etc.;
- electromechanical devices (29.9%): brushless motors, heat exchangers, connectors, terminals, thermal management subsystems, motors-blowers, etc. primarily for the aeronautic, automotive, medical, computing and defense sectors. The group also provides metal powders and alloys for the manufacturing of electronic components and automotive and aeronautic products.
At the end of 2023, the group had more than 150 production sites worldwide.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: United States (52.6%), Asia (20.9%), United Kingdom (3.3%), European Union (14.3%) and others (8.9%).
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