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ISO-17025 2017 Assessor Services for Calibration.

26/5/2019

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We can supply assessors to go over your Quality System and Technical Operations for the following disciplines: Temperature, Humidity, Mass, Pressure and Electrical.  If you need more information about assessments or our training services then please get back to me:  Dave Ayres, info@benrhos.co.uk
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Connecting IoT for Industry 4 Applications.

17/4/2019

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If you want to connect digital devices such as a sensor or an Arduino via WiFi to a Raspberry Pi or a PLC then we can probably help.  We have experience in not only using the latest digital technology but also in connecting older sensor types such as thermocouples to digital devices via WiFi then to the cloud.
 
We can also adapt old technology based on for example RS232 and Windows XP to work on more up to date systems.  

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​The photo shows a weatherproof system that digitizes 2 thermocouple signals into temperature values and sends them via WiFi to Rotronic’s RMS platform for display anywhere in the World.

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Comparison between the Triple Point of Water and an Icero+

15/4/2019

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​During a recent UKAS audit of an accredited calibration laboratory the assessor witnessed the calibration of an SPRT using a Triple Point of Water cell (0.01 °C).  For interest they decided to put the SPRT in an ICERO+ (0 °C) to see what the difference was.  The ICERO+ uses water with lump ice rather than crushed cubes and is stirred using air bubbling through the mixture.  The effective difference between the Triple Point value and the Icero+ value was 2 mK (0.002 °C).  Not bad for an ice bath you can use with or without mains power and can be held in one hand.  See the products tab to get more information or contact Dave Ayres:  info@benrhos.co.uk  
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Controller Problem.

1/4/2019

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  1. If a temperature controller has a set-point of 121°C, and the control sensor is a platinum resistance thermometer, whose resistance is increasing with time due to ageing;  does the process temperature increase, stay at 121°C or decrease as the PRT ages?  The process temperature decreases because as the PRT's resistance increases due to ageing the controller lowers the temperature to reduce the resistance it is used to control the temperature to the set-point.
  2. If a temperature controller has a set-point of -20°C, and the control sensor is a platinum resistance thermometer, whose resistance is increasing with time due to ageing;  does the process temperature increase, stay at -20°C or decrease as the PRT ages?  The process temperature decreases as per the explanation above.

Answers next week but also consider how a temperature indicator would respond.  The indicated temperature will increase  because the PRT's resistance has increased.
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More Questions

27/3/2019

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Questions
 
  1. If a temperature controller has a set-point of 121°C, and the control sensor is a platinum resistance thermometer, whose resistance is increasing with time due to ageing;  does the process temperature increase, stay at 121°C or decrease as the PRT ages?
  2. If a temperature controller has a set-point of -20°C, and the control sensor is a platinum resistance thermometer, whose resistance is increasing with time due to ageing;  does the process temperature increase, stay at -20°C or decrease as the PRT ages?

Answers next week but also consider how a temperature indicator would respond.
 
Some of the intriguing discussions from our temperature course for more information contact Dave Ayres at:  info@benrhos.co.uk
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March 22nd, 2019

22/3/2019

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Our view to the questions from last week:
  
  • Do thermocouples measure absolute temperature or temperature difference?  Answer: Temperature difference because the output is proportional to the temperature difference between the reference and the measuring junctions.
 
  • Do resistance thermometers measure absolute temperature or temperature difference?  Answer:  Absolute temperature because the sensor's resistance is dependent on the its local average temperature.
 
  • What is the temperature scale in use in the UK and is Centigrade the unit of measurement?  Answer:  The International Temperature Scale of 1990 with Celsius as the unit of measurement.
 
  • Is temperature the amount of thermal energy an object has?  Answer:  Temperature is better described as the intensity of the thermal energy or the kinetic energy density.
 
  • Do temperature measurements need an uncertainty associated with them? Answer: All measurements are useless without an uncertainty.
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Temperature Knowledge Test.

9/3/2019

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Just 5 questions to see if you need a temperature course.  Our responses next week.
  
  • Do thermocouples measure absolute temperature or temperature difference?
 
  • Do resistance thermometers measure absolute temperature or temperature difference?
 
  • What is the temperature scale in use in the UK and is Centigrade the unit of measurement?
 
  • Is temperature the amount of thermal energy an object has?
 
  • Do temperature measurements need an uncertainty associated with them?
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Kayaking in Russia.

8/3/2019

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Benrhos, Rotronic Instruments  and Chamois Metrology are sponsoring this year’s British University Kayak Expedition to Russia:
​https://www.facebook.com/British-University-Kayak-Expedition-2019-330455807790207/
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Latest Bath Calibration bath Insert

4/3/2019

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The images below are of our latest machined copper block for a customer’s stirred water calibration bath.  It is 250 mm long by 80 mm in diameter.  The probe holes are 10 mm in diameter and drilled to an impressive depth of 200 mm.  Drain holes 3 mm in diameter are through drilled into the probe holes to make life easier when the block is removed from the bath and needs draining.  See below for an image of the top of the block and one of the base.

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Digital Sensors

4/3/2019

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Digital sensors are small millimetre sized chips that can measure anything from temperature to the carbon dioxide content in air, sometimes as a single sensor or combined such as temperature, humidity and pressure on a single miniature circuit board.  Digital sensors measure the quantity then digitise the value on the chip and transmit the information via a cable or by Wi-Fi.  However the signal format varies between sensor manufacturers, and although communication standards exist it can be tricky turning the sensor’s output into usable data especially if there is a mix of signals from a differing array of sensors.  Benrhos can help customers with this if required.

Benrhos has produced various types of data loggers with numerous sensor inputs that have remote in/out access via Wi-Fi to them.  Loggers such as for chamber temperature mapping, condition monitoring of fridges, freezers as well as incubators, and loggers for chilled transport vehicles and fire training facilities.  We have also produced thermocouple based digital sensors with Wi-Fi for displaying the measurements on the Rotronic RMS system https://www.rotronic.com/en-gb/rms .
 
It is now possible to make accurate measurements digitally using just about any type of thermocouple or platinum resistance thermometer where ever they are located and WiFi the results to a remote location or display them locally. 

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