Press Releases from CAS DataLoggers (428 total)
Incubator Monitoring System for In Vitro Fertilization Clinic
Accsense Covers All Monitoring Points and Values in Complex Setup
CAS DataLoggers provided an automated monitoring and alarm system for an in vitro fertilization clinic which needed a wireless setup to provide automated temperature, humidity and CO2 monitoring for double stack incubators. These incubators were used as part of the embryonic IVF program. Staff needs to ensure that the incubators maintained a constant temperature of 37oC (99oF) and a relative humidity…
Beer Fermentation Monitoring in a Macrobrewery
T&D Wireless Data Loggers Monitor Temperature in Real-Time
CAS DataLoggers supplied an automated data logging system to a brewery mass-producing American lager. As its top priority, the brewery wanted a beer fermentation monitoring system to ensure their brand’s consistent flavor before the beer is cold-filtered and bottled. To achieve this, the lager should be kept at 50°F (10°C), with an acceptable deviation of only 5°F (3°C) through the fermentation process prior…
Performance Verification System Saves Nursing Home Considerable Energy Costs
dataTaker Intelligent Data Logger Provides Accurate Data Collection
CAS DataLoggers provided a performance verification system for a solar water heating system installed in a nursing home. The solar collectors, installed by a local HVAC contractor, are commonly used to heat residences, pools and hot tubs and to provide hot water. In this case, the facility’s kitchen was a large user of hot water for cooking and dishwashing. On sunny days, solar…
Materials Testing Applications: Temperature Monitoring
Automated Monitoring and Intelligent Alarming Systems
At CAS DataLoggers we frequently supply data logging systems for customers who need a solution for product verification and safety/reliability testing. The summer season is an ideal time for many outdoor materials testing applications: for example, roofing materials can simply be left out in the heat to see how they perform in the most punishing conditions. Heat penetration is an important value showing how products…
Remote Monitoring & Alarming For Chemical Storage Safety
Networked Data Logging System Works with Smartphones
CAS DataLoggers supplied the remote monitoring and alarming solution for a processing plant storing various temperature-sensitive industrial materials for use in chemical processes. Plant supervisors needed to prove to their end users that these compounds were safely kept within temperature specification while in storage. During their initial search, staff requested a real-time monitoring system that could be used over their wired LAN network with…
Server Room Monitoring System Protects Server Electronics
System Monitors Temp & Humidity, Detects Early Leaks
CAS DataLoggers provided the wireless server room monitoring and alarming system for a server storage provider whose customers relied 24/7 on the equipment’s reliability. For example, if a single server rack goes down, this can be disastrous to the data center’s operations. In line with ASHRAE standards and guidelines (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers), staff wanted to monitor the room…
SwiTrace I-Plug Dry Ice Data Loggers
Compact Data Loggers For Monitoring Dry Ice Shipments
CAS DataLoggers is pleased to introduce the new I-Plug Dry Ice data loggers from SwiTrace. Available in both IPST8U single use and IPMT8U multi-use models, they are designed to record temperatures down to -80°C and are suitable for use with dry ice shipments. They offer built-in alarm indicators that support up to 4 user programmable high/low alarm limits, a programmable sample rate and…
Fault Detection and Diagnosis For Power Grids Using a Data Logger
Infinite BSC-50 With Remote Alarming System
CAS DataLoggers provided the datalogging solution for an electric utility company which needed to send alarms from remote stations in the event that the local power grid went down, and in other special cases including operational faults and security breaches. The entire time a substation was off the grid, an area was without power, so an advanced warning system for ground fault events was critical…
Greenhouse Monitoring System Uses Wireless Temperature Loggers
Cost-Effective, Durable Data Collection
CAS DataLoggers supplied the temperature monitoring solution for a customer with a large hoop greenhouse sheltering strawberries and raspberries over the cold autumn. This structure was fashioned from polyethylene and had an elongated shape that made it difficult to heat evenly, resulting in yield shortcomings in previous seasons. The berry crop was extremely temperature-sensitive, so the open strawberry flower microclimate had to be carefully maintained at a…
New Model 1227 Thermo-Anemometer from AEMC
Measurement Results By Pressing One Button
The new model 1227 Thermo-Anemometer from AEMC® is designed to record temperature, air velocity and airflow. It is battery powered, compact, lightweight, and simple-to-use with direct access to all functions. All measurement results are easily accessible on the instrument’s front panel simply by pressing 1 button. Measurements can be displayed and recorded in user selectable English and metric units. Using the MAP mode function it…
Clinical Studies Use Data Logger For Skin Temperature Monitor
Grant SQ2010 Supports The Study Of Pain Relief
CAS DataLoggers provided the portable data logging solution that would serve as a skin temperature monitor for a promising medical research application. The logger serves as an economical way to back up and support clinical studies in a variety of areas including pain relief. The aim of the study into pain relief was to investigate the effect of interferential current frequencies upon cutaneous…
Food Temperature Monitoring & Alarming Solution In Meat Lockers
Accsense VersaLog Records Temperature on 8 Channels
CAS Dataloggers provided the data logging solution for a slaughterhouse with meat lockers storing product requiring continuous temperature monitoring. The company also needed proof of best practices to show regulatory compliance and preserve their reputation. Their frozen meat needed to be maintained at -20°C (-4°F), and the fresh meat at -1.7°C (+29°F). In the event of an air conditioner compressor failure, the meat could…
Energy Usage Monitoring and Efficiency Measurement in a Display Home
dataTaker DT85 Helps Demonstrate Cost Benefits of Materials
CAS Dataloggers provided the datalogging solution for a large manufacturer of thermally efficient and lightweight building panels whose insulated products were used extensively in the construction of a highly energy efficient home. The manufacturer wanted to set up continual energy usage monitoring over an extended period of time to demonstrate all the energy and cost benefits of its thermally efficient materials. The house…
Powerful and Simple Air Compressor Monitoring
dataTaker DT80 Accurately Measures Runtime & Energy Levels
Compressed air is a commonly used power source by manufacturers worldwide. As manufacturing capacity expands, compressor capacities also need to increase to meet the greater demand. Therefore it’s important to select a compressor with the correct capacity –if a compressor is too large for the job, it will only operate occasionally and draw a lot of power even while idling. A company specializing…
New TDL110 Transport Data Logger from Bosch
New TDL110 Transport Data Logger from Bosch
The new TDL110 Transport Data Logger from Bosch brings transparency into the entire supply chain. It is designed for monitoring and recording data during transportation and storage of sensitive items. It can be easily attached to shipments of products such as industrial machines or fragile items and configured to record relevant parameters such as temperature, humidity, tilt, and shock.
The measured data can be retrieved…
Flow Rate Monitoring to Minimize Water Pollution
dataTaker DT82 Proves To Be a Cost-Effective Single Solution
A wastewater management district in Cleveland contacted CAS DataLoggers to supply an automated flow rate monitoring solution in a channel in their environmental project. In most cities, sanitary sewers and storm sewers were separate, so that storm water was diverted into a nearby lake. However, Cleveland had only one sewer available, so all of the flow went to the sewage treatment plant.…
ENERGY AUDIT: BEGIN ACHIEVING LONG-TERM SAVINGS
Most companies and organizations have many unexplored ways to lower their energy bills. In fact, your own facility likely has several unrealized areas where you can decrease or otherwise optimize your energy usage for substantial long-term savings. While an energy audit is an ideal way to achieve this, many people don’t know how to go about doing one themselves. In our latest White Paper, CAS DataLoggers shows how you can…
Versatile Data Acquisition for Automotive Component Testing
dataTaker DT80 Accommodates More Than 20 Measurements
A large OEM manufacturer of automotive components needed to conduct a long-term test to evaluate the reliability of its latest device. This automotive component testing involved data collection from multiple vehicles at various locations across the US to study the effects of different use and environmental conditions on the components. The test was to run for 3 years to capture enough data for accurate…
Vehicle Emissions Dynamometer Calibration Properly Monitored
Influx Rebel LT Vehicle Data Logger Saves Users Time & Money
CAS DataLoggers provided the data logging solution for a well-known original equipment manufacturer using a standard production diesel vehicle for an emissions dynamometer calibration procedure of their equipment at their plant. The test vehicle was locked in place on the dynamometer which had been calibrated to mimic the test vehicle’s inertia and driving resistance. The vehicle was driven over a…
Remote Data Acquisition Solution In Natural Gas Dehydration Plants
Delphin DAQ Systems
CAS DataLoggers provided a remote data acquisition solution for a state-owned oil and gas company located in Eastern Europe involved in developing natural gas in distant gas fields. The gas came out of a wellhead for processing in either of two dehydration plants. These plants extract water from the gas before sending it through a compressor station and then pumping it through the pipeline system. However, since the…
Remote Solution For Automobile Air Conditioning Performance Test
dataTaker Dt80 Records Temperature, Voltage, Current, Pressure & Speed
Malaysian automobile manufacturer Proton needed to perform the air conditioning performance test of a newly developed A/C system installed in their Proton Persona 1.6 MT-Line test car. During these rigorous tests, performance was monitored under several different test patterns measuring such factors as ambient temperatures and pressure. Some of these A/C performance tests were conducted in a specialized climactic test chamber and…
Condition Monitoring of a Mining Quarry for Optimal Production
Versatile dataTaker DT80
CAS DataLoggers supplied the data logging solution for a major international building supplies provider experiencing regular downtime in one of their mining quarries. Raw materials were constantly moved using conveyor belts throughout the quarry, and evidence of a problem had surfaced when significant discrepancies between the manually-reported stoppages and the material throughput began appearing. To clarify this issue and to identify the cause of these discrepancies, an automated…
Soil Moisture Monitoring Maximizes Plant Growth For Farmers
ADU-500 Collects Reliable Soil Moisture Measurements
Accurate soil moisture content is an important parameter in a number of applications including geologists studying landslide potential, civil engineers designing watersheds or the National Weather Center predicting floods. But, probably the most widespread use is in agricultural studies designed to optimize crop quality and improve field yield so we can continue to feed the earth’s growing population with the limited land and resources available.…
Greenhouse Climate Control Using Wireless Data Loggers
T&D Automates Data Collection to Improve Product Quality
CAS DataLoggers provided the wireless temperature monitoring solution for a Northeast Ohio greenhouse growing lettuce and other high-demand produce. To ensure the highest quality product the greenhouse ‘micro-climate’ has to be evenly maintained at an ideal temperature. The greenhouse climate control system is slow to respond leaving several cool zones outside the immediate heater coverage area. Staff members were manually checking glass thermometers,…
Sophisticated Fuel Consumption Monitoring in a Gold Mine
dataTaker DT80 Helps Prove Product Outperformed the Competition
CAS DataLoggers provided the data logging solution of fuel consumption monitoring for a company called FPC International, specializing in a diesel fuel additive widely used in tankers, trucks, and trains all over the world to save on fuel and engine maintenance costs while reducing carbon footprints and emissions. Rather than just making claims of their product’s benefits, FPC Intl. actively tested and documented…
Lab Goes Paperless With a Digital Chart Recorder
Brainchild Data Logger Records Temperature on 6 Channels
CAS DataLoggers provided a digital chart recorder to a medical research laboratory performing experiments which required real-time temperature monitoring. For years staff relied on older paper chart recorders but these devices were getting increasingly difficult to support and maintain. In addition, they wanted to make the switch to digital data storage and avoid wasting time hunting for hardcopy. Initially, the cost of several…
dataTaker Will Monitor Power Consumption Hassle-Free
Dt80 and WattNode Transducers Make Data Accessibility a Snap
CAS DataLoggers provided a data logging system to a large concrete manufacturing plant that needed to monitor power consumption in conjunction with many other electrical parameters. This data was used both for energy efficiency studies and to capture voltage and frequency fluctuations in the power grid. The plant had strict requirements on the power factor of their equipment, so they wanted to…
Oil Well Monitoring Made Safer & More Productive
DataTaker Provides Advanced Alarms, Secure Data Transfers & Prevents Cross-Channel Interference
An oil company which regularly drills into reserves containing heavy crude oil required an advanced data logging system for oil well monitoring. This crude is commonly harvested by drilling a horizontal well into the deposit and injecting steam into it to heat the bitumen and allow it to be extracted. A second horizontal well is then drilled directly below the…
Oil Well Monitoring Made Safer & More Productive
DataTaker Provides Advanced Alarms, Secure Data Transfers & Prevents Cross-Channel Interference
An oil company which regularly drills into reserves containing heavy crude oil required an advanced data logging system for oil well monitoring. This crude is commonly harvested by drilling a horizontal well into the deposit and injecting steam into it to heat the bitumen and allow it to be extracted. A second horizontal well is then drilled directly below the…
Remote Monitoring Solution for Biogas Production Process
DataTaker DT80M Data Logger Turns Waste to Watts
PMP Environmental’s tapioca starch plant in Sumatra, Indonesia became increasingly concerned about the impact of greenhouse gas emissions and rising energy costs. These factors became the impetus for the plant to search for a solution to these pressing environmental issues, and eventually the plant began considering biogas, a combination of methane and other gases, as an alternative source of electricity. PMP Environmental Australia…
Self-Regulating Closed-Loop Systems For More Precise Control
Feedback Control Systems Are Ideal in a Wide Range of Industries
Closed-loop systems—electronic control systems which incorporate feedback–are a mainstay of modern manufacturing and R&D. As with many industrial control systems such as PLCs, the goal is to ensure a repeatable process. Whether you’re working on a research application, supervising/servicing an industrial process or supervising a whole plant’s operations, in our latest White Paper we detail some of the business benefits…
Cold Chain Monitoring Solution for Fruit & Vegetable Transport
SwiTrace Data Loggers Provide Proof of Product Quality
CAS DataLoggers provided its SwiTrace Temperature Data Loggers to a shipper exporting fruits and vegetables. Most of these products were very temperature-sensitive and could easily spoil if not kept in the proper environment. Therefore, it was essential to put in place a cold chain monitoring solution to track the temperature of these refrigerated shipments. The monitoring device had to provide an immediate indication…
The 6 Most Important Parts of a Temperature Monitoring System
Guard Critical Products and Processes
In the last few years, it’s become increasingly common for hospitals, clinics, healthcare, and life science organizations and other business to use an electronic temperature monitoring system to safeguard their products and satisfy regulatory demands. You may know that you need a monitoring system possibly with alarming capabilities but aren’t sure how to select the best one to meet your needs. To complicate matters, there are…
Part II: How Fast of a Sample Rate Does Your Data Logger Need?
Part I of “How Fast of a Sample Rate Does Your Data Logger Need?” discussed why you are datalogging and the factors you should consider when determining the appropriate sample rate.
How Does Sample Rate Impact the Data Logger?
The maximum required sample rate impacts several key areas in the design and operation of data logger. Obviously, the logger has to have enough on-board memory to store all of the data collected…
New LogBox Wi-Fi Data Logger From Novus
Multi-Channel, Universal Input Logger with Wi-Fi Connectivity
CAS DataLoggers is pleased to introduce the new LogBox Wi-Fi wireless data logger from Novus Automation. The LogBox Wi-Fi is the third model in the LogBox Connect family of wireless data loggers. It is targeted at temperature and environmental monitoring applications in warehouses, laboratories, clean rooms, data centers, refrigerators/freezer, and coolers. Data can be accessed remotely through the Novus cloud, SCADA or IoT applications…
Energy Efficiency For Food & Beverage Distributors
Unlocking Energy Savings for Daytona Florida Beer Distributor
Abstract
In 1873 there were approximately 4,131 beer breweries in operation in the United States, and that number declined to almost zero during the prohibition area of 1919-1933. In 1980 only 44 breweries supplied beer to all of America and that steadily grew to 5,301 breweries in 2017 according to the Brewer Association. It’s estimated that the total U.S. economic impact from the beer…
New LogBox Wi-Fi Data Logger From Novus
Multi-Channel, Universal Input Logger with Wi-Fi Connectivity
CAS DataLoggers is pleased to introduce the new LogBox Wi-Fi wireless data logger from Novus Automation. The LogBox Wi-Fi is the third model in the LogBox Connect family of wireless data loggers.It is targeted at temperature and environmental monitoring applications in warehouses, laboratories, clean rooms, data centers, refrigerators/freezer, and coolers. Data can be accessed remotely through the Novus cloud, SCADA or IoT applications or…
Vibration Monitoring System for Hydro Turbines
Delphin Expert Vibro System Diagnoses Faults
Delphin Technology recently provided the vibration monitoring solution for Femaris, a Romanian company focusing mainly on providing products and services for measuring and analyzing technical parameters. Femaris offers complete solutions for the implementation of predictive and proactive machine maintenance, as well as online and offline monitoring of critical operational parameters. This includes static and dynamic balancing of rotors, data acquisition systems to record vibrations and…
Environmental Data Collection Protects Medical Warehouse
T&D Data Loggers Monitor Performance Qualification
A medical device company required a temperature and humidity monitoring system to ensure optimal temperature and relative humidity conditions in its warehouse facility. The customer recently installed an RTR-500 wireless data logging system to measure and record the air temperature and relative humidity in its 145,000 square foot warehouse. The company provides inspection, packaging, distribution, and warehousing of medical instruments and implants, with a primary…
Underhood Thermal Management & Engine Cooling Analysis
Delphin Data 64 KTM Temperature Measurement System
Malaysian automobile manufacturer Proton needed to test the underhood thermal management and engine cooling performance in their new manual 5-speed Proton Persona 1.6 M/T Line. The thermal test program was designed to check underhood part performance in order to ensure that the parts were working within design requirements after being exposed to high temperatures during driving and climbing. Engine cooling analysis testing was performed…
Wastewater Monitoring System with a Wireless Datalogger
T&D RTR-502 Downloads Data Automatically
CAS DataLoggers recently provided the wireless temperature monitoring solution for a company storing wastewater tanks that required temperature monitoring. The tanks contained polluted wastewater awaiting treatment and had to be constantly monitored and maintained within a specific temperature range to keep bacteria from growing. The company began searching for a wireless water tank temperature sensor and data logger for a wastewater monitoring system that could perform…
LogBox Data Logger with 3G Cellular Connectivity
CAS DataLoggers is pleased to introduce the new LogBox 3G wireless data logger from Novus Automation.
logbox 3G data loggerThe LogBox 3G is the second model in the LogBox Connect family of wireless data loggers. It is targeted at mobile monitoring and remote telemetry applications. Data can be accessed remotely through the Novus cloud or another SCADA application or on a local PC via the NXperience software.
The design of the LogBox…
Part I: How Fast Of a Sample Rate Does Your Data Logger Need?
We often receive requests for data logging systems that can sample the inputs 100’s or 1000’s of times a second. And while we offer several different systems that can provide kHz sample rates, we often try to get a better understanding of the application to see if this is really necessary. As you increase the sample rate there are a number of costs that go up quickly. It’s not just…
Make Your Own Weathering Monitoring System Using a DataTaker DT80M
Modem Data Logging is Ideal for Remote Weather Monitoring Applications
Weather stations are a valuable tool for many different businesses and organizations in the community, from the farmer who needs to know the best time for crop planting to the agricultural scientist researching crop yields to the local news station in its daily weather forecasting. Now the Applications Specialists at CAS DataLoggers show you how to put together your own weather…
Runtime Monitoring Using a dataTaker Data Logger
For Machine monitoring, Productivity Assessment & Troubleshooting
At CAS DataLoggers, many of our callers want to see how often one or more of their machines are operating and when. This pinpoints machine downtime and can identify poor work productivity, or identifies if another cause is at work (power outages etc.) In our latest Technical Article, we outline how to configure a Series 4 dataTaker DT8x Data Logger for runtime monitoring. What…
Measure Surface Temperature of Cooling Metal for Quality Welds
dataTaker DT82I Data Helps Prevent Metal Deformation
CAS DataLoggers provided the dataTaker datalogging solution for a welding company manufacturing a wide variety of metal parts. In many of their jobs workers needed to measure surface temperature of long lengths of pipe. The high heat applied during the welding process distorts and warps the metal as it cools, so welders first have to preheat the metal before welding. During preheating the metal…
Cold Atom Physics Experiments Controlled by ADwin
ADwin-Pro-II Real Time Data Acquisition & Control
CAS DataLoggers provided the data acquisition and control solution for a professor of physics, specifically focusing on cold atom physics at a major university. They began running an experiment producing ultracold quantum gases containing either bosons and fermions. The experiment took place under high vacuum inside a pyrex glass cell. Researchers collected the atoms in a magneto-optical trap (MOT) which consisted of 6 laser…
ADwin for Plastic Injection Molding Process Monitoring
Control Shot Injection with an ADwin Gold System
Recently CAS DataLoggers interviewed a long-time customer using an ADwin-Gold Real-Time Data Acquisition & Control System. Read on to learn how his plastic injection molding business has benefitted from high-speed data acquisition—and how your business can do the same.
Q&A Session
Q: You have been using the ADwin Gold system for plastic injection molding process monitoring of your equipment for several years now, how do…
Continuously Monitoring a Radon Mitigation System
ADU-500 Offers Cost-Effective, Wireless Solution to Contractors
Radon is a colorless, odorless radioactive gas that is present in trace amounts in the environment. It results as part of the radioactive decay chain of uranium and thorium in the earth’s crust. The problem is that it can leak up from the ground and accumulate in buildings; there is clear evidence that breathing air with high concentrations of radon gas can cause lung…
Air Pressure Monitoring for a Chemical Fume Hood
Accsense A1-O1a Pressure and Temperature Data Loggers
CAS DataLoggers recently provided the datalogging solution used to record pressure and temperature to monitor the operation of a laboratory fume hood. The manufacturer uses a chemical fume hood to protect workers by containing vapors, dusts, gases, and fumes, and then expelling them out via the ducted hood’s exhaust system. OSHA laboratory safety requirements required the use of the hood to ensure operator safety…
