Safety for you with parallel measurements of ambient CO and CO₂ with only one instrument!

In the past we have had separate instruments to measure CO in ambient air (testo 317-3), and CO2 in ambient air (testo 435, testo 535, testo 480). Both CO and CO2 pose serious health hazards, if found in large quantities in the ambient atmosphere. We felt the necessity to have a single instrument to measure trace levels of CO & CO2 both and that’s how testo 315-3 was born.

CO and CO₂ concentrations occur in dangerous quantities especially in the boiler houses, heating rooms, large kitchens with gas boilers and extractor hoods, or in industry and warehousing.

Previously, often only the CO content was recorded. However, the CO₂ concentration caused by say blocked flue gas exhausts is also damaging to health. It is an important early indicator for the evaluation of a functional heating or air extraction system.

Now profit from the parallel measurement of CO-/CO₂ with only one instrument with testo’s newly launched 315-3.
The testo 315-3 can be used for ambient measurements in many areas:

• Boiler houses
• Heating rooms
• Restaurants, larger kitchens and canteens
• Ventilation and air conditioning systems
• Industry and warehousing

With testo 315-3, you can measure both values simultaneously and directly! You can conveniently ensure safety, and measure with an instrument which corresponds to the European Standard EN 50543. This standard lays down technical requirements for CO / CO₂ measuring instruments. In addition to this, the testo 315-3 corresponds to British Standard BS 6173:2009 and is TÜV-tested.

Highlights of testo 315-3:
•             Parallel and direct CO-/CO₂ measurement
•             Complies with European Standard 50543
•             Convenient, easy operation
•             Measurement values transferable to testo 330 (V2010)
•             Data printout on site
•             TÜV tested        

Be equipped for the future and ensure your safety.
Click here for more info, or write to you at info@testoindia.com

Now measure ambient CO and CO₂ parallely with only one instrument with testo’s 315-3.

Previously, often only the CO content in ambient air was recorded. However, the CO₂ concentration caused by blocked flue gas exhausts, etc is also damaging to health.
With testo 315-3, you can measure both values simultaneously and directly! Keep a check on dangerous concentrations in boiler houses, heating rooms, in large kitchens with gas boilers and in industry and warehousing.

You can conveniently ensure your safety, and measure with an instrument which corresponds to the European Standard EN 50543, British Standard BS 6173:2009 and is TÜV-tested.

Be equipped for the future and ensure your safety.
Click here for more info, or write to you at info@testoindia.com

Achieve Energy Efficiency under "Perform Achieve Trade (PAT) Scheme" with Testo's Measurement Solutions

The Perform Achieve Trade (PAT) scheme was introduced by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), under the Ministry of Power, India with an aim to reduce energy consumption in industries across India. This is mainly applicable for sectors such as iron and steel, cement, fertilizers, aluminium, textiles, thermal plants and paper which are energy intensive sectors.

This scheme aims to improve the efficiency standards of these by 2015. The government notified the targets under the Energy Conservation Act 2001 for 478 industrial units and thermal power stations. These sectors cover over 65% of industrial electric consumption in the country, according to BEE estimates, and will help save 165 million ton equivalent of energy consumption annually.

The Central Government, in consultation with the Bureau, has established energy consumption norms and standards for designated consumers i.e these industries and these industries have to comply to those norms and bring down their energy consumption level in the stipulated time period. BEE has notified every industry about their energy efficiency targets. Over achievement by any industry will be converted into tradable 'Energy Savings Certificate' at the end of 2015.

To implement this scheme, every industry has to appoint an energy audit cell to keep a track on its progress towards energy efficiency targets.

Here’s where Testo can help. Testo offers entire testing & measuring instruments’ kit to equip the energy audit cell for this task.

• Testo  Flue Gas Analyzer monitors hazardous emissions and optimizes combustion efficiency thereby reducing energy consumption and directly saving on fuel costs.
• Testo Thermal Imager extensively helps perform preventive and predictive maintenance to avoid any energy losses – Be it electrical or mechanical maintenance.
• Multi-parameter measuring instrument - testo 435 – effectively measures cooling fan efficiency.
• RPM measuring instrument testo 470 is most suitable for revolving parts efficiency measurement.
• Testo Data Loggers effectively monitor cooling tower efficiency measurement.
• Testo Compressed Air Flow Meter checks for any compressed air leakages and monitors compressed air consumption.
• Testo Dew Point Transmitter measures drier efficiency and checks for moisture in compressed air thereby ensuring quality of compressed air.

Click here to contact us, or write to us at info@testoindia.com for more information.

Flue Gas Analysis, Thermography and Other Measurement Needs of a Cement Plant

The Indian cement industry produces quality cement strictly as per the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) specifications and its quality is comparable with the best in the world.
To maintain its high quality and processes, Testo brings for Cement Industry best-in-class measurement solutions.

Flue Gas Analysis:
The diagram shows typical measuring points of gas analysis in a cement plant.

• Rotary Kiln Inlet - Monitor CO, O2, NO & SO2
• Calciner - Monitor CO, O2
• Cyclone Preheater - Monitor CO, O2, NO
• Preheater Exit - Monitor CO, CO2
• Upstream Electronic Filter - Monitor CO, O2
• Coal Mill -Monitor O2
• Dust Filter after Coal Mill - Monitor CO
• Stack - Monitor CO, CO2, O2, NOX & SO2

Testo Flue Gas Analyser 350 is the best suited portable emission analyser for a Cement plant.
• It can analyze upto a maximum of 6 gases, out of CO, O2, CO2, NO , NO2, SO2, HC, H2S
• Peltier cooled gas preparation system
• Special hose for SOx/NOx measurement
• Dual filter systems to handle dusty gases
• Automatic disposal of condensate and slurry
• Easy emission software for complete data management

Thermography:
Thermal imagers are of great significance in preventive & predictive maintenance, quality assurance and production monitoring.  A thermal profile of an object helps detect anomalies easily and in time.

Mechanical Maintenance: 
Head development, especially in mechanical components can indicate strain caused by friction, incorrect adjustment, excessive tolerances of the components or insufficient lubrication. With its high temperature resolution, thermal imagers testo 876 and testo 882 provide an exact diagnosis.


Electrical Maintenance:
In low, medium and high voltage systems, infrared thermography allows an evaluation of the level of warming, thus minimizes the danger of fire and avoids costly downtimes.

Thermograhy is equally useful for Kiln Refractory Studies.

Compressed Air:
• Monitoring consumption of compressed air with a compressed air flow meter and thereby optimizing its usage.
• Checking for dryness of the compressed air at drier outlet with dew point transmitter.

Pressure & Velocity:
• Differential pressure measurement in preheater duct
• Velocity and dP measurement across baghouse filters

Temperature:
• Non-contact temperature monitoring at different points on the rotating kiln
• Temperature measurement at different zones in the preheater

For more information, click here to contact us or visit www.testo.com/en-IN.

Shifting Gears Smoothly…from Design to Market with Testo Measurement Solutions for Automotive Industry

Out of tradition, with modern technology: Testo offers precise measurement technology for various applications in automotive industry.

Research & Development

In many applications in research and development, the measurement of temperature and temperature curves is essential. Because unfavorable temperature developments, e. g. on electronic components, can reduce the quality of the product. The use of a thermal imager, which presents the infrared radiation of the measurement as an image, allows the reliable measurement of surface temperature, even on the smallest objects in the micrometre range. Thermal imagers thus already support the maintenance of the quality and specifications of the final product at the development stage.

On the long path from the idea to the product, the risk of inconclusive test series must be minimized in the interests of economic viability. However, it is possible to guarantee constant parameters as a prerequisite for successful research and development. Precise Testo measurement technology supports you reliably when you are recreating corrosive environmental influences in a laboratory, simulating loads on an engine test bench or testing integrated circuits elsewhere. The optimization of the heat flow in assemblies and components is a central topic in product development. With the thermal imager testo 890, you not only measure surface temperature, you also record thermal processes exactly in real time. The data of the thermographic video recording can be stopped and analyzed at any point: at any moment, all temperature measurement points per pixel are available.

Project Planning

With Testo measurement technology, you develop innovative and energy-saving solutions for all areas of industry. For the purposes of lowering costs in production and in the final product, industry is reliant on resource-efficient processes, on machines whose mechanical, electric or pneumatic drives consume as little energy as possible. The expression used is “green automation”. This includes grippers made of lightweight materials or pneumatic systems with low compressed air consumption, or even intelligent control and ventilation systems.

Compressed air is generated internally and distributed without knowing how much is consumed in total and in individual areas. Without this knowledge, however, there is no motivation to repair leaks or to aim for more economical consumption. An expensive error. Independent research has shown that up to 40 % of compressed air produced is wasted. In an average industrial company, this waste adds up to several thousand rupees per year.

The compressed air flow meter testo 6441 serves to record, monitor, control and document the compressed air consumption, thus ensuring transparency. This increases the motivation of those responsible for the process to undertake cost reduction measures and to save energy.

Production & Quality Assurance

In the end, only quality counts. With Testo measurement technology, you achieve this safely and efficiently. You manufacture goods with a consistently high standard of technology, and invest in the most modern equipment. You are reliant on permanent system availability and process security. One of the most important prerequisites for this is the monitoring of all parameters which influence quality, such as temperature and humidity, but also flow velocity, pressure or gas concentration. Testo offers you absolutely reliable measurement systems with which you can consistently monitor and regulate the production climate and the optimum adjustment of your systems. You increase product quality and reduce energy consumption.

Paint Shop

Quality of the automobile is first based on its look. The look in-turn is based on the quality of paint. While the quality of painting is based on the air supplied for spraying. This air is to be pure dry and hence measurement of Dew-point becomes essential. Dew point transmitter testo 6740 checks for the dryness of compressed air in the painting lines and prevents glewing of material.

Maintenance

Large automotive manufacturers demands from machine suppliers guaranteed statements on the maintenance costs and the system availability to be expected. Downtimes cost hugely, not to mention production losses. Testo measurement technology for industrial thermography simplifies the monitoring of critical areas which threaten to disable operation. With a temperature resolution of < 30 mK, the thermalimager testo 885 makes even the smallest difference visible, its 30° lens records the heat distribution in large image sections. You thus prevent malfunctions and fire risks, and never have to wonder whether, behind the deceptive calm, the system might not just be going out of control.

To know more solutions for your industry, click here to contact us or visit www.testo.com/en-IN.

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY – 5th June 2013

Here are some ways we, testo, can help you conserve energy and contribute our bit towards preserving our environment.

Here’s how you can conserve energy in commonly used industrial equipment/applications:

Boilers: The motive of the industry should be to generate the required quantity and quality of steam at minimum cost. By measuring oxygen level in exhaust, Testo’s Flue Gas Analyser helps to adjust air to fuel ratio, thereby reducing & optimising fuel consumption and minimising energy costs. At the same time, it also restricts release of hazardous emission in the atmosphere.

Compressed Air: is used as a power source for various tools & equipment and accounts for a major share of the electricity. Even the smallest leakage points waste energy and money. Testo’s Compressed air flow meter measures the consumption of compressed air and detects such leakages and helps optimize its consumption across different sections of the plant. At the same time, Testo’s Dew Point Transmitter keeps a check on the moisture present in the compressed air.

HVAC & Refrigeration: An air conditioning and a refrigeration plant are efficient when all its system components are monitored, serviced and maintained well.  Testo’s all-rounder HVAC analysis instrument 480 monitors ambient climate conditions – in offices, malls, hospitals, etc. and serves an important role in energy optimization and savings. Testo also offers complete refrigeration efficiency monitoring solutions from digital manifolds to refrigerant leak detectors.

Electric Motors: Of the total electricity consumed in the industrial sector, electric motors account for approximately 70%. Electricity consumption in these motors can be reduced if the cooling is improved and are regularly maintained. Testo’s thermal imager identifies areas of overheating and prevents further energy losses.

Diesel Engine: Exhaust analysis of a diesel engine directly points to two benefits: 1. Complete combustion of fuel thereby fuel saving and 2.  Achieving its optimum efficiency i.e the working point of the engine.

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The Revolutionary SuperResolution Technology for High-Resolution Thermal Images from Testo

All objects warmer than minus 273 degrees centigrade (absolute zero) emit infrared heat radiation which cannot be seen by human eye. Thermal Imagers, however, can convert this infrared radiation into electrical signals and present them as a thermal image. The heat radiation is thus made visible for the human eye.

Thermography finds applications in:

·       - Electrical Maintenance for poor connections, unbalanced loads, etc

·       - Preventive Mechanical Maintenance of motors, compressors, pulleys, etc

·       - Quality Assurance & Production Monitoring

·       - Variable High Temperature Measurement

·       - Building diagnostics

·       - Automotive Climate R & D Testing

   

Image 1: Thermal Images from Testo Thermal Imager

In many industrial or trade applications, it is necessary to reliably thermograph even the smallest or extremely distant measuring objects. In such cases, the better the image resolution and the more readings in the thermal image, the more detailed and clearer the representation of the measuring object. And especially when you need to measure from great distances in your application, high resolution image quality is indispensable. Because the more you can see in the thermal image, the better is your analysis.

With the revolutionary SuperResolution technology from Testo, you improve the image quality of your testo thermal imager by one class in no time. Four times more measurement values and a geometric resolution improved by a factor of 1.6 mean for you even more details, even more security in your measurement and better analysis as well. For example 160 x 120 pixels are turned into 320 x 240 pixels at once with a simple firmware upgrade in your testo imager. This means simply better thermography on systems with - Testo SuperResolution upgrade.

This innovation from Testo uses the natural movement of your hand, and records several images, slightly offset to each other, very quickly one after the other. These are then calculated into one image using an algorithm. This allows you to take thermographic measurements easily, quickly and reliably at a great distance, for example using the large rotatable display and optional telephoto lens of the testo 876 – and to analyze the even more detailed SuperResolution thermal images precisely and conveniently on a PC.

The Testo SuperResolution technology makes it possible to depict more real temperature measurements without using a large detector, and thus to correctly measure smaller measuring objects. It provides four times more readings – comparable with a higher detector resolution.

Image 2: The image on the left shows a thermal image with 320 x 240 pixels; the image on the right shows a SuperResolution thermal image with 320 x 240 pixels (corresponds to 640 x 480 pixels).

This is not a simple interpolation procedure, such as bilinear or bicubic interpolation, in which artificial intermediate values are generated without obtaining additional information. Such artificially generated values can never exceed the neighboring values. In contrast, SuperResolution increases the measurement resolution and the level of detail. Real readings are therefore calculated, which are comparable with the photo taken by an imager with a higher detector resolution. The geometric resolution of the SuperResolution thermal image is clearly improved.

Testo's SuperResolution technology combines two well-known recognized methods:

1) Super Sampling

2) Deconvolution

Super Sampling technology uses the natural hand movements and takes multiple image very rapidly one after another.

Image 3: Testo SuperResolution Technology

The ‘deconvolution’ process improves the image quality through the calculation of the imaging properties of the lens with the thermal image.

Testo SuperResolution Technology in a nutshell:

·     - Improves the image quality of your Testo thermal imagers by one class with a mere firmware upgrade

·      - More correct & real temperature measurements without using a large detector

·   - Four times as many readings in the thermal image - Geometric resolution (IFOVgeo) of the thermal image improved by a factor of 1.6

·     - Measurable objects are 1.6 times smaller (IFOVmeas)

·     - Far more details for PC-based analyses and thus qualitatively and quantitatively improved

evaluation options in the thermography report

Click here for more info or write to us at info@testoindia.com.

Safety For You With Parallel Measurements Of Ambient CO and CO₂ With Only One Instrument!

In the past we have had separate instruments to measure CO in ambient air (testo 317-3), and instruments to measure CO2 in ambient air (testo 435, testo 535, testo 480). Both CO and CO2 pose serious health hazards, if found in large quantities in the ambient atmosphere. We felt the necessity to have a single instrument to measure trace levels of CO & CO2 both and that’s how testo 315-3 was born.

CO and CO₂ concentrations occur in dangerous quantities especially in the boiler houses, heating rooms, large kitchens with gas boilers and extractor hoods, or in industry and warehousing.

Previously, often only the CO content was recorded. However, the CO₂ concentration caused by say blocked flue gas exhausts is also damaging to health. It is an important early indicator for the evaluation of a functional heating or air extraction system.

Now profit from the parallel measurement of CO-/CO₂ with only one instrument with testo’s newly launched 315-3.

The testo 315-3 can be used for ambient measurements in many areas:

• Boiler houses
• Heating rooms
• Restaurants, larger kitchens and canteens
• Ventilation and air conditioning systems
• Industry and warehousing

With testo 315-3, you can measure both values simultaneously and directly! You can conveniently ensure safety, and measure with an instrument which corresponds to the European Standard EN 50543. This standard lays down technical requirements for CO / CO₂ measuring instruments. In addition to this, the testo 315-3 corresponds to British Standard BS 6173:2009 and is TÜV-tested.

Highlights of testo 315-3:

• Parallel and direct CO-/CO₂ measurement
• Complies with European Standard 50543
• Convenient, easy operation
• Measurement values transferable to testo 330 (V2010)
• Data printout on site
• TÜV tested        

Be equipped for the future and ensure your safety.

Click here for more info, or write to you at info@testoindia.com