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WORLD01 2006

Beamex corporate magaz ine www.beamex.com

Automatedcalibration planning

lowers costs Calibrationin hazardouslocations

Customersuccess stories: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia New England Controls, Inc.


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Dear Calibration Professional, I am happy to introduce to you the first issue

of Beamex corporate magazine CALIBRATION WORLD. The magazines

target group comprises calibration professionals around the world and the

main purpose of the magazine is to provide insightful articles, tools, customer case

stories, practical tips as well as relevant news and information for the calibration

professional. Your input and feedback are extremely valuable to this magazine, so

if you have any comments, ideas or even stories that you would like to share with

other readers of CALIBRATION WORLD, feel free to contact us.

The first issue of CALIBRATION WORLD tackles some of the most demanding

requirements calibration has presently. The requirements are set by corporate

management, the calibration environment and regulatory authorities.

The first and leading article in this issue discusses calibration planning and

improvements in productivity. Although many companies based in the USA and

Europe have already implemented major cost-saving programs, improvements in

productivity and efficiency still remain among the top priorities. More resourceful

calibration planning can improve productivity and the first article of this magazine

will present you with a few ideas on how to do it.

The second article discusses calibration in hazardous areas. Several things need

to be considered when performing calibrations in a special environment, including

the type of equipment needed for doing it.

I hope our magazine will assist you in learning new things and provide you with

fresh ideas. Enjoy your reading!

Raimo Ahola

Managing Director, Beamex Group

MDs letter

Taking calibration to a higher level

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Calibration World 01/2006

MDs letter 2

Automated calibration planning lowers costs 4

Calibration in hazardous locations 10

Customer Success Story: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 14

Customer Success Story: New England Controls, Inc. 16

Beamex news 18

Happy Birthday, Eero!

Mobile calibration trolley

More accurate temperature calibration

Site demonstrations of Beamexs MCS100

Recent user-group meeting

Training at Beamex Headquarters

Upcoming events 22

About Beamex 23

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rs costsalibration planning

Calibration is an essential element of any

instrumentation maintenance program. However,sometimes calibration operations can be long and

time-consuming. By planning the process and addingthe right tools, efficiency can be improved and costslowered substantially.



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Calibration is an essentialelement of any instrumentationmaintenance prog ram.

Accumulated wear and randomvariations in a sensors environmentwill inevitably reduce its accuracy overtime, so periodic testing is requiredto guarantee that the measurementsbeing reported actually match theconditions being monitored. Otherwise,any computerized monitoring or

control systems, to which the sensoris interfaced, will be unable to detectoff-spec conditions and the quality ofthe product being manufactured willsuffer.

Unfortunately, calibration operationscan be long and tedious, even with the aidof an electronic calibrator that automates

the tests. The sheer volume of data thatmust be collected and analyzed can beoverwhelming when there are hundredsof sensors to be checked and multipledata points to be recorded for each.

For instance...

The experience of Croda ChemicalsEurope (Nr. Goole, East Yorkshire,UK) is typical. They use pressurizedvessels to purify lanolin for health

care and beauty products. Each vesselneeds to be certified at least once everytwo years to demonstrate that it is safeand structurally sound. That includes afunctionality check on all of the pressure

Automated calibration planning

lowers costs and improves

Calibration operations

can be long and

tedious, even with

the aid of an electronic

calibrator that

automates the tests.



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efficiencyinstrumentation, as well as on the sensorsthat monitor the incoming chemicaladditives and the outgoing effluent.

Senior Instrument Technician,David Wright, remembers what it waslike to perform all of those calibrationoperations with paper and pencil duringtheir regularly scheduled maintenanceshut-downs. It took us a week toperform the calibrations and a month toput together the paperwork.

Today, Croda uses the CMXcalibration management softwaresystem from Beamex to coordinate thedata collection operations and archivethe results. Its faster, easier, and moreaccurate than our old paper-basedprocedures, says Wright. Its saving usaround 80 man-hours per maintenanceperiod and should pay for itself in lessthan three years.

CMX runs under the Windowsoperating system and connects directly to

several kinds of calibrators. It is capableof tracking pre-defined, customizedprocess instruments and calibrationstandards such as pressure, temperature,electrical, indicator, recorders, andmass. Multidimensional plant hierarchywith uninstalled, installed, and spareequipment can have multiple functions,multiple procedures, and work orders,including equipment classification.

Once a calibration task has beenperformed, CMX records the calibration

history together with timestamps,electronic signatures, record status, anda complete audit trail. These functionsare especially necessary in regulatedindustry, such as the pharmaceuticalindustry, where routine calibrationoperations are required to show thatquality-critical instruments continue toperform within the def ined tolerances.The records that are produced must bestored and be retrievable upon demand todemonstrate to an auditor that the plant

is being maintained to an acceptablelevel. CMX complies with the newlegislation, concerning electronic records



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and signatures, defined in the regulationsset forth by the FDA in 21 CFR Part 11.

Calibration planning

Calibration software like CMX can alsohelp with the planning of calibrationoperations. Calibration schedules takeinto account the accuracy required for aparticular sensor and the length of timeduring which it has previously been able

to maintain that degree of accuracy.

Sensors that are found to be highlystable need not be re-calibrated as oftenas sensors that tend to drift.

The trick is determining whichsensors should be re-calibrated after afew hours, weeks, or years of operationand which can be left as-is for longerperiods without sacrificing quality orsafety. Doing so allows maintenancepersonnel to concentrate their effortsonly where needed, thereby eliminating

unnecessary calibration work.The calibration schedule at Croda is

determined by three criteria. They mustfirst comply with all governmental andinsurance regulations that mandateprotection for the plant, its personnel,and its environment. These are Crodastop priorities and in some ways the mostexpensive, not so much for the directcosts of complying with the mandatedcalibration operations, but for thepotential cost of failing to comply. In

the UK, as well as in the EU and theUS, government agencies can shut downa plant completely for violating healthand safety regulations, including thosefor calibration.

Automated calibration planning

Its faster, easier, and

more accurate than

our old paper-based

procedures.



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The bottom lineThe ROI afforded by an automated

calibration planning system will

depend not only on the cost of

acquiring it, but on the savings

it provides. Net returns will be

greatest under the following

conditions...

When the plant is highly

regulated.

When current calibration

procedures are highly labor-

intensive due to a large number

of instruments, a large variety

of instruments, a particularly

complicated set of calibration

procedures, or a particularly

cumbersome set of paper-based

reporting procedures.

When a large percentage of

instruments have discretionary

calibration intervals (that is,

when most instruments do need

to be calibrated at fixed intervals

for regulatory, safety, or quality

reasons or because access is

limited to specific maintenance

periods).

When the instruments to becalibrated must meet a wide

variety of tolerance, safety, and

quality requirements, especially

when some requirements are

stricter than others.

When a large number of plant

personnel must coordinate

their efforts either to perform

calibration work or to review the

results.

Croda also enforces its own in-housesafety and quality standards that requirecertain sensors to be checked everyweek, every time an area of the plantshuts down for maintenance, or everyyear. The most frequent calibrations arereserved for critical sensors such as thepH meters that measure the acidity ofthe eff luent discharged to the river.

Wright describes Crodas third criteriafor calibration planning as experience

of practice. Management analyzesthe history of previous calibrationoperations and determines the optimalinterval between calibrations for sensorsthat do not require regular checks. Thisanalysis can be performed automaticallywith calibration software like CMX,thereby improving the efficiency ofcreating a calibration schedule and

relieving maintenance personnel of the

need to remember when a particularsensor is due for calibration work.

And by maintaining calibrationschedules for all of the sensors inthe plant in one electronic database,calibration software can reduce theadministrative headaches of maintainingindividual schedules for individualmachines, processes, and operationalzones. Automatic archiving functionsalso eliminate the transcription errorscommon to hand-written calibration

reports and work schedules, saving notonly the time required to f ill out a paperreport, but the time required to do itagain when mistakes are discovered.

Sensors that are found

to be highly stable need

not be re-calibrated as

often as sensors that

tend to drift.



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Striking a match in an environmentthat contains combustible gasis nothing short of dangerous

personal injury and property damageare likely consequences. Improperly

calibrating an instrument in thishazardous environment can be almostas dangerous.

The materials and fluids used insome processes can be hazardous in thesense that they can ignite or explode.For example, hydrocarbons in mines,oil refineries, and chemical plants areflammable and are typically containedwithin vessels and pipes. If this weretruly the case, an external flame wouldnot ignite the hydrocarbons. However,

in many locations, leaks, abnormalconditions, and fluid accumulationmay allow hydrocarbons to be presentsuch that the flame could ignite thehydrocarbons with disastrous results.

Hydrocarbons and other flammablefluids are not limited to thepetroleum and chemical industries.For example, combustible fuels,

such as natural gas, are used in allindustries, including agriculture, food,pharmaceuticals, power generation,

pulp/paper, water/wastewater,universities, retail, and in the home.

In addition, many materials and f luidsused in seemingly safe industries arethemselves flammable. Even seemingly

safe water treatment systems usecombustible materials such as chlorinein their processes. This means thatcertain areas of a water treatment plantmay well be considered hazardous.Similarly, certain areas of food plants,such as reactors that hydrogenate oils,may pose hazards as well. Therefore,it is important for plants to examinetheir processes and identify hazardouslocations so that the proper instrumentsare selected, installed, and maintained

in accordance with practices that areappropriate for the hazard.

combustible vapors require

Calibration in hazardous locations:

Many materials

and fluids used in

seemingly safe

industries are

themselves flammable.



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special equipment

Equipment Requirements

in Hazardous Locations

Protection requirements for hazardouslocations vary according to the type of

material present, frequency of the hazard,and the protection concept applied.

The intensity with which variousvapors can combust is generallydifferent. Groupings (IEC 60079-10) inorder of decreasing ignition energy (withan example of a gas in the group) are:

Group IIC Acetylene

Group IIB+H2 Hydrogen

Group IIB Ethylene

Group IIA Propane

The hazardous area classifications(IEC 60079-10) in order of decreasingfrequency are:

Zone 0 Flammable material

present continuously


present intermittently


present abnormally

Intrinsic Safety (IS) is the mostcommon protection concept applied tocalibrators that are used in hazardous

locations. In general, the IS conceptis to design the calibrator such that itlimits the amount of energy availablesuch that it cannot ignite a combustiblegas mixture. Adding the applicability

of IS designs to various hazards in theprevious table yields:

Zone 0 ia Flammable material

present continuously

Zone 1 ia, ib Flammable material

present intermittently

Zone 2 ia, ib Flammable material

present abnormally

In addition, a hot surface temperatureon a device can cause ignition.

Temperature classes limit the maximumsurface temperature between 450C (T1)and 85C (T6).



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Calibration in hazardous locations

Beamex calibrators for hazardouslocations are designed and certifiedfor Ex ia IIC T4 hazards per the ATEXDirective and are applicable to all vaporhazards where a temperature class of135C in a 50C ambient is acceptable.As such, they can be used for theoverwhelming majority of applicationswhere a vapor hazard is present.

Calibration Solutions

for Hazardous Locations

Instruments designed to measureflow, level, pressure, temperature,and other variables designed inhazardous locations are generally usedto monitor and control the process.In some applications, it is practicalto remove these instruments andcalibrate them on the workshop witha calibration test bench. This is usuallynot the case, which means that many

instruments are calibrated in the field.Fortunately, there are calibrators that arespecifically designed to operate safelyin rugged environments and hazardouslocations.

The Beamex MC5-IS is a portable,intrinsically safe, multifunctionalcalibrator that has modules which can

accommodate wide ranges and manytypes of pressure, RTD, thermocouple,voltage, current, pulse, and frequencymeasurements.

The Beamex MCS100 modular

Intrinsic Safety (IS)

is the most common

protection concept

applied to calibrators

used in hazardous

locations.



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A few pointsto remember

Improper actions in hazardouslocations can result in property

damage and bodily injury.

Hazardous locations can exist

in virtually all industries, stores,

and in the home.

Instruments should be specified,

installed, operated, and

maintained in accordance with

requirements for the hazardous

location.

Portable Beamex calibrators

for hazardous locations aredesigned to be used in virtually

all vapor hazards.

calibration system is a test bench andcalibration system for workshops andlaboratories that incorporates thefunctionality of the MC5 multifunctioncalibrator and can measure/generate

additional parameters such as precisionpressures. The ergonomic design andmodular construction allow the user toselect the necessary functions in a cost-effective manner.

The Beamex CMX software integratescalibration management by allowingefficient planning and scheduling ofcalibration work. It not only alerts youwhen to calibrate, but also automaticallytakes data, creates documentation,adheres to cGMP regulations (21 CFR

11), and tracks calibration history. Thissoftware generally makes calibrationwork faster and easier and is designed tointegrate into management systems suchas SAP/R3 and Maximo.



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Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Gas Technology Centre (GASTEG)is a center of excellence forpromoting training, research

and service activities. It is one of thefirst centers of its kind in SoutheastAsia and targeted to become a primereference for the regional gas industry.GASTEG is a strategic business andlearning unit for the Faculty of Natural

Gas and Resources Engineering in theUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia.

Dr. Rahmat Mohsin, Directorof GASTEG, envisions continuousdevelopment and applications in theadvancement of research methodologyand the commercialization of thefindings to enhance the marketdemands of local R&D, especially fromthe university.

The situation

Dr. Rahmat Mohsin has been familiarwith Beamex calibration equipmentsince 1994, when the first units ofPC106 and TC305 were purchased forresearch and development applicationsin GASTEGs laboratory. The laboratorywas established for the purpose oftraining in process measurement, aswell as understanding calibration and itsapplications. At present, GASTEG alsoprovides extensive support services with

their Beamex calibration equipment.Calibration has an important role in

the GASTEG laboratory. It is crucialfor us to accurately measure data forpressure, temperature and instrument

signals in our research work. Theprocess instruments we are using requirehigh-accuracy calibration and thecalibrators have been able to provide usexcellent results, Dr. Rahmat Mohsinexplains. It is imperative to provideresearch students with the best possibleinstruments for them to excel, Dr.Rahmat Mohsin continues.

The solution and main benefits

GASTEGs quality system complieswith ISO9001:2000 and ISO 17025,along with other standards that addresssafety and environment management.At the moment, GASTEG is utilizingBeamexs MC5 multifunctioncalibrators, MCS100 workstations andCMX calibration management software.They chose Beamex equipment becauseof its reliability, performance in terms

of accuracy, user-friendliness and alsothe flexibility of the calibrators to caterto various measuring applications withtheir all-in-one functionality. The all-in-one functionality turned out to bea very cost-effective feature comparedto buying multiple instruments with asingle function or just a few functions.

As a research institute, GASTEGnaturally possesses very demandingrequirements for the calibrationequipment they choose. Excellent

documentation capabilities andautomation wherever possible, says Dr.Rahmat Mohsin as he points out twoof the most important requirements forchoosing a calibration system. This wesaw in the Beamex calibrators, both interms of their built-in documentationand their ability to transfer highlydocumented references to calibrationmanagement software in the form ofcalibration and environment data,Dr. Rahmat Mohsin explains. CMX

calibration management softwareminimizes the required work proceduresand time while providing a centralreference point for instrument anddocument management.

The results have been impressive. Thecalibration laboratory at the GASTEGcenter is not just for research purposes.We decided to further expand thelaboratory to provide calibration servicesfor outside companies as this laboratorysupports comprehensive recalibration

services and documentation forpressure, temperature, frequency andelectrical parameters, Dr. Rahmat

Mohsin describes. The Beamex partnerin Malaysia has been very supportivein all aspects. The laboratory was alsomade possible from the commitment,extensive support services andconsultancy provided by NV Technical& Training Services in Malaysia overthe past years, Dr. Rahmat Mohsinconcludes.

A state-of-the-art calibration laboratory for research and service purposes

Customer success story 1

Gas Technology Centre

is a center of excellence

under the Universiti

Teknologi Malaysia.

The processinstruments we are

using require high-

accuracy calibration

and the calibrators

have provided us

with excellent results,

Dr. Rahmat Mohsin

explains.



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The laboratory was also made possible from the commitment, extensive

support services and consultancy provided by NV Technical & Training

Services in Malaysia over the past years, Dr. Rahmat Mohsin concludes.

Case story in brief

Customer profile

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Gas Technology Centre (GASTEG)

Malaysia

Business Situation

Gas Technology Centre (GASTEG)

is a center of excellence for

promoting training, research and

service activities. It is one of the

first centers of its kind in Southeast

Asia and targeted to become a

prime reference for the regional

gas industry. The laboratory was

established for the purpose of

training in process measurement,as well as understanding

calibration and its applications. At

present, GASTEG also provides

extensive support services

with their Beamex calibration

equipment.

Solution description

CMX calibration management

software

CMX for workstation MC5 Multifunction Calibrators

MCS100 Workstation

Main benefits

Ability to conduct research and

train professionals in a state-of-

the-art calibration laboratory

Possibility to use the research

laboratory for providing

comprehensive calibration

services

It is imperative to provide research students with the best possible

instruments for them to excel, Dr. Rahmat Mohsin clarifies.



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New England Controls, Inc.

New England Controls, Inc.(NEC) is one of 31 localEmerson Process Management

business partners in North America.The company offers 24-hour service,7 days a week, 365 days a year. NEChas two service locations, one inMansfield, Massachusetts and one inBangor, Maine. The company has been

in business for 40 years.

Hakon Dybwad is a Field ServiceEngineer at NEC and he is responsible

for implementing industrial control andautomation solutions on behalf of theircustomers. This task involves assistingclients to improve their work processesin addition to trouble-shooting andresolving control problems, which thecustomers may have.

The situation

Calibration is one of several servicesoffered to NECs customers, on behalf

of Emerson Process Management, insupport of their products. Calibrationactivities include normal, routinemaintenance and/or troubleshooting.NEC extensively utilizes BeamexsMC5 Multifunction Calibrator forcalibrating devices for the companyscustomers during semi-annual orannual maintenance outages at variousmanufacturing or utility facilities. Inseveral instances such tasks entailedcalibration of 200 to 350 field devices

during a two-week period, utilizingtwo to three field service engineers,Hakon describes. The MC5 is adocumenting multifunction calibrator,which means that it communicates

with calibration management software.New England Controls uses their MC5calibrators together with EmersonProcess Managements AMS SUITEsoftware, which performs calibrationmanagement and is also capable ofperforming diagnostics if set up as alive system, wherein device alerts aremonitored. New England Controls has

been very satisfied with the results ofthis particular setup.

Calibration activities are extremelyimportant to NECs customers. We assistour clients in keeping their facilities upand running reliably, thereby reducingthe customers operation costs. Atthe same time, we help in improvingproduction and assist in maintainingthe quality control of products madeor services rendered, Hakon states.Furthermore, such services help us to

ensure the protection of personnel aswell as machinery and assets, Hakoncontinues.

The instruments calibrated by NewEngland Controls include switches(differential pressure, pressure andtemperature), control valve positioners,transmitters (differential pressure,gage pressure, valve, absolute pressure,temperature, frequency, electro-magnetic), just to name a few.

The solution and main benefits

Hakon explains the process by statingthat whenever our field serviceengineers are contracted for calibrationservices, we create a database of bothconventional and HARTdevices. Wemake a schedule, in accordance with thecustomers needs, for when such taskswill take place and we define the crucialfield control devices. Crucial devices arenormally handled more frequently than

non-crucial f ield control devices.The main benefits of using Beamexs

MC5 calibrators have been the reducedtime required in calibrating devices forNECs customers, as well as accurate and

improved electronic documentation thatsupports the calibrations performed.The time required to calibrate fieldcontrol devices, and to produce testresults, has been reduced by betweenhalf or two-thirds compared to older,more conventional methods, Hakonexplains. The MC5 checks in thedevices calibrated on a daily basis at

a speed of 150 devices in just a fewseconds, whereas the calibrator of adifferent manufacturer took half anhour to complete the check-in, Hakoncompares.

The main requirements for calibrationequipment at NEC are reliability,robustness, and it must be easy to use.Furthermore, the documenting process

calibrator must not hinder the fieldservice engineers skills and expertise.We went for the MC5 based on myhaving seen the calibrator demonstratedat an INTERPHEX show, Hakon

Achieving major time savings with Beamexs portable calibrators

Customer success story 2

24-hour service,

7days a week,

365days a year. The MC5 checks in

the devices calibrated

on a daily basis

at a speed of 150

devices in just a few

seconds, whereas

the calibrator of a

different manufacturer

took half an hour tocomplete the check-in,

Hakon compares.



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United States

Case story in brief

Customer profile

New England Controls, Inc.

United States

Business Situation

New England Controls, Inc. (NEC)

is one of 31 local Emerson Process

Management business partners

in North America. The company

offers 24-hour service, 7 days

a week, 365 days a year. NEC

has two service locations, one in

Mansfield, Massachusetts and one

in Bangor, Maine. The company

has been in business for 40 years.

NEC extensively utilizes BeamexsMC5 Multifunction Calibrator

for calibrating devices for the

companys customers during semi-

annual or annual maintenance

outages at various manufacturing

or utility facilities. The main

benefits of using Beamexs MC5

calibrators have been the reduced

time required in calibrating devices

for NECs customers, as well as

accurate and improved electronic

documentation that supports thecalibrations performed.

Solution description

MC5 Multifunction Calibrators

Emerson Process Managements

AMS software

Main benefits

Major time-savings achieved

Ease of firmware upgrades Reliability, robustness and ease

of use

After-sales support

NECs MC5s are flexible in regards to their capabilities for calibrating

pressure, temperature, electrical and frequency calibrations.

remembers. NECs MC5s are f lexible

in regards to their capabilities forcalibrating pressure, temperature,electrical and frequency calibrations.They are also able to generate andmeasure pulses.

Overall, New England Controls hasbeen satisfied with the excellent andoutstanding co-operation received fromBeamex to date. The ease of firmwareupgrades to Beamexs documentingcalibrators such as the MC5 without theneed to purchase additional equipment.

Beamex is dedicated to supporting theircustomers; they possess demonstratedwillingness in finding solutions andmaking improvements with minimumdelay on the basis of technical feedback

from their customers, Hakon

summarizes the reasons for choosingBeamex.



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n Eero Halonen, one of the founders of Beamex, celebrated

his 70thbirthday 12 May 2006. The following week a small party

was organized for Eero at Beamex in Pietarsaari, Finland. Eero

retired from Beamex seven years ago after being the Managing

Director of the company for 23 years, from 1975 to 1998. He is

a pioneer of the calibration industry and a central person in the

history of Beamex. Eero still keeps very close contacts with the

company and its people.

The entire Beamex staff wishes a happy birthday and all thebest to you, Eero!

n MCS100 is an extremely versatile calibration system for work-

shops. In addition to a complete test and calibration bench or

desktop cabinet, the MCS100 is available as a mobile trolley as

well. The MCS100 calibration trolley is a mobile calibration sys-

tem, which allows the measurement and calibration of modules

to be moved outside a confined work area. It is compact andeasy to move from one location to another. If flexibility is what

you are looking for, the MCS100 mobile trolley is the solution.

For more information contact [email protected] complete

the request form atwww.beamex.com/request

n Beamex Limited (UK) provides site demonstrations of

MCS100 workshop testbench in the UK. The MCS100 is an

ideal solution for workshops, and it is available as a test and

calibration bench, desktop cabinet and mobile trolley.

News

Mobile calibration trolley

Site demonstrations ofMCS100 Workstation in the UK

More AccurateTemperature

Calibration withBeamex MC5n Introducing the PRT sensor

customization functionality for Beamexs

MC5, MC5-IS and MC5P calibrators.

Beamex now offers the possibility to support

customized PRT (Pt) sensors and use them

with MC5, MC5-IS and MC5P calibrators.

When a PRT sensor is calibrated, it often

contains an error in relation to nominalvalues. Now the MC5 can compensate

for this error, enabling the user to measure

temperature much more accurately using a

PRT sensor connected to the MC5.

All new MC5, MC5-IS and MC5P

calibrators delivered from the beginning

of 2006 have PRT option automatically

installed, free of charge. The calibrators

of existing customers may also be up-

graded with this option at an optional price.

If a calibrator is sent for re-calibration to

Beamexs calibration laboratory, the optionwill be installed free of charge.

For more information, contact

[email protected]

Happy Birthday, Eero!

A site demon-

stration is agood way to get

hands-on expe-

rience with the

MCS100 sys-

tem. Call 01455

821920 or email

to beamex.ltd@

beamex.comin

order to arrange

a visit.



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n The User Group Meeting is a yearly

tradition for Beamex Limited (UK).

This year, the meeting was held at the

Beamex headquarters in Pietarsaari,

Finland. A group of Beamex Limiteds

customers participated the 2-day event,

which included product presentations,

open discussions and technical training

workshops. Beamexs production,

calibration laboratory and servicedepartment were also introduced to the

customers in more detail. Customer

companies from various industries, such as

the power, pharmaceuticals and aerospace

industries, attended the meeting. Many

of the delegates had already attended a

User Group Meeting several times before.

However, this was the first time the event

had ever been held in Finland and it was a

real success. Beamex had the opportunity

to learn new things and to receive

valuable feedback from the customers.

Correspondingly, the customers learned

from each other and from the expertsworking at Beamex as well. This year the

topics of the event focused on CMX V2

calibration management software and its

new features and options.

Beamex Limited (UK) User Group

Meeting in Finland

Some commentsfrom the delegates

A great way to discuss experiences

and ideas of a common purpose.

Mick Worsfold,

Teva UK Limited

Good representation of

Beamex staff available to answer

questions.

Fergus Coleman,Schering Plough (Avondale) Ltd

Still a great meeting to exchange

thoughts, comments and wishes.

Richard Salmon,

Airbus UK

As always the User Group Meeting

was well run and very informative

on software and hardware

development by Beamex.

Richard Dean,Antech Calibration Services



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News

Training for Aluminium Bahrainat Beamex Headquartersn Beamex was recently awarded

a contract for providing calibration

equipment, software and services to

Aluminium Bahrain (ALBA), the largest

modern aluminium smelter in the world.

The contract includes Beamexs MCS100workstations, MC5 Multifunction

Calibrators and Beamex calibration

software.

Khalid A. Latif and Faisal Adnan Alawi,

from Aluminium Bahrain, attended a

two-day training workshop between

the 6thand 8thof June at the Beamex

headquarters in Pietarsaari, Finland.

The training workshop provided Mr

Latif and Mr Alawi with hands-on

experience in using Beamexs products.

Mr Khalid A. Latif says, All of the

topics were interesting and informative

due to our open interaction with the

Beamex personnel. He concludes,The information provided concerning

Beamexs product line provided us

with insight to Beamexs calibration

equipment and software.

For more information about

Beamexs Professional Services

including training and installation, visit

www.beamex.com/servicesor contact

[email protected]

ASK THE EXPERTIs there something you would like to

know about using Beamex calibration

products and services?

Ask us!In the next issue of CALIBRATION

WORLD our calibration experts will

answer some of the calibration-related

questions you have asked us. Allquestions will be answered and some

of them will be also published in the

magazine.

Send your question by 1stof

September, 2006 to

[email protected]

and we will get back to you. When you

email us your questions, use the words

ask the expert in the subject field of

the e-mail.



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Portable calibrators

Beamexs range of portable MC-calibrators for field

calibration is known for their accuracy, versatility and

also for meeting both high and uncompromised quality

standards.

MC5 Multifunction Calibrator

MC5-IS Intrinsically Safe Multifunction Calibrator

MC3 Multifunction Calibrators

MC2 Series

Workstations

A workstation can be considered ideal when most ofmaintenance and calibration tasks are performed in the

workshop.

MCS100 Workstation

MC5P Calibration Host Module

Accessories

Beamexs calibration accessories complete your

investment into calibration equipment.

External pressure modules

Calibration hand-pumps

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