Archive for September 2010
Tank Monitoring
Data Acquisition Networks currently supply equipment to the private sector as well as to Government where extreme levels of quality and reliability of performance are necessary. Tank monitoring equipment is supplied to the industrial paint and resin industries where there are a large number of very satisfied customers who are both end-user companies and industrial suppliers.Data Acquisition Networks has two alternative tank monitoring offerings. One is a basic product that does what competitive product does only does it more reliably and less expensively as well as providing some important enhanced features making use of the product simpler. The second product is a ‘value added’ product that offers advantages to suppliers by way of improved oversight of deliveries.
BASIC PRODUCT
The key benefits of our basic product as follows:
- The system is inexpensive to install and operate and has proven itself more reliable than alternatives
- The DAN system is web-based and allows parameters to be changed over the internet via password protected access
- The DAN system reports every half hour and has a ‘derived data’ function which automatically allows usage and/or other data to be calculated
- DAN is an Australian owned and operated business and offers local support for all products. DAN designs and manufactures tank monitoring systems and is not simply a distributor of a foreign product. All the expertise for DAN tank monitoring product is located locally
- DAN has a ‘flexible’ approach to pricing and is prepared to enter into an agreement to supply data for companies that would prefer a monthly data fee rather than the purchase of hardware
The link to the DAN website is http://www.danmonitoring.com/applications/tank-monitoring
VALUE ADDED PRODUCT
The ‘Value Added’ product performs all the functions of the basic product however in addition it has a ‘keypad’ that enables a delivery driver to:
1. Enter a PIN code that records his/her time of arrival and is also able to initiate a function/action such as unlock an enclosure.
2. Enter a PIN code that records time of departure. This feature can also assist to manage OH&S requirements for out-of-hours or remote/isolated deliveries
3. Record the quantity of product he/she has discharged to the tank
4. Where appropriate record what product was delivered
5. Enter miscellaneous information whilst on site that is required by Logistics
All ‘entered’ information is transferred and immediately visible to supplier HQ.
Both the BASIC and VALUE ADDED tank monitoring products have alarm features and both use tabular and graphical display for ease of use.
Telephone DAN today on 1300 973 180.
AUTOMATED HACCP DATA COLLECTION
Everyone now knows that HACCP stands for Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point and everyone also knows it is the method by which the ‘advanced’ world assures food safety. Prior to HACCP food scientists and other food professionals used to rely solely upon post-testing. That is, take a sample of what you just produced and subject it to microbiological testing to determine if there are harmful bacteria and if so in what density!
The problem with post-testing is obvious. By the time the food is tested in a laboratory to determine any extent of microbial contamination it has been produced, warehoused and possibly distributed in the case of a manufacturer or in the case of a caterer it’s even worse as it has probably been served and eaten!
HACCP enables food providers to put in place food safety systems that will as best as possible ensure food is safe to eat because the work is done before it is produced and served.
Critical control points once identified need to be monitored and records need to be kept. The records are evidence of a manufacturers due diligence and also serve as a traceable record in the event a problem occurs. If HACCP stands for food safety then DAN (Data Acquisition Networks) stands for AUTOMATED HACCP DATA COLLECTION.
DAN automated HACCP data collection systems provide a mechanism whereby critical control point data is routinely captured and stored as evidence of due diligence. DAN systems also provide the flexibility for input of manual data and all data is then routinely transferred to a website where it is stored and becomes a permanent HACCP record.
DAN automated HACCP data collection systems send alarms and provide summary reports. The systems provide different levels of data access so the system administrator is in charge of what data is collected and who can have access to view it.
DAN can be contacted on 1300 973 180