TEMPERATURE MONITORING
Temperature is a constant source of interest and importance to us all. Whether it’s as simple as the high and low temperatures for the day, so we know what to wear or whether it’s the temperature of the office, factory or classroom environment or the temperature at which we are meant to store perishable foods or other items that can spoil if temperature abused, temperature is something we all think about many times, every single day!
For generations now, there have been reliable means of measuring temperature. It’s not complex! It is said that Galileo invented a ‘thermoscope’ around 1600AD.
Whilst temperature is ‘interesting’ to many of us it is ‘critical’ to others. Machinery that cannot run above a certain temperature must be monitored closely, food that will ’spoil’ when held above a certain temperature must be monitored and the temperature our children feel in a classroom has been demonstrated to not only be an issue of ‘comfort’ but linked also to their ability to concentrate and therefore to learn and retain given information over time.
Temperature monitoring is critical to many aspects of our lives!
Temperature monitoring is currently undertaken in several ways. We place a thermometer (or thermoscope as Galileo might have called it) on a wall but too often, once it has been there for a day or so, we forget to look at it. As an alternative, we assign someone the task of taking a hand-held thermometer into the area of concern several times a day and we ask them to write down the temperature they find. Some call this ‘involvement’ necessary but it simply does not work because people forget, they become too busy or they write down the temperature they believe their supervisors will find acceptable and the temperature that will not create for them, the need to take a corrective action. During the 1990’s we even used chart-recorders but guess what, no-one looked at the data!
Temperature monitoring using a DM01-101 temperature monitoring device from Data Acquisition Networks (DAN) will ensure accurate and reliable temperature monitoring.
DAN temperature monitoring devices view the inputs 19times each second. For the designated reporting period (usually every hour) the DAN temperature monitoring device records a ‘high’ and a ‘low’ and calculates an arithmetic average and sends that data via GPRS, CDMA, 3G or satellite to a website where it is stored as a permanent record. Alarms are sent by email and SMS when temperature goes outside (or starts to approach) unacceptable limits.
If you need to ensure your machine never exceeds a prescribed running temperature or if you need to ensure food safety or protect the learning capability of your children or the comfort of your workers, contact DAN today. DAN offers simple, reliable and inexpensive solutions to those that need to monitor temperature.
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