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THE WORLD’S FIRST MOUNT IT ANYWHERE VIDEOGRAPHIC RECORDER
23 March 2007 - ABB Automation Technologies
| The SM500F, the world’s first field-mountable videographic data recorder, is taking the market by storm as customers all over the world recognize the benefits of on-the-spot access to critical process data in hostile environments. |
“Customer response to the SM500F has been extraordinary,” says Martin Binney, product line manager for ABB’s award-winning ScreenMaster series of videographic data recorders. “Within just a few weeks of launch we’ve received massive interest from companies all over the world. Customers recognize that this is a genuinely unique innovation in data recording technology and that the benefits compared to existing options are immense.” What strikes customers the most, according to Binney, is the compact user-friendliness of the palm-size data recorder and the fact that it can be mounted anywhere, on a pipe, wall or panel, and in any type of environment. The device is often demonstrated with water running over it. Competing videographic recorders do not have this versatility. They require a separate control panel in a non-hostile location which doubles the cost of the installation. By eliminating this cost factor the SM500F enables customers to migrate from paper chart recorders, which require consumables like paper, ink and pens, to a state-of.-the-art videographic recorder at comparatively low expense. The user-friendly display and front-mounted pushbuttons give easy and rapid access to critical process data in a choice of display formats and intuitive Windows environment. The SM500F is equipped with an IP66 and NEMA 4X enclosure, which makes it ideal for hosedown and dirty environments, and is fully compliant with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s 21 CFR Part 11 regulations for electronic process data collection. Typical applications for which the SM500F is uniquely suited include cold storage, temperature and humidity monitoring, effluent monitoring, borehole abstraction and swimming pool monitoring.
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About: ABB Automation Technologies
ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs around 105,000 people. ABB has streamlined its divisional structure to focus on two core businesses: Power Technologies and Automation Technologies. The Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals division is slated for divestment. ABB Power Technologies serves electric, gas and water utilities as well as industrial and commercial customers, with a broad range of products, systems and services for power transmission, distribution and automation. ABB Automation Technologies blends a robust product and service portfolio with end-user expertise and global presence to deliver solutions for control, motion, protection, and plant integration across the full range of process and utility industries. In addition to ABB's automation activities directed at the oil and gas industries, ABB Lummus Global continues to design and supply production facilities, refineries and petrochemical plants. ABB's former Upstream business, divested in July 2004, is now part of Vetco International (www.vetco.com). |
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