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INSTRUMENTATION
Beamex test and calibration system offers string of key benefits to any workshop
The importance of workshop calibration is seen across the entire production process and Beamex’s new CENTRiCAL calibration bench offers a new level of flexibility. Adam McCleery writes.
Workshop calibration is a critical part of the production process and a new product from Beamex, through AMS Instrumentation and Calibration, promises to take it to another level.
The new Beamex CENTRiCAL calibration bench, a modular test and calibration system, was built off the back of decades of workshop calibration and experience to create an ease of use for the operator.
Beamex sales director, Juha Salimäki, said the new product was built with the newest technology available to the market.
“A standard yet configurable
solution, the Beamex CENTRiCAL represents the latest technology which combines ease of use, versatility, ergonomics and provides a better way to perform calibrations in a workshop,” said Salimäki.
The Beamex CENTRiCAL can be configured to suit individual requirements, while the standard electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection offers electrical safety measures as a standard feature.
Each CENTRiCAL is also supplied with accredited calibration certificates to ensure quality and traceability.
The product is available with good ergonomics via motorised height control, or as a fixed height bench. A straight bench and corner modules are also available to meet user needs.
A trolley-based design is also available is mobile solutions are required.
The product comes as a two metre or 1.5-metre-long table and can be installed with a corner table adjustment feature where needed.
Meanwhile, the MC6 Workstation’s calibration host module can turn a bench into a documentation calibration station when the Beamex CMX or Beamex LOGiCAL software are used.
The MC6 offers calibration capabilities for pressure, temperature and various electrical signals and contains a full fieldbus communicator for HART, FOUNDATION Fieldbus and Profibus PA instruments.
The software also creates a paperless calibration process, meaning
results no longer need to be written onto paper, mitigating the risk of error from manual implementation. It also helps to save time, money through improvements to the overall process quality.
Beamex also offers its services to help clients tailor the product design to best fit their requirements.
The Beamex CENTRiCAL is offered in several module types including process calibration, pressure measurement and generation, automatic pressure generator and AC and DC power supplies.
Why calibrate in workshop?
Even though process instruments are often calibrated in the field with portable calibration equipment, there are some situations when it’s more effective and convenient to perform calibrations within a workshop.
One example of this is during the commissioning phase because it is easier and faster to calibrate the process instruments in a workshop before installing them into the process.
It’s also proven to be more efficient to calibrate spare devices and rotational spares in a workshop setting.
During the commissioning stage, the field equipment is not yet installed because the installation of the process equipment is not completed. Usually, the process equipment has already been purchased and is in storage awaiting for installation.
This is the point where it’s efficient to calibrate all the process equipment in the workshop before it’s taken out into the field and installed. Also, it’s often faster and easier to calibrate all transmitters in the workshop prior to installation, than it is to calibrate them in the field after installation.
Better accuracy can also be achieved when the calibration is performed in controlled conditions, using dedicated high-accuracy workshop calibration equipment.
In the event of harsh or even dangerous field conditions, calibration in a well-designed workshop with equipment ready for use is ergonomic and practical. Workshop calibration can also complement field calibration.
The workshop also offers an easier way for calibration of spare devices and rotational spares. That is especially the case when the calibration is difficult to do in the field, or the calibration takes a long time to perform.
The Beamex CENTRiCAL calibration bench was developed off the back of decades of experience.
Automated and paperless calibration
“Combining the Beamex CENTRiCAL together with software, hardware and calibration expertise form an automated and paperless digital calibration solution,” said Salimäki. “This solution can cut the time spent on calibration by up to 50 per cent. It saves money while at the same time improves the reliability of calibration records.”
Applications
With the ability to be built to specific requirements, for pressure, temperature, electrical and electrical repair, and calibration trolleys, the Beamex CENTRiCAL offers a range of applications, including periodic calibration of process instruments, such as pressure transmitters, sensors, gauges, and indicators, just to list a few.
The scope of establishing a calibration workshop is always a large project with a host of interacted task to complete. Beamex, through AMS Instrumentation and Calibration, promises to help clients complete the project through expert organisation and experience. F
