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Lited Nov - Dec 2017 Whether it is simple components like Strain Gage Foils, TC Wire, RTD Elelments to build your own Transducers right out to full blown Powerful Gauges with Analog and Digital Readouts calibrated to Engineering units to many standards, these companies will most probably have what you need for your measurement systems. The three words: Sensors, Transducers, Gauges Sensors are often regarded as digital devices with On-Off outputs. Examples are Inductive and capacitive devices to detect presence rather than read values. Transducers are able to measure through a range and be calibrated to give Engineering unit of measure but need signal conditioners and readouts. Gauges are Transducer with signal conditioners, readouts and are calibrated to engineering units, so are immediately useful.
DIN Rail Conditioners Industrial Grade Conditioning with Galvanic Isolation and Filtering in one module or Backplane Conditioners Instrumentation Grade Conditioning with Galvanic Isolation and Filtering in one module
MasTec has used these Dataforth Modules since the 80's and they do not fail and they do not loose calibration over extend periods. There is no way around the need for galvanic isolation in Instrumentation or Industrial Measurement and Control Systems if you want reliable measurements and control. The Dataforth range is very broad and is signal and transducer specific. For excitation power with ppm stability, these modules are superb for Strain, RTD Filters are either wide or tight, so in process systems typically less than 4 HZ. Have Long Cable runs Common Mode Rejection Ratios
are 160 db on some. Normal mode Rejection ratios for 50Hz very high on low frequency modules DIN Rail Modules are 24 VDC Powered for standard industrial DIN Systems. Backplanes are all 5VDC Powered for standard Instrumentation Systems The Modules are either 2 or 3 port Isolation. The modules are not sensitive to PSU Voltage supply noise with in reason and have a broad supply range. Do you want to convert 4-20mA to voltage or vice versa? Do you want to translate low voltage to higher with filtering and isolation. Take millivolts to volts, a whole range of modules Do you need to translate high voltage down to lower measurement voltages, use the Attentuator modules. TCs of all types and modules linearise for you so you do not need to use software polynomials. If you are using USB or TCP DACs for control, use an isolated output module, it will stop you blowing those very expensive 16 Bit DAQ channels if something goes wrong. Every Project MasTec has produced in the last 10 years has had Dataforth modules.
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Lited Oct-Nov 2017 Whether it is simple components like Strain Gage Foils, TC Wire, RTD Elelments to build your own Transducers right out to full blown Powerful Gauges with Analog and Digital Readouts calibrated to Engineering units to many standards, these companies will most probably have what you need for your measurement systems. The three words: Sensors, Transducers, Gauges Sensors are often regarded as digital devices with On-Off outputs. Examples are Inductive and capacitive devices to detect presence rather than read values. Transducers are able to measure through a range and be calibrated to give Engineering unit of measure but need signal conditioners and readouts. Gauges are Transducer with signal conditioners, readouts and are calibrated to engineering units, so are immediately useful. A good example of Gauges is the Karl Deutsch products or Centec's products. 
LFEs = Laminar Flow Elements Put a good quality differential bi-directional Manometer across the LFE and you get a Flow output that is almost puely linear across the LFEs range. A two point polynomial straightens the output right out. Errors of 3% without and 1% with correction. MasTec has used these Meriam LFE products in systems for many years. Meriam is the USA's leading LFE makers MasTec can assist you in software and calibration of LFEs also.
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Companies High Lited Sept-Oct 2017 An impressive line up of AC Power Systems Products During September MasTec received distribution for one of the most famous acclaimed companies in the AC and DC Power Test and Simulation Market place. Regatron is a Swiss company and a world leader in Specialty AC and DC High Power Systems. Very few companies have these technologies. You may have noticed also we received distribution for ITECH two months back, another manufacturer with a large range of AC and DC Low to Medium Power Instruments and Test Systems. To show off these two new companies and several other power companies technologies that we also distribute, we are highlighting four special technology systems types for this month. All are AC systems, however these companes also do DC systems AC
High Power Three Phase Grid Simulators On the left and right side bars we will also add other types of technology of interest. 
Regatron is the Grand Master of AC Power Systems High wattage, highly programmable AC systems for Grid Test, simulation, Plus DC Power Systems Plus Battery Testing and Simulation AC and DC Traction Systems with Regen. Have a look at the MasTec Regatron page, you will be impressed. If you go to the Regatron site where there is incredible detail, even more so. 
Itech is a highly professional company also, making Programmable low to mid power range, AC and DC Sources, Supplies, Loads, Regen Loads, Battery Testers etc, a very large range. plus much more Another company that will impress. 
Twintex is another professional company also making Programmable low to mid power range, AC sources. We have many 10K + units running for compliance testing in NZ plus much more 
Belotti is an Italian company that is famous for Variacs since the 1940s. Their Servo Variacs have been used for decades to stabilise AC power systems. We have many running in Super Yachts to stabilise Alternator Power. Their new IGBT AC Conditioners, Stabiliser and Optimiser is a new technology step and takes them ahead of most in this industry. 
Soltec has a high reputation world wide for reliable high efficiency power systems, UPSs, Conditioners. In New Zealand they are the brand for AC Frequency Converters. 50-60 HZ Single or Three phase power from low to high wattage levels. With Isolation for Galvanice separation or without. They don't seem to fail, after 10 years of applications in tough environments. |
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line up of A&C Product 24 companies all with their focus and speciality. Industrial Measure and Control, there are various methods PLCs For Industrial Control, Horticultural Cool Stores, Building Automation, Laboratory Growth Chambers, Machine Builders, Green House, Agricultural,, Hort, Farm, Acqua Systems POrtable Production Plants and more High Lite
Distributed PAC and Smart IO Racks Distributed Smart IO Racks for Allen Bradley OSLess PACs, Very Fast Boot Distributed and Redundant PACs Excellent Software Environment Reliable and Tough Isolated IO IO racks all have Brains
They invented Isolated Solid State Relays
HMI on any Smart Device Phone, Tablet, Laptop, PC, Smart TV etc Very Easy Drag and Drop Build Runs on most A&C Manufacturers systems
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A 5th book is to be released soon, showing a full off line editor Application for Loading and Saving Cluster Constants and also a section to adjust Calibration and System Data off Line for easing commissioning. This includes a section on setting up all Paths for an application as a large Cluster Constant, again easing commissioning, Typically a large Application will have in excess of 30 Paths to manage. A 6th book will be released in a few months on how to add simulation into your Application with ease and finesse. A 7th Book is planned to show how to include Editable Operator Messaging Inside State engines that are file loaded at runtime. The current 4 books introduce a more thorough development of LCOP - LabVIEW Component Object Programming methods. Recently an early legacy piece of software built using these techniques was upgraded to a new DAQ system using Distributed IO on Modbus TCP from the older USB DAQ This was an extensive upgrade plus many new features were added. Report :- This technique makes for an orderly upgrade, that is easy due to the design methods used. This method makes extensive use of Front Panel TABs to expose different aspects of the Application as Tab groups, In each Tab there are Clusters as Type Defs and the sub Apps are driven by Enums as Type Def Verbs inside simple state engines. It has a built in Cluster Editor that runs either in the Program that allows remote adjustment of programs configuration files. Using LCOP methods will simplify and establish design development plus stabilise your programs. It even make installs and maintenance easier. Updating and expanding programs then follows a standard pattern already in the program design. This method delineates Public and Private data clearly. This is critical for Component Design and for low coupling and best Cohension. Book 1 "Hidden Data", that is, cleaning up LV Program's by Removing Constants from Diagrams and putting them in Configuration Files for Loading at runtime. This method does not use ini files but a far more robust LabVIEW centric method, not seen in other literature. It also cleans up Diagrams and Self Documents. Book 2 "Abstraction", that is, removing complexity in the top layer of a LabVIEW diagram by building Abstracted Message Driven LV Components. This shows how to build Message driven (Test Verbs) Abstracted named (noun) State Engine Components that are safe & robust. It also leads to better cohension of course and no/low coupling. Book 3 "Real Time Cluster Constants Editor", that is, Removed Diagram Constants that are loaded at Run Time from a config file, can now be edited, in situ, inside the Program /or its Component while it runs, allowing tuning of programs in Real Time. Changes made to the Constants by the editor can also be saved back into their original configuration files at run time. This addition of the Real Time Editor removes the need to exit a component or program to edit constants. Book 4 "Low Frequency Real Time Control", is about how to use USB DAQ, DIO and DAC to control an Hydraulic RAM for Testing a UUT. It is a close look at how to use State Engine for Control. Simple
but useful for anyone wanting to do closed loop control. To get your copy, send this email request to the MasTec LabVIEW Develop Laboratory in Northland NZ. |
MasTec recently under took a 4 day Training course for 15 Academics, (Professors and Grad Students), at one of Oceania's largest universities. The focus was on getting students to the point where they can undetake projects by the end of the course. A big ask. However, the focus was not on how to use all the bits inside LabVIEW to make software but the development of strategies to allow projects to be undertaken. The MasTec Instructor has trained all over the globe and has taught over 2000 students. He will also come to your site and do training with your LabVIEW team, using traditional or these new LabVIEW methods MasTec has developed. Keep up with MasTec's latest LabVIEW Notes
Over the last year MasTec has completed 6 major projects in sites through out NZ. Several hundred hours of programming work has been completed, as well as many hundreds of hours of commissioning, site management, and installation. All these projects involved LabVIEW at the core. However, many of these projects also include PACs, PLCs, Process Controllers, with peripherals like Servos, Actuators, VSDs, Water measurement and control, Hydraulic Control and other real world systems. MasTec has several large projects on its books, spread out over about 3-4 years. There are gaps in this schedule. Many sites still run XP and Win 7 for their LABs and Production areas. MasTec is still undertaking new projects in legacy LV 6.1 /7.1/8.2 and 8.6 systems. Major new projects are still undetaken in LabVIEW 7.1 that run in Windows 7 32 Bit OS, very successfully. LabVIEW 7.1 is still (in our opinion) the best LabVIEW ever released. Fast, efficient and stable. Win 7 32 bit OS will be available for some time. Most large corporations are still running Win 7 due to its excellent stability and IT staffs familiarity and history. However, other projects using from LabVIEW 2010 up to the present version of 2015 SP1, which is good, but very processor hungry and much slower to develop in. We only recommend I7s CPUs with this software with SSDs for the OS and LV.
The MD of MasTec has recently decided it is time to realign his life after 50 years of technology, to go horse riding with his wife and dogs Polly, Lilly and newly arrived Freddie. If you have an interest in owning this important technology company, now is the time to act and start communcation. Contact the Trustees |
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