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Bacharach Enhances Portable Combustion Analyzer and Releases Mobile App

August 10, 2018

Bacharach, Inc., a leading provider of HVAC-R gas instrumentation, combustion analysis and energy management solutions announces key product upgrades to the PCA® 400 combustion and emissions analyzer platform.

Sensors reduce risk of tooling crashes & damage

Chip McDaniel

April 24, 2018

Many proximity sensors are used in automated equipment, so it’s good to have a basic understanding of these critical devices. Proximity sensors allow non-contact detection of machine tooling and objects in a variety of automation applications.

Environmental sensor market

Demand for intelligent detection driving growth

September 1, 2017

The environmental sensor market is estimated to experience significant growth over the forecast period 2016 - 2022. Technological advancement in the design and engineering of individual sensors is expected to drive the market over the forecast period.

The high stakes of hydrogen sulfide hazards

Colorimetric sensing is a measurement solution

Dr. Blaise Champagne

July 19, 2017

Have you experienced the distinctive “rotten egg” smell of a hazardous gas called hydrogen sulfide (H2S)? Occurring naturally from organic decay, for example, around sewage plants, H2S can be found in crude petroleum and natural gas — often in very high concentrations.

Re-visiting the Fall American Industrial Hygiene Conference – A look at the future

Gavin Burdge CSP, CIH

December 22, 2015

The 26 and 27 October 2015 Fall American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Conference brought together a look at the future. Included was the future of hiring industrial hygiene professionals with a comparison of the number of hygienists hired in the past 25 years.

AIHA, Chinese colleagues meet about mining safety

September 8, 2015

On Aug. 27, 2015, representatives from the American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA) attended the 4th Annual United States - China Workplace Safety and Health Dialogue meeting in Seattle, Wash.

Sensor technology: The revolution will be wearable

Dave Johnson

May 1, 2015

The future of wearable sensor technologies “may help revolutionize the practice of industrial hygiene and safety evaluation,” writes NIOSH Director Dr. John Howard in a recent NIOSH blog.

Wearable sensor technology

Now is the time to beef up your understanding

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

January 5, 2015

Technology, particularly the rapid growth of very low-cost wearable sensor technology, is bringing industrial hygiene techniques to the masses. How do the promise and problems with high tech IH impact you?

How infrared sensors measure LEL combustible gas

Robert Henderson

September 3, 2014

Non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) sensors are increasingly being used in multi-sensor instruments to measure LEL combustible gas.

Industrial Scientific releases new white paper on DualSense Technology

Latest white paper introduces the Tango™ TX1 single gas monitor’s patent pending technology that makes users the safest single gas monitor users in the world, regardless of bump test frequency.

April 4, 2013

A new white paper, “DualSense™ Technology: Why two are safer than one,” has been released by Industrial Scientific.