Newly launched by IKS, Xiltrixlite packages provide a low-cost introduction to laboratory monitoring with savings of up to 25 per cent compared with systems configured from individual modules.
With these fully integrated packages, installation and commissioning is said to be simple.
Monitoring and reporting the status of storage devices such as refrigerators, incubators (including anaerobic) and freezers is a major application area.
Parameters such as temperature, door opening and CO2 levels can all be monitored, results logged and reported, and alarms generated if necessary.
The range comprises three packages: Xiltrix Lite-4 SMS, Lite-8 SMS and Lite-16 SMS CO2, with the capacity to handle four, eight or 16 sensor inputs respectively.
Each input can be used for a Pt100 temperature sensor or a digital sensor to detect events such as door opening.
All have the facility to communicate alarms via SMS and the Lite-16 SMS CO2 is also compatible with IKS' CO2 sensors.
This package is delivered set up for four temperature sensors and four CO2 channels, but has additional capacity if required.
Connectivity can be hard wired or wireless and the system is networkable.
These packages are aimed at laboratories with one or two freezers or three or four CO2 incubators.
However, they also provide a low-cost introduction to monitoring for the larger laboratory and, should the need arise, are readily expandable to accommodate additional sensor channels, by purchasing an additional software license.
These packages will be of interest to any laboratory needing to audit the performance of its equipment or the security of stored materials, especially if operating under GLP, GMP or similar norms.
Potential users include major teaching and general hospitals, IVF clinics, pharmacies, blood banks, the food industry and commercial laboratories.
