Servomex recently replaced a 20-year-old gas analyser used to calibrate CO2 transducers with a much more accurate infrared analyser
Servomex recently replaced a 20-year-old PSA402 gas analyser at RS Biotech Laboratory Equipment of Irvine, Ayrshire, with the company's much more accurate Servomex 2500 infrared analyser.
The 2500, which is used by RS Biotech to calibrate CO2 transducers, was commissioned because Servomex could not obtain some of the outsourced spare parts for the PSA402.
RS Biotech manufactures one of the world's most advanced ranges of compact CO2 incubators for biomedical laboratory markets worldwide under the Galaxy name.
Each incubator incorporates its own RS Biotech CO2 IR Sensor, and this sensor has to be calibrated with considerable accuracy to ensure that the CO2 content of the atmosphere inside the incubator meets a precisely controlled specification.
The top series in the Galaxy range, the Galaxy R series, has a fully interactive control system, an infrared CO2 sensing system and more than 20 model options.
The Servomex 2500 infrared gas analyser, installed during 2002 to calibrate the CO2 sensing system, is a single-beam, dual-wavelength infrared analyser suitable for measuring the concentration of a single infrared-absorbing component in a gas or liquid sample stream.
Each unit is designed, manufactured and tested in a configuration specific to the required measurement and background stream.
Corrosive, toxic or flammable sample streams can readily be accommodated.
The 2500 analyser is certified for hazardous area use, is easy to operate and provides great flexibility to suit virtually every process application and environment.
The analyser supplied to RS Biotech is configured to measure 0-10% CO2 in air.
Mark Freeman, general manager of RS Biotech, is pleased with his company's acquisition.
"I have had a Servomex PSA 402 for 20 years and needed a replacement whenit could no longer be fully supported," he said. "We have been pleased with the 2500's performance, as well as the excellent after-sales service care provided by Servomex since its installation."
