Heating System Industry
Product Range: SQ2020
The Background: Inditherm conductive polymer
based, low voltage heating systems are widely used in
applications as diverse as muscle warming and the warming of
patients in the medical sector, critical temperature management in
the industry, concrete curing and under-pitch heating in the sports
industry.
Application: Sports Stadium Ground care.
Monitoring the temperature of playing pitches.
The Problem: Leading the technology behind
these systems, Inditherm was keen to ensure the quality,
reliability and accuracy of their heating pads to guarantee that
their customers would be satisfied with the product supplied.
A use was identified within the under-pitch heating sector for
continually monitoring and recording the temperatures of their
heating pads and the surrounding grass root zone.
The Squirrel solution: Grant Instruments
supplied the Squirrel SQ2020 data logger with 28 thermocouple
sensors specifically for this application and satisfied Inditherm's
demanding requirements. The sensors are placed at strategic points
and can be buried at different depths to monitor the varied
environmental conditions at different depths and in different
locations around the heating pads. All the data was collated and
stored by the SQ2020 data logger.
The research and QA development work was carried out at
Inditherm's test bed site at its plant near Rotherham UK. All of
the logged data from a large series of tests over an number of
months can be readily accessed via their internal computer network
for reference at any time.
The Benefits: The SQ2020 was chosen as it is a
stand-alone high accuracy data logger that can be left operating
unattended. Data is only transferred to a PC when archiving or
analysis is required, making it suitable for outdoor use making it
extremely cost-effective for Inditherm. Previously, hand-held
thermometers were used, which was labour intensive and only
recorded a tiny amount of the data when compared to the continuous
monitoring available by the Squirrel system.
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