Using the Beamex® MC5 Fieldbus Calibrator with Emerson’s AMS™ Suite

The AMS Device Manager fully supports the Beamex® MC5 Fieldbus Calibrator. The calibration procedure is simple. First you select the fieldbus instrument(s) to be calibrated in AMS Device Manager and set up in a route. Then you check out the route in AMS Device Manager to the MC5. Once this is done, you must select the instrument in MC5 and press ‘Edit’ to edit the instrument. After this, select the ‘Instrument Output’ page in the MC5 and edit the ‘Output Method’ from ‘Keyed’ to ‘FOUNDATION H1’. Save the instrument’s data and begin calibrating as you normally would. After the calibration is completed and results are saved into MC5, results can be uploaded to AMS Device Manager by checking in the route. Quick and simple!

For more information about the MC5 and AMS communication option, contact info@beamex.com

Free demo for Beamex® CMX Light calibration software!

Does your plant already utilize calibration software for managing all calibration information and assets? Now you can take the first step by downloading and installing the Beamex® CMX Light software demo. The Beamex® CMX Light is easy-to-use calibration software for a single workstation. It is the calibration solution for all large and midsized companies that wish for advanced, yet simple to use, calibration software. If you need more advanced features, you can go for the CMX Professional or the CMX Enterprise.

“Before purchasing Beamex® CMX Light we would have to record calibration results on paper first, and then in a document on our network. Using CMX Light to directly download the results to a computer, enables us to save time (and money) by eliminating double recording of calibration results.”

– Peter Vandenberg,
Senior Technical Officer
Instrumentation & Controls,
AGL Torrens Island Pty Ltd, Australia

To download the free Beamex® CMX Light software demo, as well as a user guide and installation instructions, go to www.beamex.com/calibrationsolution

The Beamex® MC5-IS Calibrator gets updated certification

The Beamex® MC5-IS Intrinsically Safe Multifunction Calibrator’s Ex certification has been updated in June 2007. The main benefit of the updated certificate is that the new IECEx certificate for the MC5- IS is officially approved in many new countries. The ATEX certification of the MC5-IS has also been updated.

IECEx member countries include 26 countries, such as Australia, Canada, China, UK and USA. The complete list of IECEx member countries can be found at: http://www.iecex.com/countries.htm. The MC5-IS certification body (VTT) has received a status as an Approved Certification Body in the IECEx scheme program. The objective of the IECEx Scheme is to facilitate international trade in equipment and services for use in explosive atmospheres, while maintaining the required level of safety. More information on IECEx can be found at www.iecex.com.

The new certification is valid for all Beamex® MC5-IS calibrators that are delivered after mid-June 2007.

Beamex® MC5-IS Intrinsically Safe Multifunction Calibrator is a highaccuracy calibrator that can replace several individual measurement devices due to its all-in-one functionality. It is designed for use in potentially explosive environments such as offshore platforms, oil refineries, chemical and petrochemical plants where inflammable gases may be present.

Beamex provides an integrated calibration solution to the world’s largest straw fired power station

Beamex has recently been contracted by EPR to supply their world-class integrated calibration solution for Elean Power Station – the world’s largest straw burning power station creating 38MW from burning 200,000 tons of cereal straw every year.

Beamex is proud to be part of this fantastic project helping to create power for the UK from a renewable source.

The integrated solution includes the well-respected combination of Beamex® MC multifunction documenting calibrators and Beamex® CMX Professional Calibration Software allowing the seamless and electronic flow of calibration data from calibration software to calibrator and back.

The seamless and electronic flow of data minimizes the error-prone requirement for hand-written data entry and accelerates the whole process leading to savings in time and cost. The system also documents automatically all calibration results.

In addition to the time and cost savings, other reasons for choosing Beamex® MC calibrators and Beamex® CMX Calibration Software are the capability to communicate with and calibrate HART® and Foundation Fieldbus transmitters, operate within a paperless environment, and be able to share the calibration results across a corporate network.

EPR (Energy Power Resources) is at the forefront of the renewable energy market with one of the largest and most diverse portfolios of plant in the UK, generating some 10% of the UK’s renewable electricity.

The managing director of Beamex appointed as chairman of Finnish Metrology Advisory Commission

Managing Director of Beamex Group, Raimo Ahola, has been appointed as the chairman of Finnish Metrology Advisory Commission for the upcoming 3-year period. The Metrology Advisory Commission assists the Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry, Centre for Metrology and Accreditation (MIKES) and Safety Technology Authority (TUKES) in matters concerning metrology business, education and science. In addition to Raimo Ahola, the Metrology Advisory Commission has 17 other members covering different fields of metrology. Being the chairman of Metrology Advisory Commission means having a key position in developing and shaping the entire field of metrology in Finland.