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Focus on Mobile Engineering Apps

| By Gerald Ondrey

A mobile app to access on-demand fan information

The New York Blower Co.

This fan and blower manufacturer has introduced a mobile app (photo) to help users find information about their fans and order replacement parts. Using the app, users can access fan information on-demand, calculate changes in operating conditions and connect with their local sales representative from a mobile device. Those who have ordered fans since January 2000 can use the app’s search function to quickly collect information specific to a fan with a shop or fan serial number, without returning to a computer or calling a sales representative. The app houses product manuals, specifications, model information, product drawings, curves, wheel type, impeller type, original operating conditions and more. Engineers and operations managers can save previous searches and label fans according to an application or the fan’s location for future reference, storing all this company’s fan information in one place. — The New York Blower Co., Willowbrook, Ill.

www.nyb.com

 

A cloud-based web app for monitoring applications

GrayWolf Sensing Solutions

An enhanced version of this company’s cloud-based web application was introduced recently. The app enables users to access realtime and logged data from any of the company’s WiFi-enabled AdvancedSense meters, WolfPack monitors or WolfSense LAP tablet-based kits. In addition, the company’s DirectSense II probes will soon offer an optional, installed WiFi card allowing for direct communication to most internet-connected devices via GrayWolfLive 3.0 (photo). — GrayWolf Sensing Solutions, Shelton Conn.

www.graywolfsensing.com

 

 

 

A calculator for installing pipe-penetration seals

Proco Products

Launched in January, the Pen-Seal Calculator is a useful tool to help aid in the proper selection and installation (photo) of pipe-penetration seals (Pen-Seals) into a piping system. The Pen-Seal Calculator is designed to assist in selecting the correct number of links and the correct size of link for pipe penetrations passing through walls or floors. To achieve a 100% water- or gas-tight seal, enter in the pipe O.D. and the penetration I.D. to provide the required size/link combination. The standard elastomer for the Pen-Seal is ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber (EPDM), and can be used in various applications in power generation, water and wastewater, mining and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) applications. The Calculator is available for both iOS and Android. — Proco Products, Inc., Stockton, Calif.

www.procoproducts.com

 

Perform simulations on-the-go with an Android device

Comsol

Launched in April, the COMSOL Client for Android (photo) enables researchers and engineers to perform simulations from their Android devices, such as phones, tablets and Chromebooks simply by connecting to the COMSOL Server software, which runs the computations remotely. The Client expands on the capabilities of the Application Builder and COMSOL Server by enabling users to take their simulation applications on the road, without being limited by device hardware. Providing field technicians or sales representatives with the power of COMSOL Multiphysics directly on their Android devices allows them to bring the R&D work on site. The Application Builder and COMSOL Server were developed to make multiphysics modeling more accessible to a wider audience. The Application Builder allows simulation specialists to create custom-made applications based on their multiphysics models. — Comsol, Inc., Burlington, Mass.

www.comsol.com

 

 

 

Bringing remote worker back into the office — digitally

A combination of this company’s information gathering and analytical capabilities and Garmin’s 790 telematics tablet has closed the gap between head office and operations in the field. Improved awareness of business operations and significantly upgraded capabilities around worker safety are helping managers make informed realtime decisions. Operating on the open-source Android platform, the Garmin 790 integrates seamlessly with many existing mobile field-force-management programs, providing the platform for online job sheets, reporting, time sheets and more via customized apps. — Smartrak, Melbourne, Australia

www.smartrak.com

A flatness app for thislevel-measurement system

Alignment Supplies

The release of Flatness for the ALiSensor Level (photo) is the latest app for the ALiSensor Level geometric measurement system. Flatness is a geometric measurement that is often required, but has been rather cost-prohibitive with laser-based geometry systems, says the company. The new app makes precision flatness measurements “extraordinarily cost-effective and extremely easy to perform,” the company adds. The Flatness measurement program App enables users to measure the flatness of surfaces of a wide range of shapes and sizes through the ability of the ALiSensor Level to be calibrated to user-made fixtures of all sizes. The ability to customize the number of measurement points along both axes also enables users to perform very detailed and thorough flatness measurements, while also equipping them with the ability to customize the number of measurement points for specific applications, such as performing a flatness measurement on two rails for a motor or pump installation. — Alignment Supplies, Inc., Maumee, Ohio

www.alignmentsupplies.com

Calculate fluid mechanics with this new app

This company adds to its extensive range of apps and online tools with the introduction of the Fluid Mechanics Calculator App. Free of charge to download, the app boasts more content, formulas and calculations than other similar paid-for tools. The new app covers a wide variety of topics in the field of fluid mechanics and serves as a reference for the analysis, design, maintenance and operation of fluid-related systems. It provides results for different fluid-mechanics equations, including those used in civil, structural, pipe flow and general engineering. The Fluid Mechanics Calculator has over 130 formulas and more than 360 different calculations. The app can be downloaded for iPhone or Android. — Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, Stockholm, Sweden

www.trelleborg.com

Mobile app upgrades access to critical data

Emerson

This company has enhanced its DeltaV Mobile app (photo) to ensure plant personnel have faster access to process information and to help organizations tailor the notifications personnel receive. DeltaV Mobile — a mobile app that provides read-only access to a plant’s distributed control system and operation data — now offers improved customization and access to third-party systems in one app. DeltaV Mobile users will be able to more quickly respond to important process information and changes, including held batches, production bottlenecks and potential safety issues, says the company. New Open Platform Communication (OPC) browsing makes it easier to create watch lists and custom alerts from any OPC Classic data source, including from historians such as the OSIsoft PI System, third-party control systems and PLCs. — Emerson, St. Louis, Mo.

www.emerson.com

 

 

 

This temperature and process meter has dedicated apps

Omega Engineering

The new DP400TP High Speed Meter (photo) features a bright OLED display and a multilingual interface. It also comes with the dedicated Direct Link Google Play App that provides seamless wireless Near-Field Communication (NFC) programming from Android devices. The analog input can be configured by parameter for a wide range of temperature sensors and process signals in milliamps and volts. The OLED display supports graphs with programmable sampling times and bar graphs with alarm thresholds. — Omega Engineering, Norwalk, Conn.

www.omega.com