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News Release from: Gemini Data Loggers UK | Subject: Tinytag Data loggers
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 21 April 2006
Data loggers check perishable goods in
transit
Data loggers monitor temperature and humidity to ensure they remain constant so that goods being transported are checked that they are received exactly as they were packed.
Many exporters need to know that their products will arrive in the same excellent condition that they left, especially when transporting goods that require constant conditions to maintain their freshness or quality Goods being transported need to be received exactly as they were packed, but when these are perishable, it is extremely difficult to retain a stable environment
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 30 Aug 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Tinytag Data loggers provide the solution to this common problem by monitoring temperature and humidity to ensure they remain constant.
Exportation temperature control was a particular issue for Guernsey Clematis Nursery .
a plant wholesaler who exports to the USA and Canada.
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Wireless data logging
New loggers can be up to 100 metres away from each other and can transmit data back to the receiver through other loggers, hopping back the data to the receiver
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Export laws stipulate that all plants entering the country must do so with no soil around the roots, making them particularly vulnerable to dehydration.
Plants must also be kept as cool as possible, but without freezing.
Guernsey Clematis Nursery .
enlisted the help of Tinytag Data Loggers to monitor the condition of their plants in transit.
Tinytag Data Loggers are compact, robust and rugged, splash and dust-proof, so they can be placed in any location to ensure optimum measurements are provided.
"The Tinytag loggers are very useful for our business, as they allow us to monitor the temperature of the consignment all the way through the trip," said Lindsey Reid, sales manager at Guernsey Clematis Nursery.
"We place a device in one of the insulated boxes used to dispatch the plants and ask our customers to return it with a questionnaire, so we can log the data.
Any deviation in temperature will alert us to a potential problem and we will investigate the cause.
Once, when the Tinytag recorded a spike in temperature, using the information recorded, i e, date and time, we were able to trace the problem to a heater which the plants had been placed beside in a freight warehouse." Tinytag is suitable for a variety of import and export cases where humidity or temperature must be kept as stable as possible.
They can also monitor shock, vibrations and many other variables, indicating the stability of the product throughout transportation and also recording any impacts received when shipping fragile products.
Tinytag Data Loggers are lightweight, making them ideal for airfreight and transportation where weight is a particular issue.
* About Gemini Data Loggers - Gemini Data Loggers design and manufacture Tinytag; reliable, robust and battery powered data loggers.
The loggers are available with a comprehensive range of sensors and features for use over a wide range of applications, sensor types include: temperature, humidity, voltage, current, vibration, shock and count.
Gemini Data Loggers has an in-house calibration laboratory providing UKAS traceable certification. Request a free brochure from Gemini Data Loggers UK ...
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