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IonScienceTigerVOCdetectorhelpsBAMRitchesLimitedstayontrack
HandheldPIDusedfornightlymonitoringofvolatileorganiccompounds(VOCs)duringon-siteheadspacetestingofcontaminatedsoilsamplesonrailwaycontracts
Award-winning geotechnical company, BAMRitchiesLimited, is using an Ion Science (www.ionscience.com)handheldTigerphotoionisationdetector(PID)fornightlymonitoring of volatile organic compound (VOCs)concentrations during on-site headspace testing ofcontaminatedsoilsamplesonrailwaycontracts.
Supplied through IonScience’sUKdistributor,Shawcity,asareplacementforoneofthecompany’soldermodels,BAMRitchies chose the well-proven Tiger for itsportabilityandlongbatterylifebetweencharging.Asitisbeingused inallweatherconditionsandenvironments, the instrument’smarket-leadinghumidityandcontaminantresistantPIDtechnologywasalsoakeyfactor.
IonScience’sTigerisindependentlyverifiedasbeingthebestperformingPID,providingthemoststable,repeatable readings, when tested against competing instruments in humid and contaminatedconditions.
BAMRitchiesprovidesfully integratedgroundengineeringservices, including‘designandconstruct,forgovernmentorganisations, localauthorities,maincontractors,utilitiesandpublic/privatecompanies.The company’s worldwide reputation is based on innovative solutions to complex geotechnicalproblemswithreliabledeliverybyalarge,highlyskilledandwell-equippedworkforce.
StuartMcQuade, SeniorGeotechnical Engineer at BAMRitchies comments: “Our consultant engineersspecifiypromptinformationoncontaminationlevelsonaveryregularbasismakingitessentialthatwequicklyfoundareplacementforouroldinstrumentwhichhadstartedtofail.Aswe’veusedIonSciencePIDs before and found them to be good quality and reliable,wewere content to gowith Shawcity’srecommendationoftheTigerPID.
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He continues: “Consistency of performance was a key requirement as it is being used to testapproximatelyfivetotensoilsamplespernight.TheTigerisinuseduringthemostsevereweatherandintheharshestenvironmentssoarobustdesigntogetherwithhumidityandcontaminationresistancewasalsoveryimportanttous.LikeotherIonScienceinstruments,theTigerisextremelyeasytouseandhasprovedveryreliablesofar.”
Providingadynamicdetectionrangeof1partsperbillion(ppb)to20,000partspermillion(ppm),theTigeroffersthewidestmeasurementrangeofanyotherVOCinstrumentonthemarket.
Readytouse,straightoutofthebox,theinstrumentrequiresnocomplexsetupproceduresviaaPCtoperformbasicfunctionsandprovidesthebestavailableVOCdetectionandsoftwarefeaturesavailable.
Ion Science’s Tiger also has the fastest response timeon themarket of just two seconds and can beconnecteddirectlytoaPCviatheUSBofferingextremelyfastdatadownloadcapabilities.
Ithasbeendesignedforthesafereplacementofbatteriesinhazardousenvironmentsandisintrinsicallysafe(IS)-meetingATEX,IECEx,ULandCSAstandards.
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