Power Monitors collect data at 256 samples/cycle/channel.
Press Release Summary:
Three-phase PowerGuide® 4400 features 8 independent channels and color touch screen. Automated setups provide instant detection of circuit types and configurations. PowerXplorer® PX5 simultaneously captures and characterizes hundreds of parameters, including IEEE 1459 for non-sinusoidal and unbalanced systems. PowerXplorer PX5-400 provides range of monitoring and measurement for 400 Hz applications as well as 50/60 Hz. All units meet IEEE 1159 and EN50160 standards.
Original Press Release:
Dranetz-BMI Introduces 3 New Handheld Power Monitoring Instruments
Company Succeeds in Combining Most Advanced Feature Set with Simplest User Interface
Edison, NJ-November 1, 2003- Continuing its long tradition of providing leading-edge products and services, Dranetz-BMI today introduced three new handheld power monitoring instruments to the
worldwide market. All three products incorporate a color touch screen, "super smart" automatic setups, and a unique annunicator "report card" that instantly characterizes power quality events. The annunciator collects, analyzes and tabulates power monitoring data as pass or fail. Users can drill down for more detailed information by simply touching the intuitive screen. Each instrument meets IEEE 1159 and EN50160 standards, and is among the first in the industry to achieve compliance with the new IEC 61000-4-30 Class A standards. All three products collect data at 256 samples/cycle/channel, are translated into six languages, and use industry-leading DRAN-VIEW® software.
According to Joseph Rivas, President and CEO of Dranetz-BMI, "These new instruments have been designed to meet the needs of all power professionals-from the novice technician tasked with
troubleshooting a power quality problem-to the expert power engineer responsible for instituting a reliability-centered preventive maintenance program throughout a facility's power infrastructure. Our product development philosophy has always been to give our customers multi-tasking instruments that
integrate cutting-edge technology with easy-to-use software, setups and user interface. We are confident that these new products achieve that goal and will exceed our customers' expectations."
PowerGuide 4400
Equipped with 8 independent channels, the affordable three-phase PowerGuide®4400 is the only advanced power monitoring instrument to incorporate a color touch screen into its lightweight design.
Automated setups provide instant detection of circuit types and configurations, ensuring that the instrument is ready to successfully collect data. Users can select the length and mode of data collection, including troubleshooting, data logging, fault recording, inrush, power quality surveys, equipment performance testing, energy studies, and load balancing. The PowerGuide collects data at 256 samples/cycle/channel for both voltage and current and offers remote communications using RS-232, ethernet or USB options.
PowerXplorer PX5
Setting a new standard for enhanced performance and ease of use, the PowerXplorer® PX5 delivers a range of advanced features in addition to those standard in the PowerGuide 4400. With high-speed sampling and data capture (1 microsecond/channel), this 8-channel workhorse simultaneously captures and characterizes hundreds of parameters, including IEEE 1459 for non-sinusoidal and unbalanced systems, using a range of standard and customizable operating modes. The unique measurement capabilities of the PowerXplorer include capture of low-medium-high frequency transients through peak, waveshape, rms duration and adaptive high-speed sampling, AC/DC measurements for events lasting from a microsecond to an hour, and harmonics/interharmonics to the 63rd.
PowerXplorer PX5-400
The 3-phase, 8-channel PowerXplorer PX5-400 provides the full range of advanced monitoring and measurement for 400 Hz applications as well as 50/60 Hz. Designed specifically for military, shipboard, aerospace and other 400 Hz applications, the PowerXplorer PX5-400 contains the same advanced feature
set as the PowerXplorer PX5, including advanced data characterization, cross-triggering, and the measurement of distortion parameters.
Dranetz-BMI (www.dranetz-bmi.com) is a subsidiary of the WPT Group of companies, headquartered in Edison, N.J. A pioneer in power quality instrumentation for more than 30 years, Dranetz-BMI engineers and manufactures a wide range of handheld, portable and permanently-installed power quality and energy
management instrumentation for utility, industrial, facility and electrical contractor customers.
PR Contact: Ellen Leinfuss
VP, Marketing-WPT Inc.
732-248-4482
eleinfuss@wptinc.com
