Monitoring Heat Stress Levels Crucial to Safety of Employees in Several Industries
AMHERST, NH, March 15, 2010 - As spring approaches, heat stroke becomes a serious health risk to workers wearing heavy protective clothing or who are involved in strenuous activity where heat and humidity challenge the body's ability to control its internal temperature.
To combat this risk Casella USA offers the Microtherm® heat stress monitor. This simple-to-use, handheld device displays in real-time the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) index, the internationally recognized method of calculating heat stress. The Microtherm calculates WBGT by means of three sensors that are manufactured to demanding BS 1904 and DIN 43760 accuracy standards. These sensors can be mounted directly on the instrument itself or remotely positioned by cable up to 30 feet away, indoors or outdoors. The Microtherm's data-logging capabilities record date and time, along with the measured and computed values. Logging intervals can be set anywhere from 30 seconds to one hour with results shown in either Fahrenheit or Celsius.
"For workers in power stations, steel works, bakeries, glass manufacturing and other occupations where heat stroke is a threat, the Microtherm is an essential life-safety device," said Bob Selwyn, National Sales Manager, Casella USA. "Its large dot-matrix graphical LCD displays real-time changing values of WBGT to allow rapid decision making before an employee is feeling the effects of heat stress."
Included with the Microtherm is a Microsoft® Windows® 32-bit PC software package (Win HSM) for data collection and analysis. The software produces graphical and tabular reports that are easily imported into other applications. Summary and WBGT Heat Stress Index reports can also be generated.
For more information, please call 800-366-2966 or email info@casellausa.com. On the web at www.casellausa.com.
ABOUT CASELLA CEL
Founded in 1799 and headquartered in the United Kingdom, Casella CEL is one of the world's leading suppliers of environmental monitoring technologies. It is an ISO 9001-2000 and ISO 14001 certified company with a focus on the development and manufacture of state-of-the-art environmental monitoring instrumentation. Casella CEL instruments are preferred around the world for personal air sampling, real-time dust and particulate measurement, heat stress measurement, IAQ assessment, weather and rainfall monitoring, personal noise dosimetry, environmental noise measurement and real-time frequency analysis. In 2006, Casella CEL was acquired by Ideal Industries, Inc. For more information, please visit www.casellameasurement.com.
Casella USA is the North American subsidiary of Casella CEL and is headquartered in Amherst, New Hampshire. Sales, service and instrument recalibrations are carried out in the Amherst office by factory trained engineers. This office covers all sales in Canada, the USA and Mexico. For additional information, please visit www.casellausa.com.
Casella USA
17 Old Nashua Road, #15
Amherst NH 03031
Media Contacts:
Bob Selwyn
Casella USA
603.672.0031
bobselwyn@casellausa.com
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O'Connell Communications
708.482.0212
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