Pyrometers and Infrared Thermometers
New Energy Audit IR Thermometer/Scanner Wins 2012 Top Products Award from Building Operating Management
New York, NY - General Tools & Instruments (General®) is pleased to announce that its new Energy Audit IR Thermometer/Scanner with Star Burst Laser Targeting (IRTC50) is a Building Operating Management 2012 Top Products Award winner.
Building Operating Management surveyed its subscribers-largely professionals in building and facility management-asking them to select their top choices from more than 550 products that appeared in the magazine over the past year. The survey guided readers to use innovation and usefulness as the main criteria for their selections.
"The Top Products Awards recognize the most popular manufacturers and suppliers of the year, as determined by building and facility executives who participated in a national survey," said Greg Lynn of Building Operating Management. "The winners are 100% reader-selected."
General's Energy Audit IR Thermometer/Scanner with Star Burst Laser Targeting (IRTC50) and other award winners will be featured in the January issue of Building Operating Management. General also received a plaque in recognition of the honor.
"The IRTC50 was designed with features based on input from building and facility managers," said General's VP of Strategic Marketing Peter Harper. "It's incredibly gratifying to have experts in this field recognize the product's ingenuity and practicality."
The IRTC50 allows users to acquire a set point temperature and determine whether subsequent readings are within or outside selectable ranges from that set point. A set-point reference temperature is first acquired and stored. Users then select one of three reference ranges (±1°, 5° or 10°F; ±0.5°, 3° or 5.5°C). As subsequent readings are taken, tri-color light and buzzer alarms indicate if those readings are within, above or below the selected range. The gun-style precision point-and-shoot instrument easily and safely scans and measures surface temperatures without requiring direct contact to inaccessible or dangerous objects. It has a measurement range of -40° to +428°F (-40° to +220°C), features a distance-to-spot ratio of 8:1, and its Star Burst laser targeting system lets users easily determine the area being measured. What's more, it can perform a progressive scan over a pre-determined area and check for temperature differentials.
About General Tools & Instruments
Celebrating 90 years of product innovation from its New York City headquarters, General Tools & Instruments remains the market leader in precision specialty hand tools. Recent product advancements and corporate acquisitions have expanded General's line to include over 1,500 precision tools and hand-held instruments. This vast array of products is widely used by contractors, professionals, technicians, DIYers and hobbyists in a broad range of industries. To learn more about General Tools & Instruments and its products, visit www.generaltools.com or call Customer Support at 1-800-697-8665.
CONTACTS:
For additional product information and photographs, contact Vince Cavaseno, SpaceAge Media Communications, 617-232-2000, vince@spaceage-media.com or Peter Harper, VP Strategic Marketing, General Tools & Instruments, 212-431-6100 x267, p.harper@generaltools.com.
