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News Release from: Instruments Direct (Services) | Subject: Tutela
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 March 2005
Revolutionary new concept in site
monitoring
Food, Pharmaceutical and all manufacturers of perishable products can now protect their process operations against equipment failure without capital outlay and for a little as GBP3 a day
Food, Pharmaceutical and all manufacturers of perishable products can now protect their process operations against equipment failure without capital outlay and for a little as GBP3 a day - and they don't need to lift a finger to do it Tutela, a revolutionary new service, automatically records and reports all temperature and other critical process measurements in line with current regulations
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 14 Mar 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Production staff aren't involved as clever sensors and radio communications do all the work through the world wide web.
The state-of-the-art system has been developed by Next Control Systems, one of the UK's top suppliers of leading-edge refrigeration controls and building and energy management systems.
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Tutela delivers significant cost savings by minimising losses due to equipment malfunctions and by eliminating the need for manual measurement recordings.
Product quality is improved because case temperatures stay consistent.
Any malfunctions are automatically alarmed to a 24 hour Monitoring Bureau where complete records are stored.
These can be downloaded at any time from the secure Tutela web site.
A ready-to-fit kit is prepared off-site for each manufacturer and the wireless element reduces the need for cables.
That makes installation simple and disruption to operations is minimised.
In addition to temperature measurement the unit will accept all common 4-20mA signal devices.
Instruments Direct Services was formed last year by Steve Emery, its managing director, who has more than twenty years experience in the market sector.
The company has been appointed as Tutela agent for the food and pharmaceutical manufacturing sectors by Next Control Systems.
"We have reviewed the results of extremely extensive on-site tests of this product with trial customers before we took on the agency and we are completely satisfied it delivers everything a modern manufacturer could ever need," said Mr Emery.
For Next Controls, managing director Tim Bartholomew said the system had been developed over many years and provided the ultimate low cost solution.
"We have driven down the costs to the point where there is no capital outlay.
Twenty-first century technology is now available for everybody and the system has already been welcomed in the UK retailing and foodservice sectors and by operators in Germany," he added.
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