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Monitor keeps watch over radiation levels

A Laboratory Impex Systems product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Feb 6, 2006

The CMS-Gamma-SIL continuous monitoring station is top of the range of a new generation of area and environmental monitoring systems.

New from Lab-Impex Systems, the CMS-Gamma-SIL continuous monitoring station (CMS) is top of the range of a new generation of area and environmental monitoring systems.

Leading the field in safety integrity systems, the CMS-Gamma-SIL conforms to Safety Integrity Level 2 (SIL2) in accordance with IEC61508 guidelines and is intended specifically to monitor area and process radiation safety in nuclear facilities.

Trevor Nicholls, Lab-Impex Systems Sales and Service Manager, commented: "We have designed this unit in anticipation of the more stringent safety regulations coming into place for the most demanding nuclear environments".

"The modularity of this new range also ensures that users of our new CMS-Gamma, can upgrade to the CMS-Gamma-SIL should they, in future, be designated a SIL rated area".

A compact, mains-powered unit the CMS-Gamma-SIL is designed specifically for installed applications, but can also be used with a transportable frame or trolley to provide temporary monitoring during decommissioning or to supplement permanently installed monitors during site maintenance procedures; providing essential, reliable measurement of gamma radiation levels to personnel.

This versatile unit can also supply interlock control in hot areas.

The unit supports a wide range of detectors such as GM, ion chambers and scintillation counters, which can be installed at distances of up to 1000m from the CMS station.

To ensure maximum user safety, the unit continues to monitor even when power loss occurs, for a period up to one hour.

All system parameters may be passcode and key switch protected and can be modified and read using the local intuitive keypad and display or can be updated and read remotely via RS485/RS232 and TCP/IP web enabled interfaces.

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