Welcome to the second edition of the AIC newsletter for 2002. This is issue number 5.
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Peter Rienits
Editor
We have released the 2002 edition of our CD-ROM and all those we have on our mailing list should have received their copy. It has been well received but, unfortunately, there are a couple of items of correction to highlight. These relate to the facility to change company address details at the bottom of brochures and manuals as well as each section of the Product Pack.
The instruction pages detail the procedures to save and modify the small files (called Form Definition Files or "FDFs"). The layout of the default FDF (with AIC details) and the FDF edited for a fictitious company are given. Unfortunately, an error is made in the instruction pages relating to the placement of the details in the fields and the placement of the "\r" formatting controls.
The FDFs (aicbroc.fdf for the brochures and Product Pack and aicmans.fdf for the manuals) are correct and work correctly. It is the layout displayed in the instruction pages that is incorrect.
The corrected pages are available below as ACROBATTM .PDF files.
Brochure customising instructions
Manual
customising instructions
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Load cell monitoring over extended distances
Frequently applications require the location of a strain bridge transducer in a location remote from the desired monitoring location. Calibration of the transducer and setup of data transmission is time consuming and may involve working in access challenging locations.
Amalgamated Instrument Co Pty Ltd has developed a system to allow the calibration and monitoring of a load cell at a distance of 1.2km. A versatile XT4-WT intelligent load cell interface is combined with one of AIC's monitor/displays to provide a transparent system that emulates a strain bridge monitor.
Access to the load cell/transducer and XT4 is only required during initial installation. Calibration, setpoint set up & monitoring can then all be done at the remote display.
The example shows the system as appied to a jib crane. A load pin and XT4 intelligent load cell interface are located at the top of the jib. A display is located in the cabin of the crane.
Read brochure on the Extended Load Cell monitoring application