rugged computer Articles

With a motto of “Always Ready,” the United States Coast Guard (USCG) has 11 missions specified by law including drug and migrant interdiction; ports, waterways and coastal security; fishery patrols; search and rescue; and national defense. The USCG’s newest ships include 22 Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) which recently entered service, and 36 more are currently on order. ...

Aug. 1, 2017

By Spectro Scientific

Challenge Create a safer, more cost-effective predictive maintenance solution that survives in challenging industrial environments. Solution Build a modular, BT-enabled system using data acquisition hardware and rugged data collection tablets. Result A more sustainable instrument that lowers costs for ...

Mar. 4, 2015

By Handheld UK and Ireland Ltd

In the city of Enid, Oklahoma, Deputy Director of Public Works Robinson Camp and his boss, Public Works Director Jim McClain, found themselves imagining a way to automate some of their work processes - garbage collection, for starters. Their goal was similar to what any forward-thinking municipality or business would want: streamline their services in a cost-effective manner. It started with the ...

Oct. 2, 2012

By HHCS Handheld USA Inc.

Challenge Find a rugged computer capable of handling a large-scale coal mining operation’s very specific needs. Solution Install the Algiz 10X rugged tablet and vehicle cradle in mining machinery cabins. Result A mining tablet solution that provides immediate boosts to productivity, plus countless hours and dollars ...

Mar. 4, 2015

By Handheld UK and Ireland Ltd

The field of ambient air analysis - monitoring industrial and other environments for harmful concentrations of gases - has traditionally faced a technology limitations: Would you prefer a complete and reliable tool, which will be bulky, complicated and inconvenient? Or would you like a nice portable one that's simple and lightweight, but unreliable and limited in its capability? Truly complete ...

Oct. 2, 2012

By HHCS Handheld USA Inc.

With help from the Algiz XRW portable rugged notebook computer from Handheld Group, two scientists hosted the Arctic Science Field Logistics project from autumn to spring 2013-14, providing researchers from around the world a unique opportunity to collect scientific data in a remote Arctic location. This rugged notebook assisted with recording and storing scientific data, keeping open lines of ...

Mar. 4, 2015

By Handheld UK and Ireland Ltd

One of the most rewarding benefits of emerging technology is that each new advancement has the capability of solving old problems. Many times you already know what the solution would accomplish - you just don't know how to execute it. For Renova, a Swedish waste management company based in the city of Gothenburg, the solution they had in mind was innovative and simple but seemingly not feasible. ...

Oct. 2, 2012

By HHCS Handheld USA Inc.

For recycling companies choosing a paper shredder or grinder is no easy task. One has to consider shaft designs, capacity, speed, screen sizes, etc. E-waste has complicated matters even further. Increasingly, recyclers are calling upon shredder manufacturers to design machines that can shred not only paper, but computer hard drives and other electronic equipment as well. In this article we’re ...

Dec. 1, 2009

By Security Shredding & Storage News

Ever since the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended that all pharmaceutical companies test every raw material that passes through their manufacturing facilities, this practice has attracted great interest in the nutraceuticals, food manufacturing, cosmetics, and agricultural industries, pushing them to strive for more rigorous and technology-oriented quality control standards. In recent ...

Oct. 28, 2014

By B&W Tek

Both aerosols and wind speed and direction influence air quality significantly. This is why TSI Incorporated, a world leader in particle measurements, cooperates with Lufft USA in order to provide complete systems to measure PM2.5 (fine dust), PM10 (particles with a maximum diameter of 10 μm) as well as total PM levels. TSI Incorporated offers a variety of aerosol ...

Jan. 19, 2017

By G. Lufft Mess- und Regeltechnik GmbH

Surveyors in Australian Outback depend on rugged mobile technology to navigate and map remote regions in paperless field surveys. Challenge Navigate, survey and map remote regions in central Australia known for its bright sun and harsh winds. Solution A paperless field survey solution with Algiz 10X rugged tablets that can handle the ...

Mar. 4, 2015

By Handheld UK and Ireland Ltd

Hydro-Logic recently received major orders for the Pocket Gauger Windows Mobile software package from the two environmental regulators covering England and Wales (EA) and Scotland (SEPA). These orders have effectively confirmed Pocket Gauger's status as the UK's de-facto industry-standard system for collecting current-meter gaugings using conventional impellor-style meters. Pocket Gauger acts as ...

Aug. 21, 2012

By Isodaq Technology - Hydro-Logic Group

A comprehensive new study of oil’s behaviour in various sea conditions has resulted in significant advances in oil spill recovery using boom-style systems. Put into practice in DESMI ‘s Speed-Sweep Oil Spill Response (OSR) solution, the new approach speeds up oil recovery, increases encounter rates, covers a wider area in a shorter time and provides new flexibility in the choice of ...

Oct. 9, 2014

By DESMI A/S

A group of Arctic researchers has employed the latest monitoring technology to investigate the effects of climate change, by measuring temperature and salinity in the water column beneath surface ice. The results of the investigation, which utilised YSI’s new 'Castaway-CTD', could cast new light on our understanding of the ways in which shifting ocean currents impact upon the climate in ...

Oct. 13, 2011

By YSI Hydrodata - a Xylem brand

SAVORTEX smart hand dryers makes finalist for BusinessGreen Technology Awards 2016 The innovation and green credentials of SAVORTEX’s transformational technology has been recognised with its shortlisting for the 2016 Building Technology of the Year BusinessGreen Technology Awards. The winner of this prestigious award will be revealed at the IET London in Savoy Place on Friday ...

Nov. 5, 2016

By SAVORTEX Ltd

A comprehensive new study of oil’s behaviour in various sea conditions has resulted in significant advances in oil spill recovery using boom-style systems. Put into practice in DESMI ‘s Speed-Sweep Oil Spill Response (OSR) solution, the new approach speeds up oil recovery, increases encounter rates, covers a wider area in a shorter time and provides new flexibility in the choice of ...

Sep. 29, 2014

By DESMI A/S

With no internal moving parts, blenders minimize abrasive wear and simplify cleaning at two SureBlock plants. In 1997, US-based SureBlock entered a joint venture with China's Tianjin People's Building Material Products Factory to make concrete masonry units (CMUs). Commonly known as concrete blocks, CMUs come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. They are mainly used to erect structural walls, ...

Dec. 9, 2014

By Munson Machinery Company, Inc.

The Indonesian island Sumba is working to provide 100% renewable electricity to all 650,000 residents by 2025. As the sun sets on the small Indonesian island of Sumba, Danga Beru Haba begins weaving under the glow of a single incandescent lightbulb, the only one in her home. Although she is tired from working dawn to dusk in the fields surrounding her village of ...

Feb. 10, 2016

By Ensia