Instromet Weather Systems Ltd
Instromet Weather Systems Ltd is a UK manufacturer of prestige hand-built weather stations as well as weather monitoring & activation equipment. Instromet specialise in weather station, weather instruments and weather monitoring equipment all handmade in Britain. Analogue style dial weather displays. Also industrial output wind sensors, wind switches, weather systems, data loggers and sensors. Instromet Weather Systems Ltd have been hand-building weather stations, weather Instruments and weather monitoring equipment in the UK for 35 years. We pride ourselves on the build quality. This is reflected by many of the original stations and sensors that are still in daily use. These are unique stations and include some distinctive features. They include a variety of solid hardwood cabinets along with the easy to view dial display. Also, by the range of sensors and add-on’s such as data loggers.
Company details
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Meteorological Monitoring
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
- Year Founded:
- 1985
- Employees:
- 1-10
About Us
Company overview
Weather stations as well as our weather sensing equipment are what Instromet Weather Systems Ltd are best known for. We have been hand-building automatic weather stations together with weather monitoring equipment in the UK for 35 years. Moreover we like to pride ourselves on the build quality. We have found this reflected by many of the original stations as well as older sensors which are still working.
All our stations are all built to order and we can often custom modify certain features to customer requirements. These include adding corporate & club branding. We sell all our stations as complete systems which are easy to set-up. Telephone and email product support available during office hours.
Product Overview:
Our weather stations standout with a variety of solid hardwood cabinet on offer. Also the easy to view dial display as well as the range of sensors and add-on’s such as data loggers.
As we tend to build our weather stations to order there are a number of custom modifications we can offer. These includes adding corporate as well as club branding.
All our stations come complete as systems which are easy to set-up. We also offer a telephone/email product support during office hours.
Our product range includes weather stations as well as weather monitoring equipment and systems. Wind, rain, sun, temperature, barometric and humidity sensing. Data logging with software, 0-10V & 4-20mA wind sensors, wind switches and standalone sensors.
Instromet product summary
- Hand build in our North Norfolk workshop
- Built to order; customization together with modifications possible
- Corporate as well as club branding available
- Each station comes as an easy to assembly complete system
- Full repair/service facility and telephone/email product support
- To see our full range of products, please click weather products
Station features
- Precision instrument with solid hardwood cabinet
- Focal point in any room – clear to read display
- Talking point helped by the Great British weather
Industrial weather monitoring and activation equipment
- 0-10V & 4-20mA wind sensors
- Wind switches
- Standalone sun/rain/temperature sensors
- Wireless wind speed & direction
- Data loggers
Product applications
- Monitor & record current conditions
- Health & safety monitoring and record keeping
- Activate devices such as fans, vents or pumps (industrial kit)
Customers
- British Lifeboat stations
- Oxford and Cambridge Universities
- Fire & Rescue service
- Wind turbine manufacturers
Company History
Weather monitoring systems equipment as well as weather stations bearing the Instromet brand initially started in 1985. The Instromet brand of weather monitoring systems and weather station equipment was originally founded in 1985.
The company remained there until the original founders sold up to enable them to retire. The business then relocated to its current Norfolk base in 2004 becoming part of the Novomec Group. During it’s time as part of the Novomec Group the company became known as Instromet Ltd. This group was then broken up in 2010 due to another retirement sale. The business then became an independent again in fact becoming Instromet Weather Systems Ltd.
Weather Products & Customers
The company all through its existence has produced weather monitoring equipment for both domestic and commercial applications. These products have ranged from actual analogue weather station displays, to industrial standard wind sensors. Along with PC based systems for data logging as well as web based weather monitoring applications.
With nearly thirty years of manufacturing weather monitoring equipment, Instromet’s customer base is both quite wide and varied. Ranging from countless domestic users, to universities, sailing clubs, golf clubs. Also including water boards, police forces, airports, gas terminals, wind power industry, and many many more.
Climatica Dual weather station.
We are customer led and always seek to provide a product as well as a solution to match clients needs. Our adaptability has seen project requirements turned into new products.
So please take the time to browse our web site and the products listed. If you require something you don’t see here, please ask and we will see if we can help.
Below is an example of an ‘Ultra Pro’ branded weather station, produced by R & D Electronics from around 2000.
Hand Built Weather Instruments
Instromet Weather Systems Ltd have been hand-building weather stations, weather Instruments and weather monitoring equipment in the UK for 35 years. We pride ourselves on the build quality. This is reflected by many of the original stations and sensors that are still in daily use.
These are unique stations and include some distinctive features. They include a variety of solid hardwood cabinets along with the easy to view dial display. Also, by the range of sensors and add-on’s such as data loggers.
All our stations are all built to order and we can often custom modify certain features to customer requirements. These include adding corporate & club branding. We sell all our stations as complete systems which are easy to set-up. Telephone and email product support available during office hours.
Our product range includes weather stations and weather monitoring equipment and systems. Wind, rain, sun, temperature, barometric and humidity sensing. Data logging with software as well as standalone sensors.
Instromet also manufactures wind activated switches and industry standard wind sensors. The industrial wind sensors have 0-10V DC and 4-20mA outputs for commercial applications using PLCs.
Schools, golf and sailing clubs are among our weather station customers. Other esteemed customers include Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Anglia water and the Royal National Lifeboat institute. We also have many dedicated domestic users.