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Processing magazine recognized our VIBXPERT® II vibration analyzer as an innovative product introduced over the past year with the Breakthrough Products of the Year Award, the most coveted award in the process industries.

“Plant managers need the latest innovative technology to protect their products, their employees, the environment, as well as the communities they serve. They need equipment and technology like those recognized as Breakthrough Products of 2010” —Dennis Van Milligen, Associate Publisher/Editor Processing MagazineWinners will be featured in the December 2010 issue of Processing magazine.

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The VIBXPERT® II vibration analyzer has won 4th place in Pumps & Systems Product Innovation of the Year competition. The winners, finalists, and honorable mentions were chosen by the magazine’s editorial advisory board.
“Fourth place goes to LUDECA’s VIBXPERT II, which has the best resolution on the market at 102, 400 lines of resolution FFT and a new, fast processor that provides rapid operation and high-speed vibration data collection —Pumps & Systems, December 2010.”Winners will be featured in the December 2010 issue of Pumps & Systems magazine.

Read the official announcement including a VIBXPERT customer testimonial.

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The AHR Expo and its co-sponsors, ASHRAE and AHRI, have recognized our VIBXPERT® II portable vibration analyzer and data collector with an HONORABLE MENTION in the TOOLS & INSTRUMENTS Category of the 2011 AHR Expo Innovation Awards Competition. A panel of Industry Professionals, selected for their knowledge and expertise in HVACR, found our VIBXPERT II worthy of this recognition. Representing a broad cross-section of the HVACR marketplace, the winning entries were selected in 10 categories and represent the most innovative new products among the thousands that will be displayed at the show. A panel of judges made up of ASHRAE members evaluated the products submitted based on innovation, application, value to the user, and market impact.
Winners will be honored during the upcoming HVAC event, the 2011 AHR Expo, January 31- February 2 in Las Vegas, NV.

Read the official AHR Expo Press Release. Contact us for a complimentary AHR 2011 exhibit hall pass.

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Spread the word! Our new VIBXPERT® II vibration analyzer is a finalist in the 2010 Plant Engineering Product of the Year competition. All finalists will be presented in the November issue of Plant Engineering magazine, and online at www.plantengineering.com. In each category, Plant Engineering’s readers will vote on the new products they believe will help them run their plants smarter, faster, safer, and more efficiently in the coming year.

Winners will be notified in January 2011 but the final announcements will be made at the 2011 Manufacturing/Automation Summit, March 27-29 in Chicago.

LUDECA is pleased to announce the addition of two new members to its Laser Alignment Division, Carlos Bienes and Adam Stredel.

Carlos Bienes graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. His experience is in the field of heat transfer and fluids mechanics.
Adam Stredel graduated from Florida International University also with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. Adam’s experience includes structural analysis and valve design for aerospace cooling systems.
Both sales engineers will support customers and regional distributors with applications and training related to machinery alignment and other industrial measurement tasks.

The ROTALIGN® ULTRA VIBRATION ACCEPTANCE CHECK works in combination with the VIBTOOL® vibration meter to measure vibration levels according to ISO 10816-3 international standards. The RMS velocity value is wirelessly transferred and stored back onto the ROTALIGN ULTRA computer where the result is instantly evaluated against the machine classification threshold. This fulfills the recommendation of the acceptance check after installation of rotating machinery or any alignment job, ensuring that machines run without restrictions. The VIBTOOL vibration meter can measure the following parameters: Vibration Severity, Bearing Condition, Temperature, RPM, and Pump Cavitation. More information about the new ROTALIGN ULTRA VIBRATION ACCEPTANCE CHECK

LUDECA, INC. introduces VIBXPERT® II, the latest addition to the PRUEFTECHNIK family of portable route-based vibration data collectors. VIBXPERT II is rugged and lightweight —weighing only 2-1/2 pounds! It combines the advantages of a rapid processor with a brilliant energy-efficient color VGA display. Enhanced with a Fmax of 51KHz and up to 102, 400 Lines of Resolution, all machinery problems can be captured and easily analyzed on the VIBXPERT II large color screen. The VIBXPERT II Basic platform is a 1-channel device that can be upgraded at any time to 2 individually configured channels via a special passcode —user-upgradable and does not require hardware changes.  All forms of machine vibrations, bearing conditions, process data, and visual inspection information can be collected and stored on the expandable Compact Flash Card (up to 8 gigabytes) for report generation or for later transfer to the powerful OMNITREND® software for further analysis, reporting and archiving. The VIBXPERT vibration analyzer provides an easy-to-use icon-driven platform that offers comprehensive analysis functionality for the diagnosis of simple or very complex vibration problems. Capabilities include order spectrum, phase, cepstrum, cross-channel phase, orbits, run-up, and coast-down measurements, bump test, negative averaging, and more. Analysis tools, including various cursor types, machine-specific frequency markers, signal post-processing, and extensive bearing databases are included for evaluating each spectrum. Alarm notifications based on ISO standards or user-defined standards are visually identified with the aid of colored LEDs.The VIBXPERT II features modular functionality including dynamic field balancing, extended time waveform recording, transient data capture, UFF file export, Modal/ODS support, and more.

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