Transportation monitoring: Having carefully controlled the environment in which your artefacts are stored and displayed, what happens during shipment? Consider artefacts being shipped from your main storage facility to your institution or, perhaps, on loan to a third party. Do you keep your fingers crossed and hope for the best? Probably not the wisest option, especially when there is the possibility of irreparable damage or loss.
The alternative, preventative option is provided by a range of Hanwell loggers. Firstly, the transport logger - a small, discrete product designed to monitor and record temperature. Comprising a unit weighing just 60 grams, it has an adjustable logging interval of between 4 seconds and 18 hours.
Similar to the transport logger is the rh-t bug which also records temperature but with the additional capability of recording humidity.
Finally, the shock-bug. This device is designed to record shock or tilt events experienced by a valuable object during transit. The unit is an event logger, i.e. it only records the time at which preset limits are exceeded. These limits are set during manufacture. The shock-bug is attached to an upright surface on the packing case of the object. If the package undergoes acceleration greater than 5g in any direction, or is tilted more than 35 degrees from vertical, these movements will be recorded, along with the date and time of the disturbance. This allows owners of valuable items to identify the exact time and date when shock or tilt events occurred. The unit comes complete with a security mounting bracket which further acts as a deterrent from, possible, heavy-handed treatment.
With all of the above units, the stored data can be downloaded via high speed RS232 coms link, using the provided Windows software, after the event.
However, what happens if you require up-to-date, accurate information regarding the environment of your collection, whilst in transit or on loan?
Hanwell have designed a simple solution utilising the latest in GSM technology, known as the rtm-40. Housed in a rugged, polycarbonate case, the unit combines proven Hanwell data logging technology with state of the art GPRS data communications. The result is reliable communications system that can be established in areas where conventional land lines are either unavailable or unreliable. It is the technology of choice for minimum running costs.
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