Bios Flow Measurement Blog

NEW Indestructible EPA flow transfer standard

Bradley Padden

Managing Director

Bios introduces drop-in replacement for performing ambient monitor flow calibrations using an orifice type flow transfer standard.

The Bios Definer™ 110 allows you to utilize the built in firmware for performing field flow audits for many Thermo® samplers and monitors including the Partisol® 2000, 2000-FRM, 2000-Audit, 2025, Dichotomous-2025 Samplers, and TEOM® Series 1400a, Series 8400N and 8400S monitors.

The Definer 110 (pictured above) is the latest application-specific product from Bios, delivering the ambient monitoring community an alternative to the fragile, glass-style orifice calibrators commonly used in performing audits of PM2.5, PM10 and TEOM air samplers.

                                            

Available in two flow ranges, the new Definer 110 features an unbreakable precision orifice manufactured with a zero coefficient expansion alloy – which means it can be used at any temperature and in any environment without affecting its accuracy. The Definer 110 is housed in an extremely durable, high-impact plastic body, complete with an integrated wind screen to reduce wind and eddy effects and enable it to be confidently used even in the most adverse field conditions. It’s also small and lightweight, so it’s easy to grab and go making it at home in field, where rough handling is the norm.  And, because it features Viton® seals throughout, your Definer 110 won’t degrade over time and exposure to common airborne pollutants.

Best of all, the Definer 110 is designed to be calibrated by the Bios Met Lab Series of high-precision primary standards. Each orifice is individually-calibrated at seven set points across its broad range, for the highest accuracy m and b constants.

As with all Bios products, Definer 110 calibrations are performed in our NVLAP-accredited ISO 17025, ANSI Z-540, NIST Handbook 150 gas flow calibration laboratory. No other EPA or environmental protection gas flow calibration laboratory can match our Scope of Accreditation.  Bios is also happy to perform calibrations and refurbishment services on other manufacturer's flow transfer standards so please ask us about our calibration offerings.  The new Definer 110 is a perfect choice when adding new orifice based flow transfer standards to your organization's ambient monitoring equipment inventory.

Bios Announces Next Generation Customer Support System

Lauren Padden

Director, Customer Relations

We’re proud to announce the next generation in Product - User - Manufacturer interfacing.

Building on our renowned personalized service and support, and combining easy-to-use, web-based technologies, Bios welcomes you to visit our new website at www.biosint.com to see how these technologies can provide you with expert support in all of your flow measurement situations. You'll learn even more about - and do more with - your Bios products.

This powerful system makes available up-to-the-minute product bulletins, announcements, new application-specific SOPs and new software and firmware releases. In addition, there’s a myBios customer portal to give you access to even more information, including Bios technical papers, uncertainty analyses and product manuals.

myBios also allows you to easily contact a member of your account team for any issues you may have. Additional upcoming functionality includes customer access to all product and support records associated with their Bios products, including PDFs of all calibration certificates – and more. And it’s all available 24/7, exactly when you need it.

We’re Driving a Higher Standard at Bios, and we hope we’ll win your valuable business!

Bios Definer 220 Makes The Perfect EPA Check Standard

Bradley Padden

Managing Director

New for 2007, the Bios Definer™ 220 has already made waves in the Environmental Protection marketplace.

As Bios technology evolves, our customers are taking advantage of our new approach to industry- and application-specific products, made possible by the adaptability of both our designs and our flexible, Proven DryCal® Technology. Our valued EPA customers were already using Bios products to calibrate a wide variety of ambient monitoring equipment – and now, our exciting new Definer 220 provides environmental professionals with the latest, most advanced technology in portable primary check standards.

The Definer 220 is lightweight with a shock-mounted interior, making it incredibly durable for rugged field use; at the same time, it maintains a high degree of measurement accuracy and linearity due to its positive displacement piston prover design and dimensionally-stable materials. Specific examples of how Bios products featuring Proven DryCal Technology can be used in the Environmental Protection marketplace may be found on our website.

Bios 500 sLpm Piston Prover Closer To Reality

Bradley Padden

Managing Director

Initial 500 sLpm primary standard testing a success!

Many Bios customers are interested in calibrating at higher flow rates than our current products allow.

To address this need, Bios has been working on an experimental design for a 500 sLpm positive displacement primary standard. Initial testing of this high-speed piston prover looks very promising.

Comparisons were made using a 5 cubic feet bell prover at an independent thrid-party laboratory under the supervision of their lab chief. Based on Proven DryCal® Technology, the prototype  500 sLpm prover had better repeatability than the bell prover used in the comparison, is approximately ten times faster, and considerably smaller in size and footprint.  These benefits should prove to be valuable attributes in the process measurement and calibration laboratory environment.  We will add additional posts on this exciting new product as information becomes available. 

AIHce 2007 Expo

Lauren Padden

Director, Customer Relations

Join us at AIHce in Philly to see our latest occupational health and safety products, new for 2007.

Find out how our newest primary gas flow measurement products and software designed specifically for industrial hygiene applications can help you in an increasingly demanding and litigious workplace:

• Talk personally with our dedicated customer service representatives and engineers about your experiences with Bios products

• Get important information about our expert, NIST-traceable calibration services and recommended calibration intervals

• Find out about our ISO 17025-accredited laboratory, what this means for your audit trail and the importance of accreditation for legal defensibility of your results

The Expo this June in Philly is one of our main focal points for 2007, which is why we’re looking forward to seeing you there. Please take some time to stop by our booth, even if it’s just to say hello, and allow us to thank you for your business. We're looking forward to seeing you there!

Bios Announces Strategic Partnership With SKC Ltd.

Bradley Padden

Managing Director

Bios is pleased to announce a strategic distribution partnership with SKC Ltd. of the U.K., a leading provider of air sampling equipment and services to mining, industrial, petrochemical and other manufacturers. Our partnership formally commences on April 1, 2007.

This strategic partnership provides exclusive distribution rights for our newest product for the occupational health and safety market, the Bios Defender Series, to SKC Ltd and its quality network of select distributors in countries throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East and India.

This new alliance between two of the established leaders in primary gas flow measurement and air sampling products and services epitomizes the Bios commitment to improving our customer-centric focus and industry-specific product offerings.

By establishing and maintaining a specialized distribution network that can quickly supply the right Bios products, quality information and knowledgeable, after-market support that this industry’s valued customers need and deserve – and with our primary gas flow standards now more easily and cost-effectively obtained outside the U.S. – Bios and SKC Ltd. have created a synergy that benefits occupational health and safety professionals worldwide.

Please feel free to browse our website for more information about our Occupational Health and Safety and Industrial Hygiene products.