There are currently three options each for use in power and water industry applications. For power, the panels can be used for cation conductivity measurement, silica measurement and
sodium measurement; for water, there is the option of panels for measurement of aluminium, turbidity or ammonia.

All of the panels are supplied with an array of equipment providing accurate and
reliable measurement. Each one also includes data loggers to record and store measurement data
which can be relayed to control systems via Ethernet and Modbus.

The analytical hire panels are ideal for situations where it may be either impractical or not worthwhile
to purchase a permanent system. Typical situations where a hire panel might be used include
replacing faulty analysers out for repair, validating the accuracy of a currently installed system, or as
an additional measurement when evaluating the efficiency of a treatment process. They can also be
useful where companies may want to assign expenditure to operational costs where a capital budget
may not be immediately available.

“Every day, companies hire equipment to carry out their business, such as cars, PCs, laptops andeven their premises,” says Mark Niblett, Service Centre Manager, ABB Measurement and Analytics.“We saw no reason why this same approach couldn’t be applied to analytical panel hire, wherecompanies often need the flexibility provided by a temporary solution with the same level offunctionality that would normally be associated with a purchased system.”

Hiring also provides the added security of having someone else to manage the equipment. The
express hire service comes with full technical support, including everything needed to install and
commission the panels. To help ensure trouble-free operation, the hire agreement also covers
consumables and the supply of original equipment with manufacturer approved parts.