Falco offers a fast response to hydrocarbons, solvents, degreasers, paints and fumigants, helping ensure plant-wide safety and the protection of workers operating in potentially hazardous environments. These include refineries, paint booths, shipping fumigations, chemical waste storage areas, polymer plants and pharmaceutical laboratories.

By using the same photoionisation detection (PID) sensor and advanced patented fence electrode system as Ion Science’s Tiger handheld VOC monitor, Falco does not have quenching of response due to humidity in the ambient air. This increased resistance to humidity and contamination ensures reliability in the field, as well as considerably reduced drift issues and extended run time.

Falco’s ‘typhoon’ technology prevents condensation forming on the sensor eliminating the risk of short circuit and making the instrument ideal for harsh conditions and wet outdoor environments, without the need for weather enclosures. Other potential Falco applications include monitoring the headspace of refinery wastewater streams for excessive hydrocarbon contamination and measuring the effluents of activated carbon systems used to treat contaminated water.

Simple to operate, Falco features an externally located intrinsically safe sensor for quick and easy servicing without the need for a hot work permit, and can be serviced and calibrated in a hazardous environment without having to remove power.

There are eight models in the Falco series offering detection ranges as low as 0 – 10ppm with ppb sensitivity or as high as 0 – 3000ppm. Customers can upgrade to a unit with a higher detection capacity by purchasing a different electrode and simply recalibrating. 

For added convenience, red, amber and pulsing (optional) green status indicators are clearly visible in sunlight allowing checks to be conducted from a distance.