The latest product to get a Mipac makeover is the ShortMeter® upgrade is used by several electrowinning and refining operations around the globe since 2009.
The device has recently received a functionality upgrade, making it a dual range sensing, and thus eliminating the need for two separate models to suit tankhouses based on their respective electric currents
ShortMeter® is a simple-to-use, low-cost, low-maintenance, ergonomically designed device that indicates short circuits between electrode plates in a tankhouse refining environment. It uses the Hall Effect principle to identify increased magnetic field strengths due to increased current passing through the hanger bar when a short circuit develops between tankhouse cell electrode plates.
“Earlier we had two separate models, measuring 0 – 100 Gauss and 0 – 500 Gauss respectively, and this was done to address the different currents that exist at electro-refining versus electro-winning plants”, says Tony Mathison, Mipac Products and Services Manager.
“In conversation with our clients, we realised that the need to determine the device range prior to use should be taken out of the equation, and this was the main driver for the design upgrade. The new version ShortMeter® houses two transducers that cover the required sensing ranges. Operators can set it in auto mode and the device will automatically switch to the most appropriate transducer based on the live measurements made.”
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