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Totting up the Temperature

22 July 2008

Leaders in innovative temperature solutions, TM Electronics Ltd (TME), are launching the ThermoBar Scan – a revolutionary handheld device, designed to transform due diligence in temperature monitoring and food safety.

The Thermobar Scan is unique to the market, combining barcode and blue tooth technologies with accurate, high quality temperature measurement, it provides remote data handling at a fraction of the usual cost.
 
The ThermoBar Scan is suitable for any temperature-sensitive product or equipment which can be barcoded, including food and non-food items, fridges, freezers and ovens.

Combining portable temperature measuring, with barcode and blue tooth technologies, the unique ThermoBar Scan provides a sophisticated temperature monitoring and auditing tool. Unlike any other device on the market, customers have a genuinely new portable logging capability: to scan and record temperature, time, date and product/equipment identity remotely to a computer, mobile phone or PDA – eliminating the need for costly and time-consuming computer data input.

Due diligence is a top priority in all areas of food storage, processing, handling and distribution. Accurate and reliable auditing of food temperature is essential if companies are to comply with modern safety standards and legislation. Current HACCP legislation is a case in point, idenitfying temperature as a critical factor throughout storage, preparation and delivery. Records must be up to date and verifiable – a time consuming task, vulnerable to human error. Accuracy and speed are especially important for chilled and reheated foods, particularly susceptible to harmful bacteria.

The ThermoBar Scan builds on the accurate and fast-response thermocouple technology utilised by TME’s first-generation MM2000 Waterproof Thermometer Series, and is designed to work with the full range of TME temperature probes. Added to this, the universal nature of barcodes makes it ideal for a wide range of food applications, as barcodes can be readily applied to fresh and packaged items in food storage and goods inward, food service and delivery, as well as fridges, freezers and other appliances or locations. This versatility also suits non-food industries, where temperature is key, for example with blood banks, chemicals or other sensitive materials.

The ThermoBar Scan has the potential to deliver real savings, not just by reducing wastage and staff time, but also offering – at a fraction of the cost – the kind of sophisticated data handling more usually associated with expensive fixed-point wireless monitoring systems.

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