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Sep 27

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Fluke introduces industry’s most advanced family of clamp meters, engineered for the most demanding conditions

New features increase flexibility, safety and performance

EVERETT, Wash. – Fluke Corporation, the global leader in portable electronic test and measurement technology, has introduced the industry’s most advanced, capable and comprehensive family of clamp meters, designed to meet every requirement for testing and maintaining electrical systems, industrial equipment and controls, and commercial and industrial heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment.

With this new family of clamp meters, Fluke provides a range of state-of-the-art features to meet even the most demanding requirements for flexibility, safety and performance.

These revolutionary and innovative test tools include:

  • Fluke 381 Remote Display True-rms AC/DC Clamp Meter, a full-featured meter that features the industry’s first detachable display.
  • Fluke 376 True-rms AC/DC Clamp Meter is designed for testing large industrial motors and other high current applications in the toughest industrial environments. The Fluke 381 and Fluke 376 are shipped with the new Fluke iFlex™ flexible current probe (see below).
  • Fluke 374 and 375 True-rms AC/DC Clamp Meters measure both ac and dc current. The Fluke 375 is designed for use with common motors and drives below 600A. Its low pass filter and ability to measure mV dc make it ideal for industry. The Fluke 374 measures both ac and dc current, which is important for security systems, basic motors and uninterruptible power supply systems.
  • Fluke 373 True-rms AC Clamp Meter – General purpose clamp meter offers durability and accuracy for great value.
    • Fluke iFlex Flexible Current Probes expand the measurement range of compatible Fluke meters to 2500 A ac with ultimate measurement flexibility. The large coil reaches around large conductors and fits between tightly-packed cables. A six-foot cord allows measurement at a distance for easier viewing.

Every clamp meter in the family is improved: They feature thinner, smaller jaws for easier use inside crowded equipment cabinets, large backlit displays, true-rms standard and improved overmolding for easier handling and improved survival if dropped.

Safety ratings too are improved. The Fluke 381, 376, 375, 374 and iFlex current probes are rated for safe use in hazard category IV (CAT IV) 600 V environments (CAT IV 600 V, CAT III 1000 V) as defined by safety regulators in the US, Canada and Europe. The Fluke 373 is rated CAT IV 300 V, CAT III 600 V. A rating of CAT IV 600 V is required for use in outdoor environments.

The new Fluke family of clamp meters includes:

Fluke 381 Remote Display True-rms AC/DC Clamp Meter – The Fluke 381 is a full-featured clamp meter with an important extra; users can remove the detachable wireless display for even more flexibility, convenience and safety. One technician can do jobs that used to require two people: clamp the Fluke 381 around a conductor, remove the display, then close the equipment cabinet or move across the room to operate controls – all while watching real-time readings. It includes the new iFlex flexible current probe (see below). US list price is $498.95.

Fluke 376 True-rms AC/DC Clamp Meter with iFlex™ - With the new Fluke 376 Clamp Meter, users will be ready for any measurement challenge. Designed for the toughest industrial environments, it measures current up to 2500 A ac and 1000 A dc and can troubleshoot even the noisiest motors and drives. With true-rms ac voltage and current measurements, min/max/average and inrush recording, the Fluke 376 can read up to 1000 V and 1000 A in both ac and dc modes. The Fluke 376 includes the new iFlex flexible current probe (see below). The Fluke 376 is the direct replacement for the Fluke 337. US list price $374.95.

Fluke 374 and 375 True-rms AC/DC Clamp Meters – The new Fluke 374 and 375 clamp meters offer improved performance perfect for many current measurement situations. With true-rms ac voltage and current measurements, the Fluke 374 and 375 can read up to 600 V and 600 A in both ac and dc modes and handle min/max, average and inrush recording. Both are compatible with the new iFlex flexible current probe (sold separately). Ideal in an industrial environment, the Fluke 375 also comes with R Range, frequency to 500 Hz, mV dc, and integrated low pass noise filter. US list price for the Fluke 375 is $299.95; for the Fluke 374, $259.95.

Fluke 373 True-rms AC Clamp Meter – The new Fluke 373 basic clamp meter offers improved performance and maximum value for price-sensitive users. It is perfect for many ac-only current measurement applications. With true-rms ac voltage and current measurements and inrush, the Fluke 373 reads up to 600 A ac and 600 V ac or dc. US list price $179.95.

iFlex i2500-18 and i2500-10 Flexible Current Probes – The new Fluke iFlex flexible current probes expand the measurement range of the select Fluke meters to 2500 A ac while providing the ultimate measurement flexibility. The iFlex probes connect directly to the meter, displaying current measurements without error-prone scaling factors. The large coil allows users to reach around large or awkward-shaped conductors, while the small 0.3 inch profile allows the coil to reach between tightly-packed cables and improves access in crowded spaces. Their six-foot cord allows measurement at a distance from the conductor, making it easier to view the readings. Available in 25 cm (10 in) and 45 cm (18 in) sizes and included with the Fluke 381 and Fluke 376 Clamp Meters; compatible with Fluke 375 Clamp Meters. US list price, either model, is $98.95.

Pricing and Availability

For more information on the entire new Fluke clamp line, go to www.fluke.com/ReadyForAnything.

For more information on Fluke tools and applications, or to find the location of your nearest distributor, contact Fluke Corporation, P.O. Box 9090, Everett, WA USA 98206, call (800) 44-FLUKE (800-443-5853), fax (425) 446-5116, e-mail fluke-info@fluke.com or visit the Fluke Web site athttp://www.fluke.com.

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About Fluke

Fluke Corporation is the leader in compact, professional electronic test tools. Fluke customers are technicians, engineers, electricians, metrologists and building diagnostic professionals who install, troubleshoot, and manage industrial electrical and electronic equipment and calibration processes for quality control as well as conducting building restoration and remediation services. In the past five years, Fluke tools won more than 50 industry awards, including Test and Measurement World Best in Test, Control Engineering Engineer’s Choice, and Plant Engineering Product of the Year. Fluke is a registered trademark of Fluke Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Sep 22

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Fluke announces new grant program for educators and students in industrial process control technology

Instructors invited to apply for donations of test instruments for student use

EVERETT, Wash. – Fluke Corporation, the global leader in portable electronic test and measurement technology, will donate $65,000 worth of test instruments to schools and training programs for use in teaching students to diagnose and repair sophisticated industrial process control systems.

Through the new Fluke Industrial Control Grant Program, announced today, instructors in accredited U.S. training programs can apply for grants of Fluke industrial test instruments for classroom use.

Five different schools will be selected to receive kits of nine Fluke test tools. Each kit is valued at $13,000 and includes three Fluke 719 Pressure Calibrators, three Fluke 773 Milliamp Process Clamp Meters and three award-winning Fluke 289 True-rms Industrial Logging Multimeters with TrendCapture. Fluke will announce the winners in November, 2010.

“Fluke values the contribution the instructors and trainers make and appreciate the opportunity to participate in the classroom,” said Jim Shields, Product Manager, Process Tools. “The winning applicants will receive state-of-the-art test instruments they and their students can really use.”

Whether they receive a grant or not, educators can take advantage of important teaching support provided by Fluke:  videos on all three products; a curriculum kit on industrial process controls; Fluke webinars on process tools; and a live webinar featuring Fluke process expert Jim Shields.

Grant applications available online

To participate in the program, educators must be members of the Fluke Education Partnership Program. Complete guidelines and an application form are available at the Fluke Educators Portal atsupport.fluke.com. Deadline for applications is October 18, 2010.

Grant winners must be willing to provide photos and/or videos of their students using the tools, and provide comments regarding their experience with the products.

For more information on Fluke tools and applications, or to find the location of your nearest distributor, contact Fluke Corporation, P.O. Box 9090, Everett, WA USA 98206, call (800) 44-FLUKE (800-443-5853), fax (425) 446-5116, e-mail fluke-info@fluke.com or visit the Fluke Web site athttp://www.fluke.com.

About Fluke

Fluke Corporation is the leader in compact, professional electronic test tools. Fluke customers are technicians, engineers, electricians, metrologists and building diagnostic professionals who install, troubleshoot, and manage industrial electrical and electronic equipment and calibration processes for quality control as well as conducting building restoration and remediation services. In the past five years, Fluke tools won more than 50 industry awards, including Test and Measurement World Best in Test, Control Engineering Engineer’s Choice, and Plant Engineering Product of the Year. Fluke is a registered trademark of Fluke Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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Sep 15

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Avanade Named to 2010 InformationWeek 500 List of Top Technology Innovators

SEATTLE, WA–(Marketwire – September 15, 2010) –  Avanade®, a business technology services provider, today announced its inclusion in this year’s InformationWeek 500, an annual listing that identifies and honors the nation’s most innovative users of information technology.

With this annual list, InformationWeek tracks the technology, strategies, investments and administrative practices of America’s best-known companies. The ranking is unique among corporate rankings as it spotlights the power of innovation in information technology, rather than simply identifying the biggest IT spenders.

“For 22 years, the InformationWeek 500 has honored the most innovative users of business technology,” said Rob Preston, InformationWeek’s editor in chief. “As we start to emerge from the worst recession in decades, the IT focus is now on driving growth — new sources of revenue, new relationships with customers, even new business models. This year’s ranking placed special emphasis on those companies and business technology executives leading that charge.”

Avanade was recognized for the large-scale infrastructure refresh of its enterprise data center. Avanade used the initiative as an opportunity to complete the virtualization of its core data center and take full advantage of today’s computing power. Leveraging the new Live Migration features of Microsoft® Hyper-V™ Server 2008 R2, the team was able to complete the virtualization program using in-place migrations, progressively consolidating available computing power and space. In addition, the team was able to reduce physical server inventory by 75 percent, condense data center floor space by 42 percent and decrease power consumption by 47 percent.

“Avanade’s vision is to be recognized as a global services innovator on the Microsoft platform,” said Chris Miller, chief information officer at Avanade. “Using the latest Microsoft technology in our data center enabled Avanade to maximize our resources, maintain flexibility and reinvest savings into other IT and business priorities. Our unique relationship with Microsoft enables us to gain early access and apply it to our own environment. This allows us to realize results and pass along our insight, innovation and expertise to our customers.

The 2010 list was revealed last night at a gala awards ceremony in Dana Point, Calif. Additional details on the InformationWeek 500 can be found online at www.informationweek.com/iw500/.

About Avanade
Avanade provides business technology services that connect insight, innovation and expertise in Microsoft technologies to help customers realize results. Avanade’s services and solutions help improve performance, productivity and sales for organizations in all industries. The company applies Microsoft expertise from its global network of consultants, drawing on the right mix of onshore, offshore and nearshore skills, which together are designed to help deliver results faster, at lower cost and with less risk. Avanade, which is majority owned by Accenture, was founded in 2000 by Accenture and Microsoft Corporation and serves customers in more than 24 countries worldwide with more than 10,000 professionals. Additional information can be found at www.avanade.com.

About InformationWeek Business Technology Network (http://www.informationweek.com/)
The InformationWeek Business Technology Network provides IT executives with unique analysis and tools that parallel their work flow — from defining and framing objectives through to the evaluation and recommendation of solutions. Anchored by InformationWeek, the multimedia powerhouse that looks across the enterprise, the network scales across the most critical technology categories with online properties like DarkReading.com (security), IntelligentEnterprise.com (application architecture), NetworkComputing.com (networking and communications) and PlugintotheCloud.com (cloud computing). The network also provides focused content for key IT audiences, such as CIOs, developers, SMBs and IT Support Managers via InformationWeek Global CIO, Dr. Dobb’s, InformationWeek SMB, and HDI respectively, as well as vital vertical industries with InformationWeek Financial Services, Government and Healthcare sites. The InformationWeek Business Technology Network is part of UBM TechWeb.

Sep 10

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Fluke Calibration introduces new DHI PG9607 piston gauge

Optimized for very low uncertainty and dimensional traceability

EVERETT, Wash. – Fluke Calibration, a global leader in test and measurement technology, has introduced the new PG9607 piston gauge, which delivers unequaled performance for measurement of absolute and gauge pressures up to 500 kPa (72.5 psi).

The PG9607 piston gauge is designed with the requirements of National Measurement Institutes (NMIs) in mind. It offers innovations to reduce sources of pressure uncertainty, a 100g mass load to allow a wide range of pressure defined by a single piston-cylinder assembly, and a new high-performance 50 mm piston-cylinder design.

The design is based on a special project undertaken by DH Instruments in cooperation with a top NMI pressure lab to define a gas pressure to within less than 2 parts per million, traceable to dimensional piston-cylinder effective area measurement. The resulting commercial PG9607 uses the same 5 kPa/kg piston-cylinder specially designed for low geometric distortion to support dimensional effective area determination with low uncertainty, for true fundamental definition of pressure.

The PG9607 piston gauge uses DH Instruments AMH automatic mass handling technology to allow fully unattended testing, establishment of better reference vacuum and improved long-term mass stability. COMPASS® calibration management software is also offered to support complete test system automation without the need for custom programming.

For more information on the PG9607 piston gauge and other pressure and flow calibration products from Fluke Calibration, visitwww.dhinstruments.com. For assistance on DH Instruments products, call (602) 431-9100, or email dhi@dhinstruments.com.

About Fluke Calibration

Fluke Calibration is the leader in precision calibration instrumentation and software for electrical, temperature, pressure, flow, and RF measurements. Calibration products from Fluke Calibration are found in calibration facilities around the world, including National Metrology Institutes, that demand the highest levels of performance and reliability, backed by state of the art metrology and uncompromising support. They are relied on by quality engineers, calibration technicians, and metrologists to instill confidence in the measurements that are critical to their organizations for quality, safety, reliability, and cost. Fluke, Fluke Calibration and DHI are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Fluke Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Sep 8

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Fluke Calibration announces newly updated MET/CAL® Plus calibration management software, Version 7.3

Supports latest Windows® operating systems, new calibration products

EVERETT, Wash. – Fluke Calibration, a global leader in calibration instrumentation and software, has introduced the latest release of Fluke MET/CAL® Plus Calibration Management Software, Version 7.3.

In this latest release, MET/CAL calibration software supports the Microsoft Windows® Vista operating system, Windows 7 operating system and Windows Server 2008, including the 64-bit variants.

In addition, technicians can now address an expanded workload that includes the newest Fluke products, the Fluke 6105A Electrical Power Standard, Fluke 6100B Electrical Power Standard, Fluke 6100A/6100B/6105A Energy Counting Option, and Fluke 5080A Multi-Product Calibrator. Other instruments supported with this release are the Clarke-Hess 8100 Transconductance Amplifier and Agilent Economy Spectrum Analyzer (ESA) Series.

Crystal Reports, a powerful reporting tool supplied with MET/CAL Plus software, has been upgraded to the newest version. Crystal Reports 2008 helps users design and deliver reports via the Internet or embedded in enterprise applications. Its improved report designer enables users to create professional-looking interactive reports that integrate Flash, cross-tabs, customized pages sizes, and more. Built-in barcode support lets users create barcodes easily, with no coding required. Crystal Reports runs faster for enhanced productivity and enables multilingual reporting.

MET/CAL Plus calibration software Version 7.3 includes several improvements to MET/TRACK®, a powerful calibration asset management system. The application now supports Windows XP, Vista, 7, 2003 and 2008, including 32-bit and 64-bit platforms. A new import tool makes it easier than ever to import data into MET/TRACK software.

For more information on Fluke MET/CAL® Plus Calibration Management Software, Version 7.3 and other calibration software products from Fluke Calibration, visit www.fluke.com/metcal.

About Fluke Calibration

Fluke Calibration is a leader in precision calibration instrumentation and software for electrical, temperature, pressure, flow, and RF measurements. Calibration products from Fluke Calibration are found in calibration facilities around the world, including National Metrology Institutes, that demand the highest levels of performance and reliability, backed by state of the art metrology and uncompromising support. They are relied on by quality engineers, calibration technicians, and metrologists to instill confidence in the measurements that are critical to their organizations for quality, safety, reliability, and cost. Fluke, Fluke Calibration and DH Instruments are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Fluke Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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