2014 has been a very successful year for Gill Instruments, with new product launches and product developments projects.We would like to thank all of our valued customers, suppliers and distributors for your continued support throughout 2014 and look forward to supporting and working with you in 2015.Instead of distributing Christmas cards we have made a donation to support a local Lymington cancer Charity – The Oakhaven Hospice Trust. Oakhaven provides specialist palliative care to patients and families facing life-limiting illnesses.Gill Instruments will be closed from 24th December 2014 -2nd January 2015.We wish you a prosperous New Year!
Gill Instruments Reveals Improved Sonic Temperature Performance at AMS 2015
Gill Instruments will be exhibiting at the 95th AMS Annual Meeting from 4-8 January 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona.
At AMS Gill will announce improvements in sonic temperature performance made throughout their range of industry leading 3-axis anemometers.
Gill 3-axis anemometers consistently out-perform other sonic anemometers in the measurement of 3-dimensional wind vectors and sensible heat fluxes and now following recent improvements all Gill 3-axis anemometers can benefit from improved sonic temperature performance.
Gains are the result of research using computational fluid dynamics and changes to the transducer stalk assembly processes. However for continuity, the transducer and stalk profile remains the same and wind measurements are not impacted.
Richard McKay, Gill Product Manager and Meteorologist reports “the gains we have made using CFD and assembly process improvements are small yet significant in the performance of sonic temperature throughout the 3-axis range. A key advantage is that these improvements maintain the continuity of design and we now have high performance in all conditions”.
To demonstrate the technical improvements, Richard McKay will be delivering a poster presentation entitled ‘Improvements in cold weather condition flux measurements with Gill 3-Axis Ultrasonic Anemometers’ at AMS on Wednesday 7th January between 14:00 and 16:00.
In addition to Gill’s anemometers, Gill will be displaying MaxiMet, their new range of compact weather stations to suit multiple application requirements which combines precipitation, solar radiation, wind, temperature, humidity and pressure, GPS and compass measurements.
For more information visit Gill on stand 723 at AMS or contact +44(0)1590 613500.
MaxiMet achieves major focus at Met Tech 2014
Gill Instruments was recently an official sponsor at the World’s largest meteorological technology exhibition in Brussels at which the company also launched MaxiMet, a new range of compact weather stations.
Met Tech 2014 provided the best platform to launch the new station, which received an incredible amount of interest from visitors. Combining Gill’s quality and reliability, MaxiMet is an easy-to-use and cost-effective range of weather stations suitable for applications such as road conditions, solar and wind energy, building controls and agricultural.
Visitors were among the first to see the full range of nine MaxiMet options as well as Gill’s range of ultrasonic anemometers which is the largest in the World.
“Feedback from visitors was extremely positive.” says Paul Rogers, Head of Sales at Gill Instruments. “Meteorological Technology World Expo is a fantastic event where we can show off our latest technologies and meet our industry partners and customers. As show sponsors, this year we took the opportunity to launch MaxiMet and we were very encouraged by the excitement it generated. Thank you to everyone who visited us throughout the show and we look forward to seeing you all next year.”
For more information on MaxiMet and all Gill products please contact +441590 613500 or contact@gillinstruments.com
Richard McKay discusses the future of meteorological products
Gill Instruments’ Product Manager, Richard McKay, talks about emerging technologies, the future of the meteorological market and Gill’s latest product MaxiMet.What emerging technologies are coming up on the horizon?Due to the advances in smart phones and tablets, smaller, cost effective components along with improved wireless technologies are filtering through to manufacturers of meteorological equipment. With these developments, new additional information and capabilities can be provided by compact weather stations, making for a better, more rounded weather ‘picture’ for customers.Are there any new markets emerging as a result of this new technology?Yes, multi-parameter, compact weather systems that can be used to provide better spatial coverage, known as a dense network, for software modelling or complex terrain.How do you keep your product portfolio relevant as markets and technologies change?Gill Instruments has a policy of continuous innovation and best measurement practices. Additionally, Gill is actively involved with the various communities working to solve many of today’s measurement challenges. This is a continuous cycle that benefits all parties and allows Gill to remain one of the leading meteorological solution providers in the world today.How does Gill go about identifying new product opportunities?We gather market information from a range of areas to help us to identify new opportunities. This can be anything from project work where we are actively involved with the users tackling modern problems, either with the measurement itself or with the collection and processing of the data. We are also involved at different levels with the academic community and many specialist application areas as well.In light of the emerging markets, you have just launched a new product, why MaxiMet now?There are already many compact weather stations on the marketplace, what they lack and what Gill is now able to provide is a more complete weather ‘picture’ with a better user experience at the right price point. Never before has so much capability been available in an entry level system with such high quality and reliability.What key markets will MaxiMet appeal to and how will it benefit them?There are several markets that MaxiMet will appeal from Agricultural users, Hydrological applications to Renewable energies to name a few. As an example, agricultural users may have a very low power, small footprint station available with many more parameters helping ensure better yield and utilisation of resources while enduring sometimes harsh, vibration or other extreme environmental conditions with the highest reliability. From providing automatic Sunrise/Sunset/Mean Sea Level Pressure information based on GPS location to quality assurance checks when installed in operational networks, MaxiMet provides data that is intuitively available today to a more diverse market.There are a lot of competitive products already on the market – What sets MaxiMet apart? The combination of technology included together with a better user experience. MaxiMet provides the widest range of derived parameters to ease of connection and user interface options. Users can access the data easily through several methods, they can configure and view the station information via a touchscreen interface on their own smart phone or tablet and know they can count on the quality and reliability of the measurement without a second thought.Is MaxiMet an indication of future products being required to offer more functionality in an integrated package?Absolutely, reference quality single measurements will always have their place, however, more and more users benefit from technological advances at lower price levels allowing for more custom and tailored information to their needs, in the way they wish to see it and where they wish to see it.What do you think Gill’s product range will look like in 5 years’ time?We will continue to relentlessly innovate and provide meteorological and environmental solutions where others see a problem and we see a challenge!Finally, what makes Gill a leader in their field?Excellence in engineering, a desire to continuously improve while maintaining the highest quality standards paired with a genuine curiosity and interest in our customers applications.
Gill launches MaxiMet –a new range of compact weather stations
Gill Instruments Limited, a leading meteorological and environmental solutions provider, will launch MaxiMet, a new range of compact weather stations at the Meteorological Technology World Expo 2014.
MaxiMet combines the renowned quality and reliability of Gill products into an integrated, easy-to-use and cost-effective compact weather station.MaxiMet combines the renowned quality and reliability of Gill products into an integrated, easy-to-use and cost-effective compact weather station. Applications such as road weather, solar and wind energy, building controls, agriculture and many more will now be able to take advantage of the widest range of parameters available in any compact weather station.
Visitors to the Gill Instruments stand will have the first chance to see the new range, which will be available from the New Year.
The MaxiMet range will be launched with 9 variants, allowing users to choose measurement parameters and communications protocols to suit different requirements. Instrumentation includes options for precipitation, solar radiation, wind, temperature, humidity and pressure, as well as GPS and compass. There are many other selectable parameters and every option in the range includes the new low power ‘Eco Mode’ and Bluetooth for wireless communications.
“MaxiMet is a range of cost-effective compact weather stations that users can customise to their requirements” says Richard McKay, Product Manager at Gill Instruments. “With MaxiMet no other sensors are necessary to obtain a complete weather snapshot using measurements to the highest standards”.
MaxiMet, along with Gill’s complete range of meteorological instruments, will be displayed at Meteorological Technology World Expo in Brussel’s from 21st-23rd October 2014, on stand 3010.
Improved safety with weather monitoring instruments
Data collected by weather stations is used not only to forecast future weather and to pre-determine risk but also to deal with real time weather conditions during critical events.
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