Up to Nine Alicat Flow and Pressure Devices can now be Monitored From a Single Computer

MUMBAI, September 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Remote Monitoring Saves Time and Money

Alicat Scientific, Inc. now offers its BB9 Communication Module in a USB model. The BB9-USB replaces the standard RS-232 serial connection, providing a direct computer connection for monitoring and control of Alicat Flow devices.

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The BB9 joins up to nine Alicat flow and pressure devices to a single computer for independent monitoring and operation. This remote monitoring saves time and money, especially in flow instrument installations where devices are a long distance from the control site. The BB9 will also distribute power to connected Alicat devices. In installations with more than nine Alicat flow devices, multiple BB9s can control up to 26 Alicat devices.

With the industry's highest turndown ratio, Alicat's mass flow meters quickly and accurately measure pressure, as well as temperature, volumetric, and mass flow. Devices come pre-calibrated (NIST traceable) for Air, Hydrogen, Helium, and Argon as well as 16 other gases and 10 gas mixes.

About Alicat

Alicat Scientific (www.alicatscientific.com) designs and manufactures mass flow devices used in medical and scientific instrumentation, as well as specialty industrial applications, for high-precision measurement of gas and liquid flows. Its products include mass and liquid flow meters and controllers; pressure controllers; digital pressure and vacuum gauges; portable flow meters; calibration standards; software and accessories.

About Halma

Alicat is a subsidiary company of Halma p.l.c. (www.halma.cn), an international market leader in safety, health and sensor technology. Halma is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and has approximately 4000 employees in 40 subsidiaries worldwide. Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as energy, manufacturing, healthcare, water and waste treatment, construction and transport. Halma has a hub office in Mumbai.

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For more information, please contact Alicat's Indian distributor:

Sathish Kumar, Aeronics eMaROh, 91-80-23459590, sathish@aeronics.in

Website: www.aeronics.in

Primary Media Contact: Kuniyur J. Srinivasan, Srini@halma.com, 91 22 67080400

Secondary Media Contact : Damian Corbet, damian.corbet@halma.com, 44-1494-789152