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The Advanced Occupational Noise and Vibration System gives you 2 of Castles best selling meters, the dBAir GA141SEO and the GA2006H VEXO HARM.
This Hand Arm Vibration Meter, the Castle Vexo H, was designed specifically to conduct highly accurate Hand Arm Vibration readings to comply with The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations (2005).
It was created to provide Health and Safety Managers with everything they will need when assessing vibration levels of handheld power tools in the workplace, and has become the UK's Best Selling Hand Arm Vibration Meter.
The dBAir is the new handheld sound level meter from Castle Group Ltd, a creation which has been meticulously designed to perfom industrial noise assessments for safety.
It's simple to use and has all the required features and parameters that this type of sound level meter should do, including Leq, Lepd, Exposure Points and Octave Band Analysis.
| Brand | Castle Group |
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| Available Outside the UK? | Yes |
This Advanced Occupational Noise and Vibration System Kit includes 2 of Castles Best Selling meters, the dBAir and the VEXO H, giving you highly accurate Hand Arm Vibration readings to comply with The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations (2005) and the ability to perform industrial noise assessments for safety.
Designed by Castle Group Ltd, one of the world's leading organisations in the monitoring of Vibration in the workplace, this Hand Arm Vibration Meter was designed around The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 .
It was created to provide Health and Safety Managers with everything they will need when assessing vibration levels of handheld power tools in the workplace.
Start reducing the risk of HAVS Issues and Claims within your organisation today with this Hand Arm Vibration Meter, the Castle Vexo H, the UK's Best Selling Hand Arm Vibration Meter.
It's very important to consider that to defend personal injury claims in a court of law, only measure readings are considered to be evidence in your defence.
This best selling Hand Arm Vibration Meter, the Castle Vexo H, enables you to easily measure the vibration levels of the handheld power tools that your employees use, ensuring that your employees aren't over exposed to vibration levels over and above the Action and Limit Values stated in The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005.
Once a measurement has been taken, this Hand Arm Vibration Meter, the Castle Vexo, will display an extremely accurate vibration magnitude level.
This vibration level can be calculated with the exposure time (actual exposure times can be found with a tool timer) into HSE Exposure Points - the HSE's guideline method of monitoring vibration exposure in the workplace. More information can be found on HSE Exposure Points - click here.
This Hand Arm Vibration Meter was designed to be nothing but easy to use, giving you the ability to measure large numbers of different hand held power tools in a day, whilst ensuring highly accurate results. Recorded Data is logged in the internal memory of the instrument, ready to be downloaded to the included free software, VibDATA Vibration Analysis Software. Data can also be viewed on screen for immediate use.
Built and supplied with long life rechargeable batteries, an additional pack can be purchased to ensure this Hand Arm Vibration Meter can be ready to use whenever you need it. Designed with a rugged and impact resistant body, you can be confident that your new investment will stand the test of time.
This Vexo H Hand Arm Vibration Meter and all it's accessories is supplied in an Attache Carry Case.
Start effectively measuring vibration exposure with the Castle Vexo H Hand Arm Vibration Meter to ensure HAVS doesn't become a problem with in workforce.
The Castle dBAir Environmental sound meter comes with predefined Environmental Measurement Templates, keeping all of your setup procedures to an absolute minimum, as well as giving you the extra assurance that you’re measuring the correct parameters for your assessment.
The Castle dBAir Environmental Class 1 Sound Meter helps make your noise assessments quick, easy and correct.
If you are looking for a Sound Meter to carry out environmental noise studies, the Octave Band version of the dBAir Environment is the instrument for you. Coming with 1/3 Octave bands as standard, it is a feature that is often required for long term environmental noise studies. The dBAir Environment Octave has been specifically developed to be capable of carrying out both handheld and long term outdoor noise assessments. With weatherproof accessories and external power sources, the dBAir can effectively run indefinitely. Capable of audio events recording and measurements of 1/3 octaves every 100 ms, the dBAir Environment is a high end instrument at a hugely competitive price.
The Castle dBAir uses the revolutionary new Castle Cloud Software. Hosted online, all you need to access it's entire software capabilities is an internet browser.
The Castle dBAir works wirelessly with The Castle Cloud software and it's FREE to use! Make your account today at www.TheCastleCloud.com. All dBAir Systems come with a 3 Year Pro licence.
| Applicable Standards | IEC 61672-1:2013 IEC 61260-1:2014 (Where Octave Bands Fitted) IEC 61252:1993 amendment 1:2000 (Where Exposure Fitted) |
| Microphone | Class 1:Type 1 Pre-Polarised ½” (50mV/Pa) Condenser Microphone -26 dB ± 2 dB re 1V/Pa Class 2:Type 2 Pre-Polarised ½” (25mV/Pa) Condenser Microphone –32 dB ± 3 dB re 1V/Pa |
| Measurement Ranges | Linear Operating Range: 95dB |
| Noise Floor | Typical ’A’ WeightingFrequency WeightingsMeasurement 1: A, C or Z Measurement 2: A, C or Z |
| Frequency Range | 1 Hz - 20 kHz (electrical characteristics) Class 1: 12.5 Hz - 20 kHz (including microphone) Class 2: 16Hz - 16kHz (including microphone) |
| Time Weighting | Measurement 1: Slow, Fast, Impulse Measurement 2: Slow, Fast, Impulse |
| Display | 2.4” Full Colour TFT 240x320 pixels |
| Dual Measurements | Simultaneous dual measurement with independent time and frequency weightings |
| Octave Band Analysis | Where fitted 1/1 or 1/3 octave band analysis on measurement 1 only. |
| dBAir Safety: | LSPL, LEQ, LMAX, LMIN, Peak, LEP’d, Exposure Points, Dose, Hearing Protector Calculator |
| dBAir Safety Octave: | LSPL, LEQ, LMAX, LMIN, Peak, LEP’d, Exposure Points, Dose, Hearing Protector Calculator. 1/1 Octaves: |
| dBAir Environmental | LSPL, LE, LEQ, LMAX, LMIN, Peak, Ltm3, Ltm5, Lday, Lnight, Ldn, Lden, NA, 10 user-definable Ln values (pre-set to: L1, L2, L5, L10, L50, L90, L95, L98, L99) plus LAF* for Noise act assessment. |
| dBAir Environmental Octave: | LSPL, LE, LEQ, LMAX, LMIN, Peak, Ltm3, Ltm5, Lday, Lnight, Ldn, Lden, NA, 10 user-definable Ln values (pre-set to: L1, L2, L5, L10, L50, L90, L95, L98, L99) plus LAF* for Noise act assessment. 1/1 or 1/3 Octaves: LSPL, LE, LEQ, LMAX, LMAX, Ln’s, Peak. 1/3 Octaves. |
| dBAir Safety & Environmental | LSPL, LE, LEQ, LMAX, LMIN, Peak, LEP’d, Exposure Points, Dose, Hearing Protector Calculator, Ltm3, Ltm5, Lday, Lnight, Ldn, Lden, NA, 10 user-definable Ln values (preset to: L1, L2, L5, L10, L50, L90, L95, L98, L99) plus LAF* for Noise act assessment. |
| dBAir Safety & Environmental Octave: | LSPL, LE, LEQ, LMAX, LMIN, Peak, LEP’d, Exposure Points, Dose, Hearing Protector Calculator, Ltm3, Ltm5, Lday, Lnight, Ldn, Lden, NA, 10 user-definable Ln values (pre-set to: L1, L2, L5, L10, L50, L90, L95, L98, L99) plus LAF* for Noise act assessment. 1/1 or 1/3 Octaves. |
| Languages | English UK, English US, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese Brazilian, Russian, Spanish. |
| Time History | Short Interval: 10ms to 60m Long Interval: 1s to 24h Smart Timer, Duration Timer or Interval Timer Memory 16GB, 32GB, 64GB Input / Output Connection Micro USB Type B |
| Power | Batteries: 4 x AA (1.5V) Life: Up to 12 Hours continuous operation (screen settings dependent) USB Socket |
| Size and Dimensions: | Including Pre-Amplifier: 210mm (H) x 70mm (W) x 30mm (D) Excluding Pre-Amplifier: 145mm (H) x 70mm (W) x 30mm (D) |
| Weight | 480g approximately (including batteries) |
| Instrument Standards | ISO 8041 : 2005 Human Response to Vibration For compliance with: ISO 5349 : 2001 Measurement and evaluation of human exposure to hand-transmitted vibration |
| Range (Integration = Acceleration) | Low: 0.05 - 200.0m/s-2 / 0.005 - 20.4g High: 0.50 - 2000.0m/s-2 / 0.05 - 204.0g |
| Measurement Channels | One |
| Parameters | Acceleration: Arms, Aeq, Amax, Peak, Vector Sum, HSE Exposure Points, EAV and ELV |
| Linear Operating Range | 72dB |
| Frequency Weighting | WH - Hand Arm Filter |
| Memory | Flash memory storing up to 992 recordings |
| Transducer | Castle KD1010, 10mV/g |
| Noise Floor | |
| Display | Full Colour Graphic OLED Display (160 x 128) |
| Batteries | NiMH re-chargeable cell pack Typically 10 hours continuous use |
| Connections | Input: 3.5mm Stereo Jack Socket AC Output: 4 Pole 3.5mm Jack Socket Download: USB Micro B (Cable Supplied) Recharge: DC Socket (Charger & Cable Supplied) |
| Languages | English UK, English US, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese Brazilian, Russian, Spanish |
| Temperature Operating Range | -10 to + 50ºC |
| Humidity | Up to 90% RH Non Condensing |
| Electromagnetic Compatibility | Designed in accordance with the following Electromagnetic Compatibility Directives: SI 2005/281 2004/108/EC |
| Case | High Impact ABS plastic with tactile membrane keypad |
This Kit Includes:
With secure Cloud software at TheCastleCloud.com you can securely access your data from any internet browser on any device. TheCastleCloud is a feature packed noise analysis software system, with added benefits:
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PC, Mac, Tablet or phone, you can access your account and data from any device, anywhere in the world!
At the push of a button the dBAir wirelessly, quickly and securely sends all of your data to your account in The Castle Cloud.
Not only do we regularly back-up all your data onto secure servers, you can also download your own data at any time onto your device.
As soon as you log into your Castle Cloud account, your data will be waiting for you primed for analysis and report creating. Alternatively, use a USB cable to copy a csv file straight off the meter!
Set Administration Levels for different staff, ensuring the safety of your data whilst ensuring you get the most out of your results.
Cloud softare isn't just the future, it's the present! If you use Apple, Dropbox, Microsoft or Google then you're already on the cloud and benefiting from the power and flexibility that brings.
The Castle dBAir works wirelessly with The Castle Cloud software and it's FREE to use! Make your account today at www.TheCastleCloud.com. All dBAir Systems come with a 3 Year Pro licence.
