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The Noise and Vibration Safety System from Castle gives you all your meter needs in one kit with two of our best sellers!
The Castle SONUS GA116L gives you a pocket sized meter solution for making Noise at Work, Environmental and Industrial Noise Assessment measurements.
This data logging sound level meter is fully compliant with the new BS 4142:2014 and the IEC61672-1-2013 for Sound Level Meters, making it a extremely cost effective instrument for all of your sound measurement requirements.
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.
| Brand | Castle Group |
|---|---|
| Available Outside the UK? | Yes |
The Noise and Vibration Safety System gives you two of our best selling products in one kit, the SONUS GA116L Sound meter and the VEXO H Vibration meter.
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 Sonus range of pocket sized sound level meters bring simplicity and power to the world of Noise at Work and Environmental sound monitoring. From basic nonlogging sound level meters to combined sound and dose meters with time and date stamped data logging capability. The flagship model of the Pocket Sonus Meter range is the class one Sonus GA116L which is a full data logging, integrating sound and noise exposure meter (dosemeter) which has been designed or both Noise at Work assessments and Environmental Sound monitoring. The Sonus L is the upgraded model of the Sonus i, coming with full data logging and download capabilities.
VEXO H
| 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 |
IEC61672-1-2013 (Sound Level Meters) IEC61252-1993 (Personal Sound Exposure Meters) BS4142:2014 Methods for rating and assessing industrial and commercial sound
| RANGE | DISPLAY RANGE | LINEAR RANGE | PEAK RANGE |
| 30-100 | 29 – 101dB | 30 – 100dB | 40 – 103dB |
| 50-120 | 59 – 121dB | 50 – 120dB | 60 – 123dB |
| 70-140 | 69 – 141dB | 70 – 140dB | 80 – 143dB |
| Linear Operating Range | 70dB |
| Detector Characteristics | RMS and Peak |
| Frequency Weighting | ‘A’, ‘C’ & ‘Z’ Weighted in Accordance with IEC 61672-1-2002 Combinations of ‘A’, ‘A’&’C’ simultaneous or ‘A’&’Z’ simultaneous available for Leq, Lmax and Pmax |
| Time Weighting | ‘Slow’, ’Fast’ and ‘Impulse’ in Accordance with IEC 61672-1-2002 |
| Exchange Rate | 3dB, 4dB or 5dB |
| Criterion Level | 75dB, 80dB, 85dB or 90dB |
| Threshold Level | -5dB, -10dB or OFF |
| Peak | 3dB above top of selected range |
| Display | Custom alphanumeric LCD, digit size 7mm x 5mm |
| Memory | 2100 Data Intervals Maximum |
| Microphone/ Preamplifier | ACO 7146A pre-polarised ½” condenser microphone, 25mV / Pa |
| Calibration | 91.0 to 120.0dB @ 1KHz |
| Batteries | 1 x PP3 (9V) Approximately 12 hours continuous use |
| Operating Temperature | Operating Range: -10 to + 50ºC |
| Humidity | Effect: < 0.5dB from 25% to 90% RH |
| Vibration | No effect on instrument |
