Available online as well as on DVD, the Welding Safety Interactive Guide is designed to educate arc welders about potential arc welding safety hazards and the safe practices they should follow. The guide offers information on a wide variety of topics.
For the commercial building industry, the interactive digital Division 22/23 Mechanical Manufacturer’s Guide eBook can be used by mechanical engineers and building specifiers to access key product information while on job sites or at the office.
The NEWS staff was very busy at the AHR Expo in Dallas, seeking information on new products. Here is a comprehensive list of the contractor services and software we found on the show floor.
Contractors could consider each app as a specific tool in their electronic tool belt. To help you in your electronic tool gathering, The NEWS has compiled a sampling of some of the manufacturer apps currently available for contractors that can be used in their business or as an added value to their customers.
Interplay Energy develops 3-D interactive simulation training and testing applications. The company was approached about developing a companion program for the HVACR textbook, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Technology. The end result is the new Delmar Online Training Simulation: HVAC from Interplay Energy.
The number of apps available for mobile devices has increased exponentially over the last few years. Consider that the first apps came out in 2008, and today there are almost 2 million apps available across all platforms. The HVACR industry has been quick to jump on the app bandwagon as well.
The HVACR Fault Finder™ (PC edition) software is an accessory kit used to diagnose system issues and display operational history when used with Copeland Scroll™ compressors. It is designed to help contractors troubleshoot residential or commercial air conditioning systems.
The per job general liability insurance is designed specifically towards insuring small- and medium-sized contractors in today’s economy. According to the company, it is designed to help small- and medium-sized contractors who are finding it more difficult to maintain annual general liability insurance.
Version 3 of RC-Archive™ data acquisition software contains many new features to enable seamless data acquisition. The new version of RC-Archive™ adds archiving support for the following new objects: BACnet® single-point and multipoint trend logs, and BACnet and the company’s protocol runtime logs.