had a guy come in class this afternoon, from Yellow Jacket ? apparantly a big firm over in states, and steadily growing in europe. basically he was trying to flog his gear, some of which seemed ok like the super evac vac pump with the micron gauge built in and few other handy features, and the flare blocks and leak detection ultra violet light with the injector fluid seemed quite cool too.
anyone used any of this firms products and are they any good ?
but the main point that has been stuck in my head was the little conversation we had about future technology, ie he reckons within 5 years we wont be using manifold gauges and other stuff like that.
instead will go up to a system and attach an electronic piece of wizardry to the system, which will relay via bluetooth(or best thing at the time) to ur trusted smartfone/pocket pc/palm(whatever u got) and you'l be able to read the pressures/temps, analysis of the gas and other things that maybe of relevance.
now this is an area id LOVE to get into!
how about a program now not in the future, that u can have on ur pocket pc, that is like a comparitor ? but as its a prog it can be updated as new gasses come out, and can can have unlimited gasses in its database as opposed to a comparitor. and then if wana check things all u gotta do is put in the temp/pressures n hey presto...its worked it all out for u..
how about in the future, on big plants, a system where its all linked to a engineers laptop via wireless connection, and u can monitor all the runnings of it...and if a problem crops up it alerts you exactly where it is and what it is...ie fan belt playing up. or gas leak.
and how about an automatic leak repair system. something that can be added to the gas that if it leaks to normal atmosphere, it turns into a foamy type substance n hardens within minutes/seconds, sealing the leak in its tracks.
or how about an automatic coil cleaner ? or drain unblocker ? or tev adjuster according to varying ambients ?
hmmm most automated systems maybe the future but just realised...somewhere gotta keep the engineers in the loop !