Martel BetaFLEX Calibrator

The BetaFLEX is the only truly modular calibrator available on the market today. Its capabilities can be altered using the extensive series of input/output modules that are loadable into two bays at the base of the unit. The modules offer both measurement and simulation capabilities, permitting the BetaFLEX calibrator to meet the requirements of any given situation in the field.

Essentially, the hand-held BetaFLEX calibrator is a keypad/display computer and each module is a parameter/range-specific calibrator. This module selection includes: DC voltage and current, temperature (RTD or thermocouple), frequency, and pressure. When repair or recalibration is needed, only the module that requires attention is temporarily out of service.

Some of the many instruments the BetaFLEX calibrator can bring back into spec include: thermocouple transmitters, RTD transmitters, current isolators, all types of pressure transmitters (level, flow, differential pressure, absolute pressure, compound pressure, and vacuum), I/P or P/I transducers, temperature recorders, data acquisition system i/o scanners, temperature recorders, turbine flow meters, and converters.

The flexibility the BetaFLEX provides to users is unparalleled. The BetaFLEX calibrator is basically whatever type of calibrator a user needs it to be. Users can even define and install their own custom temperature element curves (both RTD and thermocouple modules support this capability). Additionally, the BetaFLEX calibrator automatically documents calibrations as they are performed, creating or updating a plant instrument database.

The BetaFLEX calibrator is designed to interface with the popular calibration software programs such as MasterCAL, Cornerstone, Honeywell Documint, and Fisher Rosemount AMS as well as other programs with the Field Calibrator Interface standard. Another exclusive feature of the modular BetaFLEX calibrator is a valuable option enhancement called BetaSMART — a PCMCIA card slot allows the BetaFLEX to run programs from special PC cards to communicate with either Honeywell DE protocol smart transmitters or HART protocol smart transmitters. This capability of the BetaFlex calibrator eliminates a separate communicator to adjust the calibration parameters of the smart instrument being tested making the process more accurate.

The handheld BetaFLEX calibrator requires no maintenance and no periodic calibration, offering many years of trouble-free service. Techs will find that the BetaFLEX provides extended periods of continuous field use, anywhere from 16 to 100 hours, depending on the modules used.