Updated phx21 FAQ- and a NEW Palapa!

Does phx21 have a removable H2 bottle? No.  phx21 uses a built-in H2 supply chamber with a quickfill system that eliminates the need for removing the bottle. By eliminating the threaded seams and the daily operation of the bottle, we have…

The Ultimate Pairing for your LDAR Program

Do you have the right equipment for your LDAR program?  If you are not using an Archer Field PC with your flame ionization detector, then you don't.  And more importantly, if you are not using an Archer Field PC paired together with…

Is your LDAR Program Ready for the Truth?

Method 21 requires that the analyzer used for compliance generated LDAR monitoring be certified as intrinsically safe. Do the VOC analyzers in use in your facility satisfy this requirement? Are you sure? There is a reason that OSHA and…

Guardian Compliance and LDARtools® Announce Change in License and Distribution Agreement

Guardian Compliance and LDARtools® Announce Change in License and Distribution Agreement Houston, TX, September 4, 2013 - Guardian Compliance, Inc. (“Guardian”) and LDARtools, Inc. (“LDARtools®”) jointly announced today that…

Rugged Field PC - 'How to Apply a Screen Protector'

Our partners at Juniper Systems have provided us here at LDARtools valuable feedback to the sometimes dreaded project of applying a screen protector to mobile handhelds.  We have all experienced the damage caused to touchscreens during…

NOT A SINGLE phx21 in for repair!

While is not a rare occurrence, having over 300 phx21s in service and not a single phx21 to repair is something we are very proud of! Here is the proof! What are we doing in the mean time? Building phx21 and shipping your supplies. This…

Intrinsic Safety and your LDAR Technicians

Intrinsic Safety and your LDAR Technicians In our last blog, I ended by pointing out that when the Intrinsic Safety of LDAR equipment is compromised, very bad things can happen. The worse of these things is that the Technicians who are asked…

Is your portable FID fleet still certified intrinsically safe?

(This blog is based on a joint presentation given by Alan Mata and me at the recent ISA LDAR Symposium held in New Orleans, La.) As a result of specific, recent events, the intrinsic safety of the fleet of VOC analyzers in use at many sites…

It's Friday and the pond is almost done!

Happy Friday! We recently had a new metal building built to house inventory and the machine shop. The county required that we build retention, for drainage purposes. While we could have stopped at the above and likely met the requirements-…

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