Turner Designs

Sorry if we missed you at the National Water Quality Monitoring Conference

td-administrator — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:05:35 +0000

We’re sorry we missed you if you weren’t able to attend the National Water Quality Monitoring Conference in Portland last week It was a great meeting and we had lots of interesting conversations. Looks like customers attending the show were mostly interested in how easily we can customize sensors for different CDOM/fDOM applications as well as how our PhytoFlash Active Fluorometer can be used to provide an early indication of algal blooms. For those folks who did attend, thank you for helping to make it a fantastic show. We always appreciate your comments and product feedback.

UV Solid Secondary Standards now available for C3 Submersible Fluorometers

td-administrator — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:12:53 +0000

We now have UV Solid Secondary Standards for our C3 Submersible Fluorometers. Instrumentation configured for UV analyses typically rely on the use of liquid standards, such as Quinine Sulfate, for ensuring instrument integrity. However, transporting and preparing liquid standards can be tedious and sometimes hazardous. The UV Solid Secondary Standard is compact, light weight, and safe to use as a convenient way to quickly check the stability of our Crude Oil, Refined Fuels, Dissolved Organics (DOM), and Brightener/Whitener sensors. To ensure data integrity, the UV Solid Secondary Standard can be read before and after a deployment or sampling event. And, establishing a correlation between a primary standard’s known concentration and the UV Solid Secondary Standard’s signal eliminates the ongoing need for costly and time-consuming liquid calibration standards.

The UV standard (PN 2300-902) is inserted into the Solid Standard cap (sold previously including non-UV standards as 2300-900 and available separately now as 2300-905).

Secondary Solid Standards now available for UV Sensors

td-administrator — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:05:32 +0000

We’re excited to introduce a UV Secondary Solid Standard for our Cyclops-7 Submersible Fluorometers. Instrumentation configured for UV analyses typically rely on the use of liquid standards, such as Quinine Sulfate, for ensuring instrument integrity. However, transporting and preparing liquid standards can be tedious and sometimes hazardous. The UV Secondary Solid Standard is compact, light weight, and safe to use as a convenient way to quickly check the stability of Turner Designs Crude Oil, Refined Fuels, Dissolved Organics (DOM), and Brightener/Whitener fluorometers. To ensure data integrity, the UV Secondary Solid Standard can be read both before and after deployment or a sampling event. And, establishing a correlation between a primary standard’s known concentration and the UV Secondary Solid Standard’s signal eliminates the ongoing need for costly and time consuming liquid calibration standards.

Click here to request pricing. Part numbers are as follows:
2100-904 for Cyclops-7 units with stainless steel or titanium housing
2100-905 for Cyclops-7 units with plastic housing

Cyclops Submersible Fluorometer now available for 6000 meter

td-administrator — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:01:52 +0000

Turner Designs is excited to introduce a 6000 meter version of our very popular Cyclops-7 Submersible Fluorometer. The Cyclops-6K is presently available for Chlorophyll, Crude Oil, and CDOM detection with more optical configurations available soon. The reinforced Titanium housing and specialized optical head allow the Cyclops-6K to reach abyssal depths. Offering the same low power requirements, high performance, and long-term stability as the Cyclops-7, the Cyclops-6K is designed with system integration in mind. The Cyclops-6K analog output is easily integrated into CTDs, ROVs, or AUVs to monitor the deepest parts of the ocean. Similar to the Cyclops-7’s optoelectronics and circuitry, the Cyclops-6K provides an easy-to-use output format over the same connector type.

Happy Birthday, Turner Designs

td-administrator — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:05:54 +0000

Turner Designs is celebrating our 40th anniversary on February 18, 2012. We feel proud knowing we continue to offer great instruments and supportive service to a wonderful customer base after 40 years of business. Thank you to all our customers … Continue reading →

Video: Aqua Fluor Qualitative Calibration: In VivoChlorophyll

td-administrator — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:33:47 +0000

This short video will instruct users on how to calibrate or set their AquaFluor with in vivo Chlorophyll channel using a secondary solid standard for the purpose of making qualitative chlorophyll measurements for determining relative abundance of algae in water.

General Announcement: Free Ground Shipping Offer Extended

td-administrator — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:22:56 +0000

We’re happy to announce that we will continue to offer free ground shipping on all orders >$500 within the continental US through 2012.

New Student Travel Stipend Awards Program

td-administrator — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:55:55 +0000

Turner Designs is excited to announce we are now granting travel stipend awards to students who present a paper or poster referencing their use of Turner Designs equipment. This opportunity is separate from our instrument donation program which will continue to award AquaFluor Handheld Fluorometer/Turbidimeters biannually in July and December.

Press Release: Liquid Robotics PacX Challenge

td-administrator — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:54:17 +0000

On November 17th, 2011, in San Francisco, Liquid Robotics launched four Wave Gliders that will travel the longest distance at sea ever completed by an unmanned marine vehicle. The robots will travel together to Hawaii and then take separate routes across the Pacific, one pair arriving in Japan and the other in Australia. While at sea, the Wave Gliders will be routed across regions never before remotely surveyed and will continuously transmit valuable data on salinity and water temperature, waves, weather, fluorescence, and dissolved oxygen. Each Wave Glider is equipped with a Turner Designs C3 Submersible Fluorometer with 3 sensors: crude oil, chlorophyll, and turbidity. Follow the Wave Gliders’ progress and view their data at http://data.liquidr.com.

Press Release: Introducing the Opti-Check Handheld Fluorometer for Industrial Water Process Control

td-administrator — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:21:07 +0000

The Opti-Check is a small, lightweight, highly durable handheld fluorometer ideal for quick measurements in the field. Configurable for either PTSA or Fluorescein as well as both PTSA and Fluorescein, the Opti-Check enables monitoring of either cooling tower or boiler system applications. Simple to operate, the Opti-Check is a perfect tool for performing system verifications.