General Monitors, Inc. - Product Announcements

A complete suite of HART-Enabled Gas and Flame Detectors is now available from General Monitors. These safety instruments protect employees, equipment and facilities from the dangers of hydrocarbon gases, toxic gases, oxygen depletion and flames. (read more)

The Multi-Spectral Infrared (MSIR) FL4000 Flame Detector from General Monitors now features HART^® communications. The FL4000, with its next-generation MSIR sensor that incorporates neural network technology (NNT), provides highly reliable flame monitoring with superior false alarm immunity, an exceptionally wide field of view (FOV) and the industry's longest extended range. (read more)

Highly Intelligent Combustible Gas Detector With HART For Easy Field Communication

With its highly intelligent design, General Monitors' advanced S4000CH Combustible Gas Detector is now available with HART^®. (read more)

H₂S Gas Detector With HART Protects People and Plants From Toxic Hazards

The S4000TH Hydrogen Sulfide Gas Detector from General Monitors is designed to protect people, equipment, and plants from the dangers of hydrogen sulfide... (read more)

General Monitors, the industry's premier plant safety monitoring solution provider, announces that its core gas and flame detectors have received IEC 61508 certification from FM Approvals, demonstrating suitability to a particular Safety Integrity Level (SIL). (read more)

General Monitors has now received certification to IEC 61508 Parts 1, 2, and 3 from FM Approvals for its core fire and gas detectors. A new White Paper explains the process. Recognized by a global certification agency, these instruments are suitable for use in applications to safety integrity levels (SIL) ranging from 1 to 3. (read more)

Advanced IR400 Combustible Gas Detector Offers Superior Protection With Low Operating Costs

With its advanced point infrared combustible gas sensing element, the IR400 Combustible Gas Detector delivers reliable protection against explosive hydrocarbon gases. (read more)

The IR4000 Combustible Gas Detection System from General Monitors is a highly scalable, reliable plant solution. The IR4000M multi-point monitor can connect up to eight IR400 point infrared (IR) gas detectors and read their status with one command for a complete integrated gas detection system. The IR400 provides fail-to-safe operation, event logging and requires very little maintenance. (read more)

Ultrasonic gas leak detectors offer a responsive, reliable new method for detecting gas that reduces the risk of fires and explosions. They respond to pressurized gas leaks regardless of ventilation rates, gas dilution, or the direction of the leak making them an ideal choice for outdoor installations. (read more)

An Ultrasonic Gas Leak Detection Technology Video is now available from Gassonic. Ultrasonic technology detects the gas at leak initiation without the gas having to contact a sensor element and is the ideal choice for detection of pressurized gas leaks in ventilated areas. The video explores the use of ultrasonic gas leak detectors (UGLD) compared to traditional gas detectors. (read more)

Fast Ultrasonic Leak Detection Offers Extra Layer of Protection

Hydrogen is a lighter than air gas and consequently challenging to detect in open, well ventilated areas. It a combustible gas that is difficult to detect and easily ignitable on contact with open ... (read more)

A free white paper from General Monitors explains how gas detection diversification improves the protection of people, equipment and facilities operating in hazardous industries where combustible or toxic gas might be present. Gas detection diversification refers to the various means of detection that, when layered, reduce the likelihood that detectors will fail to detect a hazard. (read more)

The new IR4000M Multi-Point Monitor from General Monitors can connect up to eight IR400 point IR gas detectors and read their status with one command for a complete integrated combustible gas detection system. The IR4000M and the IR400 provides fail-to-safe operation, event logging and requires very little maintenance in a highly scalable plant system solution. (read more)

HazardWatch™ Integrated Fire & Gas Detection System is an intelligent safety monitoring solution that protects operations, equipment and staff from fire and hazardous gases while meeting the world's most demanding safety standards. The HazardWatch controller, hardware and software are certified by Factory Mutual to verify NFPA 72 compliance. (read more)

The IR5000 Open Path Hydrocarbon Gas Detector from General Monitors is now available with a new expanded distance range of 130 meters, offering increased versatility when choosing an open path gas detection system. The IR5000, with its unique, highly accurate single gas detection beam technology, improves accuracy, reduces drift and raises immunity to false alarms. (read more)

With a breakthrough in electrochemical cell sensor technology, the new TS Series Hydrogen Sulfide Gas Detectors from General Monitors provide advanced protection against the deadly hazards of hydrogen sulfide gas (H2S) for a wide range of applications. (read more)

Process and plant engineers with large outdoor facilities where combustible gas leaks are a potential hazard will find that the new IR5000 Open Path Hydrocarbon Gas Detection System combines a unique single-beam, single-source, single-detector sensing design with intelligent multi-channel control to provide a sophisticated, highly reliable total monitoring solution. (read more)

Carbon Monoxide and Chlorine, as well as eight other toxic gases, can be monitored with the TS400 Toxic Gas Detector from General Monitors. Featuring a built-in status indicator and adjustment-free calibration in one of the industries smallest packages, the TS400 not only delivers highly reliable gas protection, but also offers lower maintenance costs and extended life. (read more)

Plant engineers responsible for industrial processes where employees may accidentally be exposed to toxic gases, such as ammonia, carbon monoxide, chlorine, hydrogen sulfide, nitric oxide, oxygen deficiency, sulfur dioxide and more, will find the TS4000 Toxic Gas Monitoring System delivers highly reliable protection with superior intelligence, flexibility and low cost of ownership. (read more)

Designed to monitor and detect oxygen depletion continuously in tightly confined spaces, the TS420 Oxygen Deficiency Detector from General Monitors packs many features into one of the industry's smallest packages. Features: a electrochemical cell sensing element, a two-wire loop-powered design and adjustment-free calibration. (read more)

With their highly intelligent microprocessor-based designs, the advanced S4000C and S4100C Combustible Gas Detectors from General Monitors are now suitable for use in Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 applications commonly found in a wide range of demanding industries where the potential presence of dangerous hydrocarbon-based combustible gas is a threat to people, equipment and facilities. (read more)

With advanced ultraviolet and infrared sensing technologies, the new FL3110 UV/IR and FL3111 UV-Only Series Flame Detectors from General Monitors are virtually immune to false alarms while sensing unwanted fires to provide accurate, reliable and secure protection of people, equipment and facilities in hazardous applications and industries. (read more)

General Monitors' MC600 Six-Channel Controller features a breakthrough modular microprocessor-based design for monitoring combustible and toxic gases. The MC600 Multi-Channel Controller offers reliability, flexibility and value-added economy in gas detection systems. A demo is now available online, providing a tour of its advanced capabilities and highlighting its ease of use. (read more)