Sierra's Smart-Trak® 50 Series Wins Industry Innovation Award

Sierra Instruments’s Smart-Trak® 50 Series OEM flow controller has been honored by the readers of Flow Control Magazine with their 2010 Product Innovation Award for its advances in flow control technology. This award marks the fifth consecutive annual innovation award given to Sierra by the readers of Flow Control Magazine.

"Couldn’t have done it without our amazing Sierra team,” says Matthew J. Olin, President of Sierra Instruments. “By reducing the number of parts in our new 50 Series by almost 40 percent, automating calibration and leveraging a strong, global supplier base, we’ve been able to deliver our signature 'Smart-Trak' quality and performance in an economical OEM package."


Winning features include the 50 Series advanced 316L stainless steel platinum-wound capillary sensor technology and frictionless-hovering valve technology, ensuring precise mass flow control for nearly any clean gas. In addition, Sierra's unique patented LFE is truly linear, allowing for K factors that really work. Unlike other OEM flow meters and controllers, the linearity of the 50 Series allows the unit to be zeroed and spanned in the field, so OEMs do not have to remove the unit for recalibration.

The 50 Series delivers accuracy of +/- 1.5% FS, repeatability of +/- 0.25% FS, and 0 to 50 slpm/nlpm range in one compact footprint. It comes with analog outputs as well as RS-232 and RS-485 with optional large local display and two DB9 connectors located on either side of the enclosure for convenient wiring.

Learn more about the 50 Series by visiting http://www.sierrainstruments.com/products/50series.html

View Award Announcement: http://www.flowcontrolnetwork.com/issuearticle.asp?ArticleID=466

Read Case Study on the Smart-Trak® 50: http://www.sierrainstruments.com/50solar.html

If you would like more information about the Smart-Trak 50, visit http://www.sierrainstruments.com/products/50series.html or contact Sierra Instruments at 800-866-0200.

ABOUT SIERRA
Sierra is the leading manufacturer of Thermal Mass Flow Meters in North America (Flow Research, 2009). A global leader in flow measurement and control for over 35 years, Sierra instruments designs and manufactures high performance flow instrumentation for gas, liquid and steam applications commonly found in the semiconductor, environmental, scientific research, petrochemical, energy, aerospace, and general manufacturing industries. With over 150 offices in 50 countries, Sierra is uniquely positioned to provide their innovative products and lifetime support for the leading companies of today and the growth enterprises of tomorrow.