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EGS GAUGING INTRODUCES THE MARK III INDUSTRIAL SCANNER

Billerica, MA (December 6, 2002)… EGS Gauging has introduced a new, robust scanner for use with its SYSTEM 21 line of products.

The Mark III Industrial Scanner is the latest high-performance scanning platform engineered to provide fast, high precision, cross machine scanning measurement for EGS Gauging on-line sensors. It is designed especially for demanding applications where maximum durability, cleanliness, and performance are required. An all-new “unibody” design incorporates a 3/8” thick heavy tubular steel structure that provides high stability while isolating internal scanner components from the environment. The enclosed unibody design protects the scanning hardware and electronics from the environment and also eliminates the potential for contaminates to drop from the scanner onto the web. The unique design of the MARK III makes it an ideal solution for requirements where the hardware is subjected to dust, high temperature, moisture and fiber, or where cleanliness is critical.

A powerful distributed scanner processor is incorporated within the Mark III scanner frame to provide local processing for all data acquisition and scanning functions. An ethernet network connects the scanning frame and sensor(s) with the Operator’s Workstation and other 3rd party devices for instantaneous exchange of product/process data, and control.

The MARK III scanner is now available for EGS Gauging’s SYSTEM 21, which is designed for companies producing film & sheet products and coated and converted products, and is used in a wide variety of continuous web applications. It provides a powerful, yet user-friendly, arsenal of product measurement and control capability unmatched in the industry. It is based on a network-distributed architecture with Windows 2000 Professional and Wonderware?, the number one selling user-customizable process control software product in the world. The use of Wonderware’s products provides access to over 1000 standard links to third party devices such as temperature controllers, drives and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s) and includes comprehensive supervisory and data management systems which allow connectivity to standard Microsoft? applications such as Excel? and Access?.
SYSTEM 21 provides expansive connectivity capabilities for PLC’s, drives, controllers, third-party devices, and Windows? applications, offering complete line-wide automation and factory-wide integration. A host of SYSTEM 21 products are available to companies looking to upgrade their existing measurement and control technology.

Based in Billerica, Mass., EGS Gauging is a global provider of specialty measurement and control solutions for converters, and companies in the lightweight coating, aseptic coating, co-extrusion, and biaxially oriented film and sheet markets. The EGS Gauging product family also provides product measurement and control for a broad range of extrusion, coating, nonwovens, rubber, and metals processes.

For more information, visit www.EGS Gauginggauging.com or contact EGS Gauging, Inc., 900 Middlesex Turnpike, Billerica, MA 01821, USA, Tel. 978-663-2300, Fax: 978-667-4033.