The Truth is out There . . .

Why MCM think that the facts should speak for themselves. In the world of industrial instrumentation, vendors will often claim to have the best technology in oder to win contracts. Unfortunately these claims aren't always substantiated, hence the term Caveat Emptor - buyer beware. Low purchase price and performance characteristics that ensured artificially dry results, helped to secure a significant market share for Aluminium Oxide hygrometers. Operators liked the apparently positive results and these instruments soon became difficult to replace. Few people cared about the impact of variations in temperature, pressure, mass flow, hysteresis, drift or slow response . . . these factors all introduced significant errors but became masked by the constant dry values that were displayed. Many buyers, and indeed operators, were unaware of these fundamental sources of error. But how can any engineer or procurement officer specify the best solution for an application without a full and detailed knowledge of the issues at hand? It's clear that such an approach doesn't work and hence the same mistakes are repeated time after time. MCM believes in transparency of data and the provenance of science. There are many examples of where poorly specified moisture analysers have caused serious plant upset and significant financial losses. There are also plenty of reports that highlight the deficiencies of long-favoured technologies and, fortunately, others that demonstrate the superior options that exist.