Dickson at Interphex Puerto Rico – 2011
This week Nick and I have been down in Puerto Rico visiting customers and attending the Interphex Conference. The conference is a major gathering of pharmaceutical manufacturers and medical device...
View ArticleDickson at Process Expo 2011 – Chicago, IL
Dickson was on site at Process Expo 2011 in Chicago, IL talking to customers and industry professionals about how they monitor their food manufacturing process for temperature and humidity safety....
View ArticleThe Importance of Monitoring with Battery Backup
Yesterday at about 4PM a truck clipped the power line connected to our building. In the photo above, you'll notice the power line to the right leaning ominously to the left (you'll also notice the...
View ArticleFrom the Catalog: A letter from the Product Manager (Jan 2013)
This letter was originally published in our January 2013 catalog. You can always sign up for the Dickson catalog if you want to learn about our latest products and stay up to date with news from...
View ArticleMuseum and Archive Storage: An Introduction To Data Loggers, Temperature, and...
Museum and archive storage is important. How important? Well, the minds behind the underrated Ocean’s 12 thought it so important they included this scene at the end of their movie: (Yes, that was my...
View ArticleWhat is Data Resolution? (With Video!)
A bit more information . . . When discussing temperature recording devices, data resolution is a concept that is, with the demise of chart recorders, slowly dying out. It’s important to consider that...
View ArticleSemi-Trucks Part 2: DicksonOne To The Rescue
A little less than two years ago, our Product Manager, Matt, wrote a blog post after a semi-truck took out some power lines around the Dickson offices and manufacturing plant. Well, it happened again....
View ArticleMore FAQ’s on Themometer Calibration
A few weeks ago, we answered four of our customer’s most frequently asked questions about temperature calibrations. We realized that only answering the four most common questions we’ve received doesn’t...
View ArticleMuseum and Archive Storage: Your Monitoring Plan
We’ve previously provided you wonderful readers with a glimpse into why a museum or archive would monitor the temperature and humidity inside their facility. Let’s say you are a museum coordinator or...
View ArticleMuseum and Archive Storage: Data Loggers
In the past few months, we’ve published two posts on temperature and humidity monitoring in an archive or museum. The first article was a general introduction to artifact storage. In the second...
View ArticleConcrete Curing: Advice In Temperature Monitoring
We are currently moving into the depths of summer, nearing the end of sun burned grass, and towards the oranges, reds, and yellows of fall. Summer brings hot weather, whether humid or dry. For one...
View ArticleDickson Insights: A Letter From the Editor
The following article appears in the September Issue of Dickson Insights. Help us help you. Dickson has customers from all walks of life. Pizza connoisseurs, piano experts, and camel milk gurus all...
View ArticleThe WORST Temperature Mapping Mistakes
Sometimes knowing what NOT to do is better than knowing what to do. The overload of information on how to validate your warehouse, refrigerator, or incubator can leave one wondering if there is...
View ArticleHow The Wrong Temperatures Are Killing Your Business
It may seem silly stating that temperatures are killing your business. “Temperatures don’t kill business. Bad management, terrible location, and market changes kill business, but not temperature . . ....
View ArticleShould Your Data Logger Have A Display?
Below two parties provide evidence on why you should, or should not get a temperature, or temperature and humidity data logger with a display . . . a verdict follows. The Case For The Display: The case...
View ArticleWhy Clean Room Humidity Standards Matter
Formerly reserved for the medical, pharmaceutical, and micro-electronics industries, clean rooms have become more widespread and prevalent across the world as the tech industry has continued to boom,...
View ArticleGrowing Up: The Technologies Making Vertical Farming a Reality
For millennia, farming has relied on good weather, plenty of water, and a lack of crop-killing pests; anything other than that could result in a dearth of crops. As it turns out, farmers may no longer...
View ArticleThe Science of Ice (Hockey)
Making ice in an indoor rink is really pretty incredible. In order to freeze the inch of water necessary, a series of pipes lie beneath the surface where a non-freezing liquid is kept refrigerated...
View ArticleData Analysis and Validation in Temperature Mapping
What Do You Do With All That Data? After the mapping study is complete, when you’ve collected all of your labeled EDLM’s from your temperature mapping locations, and have them in a container with pages...
View ArticleThe Hazards of Dry Air on Your Health
The health of yourself, your colleagues and your loved ones is probably something you think about often. Should we get flu shots? Are we getting enough exercise? Is there really a benefit to a standing...
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