PLANT MOISTURE q q Digital Plant Moisture System Measures Plant Water Potential using the Scholander q pressure bomb technique Digital display with HOLD feature for accurate q measurements Many safety features - solid brass chamber, screw q thread closure, clear perspex shield and eye protection included Choice of chamber heads for fleshy or woody samples q 3 models for 0-40 bar, 0-50 bar or 0-80 bar maximum working pressure q Skye have been designing and This design also ensures that the The water potential pressure of the manufacturing digital plant moisture chamber can never be pressurised plant sample is read off the digital systems since 1987. Our policy of unless the head is secure. display when moisture is first seen listening to our users comments and coming from the freshly cut stem. requirements have resulted in several Each system is individually tested and design upgrades and additions over the certified by an independent test house, For ease of use the HOLD feature years. The range now includes 6 to twice its working pressure. A clear allows the display to be frozen at the models in both digital and analogue perspex shield and safety eye measurement point, enabling the user formats. spectacles are provided with each to concentrate on the specimen and system. not on the display. The systems features a high quality design with user safety having the The choice of 3 maximum working The system is highly portable. It can highest priority. The large sample pressures and 2 chamber heads makes be used with small scuba diving gas chamber is machined from a single the system suitable for many different bottles in the field, or with standard solid piece of high grade brass. The kinds of plant measurements. From large gas cylinders in the laboratory. chamber heads have a unique multi-soft, fleshy specimens to grasses and start thread giving easy tightening. needles to harder woody species. SPECIFICATIONS Dimensions Chamber Low Pressure High Pressure Weight Dimensions Head Head SKPM 1400 System m 9Kg m m m 5 Volume 4 3 5 1 0.54 litres SKPM 1435 1 2 5 Gentle push fit seal Screw clamp seal 2 Gas Bottle mm 5Kg 317mm 70mm Readout Sensor Resolution Power Operating Safety Valve Pressure Digital 12.7mm Silicon bonded 0.01 Bar Alkaline 9V PP3 0-40 bar Factory set to high LCD in Bar. semi conductor (1KPascal) battery 0-50 bar maximum 2 decade pressure 0-80 Bar operating ranges transducer pressure Test pressure Gas used Panel Gas Flexible Hose Controls Chamber Connector Twice operating Nitrogen DHS 440BP 3/8 BSP female Chamber Fill / Solid Brass, pressure Compressed Air Vent valve Chrome plated Carbon dioxide multi-start Chamber Fill / thread for head Rate Control fixing ORDERING INFORMATION System SKPM 1400/40 Portable Plant Moisture System - max. Working pressure 40 bar - supplied with low pressure head, 6mm specimen adapter & set of 10 stem seals, & flexible hose to connect Plant Moisture System to regulator / bottle SKPM 1400/50 Portable Plant Moisture System - Skye Instruments Ltd max. Working pressure 50 bar - 21, Ddole Enterprise Park supplied with high pressure head, 3mm lower compression washer, Llandrindod Wells 4mm upper compression washer, Powys LD1 6DF blank stem seal, flexible hose to United Kingdom connect Plant Moisture System to regulator / bottle SKPM 1400/80 Portable Plant Moisture System - TEL +44 (0)1597 824811 max. Working pressure 80 bar - supplied with high pressure head, FAX +44 (0)1597 824812 3mm upper compression washer, 4mm lower compression washer, EMAIL skyemail@skyeinstruments.com blank stem seal flexible hose to WEB http://www.skyeinstruments.com connect Plant Moisture System to regulator / bottle Accessories SKPM 1435 Small Air Bottle - usually 3 litre SKPM 1437 Regulator & ‘A’ Clamp for bottle SKPM 1450 Set of 5 rubber stem sealing washers for high pressure head (1.5, 2.5, 4, 6 and 8mm) SKPM 1460 Set of compression washers for high pressure head - 2 x brass (5mm and 9mm) and 2 x delrin (6mm and 10mm) Plus many more, please enquire Document Outline Page 1 Page 2