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Fieldpiece Instruments Opens UK Office for Sales and Customer Service

Orange, Calif., April 25, 2019 – As part of its international development strategy, Fieldpiece Instruments (www.fieldpiece.com) is pleased to announce the opening of its UK office to add to Fieldpiece’s Europe operation and to provide sales and customer service in the United Kingdom. The office will also serve as a technical support and warranty service facility to Europe as a whole.

Fieldpiece is a United States-based company established in 1989 to focus solely on creating tools for heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) professionals. One of the leading brands in the US, Fieldpiece is now expanding into the European market.

Since the beginning of the company, Fieldpiece has maintained its focus on the HVACR professional. All Fieldpiece products are designed to enhance the ability of engineers to do their jobs easier, faster, and with more precision. To ensure durability, each product goes through rigorous field testing before being sold into the market.

“Along with our warehouse in The Netherlands, moving into this new office in England allows us to better serve our customers in Europe,” said Russell Harju, president of European operations. “We are excited that Michael Harris, an experienced HVACR professional, is heading up the office as General Manager of the European team.”

Michael Harris MInstR has a Mechanical Engineering background and is a member of the UK based Institute of Refrigeration. For more than 27 years, Harris led sales and managed new business development worldwide in all sectors of the refrigeration and air conditioning industry. He joined Fieldpiece Instruments BV in September 2017 to take on the challenge of establishing the European entity and in particular developing the UK potential market. “We’re opening our doors in England because of the considerable potential the UK region has to offer. We look forward to Fieldpiece being part of the growing HVACR community here,” said Harris.

The new office is located at:
Fieldpiece Instruments B.V.
Newton House
Northampton Science Park
Kings Park Road
Moulton Park Industrial Estate
Northampton, England NN3 6LG

Telephone: +44 16 04 65 41 64; E-mail: europe@www.fieldpiece.com

For sales and technical service outside of the United Kingdom, distributors and engineers can contact the Fieldpiece Madrid office at + 31 20 2146 500.

Fieldpiece Instruments corporate office is located at 1636 West Collins Ave., Orange CA 92867. For more information about our products please visit our website at http://www.fieldpiece.com or call us at +1.714.634.1844.

ABOUT FIELDPIECE

Formed in 1989, Orange County, Calif.-based Fieldpiece Instruments has become the leading manufacturer of professional-grade, hand-held instruments for HVACR field service.

Over the course of its history, Fieldpiece narrowed its focus to serve the HVACR industry exclusively. Product features inspired by real world use make Fieldpiece Instruments the leading choice of HVACR field technicians. While innovation fuels product development at Fieldpiece, the company’s original mission holds true to this day: To provide the network of test tools HVACR pros trust to do more. Please visit our website at http://www.fieldpiece.com or call +1 714.634.1844. Follow us on Facebook and watch our YouTube Channel.

Fieldpiece Instruments Introduces New Wireless Manifolds

Orange, Calif., February 5, 2019 – Fieldpiece Instruments, the industry leader in tools and test instruments for HVACR professionals, announces two new SMAN™ Refrigerant Manifolds that have been refined to offer the ultimate in field performance. Years of feedback from A/C and refrigeration professionals is combined with Fieldpiece’s laser focus on continuous improvement to bring one of the toughest, most advanced digital manifolds to HVACR.

The extremely rugged case not only protects the manifold from field use, it also makes it water resistant with an IP rating of 54. Thermocouple ports have been moved to the rear for added protection and a streamlined setup. The manifolds are optimized for live readings and receive direct long-range (up to 350’) wireless measurements directly from the Fieldpiece Job Link Probes and SRS3 Wireless Scale with no transmitter required. Models SM380V (three-port manifold) and SM480V (four-port manifold) are both wireless and have built in micron gauges. They are targeted to be available at distributors spring 2019.

The new SMAN™ manifolds will easily help the HVACR professional check, evacuate, and charge systems faster. The pro can view the calculated target superheat while monitoring, in real-time, how their charge is affecting actual superheat and subcooling. All measurements and live calculations can be viewed on the extra large LCD or from a distance or on a mobile device with the Job Link® System App. Up to nine jobs can be saved to the internal flash drive.

The large vacuum port on the SM480V matches perfectly with Fieldpiece Vacuum Pump models VP55 and VP85. While the refrigerant port on both models can be used to connect to a refrigerant cylinder directly, or to a recovery machine like Fieldpiece model MR45. More than 70 refrigerants are pre-programmed into the manifold and future refrigerants can be added by utilizing the micro USB port. A rolling list of the ten most recently used refrigerants is stored at the top of the main refrigerant list for quick selection. When the manifold powers off, the current refrigerant is added automatically to this dynamic list of ten.

The new manifolds are customizable with the ability to adjust auto power off duration, adjust backlight duration, set high and low vacuum alarms and select each unit of measurement individually. In addition, a Tightness Test function is available to check for leaks after repairs or installations and to allow the pro to view pressure differential over time. A timer tracks the duration of the test and temperature is compensated with SL temp to avoid false positives.

In addition to the included thermocouples, you can connect wirelessly to psychrometers, pipe clamps, and even a refrigerant scale. For example, assign one psychrometer (model JL3RH) to return air and another to supply air to view live temperature split across the evaporator directly.

“It’s our job to make HVACR pros’ jobs easier, faster, and better,” said Russ Harju, product manager at Fieldpiece. “These new wireless refrigerant manifolds do just that, especially with the large screen that’s so easy to read, and the new, more rugged, upgrades.”

The suggested MSRP is $535.00 for the SM380V and $675.00 for the SM480V. For more information about our products please visit our website at http://www.fieldpiece.com or call us at 714.634.1844. Follow us on Facebook and watch our YouTube Channel.