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PRESS RELEASES

We try to send out a press release whenever we feel there is something our customers would find fascinating about our products, information that would help them make the decision about which product in the market is right for them.

Feel free to browse through our latest releases. If you have any further questions about how any of the topics featured could be useful to you, please contact us and we'll be happy to respond as soon as we can.

Latest Release

Feb 2012 - New Fault Current Measurement Technology Shows Promising Results in Trials with Scottish Power

Outram Research Ltd – a specialist manufacturer of leading-edge power quality analysers – announces that its new fault current prediction technology developed by John Outram, the company's managing director, has proven to deliver accurate results during the first stage of field trials with ScottishPower. Knowing the peak fault current on their networks is critical to electrical utilities, as it defines the rating of the components such as circuit breakers required to ensure that they can safely withstand the large release of energy that occurs during an electrical fault. More...

Previous Releases

 
Nov 2011 - Southern Company Dramatically Speeds Up Power Quality Problem Resolution with Outram Research
Outram Research Ltd announces that its PM7000 power quality analyser helped Southern Company, the premier energy company serving the Southeast USA, to resolve a power quality problem quickly and easily. Power quality problems are notoriously difficult to troubleshoot often occurring intermittently and as a result of a wide range of causes. More...
Sep 2011 - New Firmware allows Outram Power Quality Analysers to Capture Extended Transients

Outram Research Ltd has announced a new revision of firmware for their PM7000 power quality analyser, Waveform Capture Extension, which allows capture of long-duration transients and waveform events. The new feature is designed to help engineers troubleshoot long-duration problems and to see the consequential impact of disturbances. More...

Jul 2011 - Outram Research Collaborates with ScottishPower to Improve Electrical Grid Planning

Outram Research Ltd is conducting a research project with ScottishPower (Energy Networks) that aims to provide new insights into the characteristics of the electricity supply grid, enabling more accurate planning of capacity and upgrades. The research project uses a new technique developed by Outram to measure fault current, the maximum current that can flow in the event of a fault. More...

Jun 2011 - New Power Quality Analyser Features Identify Problems Caused By “Green” Device

Outram Research Ltd announces that the PM7000 now offers additional features to help identify and resolve power quality problems caused by the increasing use of energy-efficient appliances and renewable power sources. Harmonic distortion can become a significant problem, as more and more mains-connected devices use high-efficiency switching power supplies or inverter-type power sources and power is increasingly supplied from renewable sources that require a DC to AC conversion. More...  

Apr 2011 - New Template Function Makes Power Quality Analysis Faster and Easier

Outram Research Ltd announces the launch of an enhanced template function in Pronto, their popular analysis and reporting software. The new comprehensive capability provides “two-click graphing”, allowing non-technical users to produce complex graphical analysis of power quality data quickly and easily. More...

Mar 2010 - Outram Announces Bluetooth® Support Across its Entire Family of Power Quality Analysers

Outram Research Ltd announces that Bluetooth® is available across its entire power quality range, becoming the first manufacturer to enable Bluetooth remote control on all its products. This means that power engineers can control the entire range of Outram’s power quality analysers with one application running on a PDA. More...

Mar 2009 - Outram power-quality analyser revolutionises on-site detection of power-losses for PQE Ltd

Outram Research Ltd has revolutionised the way in which global power-loss trouble shooter PQE Ltd, takes on-site measurements which enable commercial and industrial customers to reduce energy costs by identifying power losses in their electricity supply. More...

Feb 2009 - Research Improves Quality of Power Measurements with IEEE1459

Outram Research Ltd has enhanced the functionality of its market leading Ranger PM7000 Power Quality Analyser, the industry’s only Cat IV 600V Phase A-powered analyser, with the addition of support for capture of IEEE 1459 and IEEE 100 parameters.  The new functionality allows users to more effectively measure useful power, fundamental reactive power and distortion power to help resolve a wide range of power quality problems. More...

Jan 2009 -  Outram Research boosts market leading power quality analyser with USB functionality

Outram Research Ltd introduces new USB memory drive functionality to its Market Leading Ranger PM7000 Powerquality Analyser, the industry's only CAT IV 600V Phase A powered ananlyser, which can now be installed on-site indefinitely. Only the memory stick needs to be relaced, allowing off-line analysis of data and providing users with virtually unlimited memory capacity. More...

     

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