YSI Expands Line Of Professional Series Meters New Pro1030 Handheld Meter Measures pH, ORP, And Conductivity In The Field

YSI, a Xylem brand, announced the addition of yet another meter to its highly successful, growing line of Professional Series instruments.

The field-worthy YSI Pro1030 “is rugged and reliable ,” says Tim Grooms, YSI Director of Water Quality Products. “It provides ease of use in a handheld instrument for the measurement of either pH or ORP, along with temperature, conductivity, specific conductance, salinity, and total dissolved solids (TDS).”

YSI engineers have included customer-friendly features into the Pro1030, such as user-replaceable pH and ORP sensors, cables, and a convenient calibration. In addition, its ruggedness is backed up by military-spec connectors, IP67 waterproof and rubber over-molded case, and 1-meter drop tests. A super-stable 4-electrode conductivity cell is built into the cable, and the cells are easy to clean,requiring minimal maintenance.

“Clearly,” adds Grooms, “The YSI Pro1030 is designed to remain accurate and operational for years, even in the harshest field conditions. This rich feature set gives the Pro1030 a low total cost of ownership, which is what YSI customers have come to expect.”

Additional features include:

• Smart calibration routine allows easy calibrations with the press of a button, remembers previous cal values and simply walks you through the calibration
• Stores 50 data sets
• Graphic, backlit display and glow in the dark keypad
• Available with 1, 4, 10, 20, or 30-meter cables (4-meter and longer cables include cable management kit)
• Display is legible while wearing polarized sunglasses
• Multiple languages include English, Spanish, French and Portuguese
• User-replaceable pH or ORP sensors and cables
• Conductivity cell built-in
• 3-year instrument; 2-year cable warranty; 1-year pH and ORP sensor warranty

To learn more about the YSI Pro1030 please visit www.ysi.com/pro1030Or to learn more about the complete range of analytics products from Xylem please visit www.xylemanalytics.com

About Xylem Analytics
Xylem’s analytics businesses are leading manufacturers of premium field, portable, laboratory and online analytical instruments used in water and wastewater, environmental, food and beverage, pharmaceutical and life science applications. The company’s meters, sensors, analyzers and related consumables are used every day by thousands of end-users worldwide to analyze and control quality in countless industrial applications where precise measurement is required. Xylem’s analytics business has been created over the past three years with a series of acquisitions, including OI Analytical, YSI and MJK Automation, which have been added to the core businesses of WTW, SI Analytics, Aanderaa Data Instruments (AADI), Global Water Instrumentation, ebro and Bellingham & Stanley. For more information, visit www.xylemanalytics.com.

About Xylem
Xylem is a leading global water technology provider, enabling customers to transport, treat, test and efficiently use water in public utility, residential and commercial building services, industrial and agricultural settings. The company does business in more than 150 countries through a number of market-leading product brands, and its people bring broad applications expertise with a strong focus on finding local solutions to the world’s most challenging water and wastewater problems. Xylem is headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., with 2012 annual revenues of $3.8B and approximately 12,900 employees worldwide. Xylem has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the last two years for advancing sustainable business practices and solutions worldwide.

The name Xylem is derived from classical Greek and is the tissue that transports water in plants, highlighting the engineering efficiency of our water-centric business by linking it with the best water transportation of all -- that which occurs in nature. For more information, visit www.xyleminc.com.