Summary of the main features of each instrument to help you make a technical comparison to choose the best Weld Purge Monitor®, invented by HFT® in the 1970’s, for your application. Registered Trademarks in USA and Europe. Note that the Argweld® Mark V (MKV) does not feature as this meter is now very much out of date and this old technology has been replaced by the latest 'most popular' state of the art instrument, the PurgEye® 100 IP65 Weld Purge Monitor®.
| FEATURE | PurgEye® 100 IP65 |
PurgEye® 200 IP65 |
PurgEye® 300 Nano |
PurgEye® 500 Desk |
PurgEye® 600 Touch |
PurgEye® 1000 Remote |
PurgEye® 1500 Site IP68 |
| PurgeNet™ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||
| IP65 Accredited | √ | √ | √ | √ with lid open | |||
| IP68 Accredited | √ with lid closed | ||||||
| Instant Push Button Auto Calibration | √ | ||||||
| Hand Held | √ | √ | √ | ||||
| Bench Mount | with gorilla tripod | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||
| Tripod Mount (for Fixed or Gorilla) | √ | ||||||
| Low Battery Indicators | √ | √ | Unnecessary | Unnecessary | Unnecessary | √ | √ |
| OLED screen | LCD | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Presentation Storage Carrying Case included | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | Integral |
| Leaktight Connects / Disconnects | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Starting Measuring Range | Atmosphere | 1,000 ppm | 1,000 ppm | 1,000 ppm | Atmosphere | 1,000 ppm | 1,000 ppm |
| Lowest Measuring Range | 100 ppm | 1 ppm | 10 ppm | 10 ppm | 1 ppm | 10 ppm | 1 ppm |
| Long life sensor | c. 18 Mths | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Automatic Fault Finding Diagnostics | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||
| PurgeLog™ Software to Download Data for Quality Control Records | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | ||
| Alarm features | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||
| Weld Start / Stop Facility | With accessory interface | ||||||
| Readings as Percentage % or Parts per Million (ppm) | % | % and ppm | % and ppm | % and ppm | % and ppm | % and ppm | % and ppm |
| Internal Sampling Pump with Gas Filtration | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||
| Suitable for On site use | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||
| Computerised Colour 3.2" Touch Screen | √ | ||||||
| Real Time Clock to Date Stamp Quality Control Records (via PurgeNet) | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||
| USB Accessory Port to support easy transfer of Data Logging and Weld Certification (via PurgeNet™) | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||
| Suitable for metals | Stainless, Duplex & Chrome Steels | Stainless Steels, Duplex Steels, Titanium, Zirconium Alloys and Exotic Metals | |||||
| Pump | Manual | Electro mechanical internal pump |
Optional | Electro mechanical internal pump |
Electro mechanical internal pump |
Electro mechanical internal pump |
Electro mechanical internal pump |
| Docking Station for charging | √ | √ | |||||
| Internal Battery with up to 10 hours life | √ | √ | √ | ||||
Compare all Weld Purge Monitors® in the PurgEye® Family Range
