RTCt-168 Reference Temperature Calibrator

 

 

The RTCt: Your Sanitary Sensor Solution

 

The RTCt models usher in a new era of precision and user-centricity in temperature calibration by offering a comprehensive feature set meticulously designed to improve your workflows. Experience the easy intuitive navigation through the touchscreen interface. Wireless connectivity streamlines data transfer and facilitates remote monitoring while innovative graphical presentations enhance clarity and expedite analysis.

 

One of the technicians' most challenging calibration jobs is the sanitary sensors used predominately in the pharmaceutical and food and beverage industries. To accurately calibrate these sensors, the sensing element must be in the uniform zone of the temperature calibrator. This is often challenging due to the small length of the sanitary sensor or the large f lange above the sensor.

 

At AMETEK STC, we have worked closely with our customers to understand these difficulties, and we are pleased to offer a solution with our RTCt-168 Reference Temperature Calibrator.

 

The RTCt-168 stands out with its unique bath and dry block combination, providing unmatched flexibility for various calibration needs. Furthermore, the RTCt series represents the most accurate dry blocks on the market, setting a new benchmark for precision in temperature calibration - all combined in a safe, portable package.

 

Advanced Touchscreen Display: Provides a highly intuitive navigation, with operation and all relevant data at your fingertips. Experience clear nu merical values, step-by-step instructions, and graphical representations that elevate your calibration process.

 

Wireless Connectivity: Experience seamless data access and sharing. Monitor, control, and analyze calibration data in real-time through a web browser interface, from anywhere in your facility or even remotely. This wireless functionality reduces the need to be physically present at the cali brator, saving time and ensuring an efficient calibration processes.

 

Two Sensor Under Test Inputs: With the ability to simultaneously calibrate two sensors, the RTCt-168 offers a comprehensive solution for even complex calibrations effectively doubling the calibration capacity per run.

 

Highly Accurate Liquid Calibration System: A redesigned liquid calibration system and a faster magnetic stirrer result in a longer temperature uni formity zone. This vertically extended zone now makes it reachable for shorter sanitary sensors.

 

Supports Large Flange Sizes: Supports calibration of sanitary sensors with diameters up to 84 mm.

 

Removable Liquid Container: The RTCt-168 features a removable liquid insert/container, making switching from wet to dry easier, faster, and much cleaner. Remove the container with liquid, and it’s a dry-block calibrator again… No cleaning needed and much safer!

 

Special Sanitary Sensor Dry-Block Insert: For those customers who prefer to calibrate their sanitary sensors with a dry-block calibrator, we de signed a special insert to accommodate short sensors.

 

New IP68 Interchangeable Reference Sensor: Our new STS-102A-035 reference sensor matches the RTC-168 temperature range, but more impor tantly is compatible with both dry and wet applications.

 

Enhanced Efficiency, Time, and Sustainability: Compared to the previous JOFRA RTC-168 model, the RTCt-168 features shorter cooling times, reducing the overall operational time needed for each calibration. This, along with lower power consumption, minimizes energy usage and optimizes performance.

 

 

Optimized Calibration Workflows

The RTCt temperature calibrator prioritizes user experience through innovative features that streamline workflows and empower technicians.

 

User-Defined Setpoints for Streamlined Calibration

The RTCt provides enhanced control over your calibration process with its user-defined setpoint functionality. Define up to six custom temperature points to precisely match your specific sensor requirements. This eliminates the need for repetitive re-entries of often used calibration temperatures, streamlining workflow and maximizing efficiency.

 

User-Configurable Interface for Optimized Workflow

The RTCt surpasses traditional interfaces by offering a simple user experience that adapts to your workflow. Leveraging the selectable User Interface (UI) feature, it prioritizes the information most critical for your tasks, minimizing distractions and enhancing focus. Tailor the interface to your preferences, ensuring intuitive and effortless execution of each calibration step. This results in a personalized calibration process that seamlessly integrates with your existing workflow.

 

Intuitive Data Management for Effortless Retrieval

Eliminate confusion from generic labels by implementing a system that reflects your unique calibration procedures. Assign meaningful names to your data sets, enabling effortless searching and retrieval. Say goodbye to time-consuming data mining and streamline your calibration workflow with the RTCt's intuitive data management capabilities.

 

 

 

Enhanced Connectivity and Wireless Capabilities

 

Unrestricted Calibration from Anywhere

The RTCt temperature calibrator's wireless connectivity empowers you to calibrate with unprecedented freedom and flexibility. With Wi-Fi capabilities, you can monitor and analyze calibration data in real-time through a web browser interface, from anywhere in your facility or even remotely. This wireless functionality reduces the need to be physically present at the calibrator, saving time and ensuring efficient calibration processes.

 

Remote Management via Web Interface

For wireless connectivity, the RTCt-168 includes a Wi-Fi dongle, allowing cable-free operation and remote access. This Wi-Fi connection enhances workflow automation, reduces setup constraints, and ensures seamless integration into your calibration environment.

 

Enhance Versatility through Diverse Communication Standards

The RTCt caters to various connectivity needs by supporting a wide range of communication standards, including Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and USB. This comprehensive offering ensures seamless integration with existing systems, regardless of their communication protocol.

 

Simplified Integration with User-Friendly Communication Protocols

Seamlessly integrate the RTCt into your existing systems with open communication protocols, ensuring flexibility across industries such as pharmaceutical, food & beverage, energy, and manufacturing. The RTCt supports ASCII-based protocol, making integration effortless across various platforms. By offering open protocols, the RTCt eliminates compatibility challenges, allowing for smooth automation, remote control, and data exchange with external systems.

 

 

 

Sanitary sensor and Dual-Input Calibration

In today's demanding industrial landscape, accurate and efficient temperature calibration is crucial for ensuring the reliability and safety of processes. The RTCt-168 redefines calibration standards with its dual-sensor capabilities, removable liquid container, and expanded sensor support.

 

Dual-Sensor Input for Parallel Calibration

The RTCt-168 empowers users to simultaneously calibrate two sensors, boosting efficiency and productivity. This dual-input system eliminates the need for sequential calibration, allowing for parallel processes that streamline workflows and reduce downtime.

 

Safe and Clean Calibration with Removable Liquid Container

The RTCt-168 is designed for safe and efficient calibration with its removable liquid container, enabling a seamless transition between wet and dry calibration. This innovative feature eliminates the need for extensive cleaning—simply remove the liquid container, and the calibrator is ready for dry-block calibration. For maximum safety, the container is equipped with a screw-on lid and built-in pressure relief valve, ensuring secure handling and transportation. This design prevents spills of hot or hazardous liquids, minimizing risk to the user and the work environment. Whether dealing with high temperature or potentially hazardous substances, the RTCt-168 offers a clean, safe, and user friendly calibration experience.

 

Accommodate Diverse Sensor Sizes with Expanded Sensor Support

The calibrator supports the calibration of sanitary sensors with diameters up to 84 mm, providing users with increased flexibility in handling diverse sensor sizes. This expansion caters to the evolving needs of industries relying on temperature-sensitive processes, ensuring compatibility with a wide range of sensor dimensions.

 

Dedicated Sanitary Sensor Insert

Catering to customer preferences, the RTCt-168 offers a special insert for calibrating sanitary sensors using a dry-block method. The RTCt-168's dedicated sanitary sensor insert eliminates the need for cumbersome adapters or multiple calibrators. This streamlined approach simplifies the calibration process, saving time and effort. Short sensors are accommodated seamlessly, and adapters for different models are also available, offering a tailored calibration solution.

 

 

 

Temperature Control and Sensor Protection

The RTCt-168 elevates temperature calibration capabilities through a combination of innovative design elements and improved functionalities. These advancements culminate in superior uniformity, broader applicability, and meticulous control over the calibration process.

 

Accelerated Magnetic Stirring

Building on the success of its predecessor, the RTCt-168 incorporates a redesigned liquid calibration system with an accelerated magnetic stirrer. The result is an extended temperature uniformity zone, particularly beneficial for shorter sanitary sensors. This enhancement ensures precise and reliable calibration across a broader range of sensor types.

 

Reversed Airflow System for Sensor Protection

In an industry-first, the RTCt-168 employs a reversed airflow system, expelling hot air from the bottom of the calibrator rather than the top. This innovative design shields the sensors under test from heated exhaust air, preserving their integrity during calibration processes and ensuring long-lasting performance.

 

Automatic Temperature Switch Test for Adaptable Calibration

The automatic temperature switch test has been meticulously refined for superior performance. With the RTCt, users can execute 1 to 5 test runs, offering flexibility and adaptability to various calibration scenarios while maintaining an unprecedented level of precision.

 

Improved Rate Control for Precise Temperature Adjustments

The RTCt introduces enhanced rate control across all modes, ensuring precise temperature adjustments. This upgrade empowers users with greater control over the calibration process, guaranteeing accurate and consistent results.

 

 

 

Redefining Precision and Intuitiveness: Unveiling the RTCt Temperature Calibrator's Touch Screen User Interface

In a groundbreaking stride toward user-centric innovation, we are thrilled to introduce the RTCt Temperature Calibrator's all-new Touch Screen User Interface. This cutting edge interface marks a pivotal moment in temperature calibration technology, seamlessly merging precision with unparalleled intuitiveness. Designed with user experience at its core, the RTCt's touch screen interface heralds a new era in temperature calibration, promising a more accessible, efficient, and user-friendly calibration process. Let's explore the transformative features that make this touch screen interface a game-changer for professionals in the field.

 

 

 

RTCt Series – Reliable Calibration with Complete Peace of Mind

 

See Every Detail. Trust Every Result. Calibrate with Confidence.

When precision matters, you need more than just numbers—you need visual proof that your calibration is accurate, stable, and reliable. 

 

Exclusive Real-Time Calibration Graph – Patent Pending

Traditional calibrators can plot temperature over time, but they don’t adapt dynamically. 

 

> Instant Overview of the Calibration Process: The calibration process begins with a broad full-cycle graph, which provides a clear, real-time view of your calibration’s progression, helping users track temperature trends at a glance.

 

> Setpoint Reference Line: A dedicated line marks your set temperature, so you can instantly see when the calibrator reaches and maintains stability.

 

> Automatic Precision Mode for Unmatched Visibility: Once the calibrator reaches the setpoint and meets the stability criteria, the RTCt’s graph intelligently shifts to a high resolution relative view, magnifying even the smallest deviations. Patent Pending feature.

 

> Unmatched Deviation Visibility: The relative graph magnifies even the smallest variations, making it possible to detect tiny fluctuations that are otherwise difficult to see.

 

> Patent-Pending Technology: Only in RTCt – No other calibrator dynamically adjusts its graph based on calibration stability, giving you unrivaled visual confidence in your results.

 

> Customizable Display: All blue icons at the top of the screen can be easily toggled on or off, allowing users to focus only on the most relevant calibration data. This flexibility ensures a clutter-free interface tailored to individual workflows.

 

> Seamless Documentation: With a single tap of the print screen button, all on-screen information is instantly documented, preserving calibration data and highlighting even the most minute fluctuations for post-analysis.

 

 

 

Precision Switch Testing – Clear, Reliable, and Fully Documented

Temperature switches are critical for safety, system control, and process reliability. Ensuring they activate at the correct setpoints is essential to prevent false alarms, avoid equipment failures, and minimize costly downtime. The RTCt Series takes switch testing to the next level with an advanced, highly visual switch test display, delivering instant clarity, precision, and comprehensive documentation.

 

Switch Testing Made Clear and Reliable

 

> Graph and Table Data on One Screen:

The RTCt displays both the switch test graph and the test results table simultaneously. The graph plots switch activation points over time, making it easy to detect drift, response delays, or anomalies. The table logs exact activation and deactivation temperatures, ensuring precise traceability.

 

> Hysteresis & Repeatability Analysis:

Understanding switch behavior isn’t just about activation temperature; it’s also about how consistently it triggers under repeated cycles. The RTCt makes it simple to see: Hysteresis – The difference between activation and reset points. Switch consistency – Does it switch at the same temperature every time?

 

> Documentation at the Push of a Button

With built-in print screen functionality, all displayed information—including graphs, test results, and activation trends—can be instantly documented for audits, compliance, and traceability.

 

The RTCt’s advanced switch test display transforms temperature switch verification into a clear, reliable, and fully traceable process—helping users enhance safety, reduce downtime, and optimize operational efficiency.

 

 

 

Sanitary Sensor Calibration in the Dry-Block Configuration

 

 

Additional RTCt-168 Dry-Block Features

 

 

Dry-Block and Liquid Temperature Bath Calibration

 

 

Highest Accuracy Temperature Calibrator

 

 

Accessories and Supporting Products

 

 

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