Fluke 279 FC Thermal Multimeter Takes Top Honor In The Control Engineering Awards For Innovation That Improves Workforce Efficiency

Fluke Condition Monitoring also recognized in the 2017 Engineers' Choice Awards

Everett, WA /PRNewswire/ -- The Fluke 279 FC Thermal Multimeter won the Hardware – handheld test, measurement, calibration category in the Control Engineering 2017 Engineers' Choice Awards, recognizing it for improving workforce productivity. Fluke® Condition Monitoring, also part of the Fluke Connect® system, received an honorable mention in the same category.

This is the third honor for both products and the 25th for the underlying Fluke Connect system. Fluke Connect is the company's full-feature SaaS reliability platform that permits Fluke tool users to receive, store, visualize, and report electronic measurement data from more than 40 Fluke Connect wireless test tools.

The Control Engineering Engineers' Choice Awards highlight some of the best new control, instrumentation, and automation products as chosen by Control Engineering's print and online subscribers.

Fluke 279 FC Thermal Multimeter
The 279 FC Thermal Multimeter is the first test tool to integrate a full-featured true RMS digital multimeter with a thermal camera in one device to speed troubleshooting. The 279 FC allows technicians to quickly and safely check for hot spots in fuses, wires, insulators, connectors, splices, and switches with the imager and then troubleshoot and analyze issues with the DMM. By combining two powerful test tools into one, electricians and technicians can carry fewer tools and have a higher level of confidence they have the tools handy to solve problems.

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In addition to measuring both electrical and thermal properties, the 279 FC can transmit test results via Fluke Connect. Both numeric data from electrical measurements and graphic files from related thermal measurements can be stored to the cloud, shared with colleagues and built into reports.

For more information, visit: www.fluke.com/279FC.

Fluke Condition Monitoring for condition-based maintenance
Fluke Conditioning Monitoring is a new system of rugged electrical and temperature monitoring devices that can be moved from asset to asset or left in place for continuous monitoring to support condition-based maintenance programs. With Fluke Condition Monitoring, maintenance teams get a practical, scalable system that accelerates issue detection, analysis, and resolution to optimize the lifespan of expensive equipment without invasive retrofits or specialized training.

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Maintenance technicians can set the system up and begin monitoring in a matter of minutes, with the sensors transmitting measurements to the Fluke Connect secure cloud as frequently as one measurement per second. Equipment data and alarm notifications are viewed through the Fluke Connect platform on a smartphone or web browser.

For more information on Fluke Condition Monitoring, visit http://connect.fluke.us/.

Fluke Corporation
For information on Fluke tools and applications, or to find the location of a distributor, contact Fluke Corporation, P.O. Box 9090, Everett, WA USA 98206, call (800) 44-FLUKE (800-443-5853), fax (425) 446-5116, e-mail fluke-info@fluke.com or visit the Fluke Web site at www.fluke.com.

About Fluke
Founded in 1948, Fluke Corporation is the world leader in compact, professional electronic test tools and software for measuring and condition monitoring. Fluke customers are technicians, engineers, electricians, maintenance managers, and metrologists who install, troubleshoot, and maintain industrial, electrical, and electronic equipment and calibration processes.

Fluke is a registered trademark of Fluke Corporation. For more information, visit the Fluke website.