Acoustic measurement experts Cirrus Research have recently unveiled their latest noise monitoring solution to the international occupational health and safety market.
Quantum Indoor is a cloud-connected noise monitoring system that allows health and safety executives to keep an ear on the noise levels in and around their organisation’s premises, even when they’re not present on-site.
Billed as one of the only instruments of its kind available on the market, Quantum Indoor takes the idea of permanent noise monitoring outdoors and applies it to an indoor setting. Health and safety executives can use Quantum Indoor to provide a constant source of noise level data to highlight specific areas of concern before they begin posing significant risks to the hearing and overall health and wellbeing of their staff. Cirrus Research hopes that by utilising the Quantum Indoor solution, health and safety managers will be able to manage their resources more effectively, deciding when and where to focus more in-depth noise level investigations and when/when not to invest in noise measurement equipment.
Asked about the significance of the introduction of Quantum Indoor to Cirrus Research’s already-extensive product portfolio, Director of Engineering and Product Development, Martin Williams, said: “Quantum Indoor marks a significant step forward for our business and the noise measurement market. Not only are we confident that Quantum Indoor is the first and so far only solution of its kind available on the market, but it lays the groundwork for our new product development programme moving forward.
“Cloud connectivity is everywhere these days, from sharing and accessing documents on every device we use to streaming films, music and video games. People expect to have the ability to access everything they need, no matter where they are or what device they’re using. We took that thinking and applied it to noise monitoring in the health and safety sector. We know that health and safety executives have a huge workload that focuses on more than just noise, so we wanted to make it as easy and accessible as possible to allow them to continue to protect their employees from the dangers of excessive exposure to high levels”.
Developed in response to the needs of one of the UK’s most prominent names in the entertainment industry, Quantum Indoor provides an all-in-one solution for the continuous measurement of noise levels in any environment and any sector. Quantum Indoor is accessible to any health and safety executive, regardless of their technical knowledge or acoustic experience, with its plug-and-play connectivity and simple set-up procedure.
In addition to capturing live noise measurement data and sending it to the cloud, Quantum Indoor also allows users to access historical data on every parameter required for effective noise at work measurements. This data includes Leq (average noise level) and LCPeak (highest instantaneous noise level), as well as 1:1 octave bands (frequency analysis), which operators can use to determine the most appropriate level of hearing protection to offer their staff.
The cloud interface also allows users to upload site maps of every location where they have Quantum Indoor noise monitors installed, providing greater context and scope for their data analysis.
Quantum Indoor signals the introduction of a broader cloud-based offering from Cirrus Research, which is poised to give users of equipment manufactured by the UK-based firm greater control and visibility of their noise measurement data.
MyCirrus will take over the reins of the long-established Optimus Cloud, which has provided a central hub for users of Cirrus Research’s modem-enabled Environmental Noise Measurement Kit since 2018. MyCirrus will expand Cirrus Research’s cloud offering to include remote access to equipment calibration certificates for all instruments, device registration, as well as remote data access for Quantum Indoor. Later in 2021, Cirrus Research plans to launch the outdoor variant of Quantum, which will see the capability to monitor other environmental conditions added, including weather. As with the indoor variant, data captured by Quantum Outdoor will be available to access remotely through the MyCirrus platform.
Chief Executive of Cirrus Research, Daren Wallis, said: “Cloud technology isn’t new to the noise measurement market, so you could be forgiven for wondering what we’re making all the fuss about. However, cloud-based noise monitoring is new to Cirrus Research, making the whole Quantum and MyCirrus solution incredibly exciting.
“All our customers, whether new, existing or future, will have access to cloud-based noise monitoring technology offered by Cirrus Research, which means outstanding levels of sales and technical support that are unrivalled in our industry. More than that, it means access to instrumentation that has been designed and built by noise measurement experts; it means noise measurement data that can be relied on 100% to make the most effective decisions to keep people safe from noise in the workplace.”
You can find out more about Quantum Indoor here: cirrusresearch.com/quantum21
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