Monitoring system
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1. A system for monitoring the emission of volatile organic compounds in a workstation comprising:
- a sensor configured to obtain a signal representative of an amount of a coating discharged in the workstation;
a local database configured to store data values representative of the coating;
a corporate database configured to retrieve the data values from the local database;
a network configured to permit manipulation of the data values in the corporate database;
wherein the coating comprises a surface finish.
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Abstract
A system for monitoring the emission of VOCs in a workstation is disclosed including a sensor to obtain a signal representative of the amount of coating discharged in the workstation, a database for storing data values representative of the signal, a network configured for allowing access to the database and at least one computing device for access to the database over the network and providing a user interface for presenting information representative of at least a portion of the data values. A method for monitoring the emission of VOCs in a workstation is disclosed.
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1. A system for monitoring the emission of volatile organic compounds in a workstation comprising:
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a sensor configured to obtain a signal representative of an amount of a coating discharged in the workstation;
a local database configured to store data values representative of the coating;
a corporate database configured to retrieve the data values from the local database;
a network configured to permit manipulation of the data values in the corporate database;
wherein the coating comprises a surface finish. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of monitoring the emission of volatile organic compounds in a workstation comprising:
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measuring a signal representative of an amount of a coating discharged in the workstation;
storing in a database a first data value representative of an amount of the coating discharged in the workstation;
inputting a second data value representative of the coating in the database;
accessing the database over a network to generate a report representative of the first data value and the second data value;
wherein the coating comprises a finish. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for monitoring the emission of volatile organic compounds in a workstation comprising:
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a sensor to obtain a signal representative of an amount of a coating discharged in the workstation;
a database for storing data values representative of the signal;
a network configured for allowing access to the database;
at least one computing device for access to the database over the network and providing a user interface for presenting information representative of at least a portion of the data values;
wherein the coating comprises a paint. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A system for monitoring the emission of volatile organic compounds in a workstation comprising:
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a sensor to obtain a signal representative of an amount of a coating discharged in the workstation;
a database for storing data values representative of the signal;
a network configured for allowing access to the database;
at least one computing device for access to the database over the network and providing a user interface for presenting information representative of at least a portion of the data values;
wherein at least a portion of the data values are representative of a parameter of the coating, and wherein at least one of the data values comprises;
(a) the amount of the coating discharged in the workstation;
(b) an amount of time the coating is discharged in the workstation;
(c) an amount of volatile organic compound content of the coating; and
(d) at least one of color information and batch information relating to the coating.- View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A system for monitoring the emission of volatile organic compounds in a workstation comprising:
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a sensor configured to obtain a signal representative of an amount of a coating discharged in the workstation;
a database for storing data values representative of the signal;
a network configured for allowing access to the database;
at least one computing device for access to the database over the network and providing a user interface for presenting information representative of at least a portion of the data values;
wherein the coating comprises a finish. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89)
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