type public founded 2001 headquarters manchester uk number of locations 2 area served global key people ken primrose ceo richard williams founder products industrial process imaging tools website www.itoms.com industrial tomography systems plc occasionally abbreviated to itoms or simply its is a manufacturer of process visualization systems based upon the principles of tomography . headquartered in manchester uk the company provides instrumentation to a variety of organisations across a range of sectors ; including oil refining chemical manufacturing nuclear engineering dairy manufacturing and research academia . contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 eit and ert systems 2.2 ect systems 2.3 ultrasound systems 3 industrial applications 4 see also 5 references history edit industrial tomography systems began as an incubator company in 1997 responsible for commercializing technologies developed by university of manchester institute of science and technology . 1 founders included a number of academics who had helped to develop tomography technology such as professors brian hoyle 2 and mi wang 3 of university of leeds and professor richard williams then of camborne school of mines ; 4 as well as ken primrose who continues to function as ceo as of late 2011 . 5 currently industrial tomography systems has over a dozen staff based in the company s headquarters located just off one of manchester s major thoroughfares 6 and has systems installed in a number of global companies including johnson matthey 7 and glaxosmithkline and nestl . 8 in addition the company has collaborated with major engineering firms such as philadelphia mixers to host international tomography workshops that showcase its technologies . 9 in 2011 industrial tomography systems was recognised as a global leader in its field after it was short listed in the institution of engineering and technology innovation awards . 10 in an interview with the manchester evening news primrose attributed the success of the company to being able to offer tailored solutions that are designed to meet the needs of individual applications as well as having a coordinated network of international distributors and agents . 11 products edit industrial tomography systems scanning technology works on a similar principle to cat scanners that are used in hospitals to see inside the human body 12 by passing an electric current very rapidly between pairs of electrodes that are in contact with the process media real time images of the industrial process can be extrapolated from measuring the resulting difference in voltages . 13 since 2001 the company has developed a range of instruments based upon different types of tomography which are outlined below . eit and ert systems edit industrial tomography systems instrumentation that utilizes the principles of electrical impedance tomography & electrical resistance tomography the two terms are often used interchangeably include p2000 z8000 p2 and v5r . these systems have been used to visualize processes involving mixing 14 crystallization 15 bubble columns 16 packed beds 17 flows 18 and separations . 19 ect systems edit electrical capacitance tomography instruments released by the company include m3000c m3000dual combines ert measurements with ect and m3c . these instruments are used when the phases in a process are non conducting with readings instead based upon electrical permittivity rather than electrical conductivity . as such ect instruments can be used in similar processes to those where ert is deployed including flows 20 fluidized beds 21 and pneumatic conveying . 22 ultrasound systems edit until mid 2013 industrial tomography systems supported one instrument based upon ultrasound spectroscopy technology the u2s . 23 industrial applications edit findings published in aaps s pharmscitech in 2005 indicate that industrial tomography systems technology is able to monitor 1 the on line measurement of solids distributed in a stirred tank 2 crystallization 3 the performance of industrial pressure filters and 4 flow profiles and velocity measurements . 24 additionally primrose claims that due to the non invasive nature of tomography technology it can be used to create images of industrial processes in hard to reach places such as in pipelines that contain radioactive toxic materials . 25 see also edit fluid dynamics multiphase flow mettler toledo industrial tomography systems plc website references edit kate bassett ken primrose real business 1 july 2011 institute of particle science & engineering brian hoyle university of leeds school of process environmental and materials engineering professor mi wang university of leeds institute of particle science & engineering professor richard a williams university of leeds manchester evening news secret of my success have inspired ideas ... and employ the best manchester evening news 16 september 2011 manchester evening news industrial tomography systems short listed for institution of engineering and technology innovation awards manchester evening news 2 november 2011 johnson matthey 2012 annual report & accounts p. 32 johnson matthey 31 mar 2013 ken primrose friday guest blog greater manchester chamber blog 27 may 2011 karen lee grube philadelphia mixing solutions ltd. hosts us tomography workshop philadelphia mixing solutions ltd. manchester evening news industrial tomography systems short listed for institution of engineering and technology innovation awards manchester evening news 2 november 2011 manchester evening news secret of my success have inspired ideas ... and employ the best manchester evening news 16 september 2011 manchester evening news industrial tomography systems short listed for institution of engineering and technology innovation awards manchester evening news 2 november 2011 ken primrose medical imaging monitors pharmaceutical process health pharma manufacturing 31 march 2005 t.l. rodgers and a. kowalski an electrical resistance tomography method for determining mixing in batch addition with a level change chemical engineering research and design february 2010 s.j. stanley r. mann and k. primrose interrogation of a precipitation reaction by electrical resistance tomography ert alche journal january 2005 m. wang x. jia m. bennet r.a. williams electrical tomographic imaging for bubble column measurement and control process imaging for automatic control february 2001 g.t. bolton r. mann and e.h. stitt flow distribution and velocity measurement in a radial flow fixed bed reactor using electrical resistance tomography chemical engineering science may 2004 m. wang t.f. jones r.a. williams visualization of asymmetric solids distribution in horizontal swirling flows using electrical resistance tomography chemical engineering research and design september 2003 m.a. bennett and r.a. williams monitoring the operation of an oil water separator using impedance tomography minerals engineering minerals engineering january 2004 j.c. gamio j. castro l. rivera j. alamilla f. garcia nocetti and l. aguilar visualisation of gas oil two phase flows in pressurised pipes using electrical capacitance tomography flow measurement and instrumentation april 2005 s.j. wang d. geldart m.s. beck and t. dyakowski a behaviour of a catalyst powder flowing down in a dipleg chemical engineering journal april 2000 a.j. jaworski and t. dyakowski application of electrical capacitance tomography for measurement of gas solids flow characteristics in a pneumatic conveying system measurement science and technology august 2001 xue z. wang lande liu rui f. li richard j. tweedie ken primrose jason corbett fraser k. mcneil watson online characterization of nanoparticle suspensions using dynamic light scattering ultrasound spectroscopy and process tomography chemical engineering research & design 14 december 2008 gary t. bolton and ken primrose an overview of electrical tomography measurements in pharmaceutical and related application 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