CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
2 December 2004
Product News
LMS Introduces Pimento Rev 5.1: From Test to Report in Just 3 Clicks
With Rev 5.1 of Pimento, LMS introduced a sound and vibration analyzer solution that breaks new ground in modal and acoustic testing. Pimento features a new 4 and 8 channel step-in hardware configuration, combined with a comprehensive range of applications, revolutionary LMS PolyMAX modal parameter estimations and a set of pre-configured ISO and ANSI testing procedures. Also brand-new are Pimento's intuitive 3-click procedure operation and 5-minute procedure definition features, which save significant testing, analysis and reporting time, meaning more time can be spent on value-added engineering activities. In addition, the tight integration with Microsoft Office makes it possible to compile and share reports. Altogether, Pimento represents a complete solution, ideally suited for users who simply want to pull an analyzer off the shelf, switch it on, and start measuring.
To better respond to evolving customer needs, the offering of Pimento Rev 5.1 analyzers has been extended to satisfy the need for low-channel-count systems. Pimento's new 4 and 8-channel V/ICP hardware configurations currently represent few of the most attractive and most compact step-in packages available on the market, including a 4-channel microphone configuration.
Complementary to its fully interactive engineering and troubleshooting capabilities, Pimento Rev 5.1 releases an intuitive user interface, which enables operators to complete a test and analysis assignment in just 3 clicks-Measure, Analyze and Report-providing increased operator efficiency and enhanced data integrity. Pimento is an open system that, in case no standard procedure fulfills all required testing specifications, makes it possible to define a new procedure in less than 5 minutes, without the need for any programming. By default, Pimento Rev 5.1 analyzers include a library of pre-configured procedures, of which some are industry-standard ISO or ANSI tests. In addition, LMS regularly extends this library with newly predefined procedures, which can be downloaded from the Pimento website free-of-charge, without requiring a product license or having to wait for a new Pimento software update.
By introducing the LMS PolyMAX curve fitter, Pimento Rev 5.1 underlines its leading edge in modal analysis. This integrated modal parameter estimator simplifies the selection of poles, typically the most difficult step in modal analysis, by offering crystal-clear stabilization diagrams. To further improve its application coverage, capability and performance, Pimento introduces new innovations and enhancements in all application domains of its elaborate range of applications, which includes sound power, sound intensity, sound-source localization, sound absorption, whole-body vibrations and hand-arm vibrations.
Pimento Rev 5.1 integrates with Microsoft Office to obtain higher efficiency in relation to user guidance, reporting and data exchange. All textual and graphics information that guide operators during each step of a testing procedure can be defined using one single Microsoft Word template. The integration with Microsoft Excel offers the capability to efficiently set up and customize Pimento reports, on top of the possibility to use Visual Basic report scripting. Excel can also be used to view reports after concluding measurements, allowing employees to perform standard Excel data operations and easily share reports with other concerned colleagues.
For more information on Pimento Rev 5.1, visit http://www.lmspimento.com .
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