Temperature-sensitive asset monitoring: EN12830 compliance guide

Maintaining the quality of temperature-sensitive products is crucial in today's supply chains. Whether you work with food, medicine, or other perishables, following the EN12830 standard is key to ensuring product safety. This guide will help you understand how EN12830 compliance can improve your temperature monitoring practices.

Understanding EN12830 standard comply

EN12830 is a European standard for temperature recorders used in transporting and storing temperature-sensitive items. It's especially important for businesses dealing with food and medicine. Following EN12830 shows that your temperature tracking devices are accurate and reliable, which helps keep products safe and high-quality throughout the cold chain.

The standard covers storage and distribution of temperature sensitive goods:

• How often temperatures should be recorded

• How accurate the temperature measurements need to be

• How much data the devices should be able to store

• What conditions the monitoring devices should work in

By following these rules, businesses show they care about quality and following regulations. This can give them an advantage because customers and partners often prefer to work with companies that take these things seriously.

Key points for EN12830 compliance

• EN12830 ensures accurate temperature monitoring for sensitive goods
  
• Critical for food, pharmaceutical, and logistics industries in Europe
  
• GPS telematics devices must meet EN12830 standards for temperature recording
  
• Compliance helps maintain product quality during transport
  
• Reduces risks of temperature changes in cold chain logistics
  
• Improves overall efficiency in transport
  
• Essential for meeting EU regulatory requirements
  
• Helps businesses compete in the European market
  
• GPS telematics solutions offer real-time temperature monitoring 

The Teltonika EYE Sensor EN12830 - certified solution

The Teltonika EYE Sensor EN12830 is a great tool for following EN12830 rules. This Bluetooth® temperature sensor is made for cold-chain use and has EN12830 certification. This means it meets all the strict requirements of the standard, so you can trust it to be reliable and accurate. Here's what it can do:

• It's small (56.6 mm x 38.0 mm x 13.0 mm) and light (18 g), so it's easy to put in different places

• It uses Bluetooth 4.2 to connect and share data easily

• It can store 33,000 temperature data readings, which is a lot of history to look back on

• The battery can last up to 5 years, depending on how you use it

• It's very accurate, within 0.5°C, which is important for sensitive products

This sensor is great for many uses, from big refrigerated trucks to small coolers for delivering food. It's a good choice for businesses that want to improve how they manage their cold chain traceability and follow EN12830 rules.

Key features and benefits

The Teltonika EYE Sensor EN12830 has several good points for businesses that handle temperature-sensitive items:

1. Certified Temperature Monitoring: Its EN12830 certification means it follows health and safety rules, which is reassuring for businesses and their customers.
2. Lots of Memory: It can store up to 33,000 temperature readings, which is great for keeping records and checking quality over time.
3. Bluetooth Connection: It's easy to get data and watch temperatures in real-time using Bluetooth 4.2. This works well with GPS tracking software and phone apps.
4. Long-lasting Battery: With up to 5 years of battery life, you don't need to change it often.
5. Small and Versatile: Its small size means you can use it in many different places, from big containers to small coolers.

 

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Bluetooth temperature sensor with EN12830 certificate for cold-chain solutions. 

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Cold chain use cases

The Teltonika EYE Sensor EN12830 is useful in many industries that need to control temperature:

• Food and Drinks: Keeps food fresh and safe during transport and storage.

• Medicine: Makes sure medicines and vaccines stay at the right temperature.

• Shipping and Transport: Watches temperatures in refrigerated trucks, containers, and warehouses.

• Healthcare: Protects biological samples and medical supplies in hospitals and labs.

• Chemical Industry: Keeps temperature-sensitive chemicals stable during transport and storage.

How to use EN12830 compliant monitoring

To start using EN12830 compliant monitoring in your business, try these steps:

1. Check What You Need: Figure out which of your products need temperature control and what their requirements are.
2. Pick the Right Equipment: Choose GPS tracking devices like the Teltonika EYE Sensor EN12830 that are certified and meet your needs.
3. Connect with Your Current Systems: Make sure your new temperature monitors can work with your existing GPS tracking software and other systems.
4. Train Your Team: Teach your staff why temperature monitoring is important and how to use the new equipment.
5. Make Clear Rules: Create step-by-step instructions for monitoring temperatures, getting data, and what to do if temperatures change too much.
6. Check Regularly: Look over your temperature monitoring practices often to make sure you're still following the rules and to find ways to improve.

The future of temperature monitoring

As technology gets better, we'll see even more advanced ways to monitor temperature-sensitive goods and items. Some things to look out for include:

• Using AI to predict temperature changes before they happen

• Better internet connections for watching temperatures around the world in real-time

• More eco-friendly monitoring devices that use less energy

• Ways to track more than just temperature, like humidity and bumps, throughout the whole journey

Conclusion

Monitoring temperature-sensitive items is really important in many industries. Following standards like EN 12830 helps ensure products stay safe and high-quality. The Teltonika EYE Sensor EN12830 is a reliable tool that can help businesses improve how they manage their cold chain.

Using EN12830 compliant monitoring systems can help companies reduce risks, waste less, and work more efficiently. These systems provide important information about temperature-sensitive products, from how they're stored to how they're transported.

Following EN12830 rules does more than just meet regulations. It shows that a company cares about quality and safety, which can make customers trust them more and open up new business opportunities.

Want to improve your temperature monitoring? Contact us to learn how the Teltonika EYE Sensor EN12830 can help your business follow EN12830 rules and make your cold chain operations better. Our experts can help you set up a temperature monitoring system that fits your specific needs and helps you stay ahead in the competitive world of temperature-sensitive logistics.