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NEW USES BEING FOUND FOR TERMATRAC®
Professional Pest Manager - June/July 2001
On
a regular basis at the TERMATRAC® office,
success stories are received from technicians who
are finding more and more termites in areas they didn't
expect, when investigating an active site and
determining the extent of activity hidden within wall
cavities. This is carried out without any structural or
surface damage to their client's home.
More
uses of TERMATRAC®
are being employed in areas other than just determining
hidden termite activity. The first important area of
use is the monitoring of activity with TERMATRAC®
during a dusting treatment. There is no need to break
open damaged timbers any more, possibly disturbing what
little activity may exist. Technicians are simply placing
the TERMATRAC®
unit on the suspected infestation site and the area
is treated with a suitable termiticide dust. Then the
treated area is regularly monitored to determine if
activity still exists, again without breaking open the
surface.
Most of the TERMATRAC® operators
are now very skilled at identifying the species of
activity even before
the galleries are opened. This is achieved by monitoring
the movement or pulses on the screen that identifies
movement. This range of movement is very different,
especially between Coptotermes sp. and Schedorhinotermes
sp.
Other uses that have been found to work well using
a TERMATRAC®,
have been to determine activity in mud-leads on brick
walls under buildings without breaking them
open; bees or wasps in wall cavity situations; larval
stages of flies on dead possums or rats in wall cavities,
and bait monitoring stations such as foam boxes or
wooden pegs.
TERMATRAC® sales
and training manager, Lance Cain has spent the last
twelve months traveling all over the
country, and has trained both small and large pest
control companies and the result is the same everywhere
he goes. The enthusiasm he receives from these companies
is fantastic.
As TERMATRAC®'s
success continues to grow so does the development
of new and innovative software. Mr. Cain
said the company had just finalized a major software
upgrade, which will enable the technician to calibrate
or 'tune' their unit to their own characteristics.
This will enable those with an unsteady hand to utilize
the unit to a better advantage.
TERMATRAC® Pty
Ltd has also included new hardware that will improve
the unit's capabilities slightly and greatly
streamline production.
All this manufacturing and technology of course is
carried out in Australia, and all existing customers
will automatically have this upgrade carried out the
next time their unit is serviced.
Worldwide inquiry has been outstanding, resulting
in TERMATRAC® soon being available in the United States.
Within a month or so distribution and training will
commence and all involved in the project are excited
about this exciting marketplace.
TERMATRAC® looks
forward to the Dubbo AEPMA conference, July 27-29,
where they will be exhibiting and further
explaining their products.
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