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ITCM designs and develops special-purpose machinery and production processes with core strengths in web processing, powder dosing, novel packaging and high-speed assembly automation.

 
High-grade stainless steel improves bearing life

Design Engineer

High-grade stainless steel improves bearing life

NSK says its new ES1 (Excellent Stainless Steel) bearing material can deliver five-times longer life in harsh operating conditions

Reinforced epoxy adhesive has high impact strength

Master Bond EP30R is an aramid fibre-reinforced epoxy adhesive featuring outstanding dimensional stability and enhanced impact resistance

UV-curing conformal coating gives long-lasting protection

Master Bond is launching its new UV10LV UV-curing conformal coating for electronic applications requiring protection from moisture, dust, chemicals and...

USB DAQ module is low-cost and user-friendly

New from Audon Electronics is the DLP-IO20 data acquisition module that benefits from 20 I/O channels
 
Portage.Pepi

Instrumentation

Modular radar transmitters cope with CIP and SIP

Burkert's new Type 8136, 8137 and 8138 modular radar transmitters are designed for level measurement applications including those in the food and dairy industries

UV-curing conformal coating gives long-lasting protection

Master Bond is launching its new UV10LV UV-curing conformal coating for electronic applications requiring protection from moisture, dust, chemicals and heat

Fault diagnostics in gas turbines

Condition monitoring of the gas path of gas turbines, whether it be in the airline, marine or stationary (electricity or mechanical drives) business, plays an important part in the plant operator's performance and profitability

Autodesk

Systems Software

VPX computing blade for parallel processing

Kontron is launching the VX6060, an innovative VPX computing blade with two independently implemented Intel Core i7 processing nodes

Geometric constraint solver now supports Nurbs

Version 3.0 of the LGS 2D geometric constraint solver from Ledas benefits from numerous enhancements, including support for Nurbs curves

New standard for testers and reviewers of user documentation

ISO has published ISO/IEC 26513:2009, 'Systems and software engineering - Requirements for testers and reviewers of user documentation'

Motors and Drives

Compact motor controllers save energy

Extremely compact, Leroy-Somer's new Digistart motor starters and controllers also give a four per cent reduction in energy consumption at steady state

Variable speed drives promote wind power in urban areas

Permanent magnet motors are synchronous machines, designed to drive low speed applications directly, without a gearbox

Micro drives are easy to configure

Vacon 10 micro drives are said to eliminate unnecessary complexity while still providing the functions needed for most industrial applications

 

Automotive Design

Throttle valve bearings are airtight

Compact, sealed throttle valve bearings improve safety and fuel efficiency of Dakar Rally vehicles

Red-Lion project delivers reduced-cost Li-Ion vehicle battery

Qinetiq and Ricardo have completed the Red-Lion project, demonstrating a new low-cost lithium-ion cell chemistry and associated flexible battery management system

Most junction box is compatible with reflow soldering

A new Most straight junction box from Molex features a high-temperature polymer housing that can withstand reflow soldering processes

Power Transmission

High-grade stainless steel improves bearing life

NSK says its new ES1 (Excellent Stainless Steel) bearing material can deliver five-times longer life in harsh operating conditions

Low-cost torque sensor uses strain gauges

Kistler's Type 4520A... Basic Line torque sensors uses strain gauges and non-contact transmission of power and signals for reliable, maintenance-free operation

Low-cost right-angle planetary gearheads in NEMA sizes

Sterling Instrument is launching the S91..SREG.. series of low-cost right-angle EG planetary gearheads in NEMA sizes 17, 23, 34, and 42

Materials Processes

Optically clear epoxy offers superior dimensional stability

Master Bond's new EP30LV-1 is a low-viscosity, optically clear epoxy that exhibits very low shrinkage and excellent post-cure dimensional stability

Compact reciprocating pumpskid

Wepuko has developed and delivered two compact reciprocating pump skids (API674) with an installed power of more than 700kW for an Offshore Project in Norway.

Versatile metal expands into new role in tree-top walkway

Andy Foster looks at how a versatile metal has been put to use at London's Kew Gardens

 
 
 

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