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ABS version of safety switch

Mechan Controls is offering plastic-bodied machine guard interlock switch that is suitable for applications where regular washdowns are required

TI hedges its bets in mobile video

But Nokia prototype N92 phone combines two cameras and mobile TV and is fully supporting the DVB-H standard

Subsea compression station

Project is to evaluate whether a subsea compression station, at about 900 metres water depth is a viable alternative to an offshore platform

Battery charger with LDO mode

26V, single-cell Li-Ion linear charger with over-voltage protection provides safer, faster charging in portable electronics, says Texas Instruments

Web-based humidity calculator

Relative humidity, dewpoint/frostpoint, absolute humidity, water content, mixing ratio, vapour pressure and parts per million can be calculated

Cooling pump is ultra-compact

Flowserve's Guardian 3000 pump is designed for cooling computer processors and graphics chips in high-end consumer personal computers

Analysis of oil and fuels

PANalytical, has launched Oil-Trace, a package that enables complete XRF analysis of all types of fuels, oils and oil derivatives

Gas flow meter helps cut energy costs

Reduces energy operating costs for boilers, burners, chillers, furnaces, heat treating systems, turbine and co-gen, back-up power generators

Thrust disc type cam followers

With a hexagon hole in stud diameters from 3-5mm, and these are available in either carbon steel or stainless steel, shielded or sealed

Intelligent single board cameras

The new single board cameras VCSBC4016 and VCSBC4018 are available as colour and black-and-white models

Y adapters for plug connector system

New Y adapters with spring-type clamp terminals or connectors on all sides extend the application range of miniCLIX systems

56k modems are UL-certified

Modem suitable for tasks like remote maintenance and monitoring, remote configuration and decentral data acquisition

High-sensitivity AT crystal unit

Designed mobile handset reference clocks, as well as a variety of clock applications for Bluetooth and terrestrial digital TV modules

Drillship contract awarded

Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract for delivery of a drilling equipment to the Neptune Explorer drillship

Bearing reducer' gearboxes

High precision gearbox includes axial/radial output bearings for a compact high torque, backlash-free positioning solution

Nitrogen removal technology

Technical paper ‘validates benefits of N2 removal technology and highlights solution to growing natural gas supply shortages’

Standards for life cycle assessment

ISO is publishing improved editions of its ISO 14040:2006 and ISO 14044:2006 standards for life cycle assessments

Pressure transducer with flush diaphragm

RDP Electronics' model S flush-faced, temperature-compensated pressure transducer has measurement ranges up to 1378bar

Assessment for environment measures

Solutions to Pollution developed by NetRegs - set up by the UK's environmental regulators - in response to environment survey

Westinghouse backs nuclear announcement

Welcomes UK government actions outlined to help remove the key barriers to private sector funding for new nuclear plants

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