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Increased level measurement accuracy

A maintenance-free and more accurate solution is available from TC-Klinger based on the guided wave radar (microwave) principle
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Inverter range caters for variable torque applications

Available in a number of designs, including IP55 variants of the QD:E and QD:CT PLUS that are suited to harsh environments
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Module is compatible with Ethernet Powerlink

Baldor's new Mint Machine Module plugs into Motiflex Powerlink-compatible three-phase AC motor drives to eliminate the need for a separate controller MORE »

Full-brick power supplies offer improved surge protection

TDK-Lambda's new PFE-S series AC-DC full-brick power supplies benefit from improved lightning surge capability and line interrupt hold-up time MORE »

// - Major tidal turbine contract

// - Energy efficient balancer shaft leads to engine fuel savings

// - HVDC cable sets standard for transmission projects

// - Clustering feature enables integration of all facilities and control on yacht

// - Intelligent actuation allows better system control at solar power plan

// - Flexible meter technology for a fast changing energy market

// - Dc motors deliver high performance and efficiency for electric motorcycles

// - Pump sensors and controller deployed to power car plant HVAC

// - Novel pumping technology operates by using solar energy or waste heat

// - Bearings increase reliability and performance of gearboxes

// - Future of wireless could depend on software defined radios

// - Choosing the best option for overcurrent circuit protection

// - Laser-based security system for extreme weather conditions

// - Exploring benefits of quasi-resonant converters for power supply systems

// - Compact module uses the Intel Atom processor

// - 'Plug and play' speed sensors are insensitive to electromagnetic fields

// - Digital pressure sensors offer ultra high total accuracy better than 0.5 per cent

// - NTC thermistors: versatile and durable

// - Software impacts on design for multi-core processors in single chip

// - Battling for high definition wireless to run multiple television channels

// - Robust multi-core technology for more accurate and faster mapping

// - ROV in hunt for unexploded munitions in the Baltic Sea

// - Extracting more from seismic data to get better subsurface models

// - Seismic power source ups geohazard survey efficiency

// - High-performance polymer coating can be spray-applied

// - Vertical-axis wind turbine gets go-ahead

// - New lasers offer more power-per-dollar

// - LEDs offer rare ray of hope during electronics downturn

// - Piezo linear actuator/manipulator replaces motorised actuators

// - Alcohol-free range of silicon sealants

// - Accelerometers cope with higher temperatures

// - Integrated stepper motor offers advantages over servos

// - Future success: co-operation and collaboration is imperative

// - New heavy-lift offshore crane

// - Bitumen companies go wireless to monitor production facilities

// - Coriolis metering solution to measurement of bunker fuel

// - How to drive a modern coke cutting system

// - Sulphur in auto oils and fuels: monitoring to global standards

// - StatoilHydro publishes report into Norwegian rig's oil spill

// - Gas turbines for liquefied natural gas

// - Maximising oil field pumping operation

// - Intrinsic safety barriers for hazardous areas

// - New process could cut the cost of LEDs

// - Linear Hall-effect sensor IC is user-programmable

// - Software helps to accelerate innovation

// - Autodesk unveils Autocad 2010

// - Ball bearings benefit from 30 per cent less friction

// - Servo controller with a Powerlink interface

// - Safe power transmission with new power connectors

// - Control solution for machine builders

// - Latch combines security and access convenience

// - Proportional valves gain new 4-20mA control option

// - Safe power transmission with new power connectors

// - Redesigned dryer range boosts efficiency

// - Fast switching power supplies boost mass spectrometer throughput

// - Torque sensor helps to reduce engine friction

// - Market for photoelectric sensors to recover in 2011

// - Connector handles copper cable and fibre optics

// - Lowest voltage EEPROM devices

// - Improving quality of power measurements with IEEE1459

// - Dedicated evaluation board for intelligent power modules

// - Wireless power: the next wave in powering electronic devices

// - New 85 Ohm addition to backplane connector system

// - Computer-on-module is more compact

// - Speed control mounts on permanent magnet DC motors

// - Integrated stepper motor/control requires less space

// - Welding machines optimised for MMA applications

// - ROV operates at depth of 3000msw

// - Computer-on-module with 45nm Intel Core2 Duo processor

// - Flowmeter for biomass fermentation and biogas processes

// - New waveguide switches offer manual or electrical operation

// - Temperature sensors equipped with IO-Link

// - Touchscreen HMIs gain soft-PLC funcationality

// - Prototyping hardware reduces development times

// - Smaller version of high-temperature identification tag

// - Multi-axis drive incorporates PC

// - Sunlight-readable touchscreen display is ultra-tough

// - A multitude of means to improve fuel efficiency and cut emissions

// - Increasing electronics content sets new thermal challenges

// - Illumination is growing design focus for many new switch applications

// - Securing industrial control systems against threat of cyber infection

// - Mig brazing shows its advantages over conventional welding process

// - Focus on fasteners and security

// - Two approaches to achieving short takeoff and vertical landing

// - Laminate shimstock helps companies gain competitive edge

// - Roller chain drives offer longer life, even in harsh environments

// - Dc motors deliver higher performance and efficiency

// - New drive modules offer easy integration and more flexibility

// - Turning unit for manual operations

// - Interior permanent magnets promise ultra high efficiency

// - Despite the advantages of ac, dc drives still have a future

// - Low harmonic drives ease stress on the power supply

// - Statistical software helps evaluates the reliability of products

// - Half-brick DC-DC converters offer wide input voltage range

// - Switchgear key for ultra high-voltage ac transmission

// - New generation of Delta robots unveiled

// - Coal-fired power plants capacity to grow by 35 per cent in next 10 years

// - Advanced analyser improves lab efficiency

// - Resin systems for advanced graphite composite fuel cell bipolar plates

// - Low-cost boards offer high-precision speed control

// - Compact MicroTCA cubes in a choice of styles

// - Redesigned ball bearings deliver improved performances

// - UV curing system uses high-power LEDs

// - High speed, low power comparators

// - Chlorine analyser eliminates pH sampling systems and reagents

// - UPS protection for oil and gas platform off the South African coast

// - Test system for conducted and radiated immunity

// - AC drives deliver improved efficiency

// - Single-axis motion controller supports synchronisation

// - Industrial frame grabber supports PoCL standard

// - Robust future for low voltage ac and dc drives market

// - Aluminium electric heating plate

// - Cutting cycle times for sintered parts by more than a half

// - Pumps for molten salts

// - In an emergency make sure you get the message to customers

// - South American power producers invest for a mixed fuel future

// - Modelling transformers for high-voltage power distribution

// - Optimising electricity supply to boost efficiency and reliability

// - CFB offers potential solution to carbon emissions problem

// - Co-ordinated control ensures quality assured energy supply

// - Revamps of power projects are now key to automation contracts

// - Lubricating the wheels of innovation to reduce friction

// - Filter class recommendations for healthier air quality

// - Health monitoring systems are key to the modern plant

// - Silica analyser helps reduce your plant costs

// - Actuators must withstand high humidity, salt, wind and rain

// - Major scale actuation adopted at Indian coal plant

// - Initiative boosts anaerobic digestion expansion plans

// - Initiative boosts anaerobic digestion expansion plans

// - Pocket conveyor belts are flexible and environmentally friendly

// - Compact gearhead is exceptionally quiet

// - Development of specialist quality materials will dominate in 2009

// - Integrated servo motors deliver triple torque

// - Fully automatic pure steam condensate sampling system

// - Planetary gearboxes: a solution for driving peristaltic pumps

// - Pumps, valves and filters: advances in materials handling

// - Better power transmission helps stabilises manufacturing process

// - Freescale starts move to single sensor platform

// - Microcontroller integrates control law accelerator

// - Magnetism is involved in the mechanism behind high temperature superconductivity

// - Wireless access points give 40km coverage

// - Egypt announces results of gas licensing in Mediterranean

// - Software simplifies logging of data

// - VGA TFT display benefits from LED backlighting

// - Magnetic clutches provide non-contact power transmission

// - Cut cycle times for sintered parts by more than a half

// - Roller chain drives offer long life in harsh environments

// - Dc motors deliver higher performance and efficiency

// - Battling for high definition wireless to run TV channels

// - Improve fuel efficiency and cut automotive emissions

// - Planning reliable and efficient statistical tests

// - Inverter module offers higher efficiency

// - Permanent-magnet gearmotors offered with speed control option

// - Power entry modules handle higher currents

// - Motor bearings benefit form lower friction

// - Managing high data rates from space

// - Fuel for thought: how to meet the growing demands of industry

// - Interface unit links to HMI/Scada system

// - Fluid dosage assembly is based on mass flow instruments

// - Chiller cuts cooling energy costs by up to 50 per cent

// - Heaters have ATEX approval and IECEx certification

// - Ethernet routing switch for extreme environments

// - 'Significant' potential for electric drives in the chemical industry

// - Modular fieldbus power supply system

// - Power amplifier extends talk time

// - Triple current measurement in single housing

// - ARC embeds Sonic technology

// - Photovoltaic cells: will grid parity change everything?

// - 869MHz transmitter can achieve 5km range

// - Ethernet makes its way into the car

// - Custom mixed signal ICs can be more economical than you may think

// - Taking the brakes off developing machine-to machine applications

// - Compact, rugged high capacity SBC for embedded OEM work

// - Replacing PCs and SBCs with a low power embedded platform

// - Latest PCB technology boosts power electronics performance

// - Mass interconnect systems help protect company investment

// - Top-down approach to the simplification of PSU selection

// - Transceiver targets low cost antenna diversity in ISM band applications

// - Connectors: for space, medicine and test and measurement applications

// - Mobilisation of embedded applications

// - High level modelling language for mission and safety-critical systems

// - Illumination design program delivers enhanced optimisation

// - Wireless microcontroller technology plays key role in energy efficiency

// - ST launches world's thinnest accelerometer

// - Tool changer eliminates the need for multiple robots

// - Memory metal: miniature proportional valve uses technology

// - Power grid: modelling and simulation key to security, reliability and efficiency

// - Building automation: centralised control of single or multi-sites

// - Energy-efficient motors: new standard supports market

// - Efficient gearboxes ensure reduced energy consumption at sewage works

// - HVAC drives tailored to building automation industry

// - Cam-clutches provide protection overrun in fans and air conditioners

// - Chinese projects focus on the economics of heat recovery

// - Record-breaking wind-powered car gives a glimpse of the future

// - Ethernet switches incorporate power supply

// - EISA-compliant motors from European supplier

// - Wireless transmitters: 869MHz module can achieve 5km range

// - Field-mountable RTU controller offers high availability

// - Miniature flat motor offers high torque and ISO 13485 compliance

// - Fertility tester uses high precision temperature sensor

// - Security for portable devices with low power authentication chip

// - AUV supports environmental monitoring, wide area surveys

// - Survey data vital to selecting routes for subsea pipelines

// - Sensor upgrades for deepwater survey AUVs

// - xIDE for Interface Express - new version for Bluetooth 2.1

// - 3D seismic data: taking a smarter approach to interpretation

// - Low resistance MOSFET breakthrough for motors and power supplies

// - LED lanterns mark coral reef

// - Variable speed drives: the ecological payback

// - New range of manual lever hydraulic valves

// - Chemical imaging software available as a 64-bit version

// - Jacking system helps salmon up river

// - Dual-purpose gas detection cameras

// - World's first multimedia processor development kit for I.MX25

// - IEEE-488 GPIB-to-USB interface controller is cost-effective

// - New motors for machine tool spindles

// - Low power DAC with configuration first

// - Rugged mobile computers gain ATEX explosion-safe certification

// - More UK gas storage needed to ensure integrity of supply

// - Diamond wire cutters for platform decommissioning

// - Exploring pulse arc welding

// - Gas pipeline monitoring: moving from analogue to wireless

// - Putting the brakes on subsea oil platforms for secure mooring

// - Stand and deliver: the role of front-line fire monitors

// - Pre-lay mooring systems

// - Industrial power supply features fieldbus connection

// - Quick-clamping shaft collars need no tools

// - Energy harvesting platform with wireless microcontroller

// - Embedded code management adds multimedia support

// - Total organic carbon analyser

// - Radiation-hardened SPARC processor for space applications

// - Vibration sensor offers extended operating temperature range

// - Ovoid gearboxes combine spur and planetary gear stages

// - High-speed electric motor offers high energy-efficiency

// - Spindle controller includes control, drive and power supply

// - Printed batteries suit disposable applications

// - Labview 2009 introduces wireless sensor network platform

// - Group 2 (SAE A) cast iron pumps for mobile hydraulics

// - PCI express 2.0 certification for Altera Arria FPGAs

// - Free RTOS and middleware evaluation

// - Easy way to deploy technical content on websites

// - PICMG 1.0 full-size SBC with extended operating range

// - Illuminated square keys for machinery

// - GPS receiver module meets automotive requirements

// - Landfill gas set to generate green income

// - Mud density measurement saves dredging costs

// - Maintenance free, passive sonar locator system

// - Single-axis robot actuators configured to order

// - Energy-saving conveyor chains from Tsubaki

// - Modular motor controller provides protection and feedback

// - Dual-output regulator IC has wide operating range

// - Process control instruments with web interface

// - All-gigabit switch and media converter is low-cost

// - Power supply for high-performance X-ray applications

// - Modular five-pole power connector is extremely compact

// - How to manufacture cars and reduce their environmental impact

// - Alternatives to four-stroke engines promise an increase in efficiency

// - Electroactive polymer actuators feature microstructured surface

// - Seals solve nuclear problem

// - A good bolt securing solution will reduce overall costs

// - Reviewing a novel research tool for sourcing expert-level knowledge

// - Magnets offer advantages as an alternative to mechanical gears

// - Automatic motor base improves reliability and uptime in critical applications

// - Condition monitoring units provide sensing solution

// - Soft actuators tackle hard jobs in adverse work environments

// - International standard supports the market for energy-efficient motors

// - Drive for machine delivers on speed, simplicity and safety

// - Synchronised drives help give a train a lift during maintenance

// - Variable speed ac drives to change compressor industry

// - Harmonic distortion - how to combat an increasing problem

// - Precision gear range

// - Design, developing and integrating engineering solutions

// - Motor efficiency software tool estimates payback

// - Regulated power supply with LXI-compliant Ethernet interface

// - NX software gains Maple analysis capabilities

// - Energy-efficient machine tool technologies

// - Industrial PCs offered with Intel Atom processors

// - High-performance dynamic braking resistors feature low noise

// - Microcontrollers designed for off-road vehicles

// - Electric alternatives to pneumatic cylinders

// - Rotabolts fastened to the correct tension

// - Zigbee modules offer lower power consumption and larger memory

// - Compact reciprocating pumpskid

// - Remote motion control platform reduces costs

// - Mezzanine board adds two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces

// - LED power supplies are sealed to IP66

// - AC drives with Profinet interface

// - DC drives now rated at up to 2250A, 980kW or 1320HP

// - Embedded sensors generate their own energy

// - GPS location processor ensures continuous location awareness

// - Unmanaged PoE switch offers high functionality at a low price

// - Non-contact temperature sensor is loop-powered

// - Industrial connector gains Han-Quick Lock termination technology

// - Digital silicon photomultiplier improves photon counting

// - Torque about improving handling accuracy

// - Particle size analysis reduces cement manufacturing costs

// - Trends and developments in temperature measurement

// - Top five dominate process level measurement device supplies

// - Main automation suppliers focus on integration and flexibility

// - Overcoming clogging problems during the pumping of sewage

// - Accurate gas analysis drives process efficiency

// - Advanced automation needed to achieve smart grid success

// - The electrical grid of tomorrow will be flexible and self-healing

// - Security of supply: meeting the operational challenge of maintaining

// - Motors help minimising impact of sulphur dioxide on environment

// - Modularisation - a key driver to power plant efficiency

// - Lab and online analytics for power generation plants

// - Largest circulating fluidised bed boiler begins production

// - Analysis platform for power systems

// - Automating functions at a Peruvian hydropower plant

// - Submerged tidal turbine goes with the flow on green energy

// - Organic Rankine cycle technology boosts onsite power projects

// - Stockpiling electrons: key to take-up of renewable energy?

// - Fusion energy: 3D software helps engineers develop next stage

// - Grinding elements take the wear and tear of coal pulverisation

// - Anti-wear and corrosion solutions boost boiler life

// - Using virtual reality to design and simulate power plant performance

// - Current sensor IC incorporates isolation

// - Digital oscilloscopes harness the power of PCs via USB

// - Compact two-finger gripper achieves high gripping moments

// - Renewable energy experts from Parker form focused team

// - Centum VP integrated production control system now at R4.02

// - IO-Link adapter connects standard sensors to IO-Link

// - Drive gets tough for wet outdoor process conditions

// - Strategic tie-ups the way ahead for automation providers

// - Get smart and cut energy costs with integrated motor controls

// - Key safety lessons outlined following leak investigation

// - Process analysis system ensures optimal operating safety

// - Ironcad Next Generation released

// - Mechatronics design process simplified

// - Take a top-down approach to simplify PSU selection

// - Top five dominate process level measurement devices

// - Fuel efficiency drives next phase of automotive engines

// - Hose lines cut pollution to meet emissions standards

// - Standard high level modelling language aids safety systems

// - Statistical software helps boost gold mine output

// - Industrial Ethernet firewalls can be configured offline

// - MEMS inclinometers are compact and high-precision

// - Most junction box is compatible with reflow soldering

// - Super-slim 5.7inch quarter-VGA TFT display

// - Pressure sensors on short lead times

// - Romanian cogeneration plant meets EU energy efficiency goals

// - Multi-billion dollar investment spurs US transition to smart energy grid

// - Holistic energy saving strategy unites production and the environment

// - Eco-design directive: does it go far enough on carbon reduction?

// - Hydrogen fuel cells: from automotive power to distributed generation

// - Risk analysis for low carbon systems

// - Modelling, simulating and testing of renewable energy technologies

// - Photovoltaic process specification helps cut solar cell production costs

// - Combined connector for power and signal, including industrial Ethernet

// - High-performance DC motor is ultra-compact

// - DC-DC converters designed for rail industry applications

// - Electric actuator is alternative to hydraulic cylinders

// - Solenoid valves use 'hit and hold' drive technology

// - Low-cost industrial Ethernet switch starter kits

// - Improve OEE and performance of packaging lines

// - Canopen device profile for PLCopen motion control

// - Eastern European market for automation and control solutions

// - Zigbee interface converts standard switches to wireless devices

// - CCD sensor for low-level X-ray detection

// - VPX computing blade for parallel processing

// - Compact grippers boast high power density

// - USB DAQ module is low-cost and user-friendly

// - Monitor energy usage from a mobile phone

// - I/O modules added to Lion-Link product range

// - Micro drives are easy to configure

// - Fluid mud density measurement saves harbour dredging costs

// - Sub-bottom survey of geological boundaries in the Arctic Circle

// - Increasing array of 4D kit as the market shows steady growth

// - New 'smart thinking' remotely operated vehicle rated to 3000m

// - Accelerating 3D seismic data analysis on desktop workstations

// - State of the arc: magnetism in pipes can stop welding progress

// - 3D digital versatility enhances design of subsea control systems

// - Simplify hydrocarbon allocation and production reporting

// - Maintain radio communications in remote environments

// - Cutting the cost of flaring with dynamic simulation

// - Self-contained water-atomising fire suppression for offshore installations

// - AUMA - modular actuators from engineering experts

// - V-Cone steam flow meter suits district energy systems

// - First Power over Ethernet frame grabber

// - Low-cost torque sensor uses strain gauges

// - WEG - An expanding global success story in power suuply, distribution, transmission, control and automation systems

// - 40A, three-phase power supply is 'smallest on the market'

// - 1MBd digital optocoupler is 'industry's most energy-efficient'

// - Variable speed drives promote wind power in urban areas

// - Compact motor controllers save energy

// - Low-loss inductive components for solar power inverters

// - Hydroacoustic technology used to monitor marine biodiversity

// - Vandal-resistant swinghandles incorporate LED display

// - Fault diagnostics in gas turbines

// - More safety in the oilfield with ATEX drive heads

// - Dynamic simulators for improved plant performance

// - Simple rules to make your simulator worth the investment

// - Gigabit Ethernet switch can support Power over Ethernet

// - Switched-mode PSU for high-power CompactPCI applications

// - Price erosion ratchets up competition in solar market

// - Photovoltaic metallisation solution optimises solar cell manufacturing

 
 

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