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Chemically resistant electromagnetic flow-sensors

Polymer improves accuracy flow-sensors for measuring chemical liquids in demanding industrial environments
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New TFT display modules for 2009

Hitachi is introducing several new TFT display modules to the European market in 2009, with sizes ranging from 6.5 to 21.2 inches
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Technical Report advises on nanotechnology safety

A new Technical Report, ISO/TR 12885:2008, describes health and safety practices in occupational settings relevant to nanotechnologies MORE »

Femap 10 cuts analysis times by 97 per cent

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// - Initiatives boost development in flexible electronics

// - Analogue-style meter combined with precision of digital readout

// - Condition monitoring technology for industrial control

// - Module is compatible with Ethernet Powerlink

// - New advances in printed electronics

// - Major tidal turbine contract

// - Precision parts for supersonic supercar

// - Actuators with enhanced functionality

// - Cryogenic seal for radar level sensors

// - Universal flame spray system applies coatings to metal substrates

// - Real-time drinking water monitors

// - Co-ordinate control of multiple offshore platforms

// - Rugged Ethernet switches for extreme environments

// - 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

// - Small drives can mean big energy savings on production lines

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

// - Bearings increase reliability and performance of gearboxes

// - Femtocells and picocells target small enterprise for indoor mobile coverage

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

// - Economic use of millimetre wave radio technology

// - Improved analysis of composite structures

// - Choosing the best option for overcurrent circuit protection

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

// - Modular electronics housing system for individual electronics assemblies

// - 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

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

// - High performance, hull-mounted side scan sonar

// - Finding new ways to squeeze more energy from mature fields

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

// - CSEM companies cut fleet sizes as market conditions deteriorate

// - Time lapse seismic proves worth as a tool to boost field output

// - Seismic package has 'extreme' channel count point-receiver

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

// - The quest for better ways of imaging oil and gas reservoirs

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

// - Borehole seismic acquisition gives 'high definition' results

// - Eyes on the Arctic as race to find undiscovered energy intensifies

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

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

// - DTV semiconductor market suffers decline in 2008

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

// - Piezo linear actuator/manipulator replaces motorised actuators

// - China's semiconductor market to fall 5.8 per cent in 2009

// - Simplification of maintenance for bolts and fasteners

// - Miniature load cell features USB output

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

// - New heavy-lift offshore crane

// - Microbe has potential use in recovery from oil sands

// - Composite technology: repairs and maintenance wrapped up

// - System enables monitoring and control at multiple platforms

// - Bitumen companies go wireless to monitor production facilities

// - Coriolis metering solution to measurement of bunker fuel

// - How to drive a modern coke cutting system

// - Tank farm operators show new confidence in fieldbus

// - Meeting the challenge of deep-water in-line inspection

// - Dectecting pipeline wall thickness with ultrasound

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

// - Spot oil spills and leaks with the help of colour coded bacteria

// - Gas turbines for liquefied natural gas

// - Software tool validates 3D CAD models

// - Personal 3D printer builds model with ABSplus material

// - Software helps to accelerate innovation

// - Simplification of maintenance for boltings and fasteners

// - Remotely monitor plant-floor operations

// - Reduce current transducer size by 30 per cent

// - Easier recycling of electronic waste

// - Legislation key to integrated photovoltaics growth

// - Servo controller with a Powerlink interface

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

// - Intuitive servo drives deliver high performance

// - DC drive expanded up to 1850A

// - pH monitoring system with online calibration capability

// - Micro valve system provides complete flexibility

// - Fast switching power supplies boost mass spectrometer throughput

// - Torque sensor helps to reduce engine friction

// - Market for photoelectric sensors to recover in 2011

// - Safety interlock modules suit wider range of PLCs

// - Meeting the latest safety standards in pneumatics

// - Stencil solution for ultra fine-pitch printing

// - ROVs sold to China’s largest off-shore engineering company

// - Dedicated evaluation board for intelligent power modules

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

// - Streamer steering now crucial as market conditions tighten

// - Demand increases for clean fire suppression agent

// - Computer-on-module is more compact

// - Welding machines optimised for MMA applications

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

// - Component part leveller/straighteners

// - Touchscreen HMIs gain soft-PLC funcationality

// - Prototyping hardware reduces development times

// - Bearings combine benefits of stainless steel and solid lubricant

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

// - Fastening loops moulded directly on plastic parts

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

// - Increasing electronics content sets new thermal challenges

// - Laser micrometer offers twice the measuring range

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

// - Encoders can replace glass scales

// - Micro-manufacturing now offers advantages for specialist processes

// - Self-adhesive spacer tapes help bonding of slim mobile phones

// - Laminate shimstock helps companies gain competitive edge

// - Electrically insulated bearings prevent damages by electro corrosion

// - Dc motors deliver higher performance and efficiency

// - What exactly is an ac drive and just how does it work?

// - 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

// - Creating new opportunities to help cut costs with stereolithography

// - The advantages of using an in-house SRP machine

// - Multi-material printing

// - New generation of rapid manufacturing equipment

// - Surviving the downturn: keep calm and carry on producing

// - Development kit simplifies use of reconfigurable I/O hardware

// - Drives combine precision and dynamics

// - HMI/Scada product benefits from improved user interface

// - Magnet-equipped motors on the starting grid

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

// - Reverse buckling bursting disc for accurate pressure relief

// - Increasing the processing of music data

// - Filters improve diesel cleanliness by 500 per cent in mine

// - Thermal camera identifies heat loss

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

// - Knowles - SiSonic Microphones

// - UV curing system uses high-power LEDs

// - Digital automation for coal gasification plant

// - Conductivity sensor suits CIP applications

// - Industrial frame grabber supports PoCL standard

// - Stepper motor technology avoids loss of synchronisation

// - Process analysers - pushing for the standardisation of devices

// - Overspraying can reduce energy consumption by 30 per cent

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

// - Continuous monitoring of liquids for efficient control

// - Trend for fast track project implementation grows

// - Environmental applications for steel belt innovations

// - Burner for high temperature applications

// - Improving pH control and compliance in water effluents

// - Advanced solutions key to creating competitive advantage

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

// - Powder testing for optimal process design and operation

// - Oilfield screening delivers reliable removal of solids

// - Pumps for molten salts

// - Safety accolade for high strength fibre which is stronger than steel

// - Measuring process humidity for optimal product quality

// - Efficient decomposition of pharmaceuticals through ozonisation

// - Membranes for use in thermal concentration processes

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

// - Safety by design: training aims to cut global accident rates to zero

// - Modelling transformers for high-voltage power distribution

// - Optimising electricity supply to boost efficiency and reliability

// - CFB offers potential solution to carbon emissions problem

// - Modular steam boiler

// - 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

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

// - Initiative boosts anaerobic digestion expansion plans

// - Initiative boosts anaerobic digestion expansion plans

// - Concealed hinge is installed without tools

// - Compact gearhead is exceptionally quiet

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

// - LPKF Laser & Electronics AG - Solutions for Prototype Printed Circuit Board Production

// - Control system covers all aspects of automation

// - Metering valves cut lubricant consumption by 25 per cent

// - Growth continues for single-use and disposable process systems

// - Fully automatic pure steam condensate sampling system

// - Peristaltic technology tackles endocrine disrupting chemicals

// - Smart wireless solutions solve compliance and complexity issues

// - Record growth in installed nodes as PROFINET confidence grows

// - Gas-tight gauges reduce VOC emissions

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

// - Materials focus on insulation, energy, emissions and quality

// - Regulatory enforcement drives continuous emission monitors

// - Plant studies support use of wireless in capital projects

// - Better power transmission helps stabilises manufacturing process

// - Oxidation technologies for destruction of volatile organic compounds

// - Simulation software speeds product development

// - Kit provides PCIe-to-CompactPCI/PXI expansion

// - Embedded computer uses Intel Atom CPU

// - Freescale starts move to single sensor platform

// - Suppressing errors in quantum computers

// - IBM to set up Systems Engineering lab in Munich

// - Engineering design optimisation on a Saas basis

// - Rapid prototyping: powder for manufacture of parts

// - Wireless access points give 40km coverage

// - Software simplifies logging of data

// - Electric cylinder is compact and versatile

// - Digital automation of coal gasification plant

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

// - Asset management: seamless solutions key to creating business advantage

// - Dc motors deliver higher performance and efficiency

// - Start-up boosts millimetre wave radio technology

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

// - Growth in installed nodes as PROFINET confidence grows

// - Improve fuel efficiency and cut automotive emissions

// - Peristaltic pumps tackle the problem water pollution

// - New multi-axis motion and machine controller

// - Triple eccentric valves for gas-to-liquid project in Qatar

// - Pipeline inspection: quantitative wall thickness measurement for gas pipelines

// - Corzan® - PVC-C for Critical Applications in the Chemical Industry

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

// - Digital microstepping drive gives quieter, smoother motion

// - Shaft couplings now available in carbon fibre

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

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

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

// - Power amplifier extends talk time

// - Triple current measurement in single housing

// - ARC embeds Sonic technology

// - Electrically conductive foil tape

// - CAE software suite includes 'first-to-market' features

// - Using pen and multi-finger touch to control a PC

// - Software environment for configuring automation and safety functions

// - Pulse ranging technology can be used within all sizes of sensor

// - Rugged notebook/tablet PC Atex-certified

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

// - Latest PCB technology boosts power electronics performance

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

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

// - Mobilisation of embedded applications

// - MEMS: developers learn the lessons of the fabless chip

// - Hybrid vehicles: low-torque ball bearings

// - Battle heats up for USB3.0 chips in new markets

// - Tool changer eliminates the need for multiple robots

// - Connector features lightweight aluminium housing

// - 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

// - Gas meters provide smart two-way communication of accurate data

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

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

// - Self-checking flow meter

// - Energy curable technologies and printed electronics

// - Micro Manufacturing Conference 2009

// - Level measurements: non-contact sensors mounted outside vessel

// - Autodesk

// - Milling machines: desktop model easier to use

// - Ethernet switches incorporate power supply

// - Product lifecycle management: IBM and Siemens team up

// - Sustainable compounds use natural fibres and fillers

// - Combat product piracy with explosive embossing

// - Value proposition for manufacturers in three easy steps

// - Safety system protects personnel and operations

// - Field-mountable RTU controller offers high availability

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

// - Crack propagation modelling for fracture mechanics

// - Hybrid robot vehicle undertakes record-breaking dive

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

// - Challenging times as doubts raised over CSEM technique

// - Adapt and innovate to survive impact of the financial crisis

// - 'Coil shooting' method improves imaging of complex geology

// - Seismic fleet targets 3D and 4D high-end surveys

// - 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

// - Managing data for compliance and a competitive advantage

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

// - Variable speed drives: the ecological payback

// - Dual-purpose gas detection cameras

// - IP54 frequency inverter benefits from WEG Optimal Flux technology

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

// - Electric actuators are an alternative to pneumatics

// - Battery fuel gauge for JEITA profile

// - Fresh frontiers demand applied knowledge and new techniques

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

// - Better mapping and knowledge of minerals key to oil extraction

// - High-performance steel wire ropes for offshore cranes

// - Rubber 'barges' key to helping contain oil spillage accidents

// - ROV utilisation for varied subsea grouting operations

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

// - Better reservoir management techniques will boost output

// - Actuation design evolves for potentially explosive areas

// - Tool monitors shallow internal corrosion in pipes

// - Phase separation: meeting the technical challenges

// - Monitor surface deformation with Earth-orbiting satellites

// - The IEC 61511 revision: functional safety comes of age

// - Peristaltic pump delivers flow rate of 3180 l/hr

// - High tech solutions to recycling drilling process by-products

// - Flexible ceramic heat shield material is a 'first'

// - CompactPCI processor board with enhanced storage

// - Industrial displays benefit from wider viewing angles

// - Energy harvesting platform with wireless microcontroller

// - Navigational warning systems for oil platform

// - Ovoid gearboxes combine spur and planetary gear stages

// - Sheathed thermocouple is 'smallest in the world'

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

// - Hollow-shaft stepper motors are sealed to IP68

// - RFID system suits scalable applications

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

// - Mechatronic software design package in development

// - IEC launches portal for global standards for Smart Grid

// - Labview 2009 introduces wireless sensor network platform

// - Smart Wireless field starter kit gains additional input devices

// - Digital microstepping drive provides servo-like performance

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

// - GPS receiver module meets automotive requirements

// - Intelligent eyes focus on robot soccer glory

// - The first shrink-fit riser flanges

// - Landfill gas set to generate green income

// - 3D finite-element software runs fast on standard PCs

// - Wireless temperature sensors need no batteries

// - V4R (Vision for Robotics) simplifies vision/robot integration

// - Screw-driven linear actuator can be used with stepper motors

// - Energy-saving conveyor chains from Tsubaki

// - Round cylinders feature self-adjusting pneumatic cushioning

// - Interest grows in engineering as a career

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

// - Magnetic sensor bearing designed for micro-hybrid cars

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

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

// - Resin developments speed up the automotive production process

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

// - Electroactive polymer actuators feature microstructured surface

// - Recycled plastics offer commercial and environmental benefits

// - Insert evolution enhances threaded joints in lightweight assemblies

// - Security ranks first: heat lamination of card films

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

// - Spherical roller bearings offer a high load

// - Condition monitoring units provide sensing solution

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

// - 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

// - Precision gear range

// - Rapid cast prototypes enable parts to be assessed in a choice of alloys

// - Digital models definitions: beware the hidden dangers

// - Design, developing and integrating engineering solutions

// - Flat panel speakers deliver higher-fidelity sound

// - Energy-efficient machine tool technologies

// - IP65 panel PC features high performance and a 17-inch touch screen

// - Robot tool changer handles heavier loads

// - Electric alternatives to pneumatic cylinders

// - Rotabolts fastened to the correct tension

// - Calculate basic rating life for monorail guidance systems

// - Bio-Guardian elastomer is effective against bacterial growth

// - Remote motion control platform reduces costs

// - Capacitive encoder offers versatility

// - GPS location processor ensures continuous location awareness

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

// - Digital silicon photomultiplier improves photon counting

// - Microchannel technology applied to intensification of distillation

// - Torque about improving handling accuracy

// - Particle size analysis reduces cement manufacturing costs

// - Measuring powder behaviour in relation to quality by design

// - Magnetically driven gear pumps give edge on costs

// - What a blow! Rebuilding of a pneumatic conveying test

// - Safety culture key to preventing tank farm disasters in the future

// - Simple device integration with PROFIBUS PA Profile 3.02

// - Top five dominate process level measurement device supplies

// - Main automation suppliers focus on integration and flexibility

// - Novel wastewater purification approach by switching atoms

// - Overcoming clogging problems during the pumping of sewage

// - Accurate gas analysis drives process efficiency

// - Tedsdongle reduces time required for configuring Teds sensor systems

// - Compact TFT displays benefit from high-performance technologies

// - Ultra-precision fabrication for prototypes or high-volume production

// - 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

// - Lab and online analytics for power generation plants

// - Largest circulating fluidised bed boiler begins production

// - 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

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

// - Current sensor IC incorporates isolation

// - Innovative Pascat landing craft starts sea trials

// - Low-cost 3D printer is easier to use

// - CAM software enhances productivity and efficiency

// - Extra rugged circular sealed connectors - new models

// - Compact screw jack delivers high performance

// - Clear polycarbonate offers higher performance and easier processing

// - Laser polishing is faster than hand polishing

// - Renewable energy experts from Parker form focused team

// - Submersible hydrostatic level transmitters for depths of 200m

// - Electro-deionisation modules remove common contaminants

// - Higher loads and better wear key to success of enhanced sealing

// - Pump technology advances on automated processing lines

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

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

// - Measuring process humidity for optimal product quality

// - Modular high speed separator makes maintenance simple

// - Legislation continues to drive novel polymer development

// - How to choose a ball valve to control fugitive emissions

// - 3D geometric constraint solver gains performance enhancements

// - Mechatronics design process simplified

// - Machine safety market in Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand

// - Wheel bearing uses novel spur gear tooth connection

// - Particle size analysis reduces cement manufacturing costs

// - Microchannel technology intensifies distillation process

// - Electro-deionisation modules help remove contaminants

// - MEMS: Learning the lessons from the fabless chip industry

// - Top five dominate process level measurement devices

// - Fuel efficiency drives next phase of automotive engines

// - Hose lines cut pollution to meet emissions standards

// - Choosing a ball valve to control fugitive emissions

// - Most junction box is compatible with reflow soldering

// - Pressure sensing, switching and display in one unit

// - Pressure sensors on short lead times

// - Centralised management of production devices

// - Squeezable user-interface technology for computer-based applications

// - Romanian cogeneration plant meets EU energy efficiency goals

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

// - Steam management brings major savings in condensate recovery

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

// - The global heat is on: preparing for a carbon-constrained world

// - Risk analysis for low carbon systems

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

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

// - Warehouse overload protection device

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

// - Punching holes in high-strength steel without wear parts

// - Miniature submersible load cell for tension and compression

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

// - New 9-inch TFT display module with optional touch technology

// - Eastern European market for automation and control solutions

// - Programmable encoders enable new applications

// - Accustep enables stepper motors to be used in place of servos

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

// - VPX computing blade for parallel processing

// - Accuracy diagnostics of liquid ultrasonic flow meters

// - Monitor energy usage from a mobile phone

// - Oil supply set to grow to 2030 with no peak evident

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

// - Wave equation migration imaging gives clearer sub-salt definition

// - NOAA Office of Coast Survey buys AUV

// - 768 fibre optic sub-sea riser cable sets new world record

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

// - Improving profitability and performance

// - Think small and make the most of associated gas developments

// - Corrosion and fatigue: new ways of warding off old enemies

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

// - Maintain radio communications in remote environments

// - Modular actuation solutions for major refineries

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

// - Coal bed methane production: success depends on location

// - 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

// - Moduflex Lite air preparation unit are compact and affordable

// - Additions to Globalprox value-priced inductive sensors

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

// - Modular radar transmitters cope with CIP and SIP

// - Hydroacoustic technology used to monitor marine biodiversity

// - Need for powerful cranes drives development technologies

// - 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

// - Simplify hydrocarbon allocation and production reporting

 
 

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