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Cables combine USB and additional power

GTK's new PoweredUSB cable assemblies designed to deliver a combination of USB data and power at 5, 12 or 24V

Pneumatic cylinder for food industry

Bosch Rexroth's ICS round pneumatic cylinder has materials, seals and design suitable for use in washdown environments

Seal testing and advice for chemical engineers

High performance seals specialist, Precision Polymer Engineering (PPE) is now offering chemical engineers an independent materials consultancy and laboratory service for seal selection and testing.

Temperature sensor has narrow field of view

35-degree field of view of MLX90614xAC enables it to monitor smaller components or be installed further away

Waste-to-energy market is booming

Waste management in Europe is no longer a haulage and disposal business. The legislative shifts of the past decade have seen major moves towards the implementation of advanced technology and innovative recycling solutions

Stadium gets hi-tech pitch

Industrial drive feeds motor used to power a fan that provides air to an under-pitch aeration system that promotes healthy turf

Safe and efficient removal of decommissioned oil platforms

What happens to an offshore oil platform when all the oil has been extracted? It...  

What happens to an offshore oil platform when all the oil has been extracted? It must be removed of course! This is a huge and costly task, but Aker Marine Contractors (AMC) has developed a new method for removing offshore platforms that should facilitate decommissioning operations for the oil industry. Trelleborg technology makes an important contribution to the new method.

In search of the 'green' car

Study concludes that several technologies will be used over the next decade to help cars meet legislated fuel and emissions targets

Calibration workstation for power station

Beamex equips Scotland's largest power station with a high quality, customised calibration facility for maintenance workshop

Sun shines on solar power steam turbine generators

Siemens now has firm orders for 15 steam turbine generators for similar solar applications, with 18 orders currently being processed

Steel gives way to polyethylene

Large bore UPP extra polyethylene fuel distribution pipe has predicted life expectancy of more than 50 years

Super lightweight dispensing valve

Fisnar CV629 Cartridge Valve is a pneumatically operated valve designed for precision dispensing of all types of fluids

Solar effect boosts European inverters market

Inverters for solar energy hold 99.4 per cent of renewable energy markets; revenues to increase at 24.9 per cent from 2004 to 2011

Frosted effect colour masterbatch

Developed specifically for packaging applications, ColourFrost is best used with transparent colours to deliver frosted effect

Electric motors may never look the same again

Justin Levine, the managing director of Parvalux Electric Motors, is an aeronautical engineer with a passion for motorbikes and a sharp insight into the market for industrial automation and control products

Universal hook features ensitive control handle

Ingersoll Rand hook suited for all repetitive tasks involving handling of loads of up to 230 kg in industrial environments

Space-saving flow meter

Suitable for measuring wet gas, condensate and dirty or abrasive flows aboard offshore platforms, FPSO vessels

3D laser scanners offer higher performance

A new Photon series of 3D laser scanners is claimed to offer greater clarity, better accuracy and higher sensitivity

Gesture-controlled computer demonstrated

Researchers will be at Cebit to demonstrate how human gestures can be used to control computer software applications

Ethernet switch is compact and cost-effective

Harting's eCon 2160-A unmanaged 16-port industrial Ethernet switch is described as compact, robust and cost-effective

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