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Rotary tables offer a longer working life

New P5W series rotary tables from Parker Hannifin are designed to be easier to install and last longer than competitive products

Power supplies benefit from digital control

EFE series power supplies employ an eight-bit microcontroller for full digital control of the output and to handle housekeeping routines

Entry-level vertical form seal flow wrapper

Medium-speed machine offers significant cost benefits and has been specially designed for food and other industrial bagging applications

Hollow profile for family of handling rails

The lightness of the hollow aluminium profiles makes them easy to position and handle for assembly. They can all be moved and positioned manually without any specific hoisting equipment

Innovation award recognises alloy analyser

Niton XL3t alloy analyser suitable for positive material identification, metal fabrication, electronic component testing, solder analysis, lead paint testing; scrap recycling

Guiding engineers to help disabled and older people

Aimed at engineers and technicians to make the accessible ICT systems they design and manufacture more useable by disabled and older people

Monitoring energy is the first step to effective management

Can monitor environmental conditions of warehouses, distribution bases, laboratories and production lines in the pharmaceutical, food preparation and aeronautical industries

Risk of recession has increased in the Finnish chemical industry

Finnish chemical industry will grow by 2.5 per cent in 2008. In 2009 the growth rate is expected to fall to 1 per cent

Circuit board housings for computer server system

Component contains almost 2000 individual perforations with hole positional tolerance of 0.1mm

Precision air/gas flow measurement

Suitable for combustion air flow monitoring, air monitoring to low NOx burners; device that operates at temperatures up to 850 °F (454°C)

Process controller allows the testing of up to five switch elements in one cycle

HBM’s EASYswitch process controller with TEDS now allows the testing of up to five switch elements in one cycle

Simple torque overload protection

Mechanical overload can be a leading cause of equipment failure. Saint Gobain offers a way of handling torque overload conditions in power tools

Single, unifying view into operational performance

Proficy DataMart reaches deep within manufacturing operations across a business to provide a single, unifying view into operational performance

Ultra-high power density open frame power supplies

HD365 series utilises the latest technologies and advanced switching topologies to deliver operational efficiencies up to 90 per cent with a power density exceeding 18W/in3, setting the standard for low and medium range power products

Angle of attack aircraft sensors

4239-01 AOA sensors from SpaceAge Control are designed specifically to meet the needs of commuter, business, and general aviation aircraft

Intelligent pump system will advance microfluidic applications

Enables very small-scale fluid control and analysis, allowing instrument manufacturers to develop smaller, more cost-effective and more powerful systems

Editing and converting scanned technical drawings

VPHybridCAD V10 now supports all AutoCAD versions from 2004 to 2009 and complies with the new AutoCAD 2009 ‘ribbon style’ user interface

Automotive MEMS sensor market to double

Driven by new government mandates, global shipments of automotive Microelectromechanical Systems sensors are expected to nearly double from 2006 to 2012, according to iSuppli Corp

Increased interconnection density with new PCB

The Hypertac HDLP connectors offer up to 2,000 mating cycles, excellent fretting corrosion resistance and are sealed to IP67 when mated

Checking torque values of critical fastenings

Operative takes wrench to production line once it has been stored with all the data to carry out a specific check of torque values

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