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Elastic adhesive is flame-retardant

A new version of Threebond's TB1530 series single-component, moisture-curing elastic adhesives is certified flame retardant to UL94 V-0

Motor bearings benefit form lower friction

Schaeffler's Generation C ball bearings for electric motors have 35 per cent less friction, which helps to achieve higher motor efficiency

New multi-axis motion and machine controller

Trio Motion's new MC464 multi-axis controller features a 64-bit, 400 MHz Mips processor with 200 MHz DDR memory

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

Tyco completes $100 million Shell Pearl gas-to-liquid contract with Vanessa vales and Biffi actuators; over 3500 valves in both actuated and manually operated configuration had been supplied

Industrial cellular router connects up to four Ethernet devices

Comes with a built-in relay output that can be configured to indicate the priority of events when notifying or warning engineers in the field

Managing high data rates from space

Rack with cPCI backplane, power supply unit and cooling transmits huge data quantities back to Earth at high speeds

Compact fanless embedded computer

W311 is an entry level model with Moxa´s ART ARM9 32-bit 192 MHz processor that runs Linux 2.6; data transmission is secured through 802.11a/b/g WLAN

Bespoke solution for Qatar offshore platform

Project to replace the upper sections of three risers and emergency shutdown (ESD) valves

Polymer for compression vanes in pneumatic tools

VICTREX T-Series polymer delivers enhanced mechanical and tribological properties; helps satisfy environmental requirements

'Significant' potential for electric drives in the chemical industry

Frost and Sullivan finds market earned revenues of $147.0m in 2008 and estimates this to reach $187.6m in 2015

Modular fieldbus power supply system

Fieldbus Power Supply System provides a standard supply for eight or a redundant supply for four fieldbus segments at up to 28V/500mA or 1A

Power amplifier extends talk time

Avago Technologies expands family of fifth generation CoolPAM power amplifiers for mobile handsets

Triple current measurement in single housing

Transducers have three 12 x 10mm apertures for primary conductors and are securely mounted by four metallic pins, which are soldered to the PCB

ARC embeds Sonic technology

Provides significantly higher quality audio, allowing equipment designers to improve the quality of the audio or use smaller or cheaper components with the same audio quality

Photovoltaic cells: will grid parity change everything?

Photovoltaic installations measured in terms of megawatts are expected to rise at a CAGR of 72.4 per cent from 2010 to 2013

Prices for premium- and value-brand LCD TVs converge

Price differential between liquid crystal display televisions sold by premium brands and value brands is narrowing in battle to capture a wider consumer base

Building automotive video links

The two have developed a first reference design for graphics interconnect to run digital video in automotive infotainment and driver-assistance applications

Air conditioning features thermal wheels

They will recover up to 90 per cent (typically 75 to 85 per cent) of the energy in the extract air

869MHz transmitter can achieve 5km range

TX3H-869.5-15 low power radio specialist Radiometrix offers 450mW RF output for wireless data systems; module can be employed in a large number of end applications

Electrically conductive foil tape

ARclad 90038 from Adhesives Research is as an alternative bus bar material for delivering highly-reliable conductivity in thin-film photovoltaic modules

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