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Business heats up.(THE EDITORS' Page)
September 1, 2005... I left the oppressive August heat wave in New Jersey to fly to Austin, Texas where the weather was... well, in the upper 90s. Even though I didn't escape the heat, Austin's regular high temperatures seemed the appropriate venue to view the hottest technologies National Instruments (NI) had...

Easy-rider-scrubber: floor cleaning machine saves time and the environment.(PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS: Plant Ops/MROP)
September 1, 2005... Mitsubishi Electric Power Products manufactures high-voltage circuit breakers for the utility industry at its facilities in Warrendale, PA. Prior to shipping them to utility customers, the parts for these circuit breakers are stored in a 40,000-sq. ft. warehouse facility about four miles from...

RFID starter kits enable users to learn, test and apply.(TECH TRENDS: Material Handling)
September 1, 2005... UHF-RFID reader/writer starter kits are offered in three versions that guide users through the initial stages of an RFID system set-up. The basic starter kit, "Get Smart," includes the RFID reader/writer hardware, one antenna, cables, a power supply, a "Quick Start" guide, and 100 RFID labels...

Hydraulic tilter.(TECH TRENDS: Material Handling)
September 1, 2005... Tilter rotates from 0 to 85 degs. by two hydraulic cylinders. Rotation can be stopped in any position and the deck will control valve is actuated. * Side safety screens * Air motor * Deck can be sized to handle most containers or racks * Foot valve or hand lever controls...

It's not all about the sensor: strategies for identifying and reducing sources of temperature measurement uncertainty.(SECOND OF A TWO-PART SERIES)
September 1, 2005... A basic awareness of the inherent accuracy of particular sensor types is important, but goes only a short way toward the goal of achieving optimally accurate temperature measurement. It is the broader knowledge of how sensor choice, sensor placement and a wide variety of environmental factors...