Design News articles from December 2004

Design News archives from December 2004

Who controls the wireless spectrum?(United States. Federal Communications Commission)(Editorial)
December 13, 2004... A FRIEND OF MINE RECENTLY (AND GLEEFULLY) related the following story to me: Frustrated by the lack of response from the IT department in getting wireless access to the network (security issues, blah blah blah), he and other engineers at the...

Look it up online: e-reference materials continue to blossom.
December 13, 2004... THE WORLD OF E-REFERENCE MATERIal for engineers is growing. We have previously written about Knovel Corp. (www.knovel.com), which has several hundred reference books on its Internet site (see Web Log, July 19, 2004). So does Engineering...

Non-glamorous in Glenview.(Readers Sound Off)(Letter to the Editor)
December 13, 2004... I just read your article "Cruel Shoes" (DN 09.27.04 http://rbi.ims.ca/3860-535) and found myself slapping my hand on my desk saying, "That is right!" I went shoe shopping a couple of days ago and, as I tried on a pair of high-heeled shoes, I...

Ilmeda's shoe habit.(Readers Sound Off)(Letter to the Editor)
December 13, 2004... You looked at the wrong Google reference. "Imelda bought another 300 pairs after leaving the palace" was the headline, but the original attention-grabber was the older report with much larger numbers. I thought she had several thousand pairs,...

Miracle shoes.(Readers Sound Off)(Letter to the Editor)
December 13, 2004... Last night I read your article about the new shoe technology from Adidas, but I must admit I was more intrigued by your thoughts and feelings on the lack of comfort in the fashion area of women's shoes. After I read through your article, I was...

Long way around.(Readers Sound Off)(Letter to the Editor)
December 13, 2004... With regard to your column on the Aquatic Airplane (DN Calamities 10.25.04 http://rbi.ims.ca/3860-537), I have two comments: First, the author Ken Russell is quite correct that the pilot was foolish not to take along floatation devices. The...

Bear in mind.(Readers Sound Off)(Letter to the Editor)
December 13, 2004... In Ask The Search Engineer (DN09.13.04 http://rbi.ims.ca/3860-538), a reader asked for recommendations on polymer or ceramic bearing manufacturers. Specifically, he needed a bearing for idler sprockets or rolls in ovens reaching temperatures of...

Offshore sourcing to grow: cutting waste, pursuing growth are the reasons.
December 13, 2004... Will the trend toward offshore manufacturing continue to grow? Yes. There are two fundamental drivers. One is the need to remain competitive by eliminating waste and reducing the overall cost (namely, labor and overhead). The second is the need...

Revamp math ed: 'dummying down' higher math for lower grades doesn't work.(mathematics education)
December 13, 2004... THE LEVEL OF MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEment in our public schools is eroding. Educational advancement in the U.S. has traditionally lagged Europe and Asia in the lower grades. Society accepted this and partially rationalized it because we teach all of...

Speed of light: the poineer of LED, Nick Holonyak Jr. is pushing the envelope again. This time, in the field of optoelectronics, he is attempting to match the speed of transistors.(RESEARCH FOR THE REAL WORLD)(Brief Article)(Interview)
December 13, 2004... PRESENT POSITION: The John Bardeen Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign DEGREES: B.S., M.S., Ph.D., electrical engineering, Univ. of Illinois WHEN YOU INVENTED THE LED,...

Next stop: Hollywood; Rockwell's employees capture the company's nuance in drama.(HEARD ON THE STREET)
December 13, 2004... Attention Mel Brooks: One slip up and Rockwell Automation's Alan Howard could replace you as one of America's funniest screenwriters. Alan, who has done multimedia development in Rockwell's marketing department, has been writing and producing...

EE and music: linking both helps development in file compression.(HEARD ON THE STREET)(Electronic engineers)
December 13, 2004... Ken Pohlmann, who started the first master's degree in music engineering in the U.S., believes understanding music is critical for EEs who design audio products. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] That's because EEs can design a circuit or write...

4-Gbyte ... microdrive.(NEW AND NOTABLE PRODUCT DESIGN)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Hitachi 3K4 digital media. The 4-Gbyte microdrive has four times more memory than its predecessor and is still just 42 X 36 X 5 mm in a 1-inch CompactFlash Type II format. The unit interfaces with compact Flash plus (CF+) and is Advanced...

4-Gbyte Memory Stick.(NEW AND NOTABLE PRODUCT DESIGN)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... SanDisk Memory Stick PRO[TM]. These new cards boast double the current maximum capacities to 4 Gbyte. To achieve this performance, engineers used a high-density 90-nm 4-Gbit NAND multilevel cell (MLC) Flash memory, combined with chip stacking...

4-Gbyte hard disk drive (HDD).(NEW AND NOTABLE PRODUCT DESIGN)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Toshiba 0.85-inch HDD. The sub-1-inch form factor (32 X 24 X 5 mm) drive was certified early in 2004 as the smallest HDD by Guinness World Records. The 0.85-inch diameter drive can store 4 Gbyte, making it a suitable memory solution for...

2-Gbyte USB Flash memory.(NEW AND NOTABLE PRODUCT DESIGN)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Imation USB 2.0 Swivel Flash Drive. Miniature format thumb drives' plug-and-play capability allow users to drag and drop files and transfer data on any computer with a USB 1.1 or 2.0 port. Imation engineers have increased the Flash memory...

60-nm flash memory.(NEW AND NOTABLE PRODUCT DESIGN)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Samsung 60-nm 8-Gbit NAND Flash Memory. The semiconductor industry's first 60-nm 8-Gbyte NAND Flash memory device targets data storage for mobile appliances. The 60-nm process technology achieves approximately 30 percent reduction in cell size...

A new take on managing image distortion.(NEW AND NOTABLE PRODUCT DESIGN)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Infocus LP540 (http://rbi.ims.ca/3860-546). Even the best PowerPoint presentation can suffer if the projector is mounted at a sharp angle producing a distorted image called the keystone effect. Besides having several features including...

Self-orienting camera phone.(NEW AND NOTABLE PRODUCT DESIGN)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... The V401D by Mitsubishi Electric (http://rbi.ims.ca/3860-548). Engineers at Mitsubishi realized it would be great to know which side of a cell phone is up when taking photos with it. To distinguish the portrait from the landscape mode in...

Notepad computer knows which way is up.(NEW AND NOTABLE PRODUCT DESIGN)
December 13, 2004... Toshiba Portege M200 (http://rbi.ims.ca/3860-550). The graphics capability of the M200 Tablet PC allows a speaker to add hand-written notes or diagrams to a document during a presentation or meeting--so long as the computer knows which side...

Distributor websites cater to engineers: newly added features help boost returning traffic.(INTERNET)
December 13, 2004... In 1999, during the dot-com explosion, Internet start-ups looked at the business-to-business world and decided it could do a better job than traditional distributors of connecting people and products. Their battle cry was "disintermediation,"...

First single-chip 48-port switch.(ELECTRONICS)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Agere Systems (www.agere.com) has introduced reportedly the first single-chip 48-port Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switch that can provide manufacturers a 50 percent savings in total chip count and 35 percent lower power consumption. According to...

LED drivers.(ELECTRONICS)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... National Semiconductor Corp. (www.national.com) has unveiled the LP3950, reportedly the first color LED driver with audio synchronizer. With this feature, the color LEDs on the phone or MP3 player blink and change color in time with the music...

Lighting catalog.(ELECTRONICS)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
December 13, 2004... A 20-page color catalog from Waldmann Lighting Co. (www.waldmannlighting.com) featuring machine tool and magnification lighting for industrial and electronic workplaces is now available. Highlights include Waldmann's newest HSW-75 halogen...

Automakers to speed up DSP usage: Drive by wire will lead in the accelerating growth.(Digital signal processing)
December 13, 2004... The unabated growth of electronic controls in automobiles is prompting design engineers to employ a new technology--digital signal processing (DSP). Radio, the one application that has used DSPs for a while, will gain steam as they change while...

Array packaging breaks out: flip chips, bare die see greater acceptance.(FLIP CHIPS)
December 13, 2004... Engineers who need very high performance or extremely small form factors may soon be able to find semiconductors in smaller form factors. Flip chip and unpackaged bare die are gaining acceptance after years of failing to meet marketing...

New cushions.(FLUID POWER)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... ACE Controls has introduced NuCushions, a cost-effective alternative for pneumatic cushions in pneumatic cylinders. Designed for external mount, NuCushions reportedly provide quite operation without the need for adjustment, eliminating the need...

Adjustable stops.(FLUID POWER)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
December 13, 2004... Bray Controls has unveiled the Series 92/93 actuator, which features two independently adjustable travel stop screws and a cam on the output shaft to permit precise bi-directional adjustment of actuator movement in both open and closed...

Pump info available.(FLUID POWER)
December 13, 2004... Tarby[R], a North American manufacturer of cavity pumps and replacement parts, has released its new full color brochure, covering the Titan C22 Progressing Cavity Pump, a drop-in replacement for seepex BN series pumps, including interchangeable...

High-flow air valves simplify router design: compact valve stacks also help save costs.(PNEUMATICS)(Precision PCB Products (San Clemente, CA))
December 13, 2004... Designed by engineers at Precision PCB Products (San Clemente, CA), the Final Touch 101 printed circuit board router used pneumatics instead of electric motors as a means of holding printed circuit boards in place during the so-called...

Conductive compounds flow better.(MATERIALS + JOINING)
December 13, 2004... RTP Company has developed high-flowing conductive polypropylene compounds for thin-wall injection molding. These materials have typical melt flows of 20 gm/10 min, versus from 1 to 3 gm/10 min with earlier compounds. Typical electrical...

The best of powder metal.(MATERIALS + JOINING)
December 13, 2004... The Metal Powder Industries Federation has opened its 2005 international design competition, which recognizes achievements in the commercial production of powder metal components. Winners will be announced at the 2005 International Conference...

Superconductors get a jolt.(MATERIALS + JOINING)
December 13, 2004... Rockwell Automation Inc. and SuperPower Inc. announced they will work together to design, build, and install high-temperature superconducting (HTS) electric motors and generators for high-horsepower commercial, industrial, and military...

Simple molded circuits: new materials and processing technology make it easier to produce molded interconnect devices.(ENGINEERING PLASTICS)
December 13, 2004... Molded interconnect devices (MIDs), or circuits applied to a 3D plastic carrier, might seem like a good idea. By eliminating printed circuit boards and related components, a MID can shave space, cost, and weight from antennas, sensors,...

One hot polymer: a brand new engineering thermoplastic beats the heat.(ENGINEERING PLASTICS)
December 13, 2004... A new transparent, high temperature sulfone material from Solvay Advanced Polymers made its debut at the recent K 2004 Fair in Dusseldorf, Germany. Called SUPRADEL HTS, the material has a heat deflection temperature of 255C and a glass...

Robotics directory.(POWER TRANSMISSION + MOTION CONTROL)
December 13, 2004... Free copies of the 2004-05 supplier directory by the Robotic Industries Association (RIA) is now available at www.roboticsonline.com. New this year is a quick-reference table, "User's Guide to Robot Systems Integrators," that presents listings...

Do it yourself.(POWER TRANSMISSION + MOTION CONTROL)
December 13, 2004... Available now is the "9 Critical Steps to Straight Bevel Gear Layout," a guide to free companies from the dependence on suppliers and consultants when it comes to gear design. Also covered are straight bevels, spiral and Zerol[R] bevels, and...

Zero-backlash drive.(POWER TRANSMISSION + MOTION CONTROL)(new products)(Uhing Company)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Uhing Company has introduced the RS4 linear drives. Available in seven sizes, the drives feature shaft rotational speeds of up to 10,000 rpm, travel speeds from 0.5ft/sec to 4.0 ft/sec, and axial thrust of 22-449 lbs. Specially machined Uhing...

Data.(NEWS)
December 13, 2004... 90 Percent of automation-design projects where system integrators have some degree of specifying authority Source: Design News, Automation study, 2004

Designing in nanoscales: step-and-flash imprint technology moves toward solution that offers lithography that is cost-effective and sub-50nm.(LITHOGRAPHY)
December 13, 2004... The challenge of achieving 50 nm lithography, with perhaps 20 nm alignment, requires solving a series of engineering problems and precision mechanical issues. For the engineering team at Molecular Imprints (www.molecularimprints.com) working on...

Antidote to office pain: adjustable workstations; New Cornell study underscores the benefits.(ERGONOMICS)
December 13, 2004... Fresh research from a prominent ergonomics expert verifies what most of us instinctively knew: Changing positions relieves the strains of cubicle life. Professor Alan Hedge of Cornell University's Human Factors and Ergonomics Research...

Cofes confab.(SOFTWARE + HARDWARE)
December 13, 2004... The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software will convene its 2005 meeting April 14 in Scottsdale, AZ. This annual gathering of software industry experts from the user and supplier world consists of several panel/workgroup discussions and...

Time saver.(SOFTWARE + HARDWARE)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Armstrong Pumps Inc. is adding new functionality to its online product configuratior in the hopes that it will save time. The company will implement RuleStream's RPM (rules-driven product management) software. The added functionality will...

New release.(SOFTWARE + HARDWARE)(ANSYS released version 9.0 of its flagship simulation software)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... ANSYS (www.ansys.com) has released version 9.0 of its flagship simulation software, integrating electromagnetic, computational fluid dynamics, and mesh creation technologies within the ANSYS Workbench[TM] product-development environment. Also...

Hosted PLM.(SOFTWARE + HARDWARE)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... PTC will offer small and medium manufacturers access to thier product development solutions on demand. Manufacturers will get access to Windchill[R] product data management and collaborative project management tools through a shared...

Students break land-speed record: CAD makes quick design changes possible.(3D DESIGN)
December 13, 2004... With their design efforts powered by a range of software, a student team from Ohio State University broke the world land-speed record for electric vehicles in October 2004 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Their car, dubbed the Buckeye...

Management tools continue to grow: three new products aim to ease design process.(PDM)
December 13, 2004... The number of products for helping engineers manage their work--and the product development process in general--continues to swell. Three new products have hit the market in the last two months that promise to bring that management capability,...

Infrared heat ... double-sided adhesive foam ... ultrasonic sensors ... the Search Engineer finds solutions to all your questions, problems, and dilemmas. Occasionally, he could be wrong. But he doubts it.(Ask THE SEARCH ENGINEER)
December 13, 2004... Dear Search Engineer: I am looking for an infrared heat source that can be used in an industrial application for melting vinyl at 500F. The issue is not producing UV at the same time so that it does not discolor the vinyl. I've been down the...

Winning composites: SPE competition brings out the best in automotive engicomposites--and other neering thermoplastics, too.
December 13, 2004... IF YOU THINK THAT CARBON-FIBER COMPOSITES BELONG ONLY IN THE AIR AND ON racetracks, think again. The 34th annual Society of Plastics Engineers' Innovation Awards, which honor the year's best automotive plastics applications, not only featured...

It's time to get fired up: all the pieces are in place for FireWire motion control, but the jury is still out on its potential.
December 13, 2004... THE FIRST FIREWIRE, OR IEEE 1394-BASED MOTION CONTROL SYSTEMS were introduced more than seven years ago to take advantage of the high-speed data network designed for computer and consumer applications. Since that time, a number of companies...

Three ways to control a single-phase induction motor.(HOW-TO FOR TECHIES)
December 13, 2004... Every day engineers design products that employ single-phase induction motors. Speed control of single-phase induction motors is desirable in most motor control applications since it not only provides variable speed but also reduces energy...

Reuse extends test investments: planning lets engineers reuse hardware and software.
December 13, 2004... The nine tips below will help engineers get the most for their test system money and will enhance their ability to reuse existing hardware and software. All of the tips involve thinking ahead and developing a test system plan that incorporates...

Increasing measurement reuse and productivity in the lab.(TEST EXPERTS ADVERTORIAL SERIES)
December 13, 2004... Increasing reuse no longer applies to just large automated test systems. Electronic design and validation engineers are experiencing similar needs for improved productivity through increased measurement efficiency and reuse in the lab. One of...

DSPs expand high-performance audio: audio-specific 400-MHz DSPs target both professional and home applications.(ELECTRONICS)(digital signal processors )
December 13, 2004... The growing need for more features in consumer and professional audio has dictated a need for higher-performance digital signal processors (DSPs). Analog Devices' newest Sharc processors address these needs with the ADSP-21367 for consumer...

Software: for quantitative analysis.(SOFTWARE + HARDWARE)
December 13, 2004... AutoQuant Pro[TM] is designed as the new generation of automated, multicomponent FTIR software for quantitative analysis. It reportedly builds upon over six years of successful field experience with the company's original software and provides...

Software: for composites design.(SOFTWARE + HARDWARE)
December 13, 2004... Version 5.0 of FiberSIM[R] software is designed to allow users working with CAD systems to design products made of strong, lightweight, composite materials. It features an all-new Advanced Composite Engineering Environment[TM] that reportedly...

Simulation software: reduces design time.(SOFTWARE + HARDWARE)
December 13, 2004... SIMPLORER[R] simulation software was created for the design of large-scale, multi-domain systems found in the automotive, aerospace/defense, and industrial automation industries. It reportedly features a new scripting interface, enhanced...

Data organization solution: Web-based program.(SOFTWARE + HARDWARE)
December 13, 2004... Rev 5 of LMS Tec.Manager is a Web-based and ASAM-ODS-compatible solution that is designed for efficient data organization, retrieval, and reporting. It reportedly allows users to leverage the information value of large volumes of data that...

Fatigue analysis software: with step-by-step assistance.(SOFTWARE + HARDWARE)
December 13, 2004... FatigueWizard is a software add-in that allows engineers to use the results of the company's stress analysis to carry out easy-to-use stress- and strain-based fatigue life calculations of product designs. It is designed to help users complete...

Touch screens: reliable, transparent.(SOFTWARE + HARDWARE)
December 13, 2004... Engineered as highly transparent, high-resolution, high-reliability touch screens, the IRTouch touch screens use infrared touch technology that offers a stable, maintenance-free, and calibration-free solution for point-of-sale and industrial...

Toolkits: powerful rendering capabilities.(SOFTWARE + HARDWARE)
December 13, 2004... The company has announced the licensing of its HOOPS[R] 3D technology to Autodesk[R]. The HOOPS 3D Application Framework and HOOPS Stream Toolkit reportedly help power the 3D viewing capability in Autodesk DWF[TM] Viewer 5 and help enable the...

Data transfer tool: interpolates values in nodes.(SOFTWARE + HARDWARE)
December 13, 2004... Smart\Coupling is designed to be a multidisciplinary data transfer tool for coupling and linking of mathematical models coming from different disciplines. It reportedly enables a seamless multiphysics interaction, and allows coupling of models...

Solution set: expanded, new platform options.(SOFTWARE + HARDWARE)
December 13, 2004... The company has released a variety of new enhancements and options to its Agile 9 Enterprise PLM solution. Also included are a new release of the Agile Product Governance and Compliance product, and the delivery of new features and improved...

PLM solution: built on Microsoft .NET.(SOFTWARE + HARDWARE)
December 13, 2004... Version 6 of the company's PLM software is engineered as a business-ready solution, and the company's Innovator[TM] is the underlying application framework. They are reportedly the first and only actionable metrics based on a standardized set...

KVM: cuts setup time.(SOFTWARE + HARDWARE)
December 13, 2004... Engineered to allow users to control up to 16 PCs from a single workstation, the GFC 1716 FoldAway[TM] KVM features specialized HD15 connector and unique KVM cables. It is 1U high and 25.5 inches deep, and it installs in any standard EIA...

Software feature: combines analysis and test.(SOFTWARE + HARDWARE)
December 13, 2004... The company's new compare test data feature is designed to let users export analysis data from COSMOSWorks[R] software to test applications based on National Instruments Lab-VIEW graphical development environment. Test applications focus on the...

Software package: for designers or analysts.(SOFTWARE + HARDWARE)
December 13, 2004... The company's LSA software is offered for use by either designers or analysts at the concept design stage. Common suspension layouts are reportedly preprogrammed into the software, and all significant suspension parameters are included in the...

EDM solution: comprehensive.(SOFTWARE + HARDWARE)
December 13, 2004... The Adept 5.2 is billed as the most comprehensive engineering document management solution, and it is reportedly certified to support Autodesk Inventor[R] Series 9, Autodesk Inventor Professional 9, and SolidWorks[R] 2005. It provides more...

Workstations: no performance compromise.(SOFTWARE + HARDWARE)
December 13, 2004... The Sun Java[TM] Workstations are designed to run Solaris[TM], Windows, or Linux operating systems. They reportedly support simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit computing with no compromises in performance, enabling users to maintain their existing...

CAD viewer: free, for major CAD programs.(SOFTWARE + HARDWARE)
December 13, 2004... The company is offering a free CAD viewer that will reportedly enable users to view (but not change) CAD models in all the major forms, including CATIA versions 4 and 5, Pro/ENGINEER 2001 and Wildfire, SDRC, Unigraphics, SolidWorks, and...

Transducers: available in custom lengths.(ELECTRONICS)
December 13, 2004... The models 116 and 126 submersible hydrostatic level transducers are designed specifically for compatibility with Campbell Scientific[R] dataloggers. They reportedly provide an innovative ratiometric mV analog output to achieve a total error...

Block: industry first.(ELECTRONICS)
December 13, 2004... The Brad Harrison[R] Passive DeviceNet Block is designed to offer 14 DeviceNet nodes in the same, or smaller, footprint than existing eight-port blocks. They reportedly feature up to 60-percent space-saving capability over functionally...

Mini-fuse and relay: economical and compact.(ELECTRONICS)
December 13, 2004... The Series 15300 Power Distribution Module is a rear terminal mini-fuse and relay (RTMR). The product reportedly features a compact design that provides high component density and is versatile as either a primary or auxiliary power distribution...

PC/104-plus card: stackable for connection.(ELECTRONICS)
December 13, 2004... Engineered as a stackable PC/104-plus card that combines a 100Base T Ethernet MAC with a four-port switch, the 4166 reportedly makes it easy to connect multiple embedded system cards without the awkward power or mechanical problems with...

Drives: high-performance.(ELECTRONICS)
December 13, 2004... The DCM8028 and DCM8055 micro-stepping chopper drives are designed to offer a cost-effective solution for production volume requirements. The small size reportedly enables designers to use the drives in a limited space while easily integrating...

Dc/dc converters: non-isolated.(ELECTRONICS)
December 13, 2004... The NNL 10 Series of non-isolated dc/dc converters features 16 new devices that reportedly provide full-load current outputs of 10A and high-precision voltages ranging from 0.9 to 3.3V. Each variant is offered an optional "dc OK" single-wire...

Cord sets: with male and female inserts.(ELECTRONICS)
December 13, 2004... The company has extended its sensor/actuator cable family to include SAC--1/2-inch ac cord sets. The products are reportedly available with male and female inserts in both both straight and angled configurations. The 3, 4, and 5 positions are...

Relays: solid-state.(ELECTRONICS)
December 13, 2004... Designed for switching medium-to high-power dc loads, the Series S20DC30 and Series S20DC100 commercial dc solid-state relays reportedly feature the latest-generation MOSFET technology and an innovative isolated driver to ensure fast power...

Lever switch: toggle can be locked.(ELECTRONICS)
December 13, 2004... The 100 series K locking lever switch reportedly allows the toggle to be locked in any of three positions to prevent unintentional actuation. It is designed for rugged environments, and the panel-mounted switch is intended for wide application...

Motion controller: analog feedback options.(ELECTRONICS)
December 13, 2004... The RMC70 Series motion controllers feature analog feedback capabilities. According to the company, the AA(x) versions include a single-axis module with one analog control output and one analog feedback input, or as a two-axis version with two...

White light source: high power.(ELECTRONICS)
December 13, 2004... Engineered to provide incoherent light to measure wavelength-dependent loss characteristics for optical devices and optical fibers, the AW4305 white light source allows faster sweep time of the optical spectrum analyzer. Its power density is...

Film resistor divider networks: 0.05 percent resistance ratio tolerance.(ELECTRONICS)
December 13, 2004... The MP series of precision thin-film resistor divider networks is hailed as the first such devices to provide 0.05 percent resistance ratio tolerance in the SC-70 package. It is designed for use in instrumentation amplifiers, precision voltage...

Cabinets: earthquake-proof.(ELECTRONICS)
December 13, 2004... The company's range of customizable seismic Zone 4 cabinets is designed to offer high protection against shock and vibration. They are comprised of a rugged, cold roll steel frame with reinforced structural steel corner angles. They are...

Aluminum boxes: with external mounting brackets.(ELECTRONICS)
December 13, 2004... The AN series of NEMA 4X-rated aluminum boxes feature external mounting brackets that can be mounted on a wall or panel without having to remove the cover and expose the internal components. They are equipped with 0.09-inch thick permanently...