Design News articles from October 2004

Design News archives from October 2004

ABC catches on.(Fact)
October 11, 2004... Introduced in the mid-1980s, activity-based costing (ABC) is now taught as a regular part of the accounting curriculum in undergraduate and graduate business programs. It has gained in popularity among U.S. companies, in large part because it...

Numbers game.(Fact)
October 11, 2004... According to the U.S. Department of Labor, accountants and auditors held about 1.1 million jobs in 2002. They worked in both private industry and government, but 20 percent of wage and salary accountants worked for accounting, tax preparation,...

In the money.(Fact)
October 11, 2004... According to the Smart-Pros Salary Survey, the majority (64 percent) of CPAs with 16 or more years of experience earned $70,000 or more in 2003. That salary level is roughly the same for engineers with equivalent work experience, though the...

Billable hours for engineers.(My View)(Editorial)
October 11, 2004... A FRIEND WHO IS AN ENGINEER JUST TOLD ME that his company has decided to implement activity-based costing across all departments--including engineering. I didn't know whether to congratulate him or send him a sympathy card. [ILLUSTRATION...

Online on cars: here is a tour of some interesting automotive websites.(Web Log)(www.sae.org; www.nhtsa.dot.gov; htp://ghlin2.greenhills.net/-apatter/steam.html)
October 11, 2004... IF YOU'RE INTO CARS, THEN AT SOME point you've checked out various automotive websites to see which contain the information you want. There are any number of auto-buff sites, where you can find new and used parts and connect with others who...

HDTV is a loser.(Readers Sound Off)(Letter to the Editor)
October 11, 2004... I've always thought HDTV was a losing proposition (Design News 09.13.04 My View, http://rbi.ims.ca/3856-501). Some time ago when the FCC started to look into HDTV, someone did a blind study on TV formats and sound quality. People immediately...

Missed the point.(Readers Sound Off)(Letter to the Editor)
October 11, 2004... I agree with the points you raised in your editorial on HDTV wholeheartedly. The stuff on TV really isn't worth having to buy a new TV. I also am a holdout from satellite, since cable isn't available where I live. But you have actually missed...

Aggrieved spouse?(Readers Sound Off)(Letter to the Editor)
October 11, 2004... It seems to me that there's an easy way out of the problem my wife set in her recent editorial. Rather than forcing HDTV tuners on the 85 percent of the public that relies upon cable anyway, why not simply have the federal government buy cable...

Can't make me pay.(Readers Sound Off)(Letter to the Editor)
October 11, 2004... Your husband's "no-cable policy" sounds a lot like my situation. We don't subscribe to cable due to the cost--particularly for all of the channels we would get but don't really care about. I don't mind the idea of the tuner being added, but I...

Fuel economy still hot; It's the biggest auto trend. As for safety: teach drivers.(Insight from Insiders)
October 11, 2004... McElroy has spent virtually his entire career observing the automotive industry. A much sought-after speaker on automotive topics, he hosts the television program "Autoline Detroit," a weekly discussion program featuring top automotive...

Life in an e-commerce world: it still takes time to get it right.(Really Opinionated People)
October 11, 2004... CUSTOMER: "I HAVE AN APPLICATION, WHERE I think we need to use one of your products." Supplier: "So what are the specifications of the application you're working on?" Customer: "I need one of your products to perform a function under...

Smart sensing: Nader Jalili's "smart" tires may change shape to respond to varying road conditions, thanks to embedded piezoelectric materials he is developing.(Research for the Real World)(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... PRESENT POSITION: Asst. Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University DEGREES: B.Sc., M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (Tehran, Iran); Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut ...

1 Data on-the-go.(New and Notable Product Design)
October 11, 2004... Philips Electronics/Nike MP3Run. Runners know your speed by how much your chest is heaving. But for those of you who are anal about the precise speed and distance you log on runs, this shoe-mounted, combo pedometer/MP3 player is for you. Here's...

2 Digital Pen.(New and Notable Product Design)
October 11, 2004... Nokia SU-1B Digital Pen. This digital writing instrument records as it writes and allows wireless data transfer to a cell phone or PC. Digital paper is the key to the pen's store-and-send abilities. The paper is printed with a special digital...

3 Bluetooth adapter for cars.(New and Notable Product Design)
October 11, 2004... Parrott DriveBlue Car Kit. Now you can keep your hands at the 10- and 2-o'clock positions on the steering wheel--just like they taught you in driver's ed. Simply plug this adapter in and connect to a Blue-tooth-enabled phone for hands-free...

4 Portable wireless keyboard.(New and Notable Product Design)
October 11, 2004... Frogpad Inc. Bluetooth FrogPad. If getting text data into a small portable device is a problem, the FrogPad keyboard could be the solution. The unit measures only 5.60 X 3.73 X 0.66 inches, yet features full-size keys and all the functionality...

5 Wireless barcode scanner.(New and Notable Product Design)
October 11, 2004... Baracoda BaracodaPencil. Hopefully, this flexible, new handheld scanner that doubles as a stylus for a PDA or tablet PC means the grocery store won't run out of our favorite chocolate chip cookies anymore. The device communicates with a...

6 Hands-free phoning.(New and Notable Product Design)
October 11, 2004... NEXTLINK.TO A/S Bluespoon Chameleon. Weighing only 16 gm and measuring a mere 5.7 X 32 X 30 mm, this headset provides hands-free cellphone operation, including voice-controlled dialing. For enhanced audio performance, engineers integrated the...

Wronged, a safety switch breaks right.(Technology You Can Use)
October 11, 2004... Emergency stop switches form the final defensive unit in a machine's safety roster. After other operator safeties have left the arena, E-stops offer a last means to bridle a machine gone wild. If you've built, say, a packager, parts handler, or...

Extreme Machine Awards program.(Special Advertising Section: Extreme Machines)(Advertisement)
October 11, 2004... Each year, engineers from all over the country and in a variety of industries design new equipment and machines that demonstrate creative application of leading-edge automation technologies. This year we are pleased to announce that Rockwell...

Automated sortation : redundant controls eliminate downtime.(Special Advertising Section: Extreme Machines)(Automated Control Technologies)(Advertisement)
October 11, 2004... MACHINE: TILT-TRAY SORTATION SYSTEM [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DESIGNED BY: AUTOMATED CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES Tempe, AZ KEY PERFORMANCE SPECS: * 1.3 million newspapers per day * 18 conveyor lines with redundant...

Automated coil winding technology: servo control handles fine wires.(Special Advertising Section: Extreme Machines)(Advertisement)
October 11, 2004... MACHINE: AUTOMATED COIL WINDER [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DESIGNED BY: ENGINEERING BY DESIGN San Jose, CA KEY PERFORMANCE SPECS: * Winding coils on mandrels with diameters of only 0.001 to 0.188 inch * Winding...

Automated storage and retrieval: PLC controls build in flexibility.(Special Advertising Section: Extreme Machines)(Advertisement)
October 11, 2004... MACHINE: 3000RF ROTATING FORK AS/RS [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DESIGNED BY: HK SYSTEMS Bountiful, UT KEY PERFORMANCE SPECS: * Reduced operating costs * Conforms to multiple industry standards * Lasers scan...

Flexible carton feeding: integration adds cartoning flexibility.(Special Advertising Section: Extreme Machines)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
October 11, 2004... MACHINE: MERIDIAN CARTONER [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DESIGNED BY: R.A. JONES AND COMPANY Cincinnati, OH KEY PERFORMANCE SPECS: * 200 cartons per minute * Carton sizes from 4 to 8 inches long, 1/2 to 6 inches...

Automated packaging technology: automation enables quick changeovers.(Special Advertising Section: Extreme Machines)(Advertisement)
October 11, 2004... MACHINE: FLEXCELL AUTOMATED CARTONING MACHINE [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DESIGNED BY: TRIANGLE PACKAGE MACHINERY CO. Chicago, IL KEY PERFORMANCE SPECS: * 90-100 bag-in-box cartons per minute * Changeover time...

Building the engineering electorate: engineers have good reason to go to the polls this November, and some in the community are trying to get more of them out to vote this election.(Voting)(related article: SO WHO VOTES?)
October 11, 2004... The typical momentum and hype surrounding the presidential election is intensify as November approaches. But this year candidates and their campaigns share the political spotlight with another race--the push for voter registration. As big of a...

New DHT.(Electronics)(Directly Heated Triode )(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... The Texas Instruments Sensors & Controls group has introduced a low-cost, hermetically sealed pressure transducer/transmitter, available in both 4-20 mA or voltage outputs. With electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) protection at levels to 100...

Hybrid networking project.(Electronics)(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... The Defense Advanced Research Agency (www.darpa.mil) has launched the Optical and Radio Frequency Combined Link Experiment program to develop a prototype system that combines free space optical and RF communications into a single networked...

Nano Expo.(Electronics)
October 11, 2004... The International Congress of Nanotechnology and the Nanotech Expo 2004 are being held in San Francisco from Nov. 7 to 11. Conference topics will include scientific presentations, and business and societal implications of nanotechnology....

No room for crashes: TV power source provides fault tolerant power distribution.(Relays)
October 11, 2004... When avid fans watch NASCAR races on TV, there's one thing guaranteed to upset them even more than a crash that takes their favorite driver out: a power outage that blacks out the broadcast. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Unless such a...

Data.(News)
October 11, 2004... 34 Percent of respondents who download CAD files for electronics applications Source: Design News Survey

Web sensing: standardized sensors use Web or PC base.(Sensors)
October 11, 2004... Sensors that use the IEEE 1451 standard are starting to appear, simplifying setup in a wide variety of applications. Users are now taking two approaches for system architectures, using either PC controls or linking sensor subsystems to networks...

Data.(News)
October 11, 2004... 37 Percent of respondents using Devicenet networked sensors in design Source: Design News Survey

Elastomer help.(Materials + Joining)
October 11, 2004... Minnesota Rubber/QMR Plastics has published a new 120-page Elastomer And Thermoplastics Engineering Guide for design engineers. This detailed reference book is a comprehensive design tool for simple or complex rubber and plastic components...

International prototyping.(Materials + Joining)
October 11, 2004... Wohlers Associates Inc. and DEMAT GmbH will hold their sixth annual international conference on rapid prototyping at EuroMold 2004, a tooling technology trade fair held in Frankfurt, Germany. This year's conference, titled the Future of Rapid...

Help for going straight.(Materials + Joining)(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... A new method for inspecting out-of-straightness limits for machine, tapping, and thread rolling screws has been introduced by the Industrial Fasteners Institute (IFI) in standard IFI-138. The new standard "Straightness Gaging Method and...

Virtual manufacturing: this factory flickers on your monitor.(Manufacturing)
October 11, 2004... Want to see a factory of the future? Well, turn on your computer. A New Jersey company called eMachineShop recently launched a new on-line factory that lets engineers quickly design, price, and order machined metal and plastic parts. ...

Data.(News)(Fomex)
October 11, 2004... 14,000 Number of possible urethane formulations in Fomex's R & D lab Source: Chiu Chan, technology vice president

Foam uses expand: the latest urethane foams do a lot more than provide padding.(Plastics)
October 11, 2004... EDDYSTONE, PA -- If you think free-rise urethane foam is just something you sit on, think again. "It's not always considered an engineering material," laments Andrew Thompson, a polymer chemist and executive vice president of Foamex...

New torque limiters.(Motion Control + Power Transmission)
October 11, 2004... Joyce/Dayton Corp. has developed its latest adjustable torque limiters that may integrate with the Steelbelt Speed Reducer line. An alternative to electronic or external limiters, the adjustable Steelbelt Torque Limiter uses a slip clutch...

First competition.(Motion Control + Power Transmission)(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... It's time once again for students and their mentors to register for the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition. The kickoff event will take place January 8, 2005, in Manchester, NH, followed by...

Automation Fair.(Motion Control + Power Transmission)(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... The Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley Automation Fair will take place October 27-28 in Orlando, FL. Attendees can choose from five industry tracks: automotive, food and beverage, life sciences, packaging and material handling, and...

Handle this "RAT" carefully: positioning system provides the solution.(Aircraft)(Ram Air Turbines)
October 11, 2004... Ram Air Turbines (RATs) deliver emergency power to aircraft, allowing pilots to manipulate flight surfaces for safe landings. Stowed in the wing or fuselage and deployed in the event that an airplane loses normal power, these devices have saved...

Print press goes digital: press switches to digital drives that match analog speeds.(Drives)
October 11, 2004... Printing presses present a big challenge for designers of motion control systems: They run at very high speeds; there are many passes for various colors; and registration has to be very precise or images appear blurry. But the landscape may...

Motion control protocols: Ethernet has proven to be disruptive to the growth of FireWire, says Sal Spada, director of research at ARC advisory group. In an exclusive interview, Spada tells design news what you need to know about integrating motion and I/O, and more.(Q & A)(Interview)
October 11, 2004... What faces communication protocols in motion control? Certainly Sercos and Profibus are interesting because the next generation is going to be the Ethernet solutions. The Ethernet solutions on Sercos are going to continue to adopt the same...

Learn fea.(Software + Hardware)
October 11, 2004... Algor is disabling any excuses engineers may have for not learning how to use finite element analysis. At http://rbi.ims.ca/3856-519, visitors may view one of the weekly archived webcasts that cover such topics as available solvers, composite...

Design and win.(Software + Hardware)
October 11, 2004... The Emhart "Create the Future" Contest--sponsored by Emhart Teknologies, ABP International, and NASA Tech Briefs--gives designers a chance to make their ideas a reality, and win some big prizes in the process. Contestants may enter one of four...

Free seminars.(Software + Hardware)
October 11, 2004... Cimmetry and CIMdata are hosting a series of free half-day seminars on the topic of visualization and collaboration. John MacKrell, senior consultant at CIMdata and featured speaker at the seminars, will discuss the visualization and...

Students take a turn at designing a better car: 'Challenge X' provides software to refine SUV.(Modeling)(Sport Utility Vehicle)
October 11, 2004... Engineering students from 17 universities across the country this month are cramming to finish the first phase of a special project that will give them credits toward graduation--and a chance to re-engineer an existing SUV. [ILLUSTRATION...

One size fits all: simulation enables ergonomic chair design for range of body types.(Simulation)(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... Whether you're a sumo wrestler or horse-racing jockey, chances are you'll be comfortable in the new Mirra office chair from Herman Miller, Inc. That's because engineers there used simulation software to analyze the base, arms, pedestal, and...

It's 2005 already for this design team: Childress Racing gets early start on new design regs.(Racing)(Richard Childress Racing)(regulations)(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... Engineers at Childress Racing are using Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire to model and simulate valve-train performance to meet 2005 NASCAR regulations. Among design tasks: modeling lift-off in the valve train. "At the rpms we turn (currently about...

Event pushes collaboration: users group to hear from experts.(Conference)
October 11, 2004... Users of iSIGHT design software will gather October 27-29 in Atlanta to hear presentations on competitive product engineering, including optimization and collaborative product development. The keynote speaker is Atsushi Matsui, chief...

FEA model results ... circular crimp rings ... step output converter ... contact material ... inductive charging ... sensing cutting tools ... 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)(Field Emitter Array)
October 11, 2004... Dear Search Engineer: I've designed a vibration fixture. The forcing frequency range was to be 10-2,000 Hz. The mass of the UUT is about 20 kg. The mass of the fixture was to be no heavier than 25 kg due to shaker limitations. After considering...

Found in translation: Texas Instruments translation portfolio is the broadest in the land.(Safe Bet Series: A Special Series from TI Standard Linear and Logic)(Advertisement)
October 11, 2004... What do cell phones, PDAs and digital cameras have in common? Texas Instruments has a translation device to meet any of these devices' needs. Most electronic systems need voltage-level translation, since some devices are capable of running...

GoVideo's DP5040 Portable DVD: video road trip.(Reference This!)(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... Digital Signal Processing (DSP) technology puts embedded video into the hippest portable products. Get the tools to simplify adding FPGA-based DSP technology in your next design. Play a DVD anywhere, connect to a home entertainment center...

Automotive airbag design: side impact; How hard is it to take what you know about front airbags and design a side airbag? It ain't easy.(Cover Story)
October 11, 2004... FROM THE SINGLE DRIVER-SIDE AIRBAG THAT WAS INSTALLED ON ALL OF U.S. vehicles a decade ago, the number has increased to as many as a dozen today. Side airbags may seem like an obvious next step after front airbags, but a significant amount of...

Safety rules the road: vision, LEDs, electronics, and sensors help design engineers improve auto safety.(related article: INFINITI LDW SYSTEM)(Light Emitting Diodes)
October 11, 2004... Carmakers discovered over a decade ago that safety sells vehicles. This realization drove Chrysler to incorporate driver side airbags as standard equipment in 100 percent of their vehicles in 1988. More recently, manufacturers have added safety...

The key to speed: fast turnarounds make injection molding the best prototyping choice for a maker of automotive locksets.(Design for Manufacturing)(related article: Something on the Side)
October 11, 2004... Prototyping plastic automotive interior components can be tough. On top of their functional needs, these parts usually have stringent cosmetic requirements that can rule out the use of rapid prototyping machines. And the most obvious...

Test systems move out: adding motion control to a test system requires planning.(Innovative Ideas from the Test Experts)(related article: Safety First)
October 11, 2004... Many electronic-test sequences require movement: Think of positioning a printed circuit board (PCB) in a test fixture and then pressing it against a bed of needle-like probes that connect the PCB to test instruments. Although engineers often...

Use motion control on any platform with NI SoftMotion technology.(Advertorial)(Advertisement)
October 11, 2004... Whether you're designing a packaging line for the beverage industry or a lithography machine for the semiconductor industry, you want flexibility in selecting your own platform for the control system. Motion is often the critical element of...

Software links design/prototyping to shorten development cycles: SignalExpress lets engineers reuse simulation data for prototype testing.(Test and Measurement)(SignalExpress)
October 11, 2004... There is a number of tools that streamline a product's design cycle, and many instruments make it possible to measure the performance of that product's prototypes. National Instruments has unveiled software that links these two environments,...

Controller: Ethernet-compliant.(Electronics)
October 11, 2004... The 750-841 Ethernet controller and the 750-341 Ethernet bus-coupler from WAGO Corp. have recently been declared compliant with Ethernet/IP[TM] standards, which were developed by the Open DeviceNet Vendor Association because of the growing use...

Universal programmer: easy to use with laptops.(Electronics)
October 11, 2004... The Model 866 was designed for fast communication via a standard parallel printer port or a USB port. Featuring extensive device libraries that are constantly updated, Model 866 has been manufactured specifically for use with computers and...

Evaluation system: rapid development and evaluation.(Electronics)
October 11, 2004... The PowerPC 750FX-based VME system, designed for a full range of mission-critical COTS applications, incorporates 256 Mbytes DRAM, 64 Mbytes Flash, two PMC sites, and a full month of free access to a technical support hotline. Designed for easy...

Thin film chip inductor: for high frequency and circuit matching.(Electronics)
October 11, 2004... Designed for high-volume and small-size applications, the KL73 1H's compact size allows for high-density mounting. The inductor has an inductance range of 0.6-27 nH with low dc resistance. The KI73 1H inductors are designed for use in many...

LED Photometric detector: can measure LED-based display.(Electronics)
October 11, 2004... The new IL Photometric 127 Sensor from International Light Inc. measures CIE averaged LED intensity per CI 127-1997 conditions A and B, and provides calibration curves on a CD. Featuring a 100[mm.sup.2] input aperture and photopic filter, the...

Fuse series: environmentally friendly.(Electronics)
October 11, 2004... Replacing all lead surfaces that the previous fuses had with approved substances, the new Nano2 and PICO II RoHS-compliant fuses meet the requirements of RoHS directive for the reduction of hazardous substances and are compatible with...

Analog-to-digital converter: flagship device in new family.(Electronics)
October 11, 2004... This 14-bit dual analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is the first to integrate two 14-bit ADCs on a single chip. Offered in a range of resolutions and speeds, the 9 x 9 mm chip houses the pin-compatible family that has a unique combination of...

LCD Solution Kits: connects display to output source.(Electronics)
October 11, 2004... The LCD Solution Kits will let almost any size, resolution, or form of digital flat panel display be connected to almost any analog signal output source. Included in the kits are flat panel controller boards, on-screen display boards, LCD...

Flash microcontrollers: ZiLOG and Data I/O collaboration.(Electronics)
October 11, 2004... The Z8Encore![R] and eZ80Acclaim![TM] 8-bit Flash microcontroller families have recently become fully supported by Data I/O's Sprint[R] and PS300 platforms. This offers turnkey solutions for programming Zilog devices during development and...

High performance switches: one-step installation.(Electronics)
October 11, 2004... Featuring integrated digital circuitry, long service life, and a small form factor, the Series HE Hall-Effect lighted push-button switches were designed as single-pole single-throw (SPST), or double-pole single-throw (2PST) momentary...

New LED flashlight: life span of more than 11 years.(Electronics)
October 11, 2004... The FlashLED FLT-5001 is the new powerful addition to the line of LED FlashLEDs. More powerful than any of its predecessors, the FlashLED-5001 features three 1W Luxeon[TM] LEDS, reportedly the brightest solid-state light source commercially...

Seven-segment displays: for industrial, commercial, or medical apps.(Electronics)
October 11, 2004... The new line of seven-segment displays from BivarOpto[TM] offer the tightest BIN control processes for brightness and color consistency. These displays use the same LED chips that are used in BivarOpto discrete and surface mounted LEDs....

Power supply system: various models available.(Electronics)
October 11, 2004... Five models of the new Symmetra LX family, designed to deliver high-performance redundant power protection with scalable power and run time, are offered from 4 kVA to 16 kVA. At 16 kVA, the Symmetra LX provides 30 min of runtime in a single...

Waterproof detector: for underwater UV light studies.(Electronics)
October 11, 2004... The IL Underwater Radiometer Detector and filter combinations, available for performing NIST traceable measurements from 200 to 1,100 nm, can be used in many applications including biological, environmental, meteorological, and for water...

RF tranceiver: saves space.(Electronics)
October 11, 2004... The MICRF505, the latest RadioWire[R] transceiver from Micrel, operates from 850 mHz to 950 mHz and supports frequency shift-keyed modulation at data-rates up to 200 kbps. Many functions of the transceiver are user programmable. The size of...

Optocouplers: first devices for 100C operation.(Electronics)
October 11, 2004... Designed to combine an input LED with an integrated optical photodiode IC detector optimized for applications requiring high data rates, the single-and dual-channel 10-MBd optocouplers feature fast rise and fall times as well as a typical...

Liquid level sensors: new electro-optical.(Electronics)
October 11, 2004... Gems Sensors has added two new sensor models to their line of liquid sensors--the ELS-900 and ELS-1150, both of which are made to work in liquid coolant applications, medical equipment, lubricant systems, and hydraulic fluid reservoirs. The...

Series of controllers: for use with World K and V series.(Electronics)
October 11, 2004... Designed to accept input power of 110/115V (ES01) and 200/230V (ES02) to control ac motors and gearmotors over a wide speed range, the ES01/ES02 series of compact ac motor speed controllers offer many different functions. These functions...

Inductive ring sensor: POM plastic housing.(Electronics)
October 11, 2004... The Ni100R-S32XI-VP44x-H1141, with a 100-mm diameter ring, is the newest member of Turck's line of inductive ring sensors. Designed for use in part detection through feeding and tube systems or part control, the S32 ring sensors have been...

Safety networking system: for standard PLCs.(Electronics)
October 11, 2004... The Safety at Work system from IFM Efector integrates standard mechanical safety devices into most standard PLCs and higher level networks as well as eliminates the need to individually wire each safety device back to the main control cabinet....

Flowmeter: microprocessor-controlled.(Fluid Power)
October 11, 2004... The Smart flowmeters from J-TEC Associates Inc. were designed specially for all gas and steam applications. The devices compensate for a material's pressure, temperature, and viscosity that they are handling by being microprocessor controlled....

Bag filter: no need for overhead lifting devices.(Fluid Power)
October 11, 2004... Featuring a 24 filter bag model that handles flow rates of up to 4,500 gpm, the MAXLINE[TM] MBF HD multi-bag filter housing is a bag filter that is available in either carbon steel or stainless steel. The MAXLINE MBF HD has incorporated a hand...

Recirculating chillers: integral, flow, and temperature alarms.(Fluid Power)
October 11, 2004... The newest line of recirculating chillers from PolyScience is suitable for many applications including industrial, laboratory, laser, and metalworking. The PolyScience 6000 series chillers lets users know when process parameters that the user...