Mechanical Engineering-CIME articles from April 2008

Mechanical Engineering-CIME archives from April 2008

Question of the month.(Only on M.E. Magazine Online @ www.memagazine.org)
April 1, 2008... Question of the Month If a smart machine could compensate for its own wear and vibration, by how much might that decrease a company's manufacturing costs? The next Question of the Month is online now! [GRAPHIC OMITTED] ...

For the greater good.(Editorial)
April 1, 2008... For several months, Gabriella, the 13-year-old daughter of a dear friend, complained frequently of headaches and blurred vision. After numerous visits to several doctors, she was diagnosed with optic disc swelling caused by a rare syndrome...

Robotic solutions.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2008... To the Editor: Plastics products are associated primarily with high-volume production and increasingly, at least in developed nations, associated with high levels of automation. But much of the automation in the plastics manufacturing sector is...

Enthusiasm for opportunity.(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2008... To the Editor: I'm a mechanical engineering student at Cairo University in Egypt. I see that the C students are more active and participate in student activities such as the ASME Section or other student organizations ("Creative Impulse,"...

Just your type.(news & notes)(University of Hertfordshire)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire in Hertfordshire, England, have recently discovered that people choose robot companions in accordance with their own personality type. The researchers are developing human-style robots that may...

Pact for hybrid vehicles.(news & notes)(Azure Dynamics Corp.)(Utilimaster Corp.)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... A developer of hybrid electric and electric powertrains for commercial vehicles, Azure Dynamics Corp. of Oak Park, Mich., has signed a supply agreement with Utilimaster Corp. for the assembly, hybridization, and manufacturing engineering of...

Academy unveils grand engineering challenges.(news & notes)(American Association for the Advancement of Science)
April 1, 2008... The U.S. National Academy of Engineering recently unveiled its 14 grand challenges for engineering in the 21st century at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston. The challenges fall into four...

New microcontrollers for automobiles.(news & notes)(Atmel Corp. introduces AVR 8-bit microcontrollers )(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... San Jose, Calif.-based Atmel Corp. now has a new family of AVR 8-bit microcontrollers dedicated to motor control applications for automotive use. The manufacturer claims that the ATmega16M1 and ATmega32M1 are the first devices developed for the...

Nuclear application advances with NRC.(news & notes)(United States. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)(Duke Energy Corp.)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... Duke Energy of Charlotte, N.C., has received confirmation from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission that its combined construction and operating license application for the proposed William States Lee III Nuclear Station has been approved and...

Composites plant for Korea.(news & notes)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... To provide enhanced service and support for customers in Korea and Asia, SABIC Innovative Plastics is opening a major production line at its facility in Chung-Ju, Korea. The new line will produce LNP Verton long glass fiber-reinforced...

More juice near great falls.(news & notes)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... The operator of the Rainbow Dam hydroelectric plant on the Missouri River near Great Falls, Mont., says it plans almost to double the plant's electric generating capacity by constructing a new powerhouse with a 60-megawatt turbine. According to...

Running silent.(news & notes)
April 1, 2008... Relying on a clever use of thermal expansion, researchers at Woods Hole OceanographiC Institute in Falmouth, Mass., have built a robotic vehicle powered entirely by the warmth of ocean water. In an initial test of the vehicle, the submersible...

More turbochargers for Europe.(news & notes)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... Driven by growing Enropean demand for turbochargers, Borg-Warner of Auburn Hills, Mich., has expanded its facility in Oroszlany, Hungary, about 80 km from Budapest. A new 4,650-square-meter building will provide added manufacturing,...

Wheel bearings business acquired.(news & notes)(Hephaestus Holdings Inc.will acquire Delphi Corp.)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... An independent manufacturer of forged parts for the North American automotive industry, Hephaestus Holdings Inc., will acquire substantially all the non-cash assets primarily used in Delphi Corp.'s North American bearings business. Kyklos...

Super wire connected.(news & notes)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... The supplier of superconductive wire said that a new, advanced cable has been successfully connected in a section of the electric grid at Albany, N.Y. National Grid has been operating a three-phase cable made from high-temperature...

The Timken Co. of Canton, Ohio, has completed the acquisition of Boring Specialties Inc., a Houston-based supplier of precision deep-hole oil and gas drilling and extraction products and services.(Briefly Noted)
April 1, 2008... The Trimken Co. of Canton, Ohio, has completed the acquisition of Boring Specialties Inc., a Houston-based supplier of precision deep-hole oil and gas drilling and extraction products and services. Timken will operate the business as Timken...

Lockheed Martin.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... Lockheed Martin says it has successfully completed acoustic testing of the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency military communications satellite. The Advanced EHF system will provide protected, global communications for U.S. armed forces.

Computational Engineering International.(Briefly Noted)
April 1, 2008... Computational Engineering International of Apex, N.C., is shipping its latest version of EnSight, the company's visualization software. The release is called EnSight 2008 Winter.

Design Prototyping Technologies.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... Design Prototyping Technologies, a provider of rapid prototyping and low-volume manufacturing services headquartered in Syracuse, N.Y., has published A Practical Guide to Prototyping. The guide is a quick reference tool for industrial designers...

CAE of Montreal has signed contracts to design and manufacture four full-flight simulators and associated CAE Simfinity training devices valued at $52 million Canadian at list prices.(Briefly Noted)
April 1, 2008... CAE of Montreal has signed contracts to design and manufacture four full-flight simulators and associated CAE Simfinity training devices valued at $52 million Canadian at list prices. The contracts are with Lufthansa Flight Training and Xiamen...

The U.S. Army has awarded General Dynamics Robotic Systems a contract with a total potential value of $40 million for production of the robotic Mobile Detection Assessment and Response System (MDARS).(Briefly Noted)
April 1, 2008... The U.S. Army has awarded General Dynamics Robotic Systems a contract with a total potential value of $40 million for production of the robotic Mobile Detection Assessment and Response System (MDARS). General Dynamics Robotic Systems will...

Earthquake-proof Istanbul.(computing)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ISTANBUL IS AT HIGH RISK in the event of an earthquake. Now Turkish officials have teamed with Purdue University engineers to offer a bold proposal: Build a second city. The new city would offer residents of the...

Clearly stated.(computing)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... IT'S NOT ENOUGH to be on top of your research game. The next generation of researchers needs to be able to talk about research findings in ways that others can understand, according to Jim Frenzel, an associate professor of electrical...

Part reuse.(computing)(MTS Systems Corp.)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... A MANUFACTURER, MTS Systems Corp. of Eden Prairie, Minn., is using its enterprise resource planning system to create new digital assembly designs by swapping out interchangeable, digital parts. "Over time, this system should save our...

Vital feedback.(computing)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... WITH THE HELP OF COMPUTERIZED image analysis and a haptic pen, radiologists may one day feel the images they see on screen, according to an Uppsala University professor helping to develop the new technology. Computerized image analysis is...

Computers to detect aneurysms.(computing)
April 1, 2008... THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DIE each year from ruptured brain and aortic aneurysms. The bulges, which occur in weakened areas of blood vessel walls, can rupture without warning. Finding aneurysms before they rupture can help physicians save lives....

How do you feel?(computing)
April 1, 2008... FACEBOOK'S SUCCESS PROVES that we're more than willing to share personal information across the Internet. So how about emotions? In the future, you might use the Internet to determine where your friends are, what they're doing, and how they...

Online training.(computing)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... A COMPANY THAT offers machine-shop services online, EmachineShop.com, offers a free online CAD training program at www.emachineshop.com. The CAD software features direct manufacturing capability. Training includes basic drawing techniques, how...

Stratasys.(Briefly Noted)(Stratasys has introduced FDM 360)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... A maker of rapid prototyping machines and materials, Stratasys of Minneapolis, has introduced FDM 360, a new additive fabrication system for prototyping and direct digital manufacturing applications.

Radan.(Briefly Noted)
April 1, 2008... Radan of Bath, England, has released Radan 08, an upgrade to its CAD and CAM software for sheet metal applications.

Coade Inc.(Briefly Noted)(Coade Inc. has introduced Tank 3.00 software)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... Coade Inc. of Houston has released Tank 3.00, an updated edition of its software program for the design, analysis, and evaluation of welded steel oil-storage tanks.

Creative Dimension Software Ltd.(Briefly Noted)(Creative Dimension Software Ltd.has released 3Dsom Pro 2.1)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... Creative Dimension Software Ltd. of Farnham, England, has released 3Dsom Pro 2.1, which creates 3-D models from photographs. With the upgrade, users can publish 3-D models in a Flash-based Web format.

Schroff Development Corp.(Briefly Noted)(Schroff Development Corp. has introduced two new books about the SolidWorks CAD program)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... Schroff Development Corp. of Shawnee Mission, Kan., has released two new books about the SolidWorks CAD program: Beginner's Guide to SolidWorks 2008 and SolidWorks 2008: The Basics.

XPDG.(Briefly Noted)
April 1, 2008... XPDG of Brighouse, England, is now shipping Sheetmetal Rapid Prototyping, with which custom sheet metal parts can be rapidly prototyped from 3-D CAD files.

Konica Minolta of Ramsey, N.J., which makes the Vivid line of precision 3-D laser scanners, and SensAble Technologies Inc. of Woburn, Mass., which makes touch-enabled systems for 3-D modeling, have announced an offering that allows Vivid's scan data to be imported into the SensAble modeling system.(Briefly Noted)
April 1, 2008... Konica Minolta of Ramsey, N.J., which makes the Vivid line of precision 3-D laser scanners, and SensAble Technologies Inc. of Woburn, Mass., which makes touch-enabled systems for 3-D modeling, have announced an offering that allows Vivid's scan...

IBM of Armonk, N.Y., is now offering Dassault Systemes' product lifecycle management version 6.(Briefly Noted)
April 1, 2008... IBM of Armonk, N.Y., is now offering Dassault Systemes' product lifecycle management version 6. Dassault is headquartered in Paris.

CS Odessa.(Briefly Noted)
April 1, 2008... CS Odessa of Odessa, Ukraine, is shipping Concept-Draw 7.5, a vector drawing and diagramming software package.

Exchange drawings.(software exchange)
April 1, 2008... Capability: With Syncode's AutoCAD add-ins, engineers can work with drawing and drawing exchange files when using the computer-aided design program SolidWorks. Although that CAD program does, in fact, read and write AutoCAD DWG and DXF files,...

Design for everyone.(software exchange)
April 1, 2008... Capability: The 3-D design application SpaceClaim Professional 2007+ now includes a perpetual licensing option. The design software lets the development team import and work with an engineer's model, without having to understand the method used...

Small-business CAM.(software exchange)
April 1, 2008... Capability: Fab It! 2008 is a customizable computer-aided manufacturing software package targeted to the small to midsize company that wants to verify its designs for manufacturing. With this CAM program, companies can edit and output data,...

Learn CAD by ear.(software exchange)
April 1, 2008... Capability: Delcam, a CAD and CAM software vendor, now offers a CAD training program as a series of pod-casts for download from the iTunes Web site. The complete program comprises 27 tutorials, covering all stages from basic sketching to solid...

DOS-based CAD.(software exchange)
April 1, 2008... Capability: General CADD Pro is a two-dimensional CAD and drafting program that includes many features of the developer's generic CADD, a DOS-based CAD. The upgrade features include speed increase for the dimensions and text option and better...

Wrangling hot waste.(technology focus: FLUID HANDLING AND FLUID POWER)
April 1, 2008... The Department of Energy's Hanford Site, near the Columbia River in Washington, has close to 150 aging waste-storage tanks that are being cleared out so their radioactive contents can be transferred to more-secure double-wall containers. The...

Clearing the air.(technology focus: FLUID HANDLING AND FLUID POWER)(Infinity Molding & Assembly Inc.)
April 1, 2008... The speed of injection molding is one of the advantages of the process. Parts by the thousands can be manufactured in an hour with precise detail and range of properties dependent on the chosen plastic. It seems that the speed, particularly the...

Boots up.(technology focus: FLUID HANDLING AND FLUID POWER)
April 1, 2008... Mom wouldn't send us to school in the snow or the rain without our boots. This is something like that. Curtis Universal, a manufacturer in Springfield, Mass., advises customers to put boots on their ball and pin universal joints when...

Water for power.(technology focus: FLUID HANDLING AND FLUID POWER)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are working on a computer model designed to help decision-makers look at the trade-offs, including use of available water, when they plan for the power needs of an area. The model will also be...

$40 billion for clean water.(technology focus: FLUID HANDLING AND FLUID POWER)
April 1, 2008... A market research company predicts that world demand for water treatment products will increase 6.4 percent a year to reach almost $40 billion in 2011. According to the company, The Freedonia Group Inc., growth in China and India may almost...

Iraq war reactivates some old fuel projects.(technology focus: FLUID HANDLING AND FLUID POWER)
April 1, 2008... A report by Frost & Sullivan links increased demand for heat exchangers in Europe to the Iraq war. According to the market research company, the war, which began in 2003, constrained oil supply and raised oil prices. A number of...

Tops in pumps.(technology focus: FLUID HANDLING AND FLUID POWER)(market research of industrial pumps)(Report)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... The world market for industrial pumps was about $29 billion last year, and ITT accounted for almost 10 percent of the total, according to the latest report from McIlvaine Co., the market research firm. McIlvaine ranks 457 pump companies in...

Cut correctly: a metal-cutting machine that helps program itself, and trim manufacturing costs, is only a few years out.(FEATURE FOCUS: MANUFACTURING)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Tony schmitz is concerned about chatter. He's okay with idle chitchat, mind you. But the University of Florida mechanical engineering professor has an interest in manufacturing research and is looking to minimize...

Big stage for a small idea: many companies see oversize potential in manufacturing submillimeter parts with micrometer-scale features.(FEATURE FOCUS: MANUFACTURING)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] By 2000, it was obvious that mechanical parts were shrinking. ASME Fellow Dick DeVor and his team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign saw it in cell phones, automotive sensors, hearing...

Backwards runs the reaction: instead of carrying compressed oxygen or hydrogen, some advanced vehicles are generating critical gases directly from water.
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It was a moment that bordered on catastrophe: A fire aboard the Mir space station in 1997 almost caused the loss of the orbiting platform and the deaths of its crew. With their route to an escape capsule blocked by...

A shift for the better: a manufacturer fine-tunes its automatic transmissions for heavy trucks.
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Moving a Class 8 tractor-trailer down the road with efficiency is a tricky business. With a rig that weighs 33,000 pounds or more, the driver has to shift 10 to 18 times just to get the truck up to highway speed....

What's in a name? The exchange of business cards with one's peers from the Far East is an exercise full of hidden meaning.
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] My first lesson in the perils and pitfalls of cross-cultural exchanges took place in a corporate boardroom a few years ago. The CEOs of a Korean firm and a U.S. firm had met to discuss a potential joint venture...

Beyond the shark skin suit: faster designs and deeper analysis advance the high-tech sport of swimming.
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] To the untrained eye, few activities seem to be as low-tech as swimming--just you and your buoyancy out there communing with the whales. You do it barefoot. How primitive is that? As we know, though, swimming...

The lowdown on insulation: an inter-industry program creates an engineer's guide to insulating mechanical systems.
April 1, 2008... A government-industry coalition has launched a Web site to guide engineers making decisions about insulation for mechanical systems, including those in factories, power and processing plants, and commercial buildings. The site is called the...

Lifts. Elevators. Escalators and Moving Walkways/Travelators.(ME bookshelf)(Book review)(Brief review)
April 1, 2008... Lifts. Elevators. Escalators and Moving Walkways/Travelators. M.Y.H. Bangash and T. Bangash. Taylor & Francis Group LLC, 6000 Broke, Sound Pkwy. NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487. 358 pages. 2007. $159.95. ISBN 0-415-36437-X. This book...

A First Course in Finite Elements.(ME bookshelf)(Book review)(Brief review)
April 1, 2008... A First Course in Finite Elements. Jacob Fish and Ted Belytschko. John Wiley & Sons Inc., 111 River St., Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774. 2007. Softcover. 322 pages. $65. ISBN 978-0-470-03580-1. Developed from the authors' combined total of 50 years...

Heat Transfer in Food Processing.(ME bookshelf)(Book review)(Brief review)
April 1, 2008... Heat Transfer in Food Processing. S. Yanniotis and B. Sunden, Editors. WIT Press, c/o Computational Mechanics, 25 Bridge St., Billerica, MA 01821. Published in Southampton, U.K. 2007. 288 pages. $185. ISBN 978-1-85312-932-2. Heat transfer...

Introduction to Mechatronics.(ME bookshelf)(Book review)(Brief review)
April 1, 2008... Introduction to Mechatronics. Appuu Kuttan. Oxford University Press, 198 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016-4308. 2007. Softcover. 334 pages. $39.50. ISBN 0-19568781-7. This book is designed to serve as a text for undergraduate and graduate...

Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers.(ME bookshelf)(Book review)(Brief review)
April 1, 2008... Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers. Ricky Smith and R. Keith Mobley. Buttenvorth-Heinemann, an Elsevier imprint, 30 Corporate Dr., Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803. 2008. Softcover. 322 pages. $95. ISBN 978-07506-7862-9....

Fundamentals of Test Measurement Instrumentation.(ME bookshelf)(Book review)(Brief review)
April 1, 2008... Fundamentals of Test Measurement Instrumentation. Keith R. Cheatle. ISA-Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society, 67 Alexander Dr., P.O. Box 12277, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. 2006. Softcover. 332 pages. Members, $85; retail, 899....

Polymer Engineering Science and Viscoelasticity: An Introduction.(ME bookshelf)(Book review)(Brief review)
April 1, 2008... Polymer Engineering Science and Viscoelasticity: An Introduction. Hal F. Brinson and L. Catherine Brinson. Springer Science + Business Media, 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013. 2008. 450 pages. $119. ISBN 978-0-387-73860-4. This book...

The Elements of Mechanical Design.(ME bookshelf)(Book review)(Brief review)
April 1, 2008... The Elements of Mechanical Design. James G. Skakoon. ASME Press, Three Park Ave., New York, NY 10016-5990. 2008. Softcover. 104 pages. ASME members $22 retail, $28. ISBN 978-0-7918-0267-0 From one of the authors of The Unwritten Laws of...

ASME codes & standards.
April 1, 2008... ASME International, Codes & Standards, Three Park Ave., New York, NY 10016-5990 (212) 591-8500 Fax: (212) 591-8501 e-mail: cs@asme.org We invite you to visit our Web site: www.asme.org/codes. If you are looking for...

Applied mechanics reviews articles.(ASME publications)
April 1, 2008... APPLIED MECHANICS REVIEWS ARTICLES Modeling and Analysis of Functionally Graded Materials and Services. V. Birman and L.W. Byrd. Vol. 60, No. 5, September 2007, pp. 195-216. Free-Edge Effects in Composite Laminates. C. Mittelstedt and...

Codes and standards.(ASME publications)
April 1, 2008... ASME RA-Sc-2007, Addenda to ASME RA-S-2002, Standard for Probabilistic Risk Assessment for Nuclear Power Plant Applications. Book No. A0153C. 20 pp., loose-leaf. This is the third addenda to be issued to ASME RA-S-2002 (Book No. A15302)....

Long-distance imaging.(new products)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WAHL INSTRUMENTS INC., ASHEVILLE, N.C. Wahl has added a long-distance model to its line of Wahl Heat Spy thermal imaging cameras. The long-distance model, HSI3003, offers a narrow-angle 9.1 x 6.8 degree field of view...

Circular chart recorder.(new products)
April 1, 2008... OMEGA ENGINEERING INC., STAMFORD, CONN. The CT6100 circular chart recorder combines the simplicity and clarity of pen drawing with the versatility of microprocessor control while providing a high level of accuracy and stability. The recorder is...

Grating fasteners.(new products)
April 1, 2008... HILTI, TULSA. OKLA. New grating fasteners include the X-GR, which provides a secure fastening with the pull of a trigger, and the X-GR-RU that offers quick installation and removal. When used with Hilti powder actuated systems, a user will have...

Variable frequency drive.(new products)
April 1, 2008... ABB. NEW BERLIN, WIS. With the introduction of the new model ACS55 variable frequency drive, ABB offers OEMs and system integrators the most compact and slimmest motor drive in the company's component drive range. The small-horsepower model has...

Easing the pressure.(new products)
April 1, 2008... TRELLEBORG SEALING SOLUTIONS. FORT WAYNE. IND. The Turcon Stepseal V is engineered to prevent pressure from being trapped in even the most difficult arrangements, according to the company. In hydraulic cylinders, the requirements for sealing...

Air temperature sensor.(new products)
April 1, 2008... SPECTRUM SENSORS AND CONTROLS, ST. MARY'S, PA. The company's new outdoor air temperature sensor has a fast response, precision thermistor sensing element. The sensing element is completely sealed from the environment in a fully potted metal...

Generator coolers.(new products)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] UNIFIN INTERNATIONAL. LONDON. ONTARIO. Removable cover plate, or RCP, generator coolers offer superior performance in demanding applications, according to the company. RCP coolers are used in new and existing power...

Anti-backlash assembly.(new products)
April 1, 2008... KERK MOTION PRODUCTS INC., HOLLIS. N.H. The VHD series anti-backlash assembly is useful for eliminating drag and wear associated with high preload forces. The VHD Series provides the maximum load-carrying capability and the highest axial and...

Controller and transmitter.(new products)
April 1, 2008... OMEGA ENGINEERING INC., STAMFORD. CONN. The company's newest controllers and transmitters are capable of measuring three possible parameters: pH, oxidation reduction potential, or conductivity and they can do it with quick calibration features....

Stepper drive.(new products)
April 1, 2008... APPLIED NOTION PRODUCTS. WATSONVILLE. CALIF. The ST10-Si stepper drive delivers 24-80 V dc with an output current of up to 10 A peak. It is engineered to protect against over-voltage, under-voltage, over-temp and external output shorts. The...

Acoustic volume meter.(new products)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SCANTEK INC., COLUMBIA. MD. The RION acoustical capacity and volume meter, VM-240, uses acoustical signals to measure volume of any shaped cavity. Scantek says the acoustic method is faster and certainly dryer than...

Better air storage.(new products)
April 1, 2008... KAESER COMPRESSORS INC., FREDERICKSBURG, VA. The redesigned Kaeser flow controller is for system capacities from 250 to 6,200 scfm. The new KFC creates more effective storage by accumulating compressed air in the receivers and only delivering...

Self-clinching studs.(new products)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PENNENGINEERING. DANBORO. PA. PEM-type HFHB Busbar self-clinching studs provide solutions for applications that require strong electrical/mechanical attachment points in copper. According to the company, these...

Load cells.(new products)
April 1, 2008... OMEGA ENGINEERING INC., STAMFORD. CONN. LCR Series S-beam load cells offer high accuracy and a 5-point NIST traceable calibration at low cost. Available in common ranges from 25 lbs. to 10,000 lbs., these rugged, industrial S-beam load cells...

Transparent receiver.(new products)
April 1, 2008... PINPOINT LASER SYSTEMS. PEABODY. MASS. The Microgage 2D receiver can be used for aligning production machinery and equipment. A narrow laser beam provides a measuring reference line and the transparent receiver determines the position of a...

Temperature sensor.(new products)
April 1, 2008... E INSTRUMENTS GROUP LLC, LANGHORNE PA. The IR Rayomatic 14 is a digital infrared temperature sensor that now features a 1/2 x 1 in. miniaturized head for applications where size is most critical. The Rayomatic 14 is a split configuration...

Dual-zone controller.(new products)
April 1, 2008... ATHENA CONTROLS. INC., PLYMOUTH MEETING. PA. The Series RMT microprocessor-based dual-zone temperature controller is for runnerless molding applications. Specifically designed to provide two zones of control per slot, the controller accepts a...