Mechanical Engineering-CIME articles from February 2002

Mechanical Engineering-CIME archives from February 2002

Changing old stereotypes. (Editorial).(Editorial)
February 1, 2002... Used to be, when I was in school, that boys were good at math and girls were better at English. At least that's what people told me. Seems like since those days, everyone has gotten smarter, and you don't hear those things said as much...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2002... JUST THE FACTS To the Editor: Arun Majumdar's article, "Not Without Engineering," (March 2001) was a fascinating look into the issues associated with nanoscale technology. I look forward to reading more about this emerging technology. This...

Correction.
February 1, 2002... An article in December 2001 misstated statistics on oil reserves. Venezuela had 11,048,000,000 metric tonnes of proved recoverable reserves of oil and natural gas liquids at the end of 1999. Africa had 10,122,000,000, and South America...

Laser surveying. (News & Notes).
February 1, 2002... When the U.S. Postal Service has to install a materials handling system, one of the companies bidding for the job is likely to be Siemens Dematic Federal Systems Operations in Grand Rapids, Mich. When Siemens Dematic installs a system, it...

Honda adds gas-electric model as second Hybrid. (News & Notes).(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... American Honda Motor Co. Inc. recently unveiled its gas-electric Civic Hybrid model. It is Honda's second hybrid model, following the two-seat Insight, which the manufacturer bills as the most fuel-efficient vehicle sold in the United...

Drying out in Houston. (News & Notes).
February 1, 2002... Workers at Mobley Industrial Painters Inc. of Deer Park, Texas, filled a Texas-sized coating project last April. The company was commissioned by Houston Fuel Oil Terminal Co. to prepare the interior surfaces of two giant crude oil storage tanks...

Smaller, cheaper, slower. (News & Notes).
February 1, 2002... Penn State University electrical engineering professor Kenji Uchino has developed a small ultrasonic piezoelectric motor that can be fabricated cheaply from everyday materials. A flattened metal tube lined with piezoelectric lead zirconate...

New for vintage cars. (News & Notes).
February 1, 2002... Though rarely seen on the roads today--barring a parade--older-model automobiles, such as a 1965 Mustang or a 1973 Cadillac Eldorado, remain an obsession for many vintage-car buffs. While owners can restore and improve their automobiles...

Cutting tram line costs. (News & Notes).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Intercity tram lines reduce the traffic congestion and pollution caused by private cars, but carry a hefty price tag. It costs an average of $27 million per mile to build tram lines in France, too high a price for medium-size cities of 100,000...

Multilayer MEMs. (News & Notes).
February 1, 2002... A MEMs fabrication system inspired by rapid prototyping techniques is about to get its first trial run in the commercial world. The system, known as electronic fabrication, or EFAB, builds structures in layers that can be anywhere between 2...

Empresa Nacional de Petroleo, has commissioned Foster Wheeler Ltd., based in Clinton, N.J., to design and build a coker facility at its existing refinery in Concon, Chile. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Chile's state-run oil company, Empresa Nacional de Petroleo, has commissioned Foster Wheeler Ltd., based in Clinton, N.J., to design and build a coker facility at its existing refinery in Concon, Chile. Construction is scheduled to begin this...

Alstom. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Paris-based Alstain will provide two heat recovery steam generators, or HRSGs, for the Sunrise II Power Project, a 570-megawatt, combined-cycle plant located near Fellows, Calif. The HRSGs will recover heat from the exhaust of two natural...

Simucad. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Simucad of Union City, Calif., a maker of design behavioral simulation tools, has released its Verilog Hardware Description Language (HDL)-based logic and fault simulators, called HyperFault-64 an Silos-64.

French automaker Peugeot Citroen and Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. have selected the Czech Republic town of Kolin. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... French automaker Peugeot Citroen and Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. have selected the Czech Republic town of Kolin, roughly 35 miles east of the capital, Prague, as the site for a plant to jointly produce small cars for the European market. Vehicle...

Union Pacific Railroad has signed a one-year demonstration lease for the hybrid Green Goat Switcher locomotive. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Union Pacific Railroad has signed a one-year demonstration lease for the hybrid Green Goat switcher locomotive, which is built by Railpower Technologies Corp. of Vancouver, British Columbia.

CFD for Aluminum heat-sink design. (Computing).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... A scom Energy Systems of Bern, Switzerland, has reduced the size of its high-frequency, switched-mode telecom power supplies and optimized cooling within each unit by use of a circular aluminum heat sink designed using thermal analysis...

Simulation for valvetrain improvement. (Computing).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Through the use of three-dimensional dynamic multibody simulation, DaimlerChrysler engineers are making improvements in the design of valvetrains, according to Matthias Gregor, a valvetrain engineer for the automaker in Stuttgart, Germany. ...

CAD aids right-hand-drive conversions. (Computing).
February 1, 2002... Vehicle Development Corp. is a right-hand-drive conversion specialist for Ford F Series vehicles in Australia. In that role, it takes original vehicle data from Ford and its component contractors, opens the files in a standard CAD package...

Getting an easier inventory overview. (Computing).
February 1, 2002... During the mid-1990s managers at Tylok International, a Euclid, Ohio, fitting manufacturer, found themselves with eight computers that ran on three separate networks. Two networks were linked under Windows 95 in the engineering department, one...

More businesses seek distributed energy. (Computing).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... A growing number of businesses are ready to adopt small, on-site applications of electric-generating technology--or distributed energy--to address their concerns about power reliability and energy-price volatility, according to a study by...

Stirling converter readies for space travel. (Computing).
February 1, 2002... The U.S. Department of Energy in Washington, NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, and Stirling Technology Co. of Kennewick, Wash., are developing a free-piston Stirling converter for a Stirling Radioisotope Generator. The group is...

Assessing biological attack vulnerability. (Computing).
February 1, 2002... A research team at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., has developed modeling and simulation tools used to help assess the threat and vulnerability of buildings to chemical and biological attacks. The simulations include...

Modeling component crashworthiness. (Computing).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Wagon Automotive Waldschaff, a German automotive supplier of door systems and structural components, uses simulation technology to model component crashworthiness in a realistic testing environment, said Pablo Pasquale, numerical simulations...

China examines Broadband Access. (Computing).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Broadband wireless, a technology that provides voice, video, and high-speed Internet service without cables to commercial and residential buildings, is starting to come into greater widespread use, according to the National Institute of...

Nemetschek North America. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Design software maker Nemetschek North America Columbia, Md., formerly Diehl Graphsoft, has released upgrades to VectorWorks, its industry series software.

CoCreate Software. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... CoCreate Software, of Fort Collins, Colo., has released OneSpace 2002 Solution Suite, with new capabilities and 11 new modules.

EDS. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Plano, Texas-based EDS has released IDEAS version 9, one of two CAD, CAM, and CAE software applications from what the company calls its product lifecycle management solutions line of business.

CAD Systems Unlimited Inc. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Slick! Version 7, a viewing, redlining, raster conversion, database, and file management software, has been released by CAD Systems Unlimited Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif.

Structural Research & Analysis Corp. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The developer of analysis software, Structural Research & Analysis Corp., or SRAC, of Los Angeles, has certified its CFD program, Cosmos/Flow, and its electromagnetic simulation program, Cosmos/EMS, for Solid Edge Version 10.

Sandvik Coromant of Sandviken, Sweden, and Pathtrace of Southfield, Mich., have signed an agreement. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Sandvik Coromant of Sandviken, Sweden, and Pathtrace of Southfield, Mich., have signed an agreement to cooperate on joint future developments for new machining techniques for both production machining and mold and die applications, including...

Ansys of Canonsburg, Pa., has entered into an agreement to acquire Cadoe of Lyon. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Ansys of Canonsburg, Pa., has entered into an agreement to acquire Cadoe of Lyon, France, a maker of CAD and CAE software.

Autodesk. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... 2-D and 3-D design technology software manufacturer Autodesk of San Rafael, Calif., will begin developing a 3-D modeling kernel to be called Autodesk ShapeManager.

Alias Wavefront. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Alias Wavefront of Toronto, a maker of 3-D animation software, has released Portfolio Wall 1.5, which allows users to view, annotate, collaborate, manage, and make decisions about visual digital data through a touchscreen interface.

Moldflow. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Moldflow of Wayland, Mass., has released Moldflow Plastics Xpert 3.1 and Shotscope 2.4, which are integrated on a hardware platform as part of a streamlined package.

Spatial Corp. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Spatial Corp., of Boulder, Colo., has released version 7.0 of its Standalone De-formable Modeling software.

Translation Technologies Inc. of Spokane, Wash., a maker of CAD translation products, has released its Acc-u-Trans Interoperability Engine that translates four CAD programs. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Translation Technologies Inc. of Spokane, Wash., a maker of CAD translation products, has released its Acc-u-Trans Interoperability Engine that translates four CAD programs: I-DEAS, from Structural Design and Research Corp., recently purchased...

Fakespace Systems. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Fakespace Systems of Kitchener, Ontario, has released a digital version of the Cave Automatic Virtual Environment, or CAVE, which is an immersive room outfitted with digital projection technology.

Scientific graphing and data analysis. (Software Exchange).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Capability: Scientific graphing and data analysis software Origin has been upgraded to version 7.0. The upgrade combines presentation-quality graphics, the C programming language, and elements of the Numerical Algorithms Group, or NAG, library...

Customized CAD program has two versions. (Software Exchange).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Capability: ParaLogix version 2.03, a CAD program, is available in two versions: level one, for the user who needs to create modest-sized assemblies or detailed drawings, and level two, for the mid-range solid modeler who uses the tool for...

Designing in 2-D or 3-D. (Software Exchange).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Capability: Version 8.0 of computer-aided design software TurboCAD is available in regular and professional versions. The professional version now includes a design director that allows users to organize, access, and explore design...

Technical plotting and analysis. (Software Exchange).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Capability: Tecplot 9.0 is a technical plotting and data analysis package or engineers and scientists. The plot approximation mode, a new feature in this release, allows the visualization of large data sets with the on-screen responsiveness of...

Integrating photo editing and page layout. (Software Exchange).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Capability: Canvas version 8.0 is an illustration application that integrates photo editing, page layout, presentation, and Web-graphics capabilities. The program allows you to draw and share wireframe and other designs. The software is now...

Grid generation. (Software Exchange).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Capability: CFX-Turbo-Grid is an interactive grid generation software system that helps to assure an accurate mesh in the blade passage of turbomachines. New features in the upgraded version speed processing, according to the developer....

Zooming in on AutoCAD designs. (Software Exchange).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Capability: The independent enhancement for AutoCAD called 1192View, available for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, enables AutoCAD users to select objects and zoom to their extents. AutoCAD LT is a 2-D CAD product for those who participate in the...

Mechanical drawing package. (Software Exchange).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Capability: GraphX Version 20 is a mechanical drawing program for drafters, mechanical design engineers, and manufacturing engineers. The product lets users create drawings from scratch or generate drawings from solid, surface, and polygon...

Vigilant perimeter guardian. (Technology Focus).(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... protecting workers from getting too close to dangerous machinery, such as assembly stations, robotic work cells, and automated production equipment, is the mission of the Ez-Screen Point and Grid perimeter guard safety systems, designed by...

Smart remote monitoring. (Technology Focus).(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Remote environmental monitoring of water supplies often requires multiple sensors to be placed in the field. Pressure Systems Inc. of Hampton, Va., created a digital communications interface for its Series 500 KPSI submersible level...

DNA tests on the spot. (Technology Focus).
February 1, 2002... Not long ago, if a word started with "bio," most of the tech-minded had a 50 percent chance of guessing the rest. Either "technology" or "medicine." Now anyone is just as likely to leap to "agent" or "terror" Ever since the anthrax...

Air watch. (Technology Focus).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Another Livermore project with a similar goal is a year or two away from commercialization, according to Richard Langlois, the senior biomedical scientist on the project. This one is called the autonomous pathogen detection system. It is...

Light sniffing. (Technology Focus).
February 1, 2002... A company in Pittsburgh is marketing a photoacoustic infrared sensing system to detect and monitor gas emissions in the paint and plastics industries. According to Allan Roczko of the Mine Safety Appliances Co., the device can detect toluene...

Standing up to save space. (Technology Focus).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Borrowing technology it originally developed for power applications, Gowanda Electronics in Gowanda, N.Y., has designed an SMRF 2007 series of compact toroidal inductors to serve as signal filter components in radio frequency circuit designs....

Robust pressure transmitter. (Technology Focus).
February 1, 2002... Extreme environments, such as vehicle, process control, or onboard flight testing, can damage sensitive pressure sensors. To deal with that problem, Validyne Engineering Corp. of Northridge, Calif., developed a differential pressure transmitter...

Robot crash protection. (Technology Focus).
February 1, 2002... When a robot on the factory floor hits something that it's not supposed to, the bump can result in downtime. A collision may damage the robot's end effectors, the often-delicate end-of-arm tooling, or harm surrounding machinery. Typically,...

Gyros to go. (Technology Focus).
February 1, 2002... As everyone who has been residing on the planet for the last few months must surely know, "It," the mysterious invention that was widely touted to change the world, was finally revealed as the Segway HT, a scooterlike device that will enable a...

Goodrich rides the Airbus. (Technology Focus).
February 1, 2002... Goodrich will be putting its name on more of the Trent engine. In what appears to be a first, Goodrich Corp.'s electronic systems unit will be the sole supplier of sensors for Rolls-Royce's Trent 900 turbofan. Goodrich will provide a...

Increased funding for R&D: Part 2. (Washington Window).
February 1, 2002... When the dust settled from lengthy debates on federal budget priorities for the new fiscal year, overall funding for research and development programs was increased significantly for most agencies. Last month, we looked at R&D funding at the...

Rules are made to be. (Professionally Speaking).(Column)
February 1, 2002... So how did you complete this title? The old adage usually reads, "Rules are made to be broken," but instead you might have said, "Rules are made to be followed." What about: Rules are made to be changed? or ignored? or interpreted? Each has...

Sealed [CO.sub.2] lasers. (New Products).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... SYNRAD INC., MUKILTEO, WASH. A line of sealed [CO.sub.2] lasers is recommended by the manufacturer for a variety of industrial processes, including cutting, welding, drilling, and marking. The lasers can be used to mark metals, including mild...

Nano-translation. (New Products).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... AEROTECH INC., PITTSBURGH, PA. The ultracompact ANT-25L nano-translator offers 10-nm closed-loop linear resolution with a footprint of 100 square mm. Available in x, xy, and xyz configurations, it features turnkey drive and control electronics;...

Helical hydraulic rotary actuators. (New Products).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... HELAC CORP., ENUMCLAW, WASH. The new L20 Series helical hydraulic rotary actuator was designed as an economical, ultracompact, lighter-weight, high-torque rotary actuator to be used as an alternative to hydraulic cylinders. The L20 Series...

Multiprogrammable LED Timers. (New Products).(Omega Engineering's PTC-21)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... OMEGA ENGINEERING INC., STAMFORD, CONN. The PTC-20 Series of 1/16 DIN Multiprogrammable LED Timers embraces three separate models. The PTC-21 base unit offers five field-selectable operating modes and time ranges as well as other features. The...

Continuous level transmitters. (New Products).(Monitor Technologies' Bulksonics)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... MONITOR TECHNOLOGIES LLC, ELBURN, ILL. New smart transmitters that combine state-of-the-art transducer technology with the latest software techniques have been added to this company's BulkSonics continuous level line. The transmitters provide a...

Bursting strength tester. (New Products).(James H. Health and Company's TruBurst tester)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... JAMES H. HEAL & CO. LTD., HALIFAX, U.K. (available in U.S. from Advanced Testing Equipment, Spartanburg, S.C.) The TruBurst intelligent, digitally controlled, pneumatic bursting strength tester exceeds the requirements of the ISO 13938-2...

Extreme-torque clutches and brakes. (New Products).(Electroid's XT series)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... ELECTROID CO., SPRINGFIELD, N.J. The XT Series of extreme-torque clutches and brakes are about one-third the size of a standard power-off clutch or brake, yet are said to perform the same job. The series uses an innovative friction material...

Enhanced seal design. (New Products).(RPA Process Technologies' FluidSeal)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... RPA PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES, PORTAGE, MICH. The new FluidSeal option allows DCF mechanically cleaned filters to process harsh chemicals and thick, abrasive liquids. The enhanced seal design is said to prevent product leakage and extend seal life....

IR sensor head. (New Products).(Pyrometer Instrument's Pyrofiber single-axis fiber-optic senor for temperature reading)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... PYROMETER INSTRUMENT Co. INC., NORTHVALE, N.J. The Pyrofiber single-axis fiber-optic sensor head for measuring precise IR temperatures and emissivity values of miniature targets is now available. Target sizes to 1 mm can be measured accurately....

Safety relief valve. (New Products).(Spence Engineering 's RXSO-S stainless steel valve)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... SPENCE ENGINEERING Co. INC., WALDEN, N.Y. The new RXSO-S stainless steel safety relief valve is said by the manufacturer to be suitable for cryogenic service and where corrosive, noxious and/or expensive liquids or gases demand a premium seal....

Disposable UV cuvettes. (New Products).(from Ocean Optics)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... OCEAN OPTICS INC., DUNEDIN, FLA. New disposable cuvettes that work in the UV range will transmit light between 220 nm and 900 nm and can be used with this company's standard line of cuvette holders for 1-cm pathlength applications. The cuvettes...

Tactile surface sensor. (New Products).(Sensor Products Inc.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... SENSOR PRODUCTS INC., EAST HANOVER, N.J. Xsensor is a new electronic tactile force and pressure indicating sensor that allows an engineer to monitor events in real time to observe precisely how force is distributed between any two contacting or...

Silicon nitride precision balls. (New Products).(Thomson Industries Inc.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... THOMSON INDUSTRIES INC., PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. A new group of silicon nitride balls is designed for a number of high-precision medical and test applications, including dental drills and gauges. The balls are also useful in automotive fuel...

O-ring and seal installer. (New Products).(Automated Industrial Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... AUTOMATED INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS INC., ERIE, PA. The company offers a new semiautomatic machine for installing O-rings or seals into internal grooves. The operator simply places the part into a holding fixture and actuates the machine. The O-ring...

Multi-axis modules. (New Products).(Setco Sales Co.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... SETCO SALES Co., CINCINNATI, OHIO. FlexCenter multi-axis modules can be re-programmed as production changes and are said by the manufacturer to be useful for producing a group of parts that looks similar but has different sizes and dimensions...

Gas water heater. (New Products).(Lochinvar Corp's commeiical hot water heter)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... LOCHINVAR CORP., LEBANON, TENN. The Charger DV power direct-vent gas water heater for commercial applications is now available in six models with capacities of 80 and 100 gallons and firing rates of 199,999, 300,000, and 360,000 Btu/hr. in...

Analog converters. (New Products).(Entrelec Inc.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... ENTRELEC INC., IRVING, TEX. This company's single and multifunction analog converters now feature approval for UL 1604 Class I, Div. 2, Groups A, B, C, and D hazardous 1 nonhazardous locations. The compact, 22.5-mm-wide, DIN rail-mounted...

Laser alignment kits. (New Products).(Pinpoint Laser Systems)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... PINPOINT LASER SYSTEMS INC., NEWBURYPORT, MASS. The company has a new series of Laser Microgage 1000 alignment kits. All of the new alignment kits feature the compact Laser Microgage 1000 transmitter and a remote digital receiver. Measurement...

Zone-rated pushbuttons. (New Products).(from Rockwell Automation)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, MILWAUKEE, WIS. The new Allen-Bradley 800G line of zone-rated pushbuttons are said by the manufacturer to be suitable for the petrochemical, pulp and paper, pharmaceutical, and process industries where flammable gas,...

Slip meter. (New Products).(from Trusty-Step International)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... TRUSTY-STEP INTERNATIONAL, LYNN, MASS. The TSI-9010 horizontal-pull slip meter measures the slip resistance of leather, rubber, and Neolite on various floor surfaces. The reading taken (the static coefficient of friction) allows users to...

Digital oscilloscope. (New Products).(from Yokogawa Corp. of America)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... YOKOGAWA CORP. OF AMERICA NEWNAN, GA. The DL1720 two-channel, 1 GS/sec., 500 MHz bandwidth digital oscilloscope has a memory length up to one megaword/channel standard. High-speed extraction and screen display of desired information can be...

Process thermometer. (New Products).(from Wahl Instruments Inc.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... WAHL INSTRUMENTS INC., ASHEVILLE, N.C. The newly modified Digi-Stem Series of self-powered digital thermometer systems measure process temperatures to 0.10 resolution. The systems incorporate type K thermocouple temperature sensors. The 1-in....

Electronic transmitters. (New Products).(from Barton Instrument Systems L.L.C.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... BARTON INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS LLC, CITY OF INDUSTRY, CALIF. Barton/Fuji FCX electronic transmitters are intrinsically safe and explosion-proof. They measure, display, send alarms, and provide level, pressure, and/or flow data. Gauge, absolute,...

Duct liner. (New Products).(from Certainteed Corp.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... CERTAINTEED CORP., VALLEY FORGE, PA. The ToughGard duct liner with enhanced surface is an HVAC system duct liner that has a surface coating with enhanced moisture-repellent properties designed to provide optimum acoustical performance. The...

Solenoid valves. (New Products).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... VALCOR ENGINEERING CORP., SPRINGFIELD, N.J. This company now offers its SV51 Series of solenoid valves using a new fully molded solenoid actuator. In addition to PTFE Teflon for maximum intertness and compatibility, the SV51 is also available...

Temperature/RH meter. (New Products).(AEMC Instruments)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... AEMC INSTRUMENTS, FOXBOROUGH, MASS. The Model CA846 portable thermo-hygrometer uses an RTD Pt385/ 1000[ohm] as the temperature sensor to provide what the manufacturer characterizes as excellent response time to changes in temperature, good...

Aluminum fans. (New Products).(from Crowley Co. Inc.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... CROWLEY Co. INC., BURTON, OHIO. New multiwing aluminum H&Z Series fans feature a unique airfoil blade design that produces a combination of high air volume, low power consumption, and low noise. The blades are made of die-cast aluminum and...