Mechanical Engineering-CIME articles from June 2008

Mechanical Engineering-CIME archives from June 2008

Question of the month.(Only on M.E. Magazine Online @ www.memagazine.org)
June 1, 2008... Question of the Month: Many mechanical products are no longer strictly mechanical, but rather mechatronic devices that integrate mechanical and electronic devices. When designing this new wave of products, who leads the project teams at...

Virgil Carter, bidding adieu.(American Society of Mechanical Engineers)(Editorial)
June 1, 2008... In some ways, it seems as though it was only yesterday. But it has been six years since I first interviewed Virgil R. Carter right after he was appointed executive director of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Carter then was...

Pebble beds.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2008... To the Editor: As a South African born and bred who has taken U.S. citizenship and can now call myself a bona fide African-American, I read your article about the South African pebble bed reactor (February) with great interest and not a little...

No politics.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2008... To the Editor: As I was reading the article "Wedge Factor" by Jeffrey Winters (October 2007), I realized that the author is not an engineer. Taking a broader look at the article, I realized that he was assuming that global warming was occurring...

Natural causes.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2008... To the Editor: I have read with interest over the last year or so many articles and letters discussing global warming and its causes. Recently, there have been broadcasts on The Learning Channel (TLC) and Discovery (DSC) regarding this...

Waste not.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2008... To the Editor: Dave Erskine (Letters, February) was absolutely correct about how silly it would be to license more nuclear plants without a good way to manage the wastes. Well, in 1996 some top people at the Argonne National Laboratory...

Taking issue.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2008... To the Editor: In "Managing the Unpredictable" (March), the author gets a handle on the issue. In my experience, part of the problem is that sometimes the people who know the most about a problem are the last people to be listened to,...

Electric superhighway.(news & notes)
June 1, 2008... It's been some 20 years since physicists first discovered ceramics that, at relatively warm temperatures, can act as superconductors--that is, carry volumes of electric current with virtually no resistance. In April, a length of cable 2,000...

Controls for coal plants.(news & notes)(South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. orders two coal-fired plants from Babcock Power Inc.)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... A South Carolina utility has ordered Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization systems from Babcock Power Environmental Inc. for two coal-fired plants, according to the supplier's parent company, Babcock Power Inc. in Danvers, Mass. South Carolina Electric...

International language.(news & notes)
June 1, 2008... ISO has just published a new version of the SI Guide, a small manual for the use of the International System of Units (Systeme International d'Unites). The SI is a comprehensive metric and decimal system based on units and derived units....

Settlement reached in fastener patent suit.(news & notes)(cases of PennEngineering with Richard Manno & Co.)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... A manufacturer of fasteners, PennEngineering, says it has settled a patent-infringement lawsuit with one of six defendants. Details of the settlement, with Richard Manno & Co. Inc. of West Babylon, N.Y., were not disclosed. Richard Manno &...

$125 million to boost turbocharger capacity.(news & notes)
June 1, 2008... Responding to growing demand, BorgWarner Inc. of Auburn Hills, Mich., will invest approximately $125 million to increase the company's manufacturing capacity for global passenger car turbochargers by more than three million units. The company...

ASME risk-analysis tool is applied to campuses.(news & notes)(ASME-Innovative Technologies Institute)
June 1, 2008... A company formed by ASME that applies risk-analysis techniques to help authorities protect the infrastructure of the United States has turned its attention to the nation's college and university campuses. The company, ASME-Innovative...

Kubotek USA.(Briefly Noted)
June 1, 2008... Kubotek USA of Marlborough, Mass., has upgraded its computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing software to Kubotek KeyCreator to version 7.5.

MicroMain Corp.(Briefly Noted)(product introduction of MicroMain Tool Tracking version 7.1)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... MicroMain Corp, of Austin, Texas, which makes asset and facility management software, has released MicroMain Tool Tracking version 7.1, a tool management software used with the vendor's maintenance management system.

Boeing.(Briefly Noted)(Boeing Co. says its 777 twin-engine freighters has been towed out of its factory)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Boeing says the first of its new 777 twin-engine freighters has been towed out of its factory in Everett, Wash., and is being prepared for flight test this summer. Boeing says the 777 will fly farther and provide more capacity than any other...

LMI Aerospace Inc, a provider of design engineering services, assemblies, kits, and structural components to the aerospace, defense, and technology industries, has created a Composites Technology Center of Excellence.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... LMI Aerospace Inc., a provider of design engineering services, assemblies, kits, and structural components to the aerospace, defense, and technology industries, has created a Composites Technology Center of Excellence. The center will provide...

Ametek Technical & Industrial Products of Kent, Ohio, has acquired Reading Alloys, a privately held, niche specialty metals producer.(Briefly Noted)
June 1, 2008... Ametek Technical & Industrial Products of Kent, Ohio, has acquired Reading Alloys, a privately held, niche specialty metals producer. With annual sales of approximately $80 million, Robesonia, Pa.-based Reading Alloys specializes in titanium...

Kiewit Corp., based in Omaha, Neb., has formed a new group, Kiewit Power, designed to enhance service offerings in the power sector.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Kiewit Corp., based in Omaha, Neb., has formed a new group, Kiewit Power, designed to enhance service offerings in the power sector. Kiewit Power brings together two Kiewit Corp. subsidiaries, which have recently changed their names. Kiewit...

Solar paint.(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... When engineering researchers at Swansea University in Wales were researching how sunlight degrades paint, they had a light bulb moment--one that could result in easy access to energy from light. Dave Worsley, a reader in the university's...

Victorian computer.(computing)(computer engine of Charles Baggage put to exhibition)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS NOTHING like today's desktop PC, an analytical engine--designed more than 170 years ago by British mathematics professor Charles Babbage--anticipated the first general-purpose computers by about 100...

CAD doing well.(computing)(growth of CAD-CAM systems industry)(Financial report)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... SALES OF CAD TECHNOLOGY ARE expected to continue their growth through at least 2012, according to a recent market research report. The CAD software market increased 20 percent in 2007 compared to 2006, according to Jon Peddie Research of...

Super 3-D camera.(computing)(plans of Stanford University electronics researchers to develop a camera)
June 1, 2008... YOUR CAMERA HAS ONE LENS and takes two-dimensional photographs. But what if your digital camera saw the world through thousands of tiny lenses, each a miniature camera unto itself? You'd get a 2-D photo, but you'd also get an electronic...

Rethinking IC engines.(computing)(Bradley Howell-Smith designs a combustion engine)
June 1, 2008... AN AUSTRALIAN COMPANY recently took an idea for an internal combustion engine from idea to prototype in about half a year. Bradley Howell-Smith designed and patented the engine in the 1990s. As described in the U.S. patent's abstract, the...

Prototypes at the ready.(computing)(Quickparts Inc. updates its QuickQuote Online storefront)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... SEARCHING FOR A CUSTOMIZED production part? Boot up your computer. Quickparts Inc. of Atlanta has updated its QuickQuote Online storefront, which customers use to buy rapid prototypes, production parts, and tooling. QuickQuote analyzes...

The cost of doing business.(computing)(Slechta s.r.o. instolls job management system called MyWorkPlan )
June 1, 2008... FOR MOST COMPANIES, tracking the time spent on each job offers a variety of dividends. Eight years ago, Slechta s.r.o. of Polikno, Czech Republic, changed direction. The former toolmaking company began specializing in the hand polishing of...

Shaker and fatigue tested.(computing)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... THERE'S NO NEED TO SHAKE a blade in real life when engineers can shake it in a model. When Hamler Test and Analysis, an engineering consulting firm in Cookeville, Tenn., performed shaker fatigue testing of a gas turbine engine's compressor...

SpaceClaim Corp.(Briefly Noted)
June 1, 2008... SpaceClaim Corp. of Concord, Mass., has released SpaceClaim Professional 2008, an advanced version of the company's 3-D design tool.

3Dconnexion.(Briefly Noted)
June 1, 2008... 3Dconnexion, a company in Fremont, Calif., has released a 3-D controller especially for use with notebook computers. It's called SpaceNavigator.

Infotech Enterprises GmbH.(Briefly Noted)
June 1, 2008... A provider of digital design communications software, Infotech Enterprises GmbH of Leonberg, Germany, has released a new version of its CAD viewer called SpinFire Professional.

Simulia.(Briefly Noted)
June 1, 2008... Simulia, a Dassault company in Providence, R.I., has upgraded its Abaqus for Catia version five finite element analysis product to revision 18.

Ansys Inc.(Briefly Noted)
June 1, 2008... Ansys Inc. of Canonsburg, Pa., has released Engineering Knowledge Manager, a new product for simulation process and data management.

Autodesk.(Briefly Noted)(Autodesk Inc.)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Autodesk of San Rafael, Calif., is shipping updates to its line of mechanical engineering and design software for manufacturing. The 2009 product lineup includes new and enhanced versions of the Inventor, AutoCAD Mechanical, AutoCAD Electrical,...

DeskArtes.(Briefly Noted)
June 1, 2008... DeskArtes of Helsinki, Finland, has introduced 3Data Expert software version 8.0 for 3-D printing, rapid prototyping, and simulation data transfer and manipulation.

ITI TranscenData.(Briefly Noted)(product introduction of STEPcenter Enterprise Server)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... ITI TranscenData of Milford, Ohio, has released STEPcenter Enterprise Server, a software application that automates the translation, validation, and distribution of standard for the exchange of product model data.

Coade Inc.(Briefly Noted)
June 1, 2008... Coade Inc. of Houston has released CADWorx Design Review 2008 for review of CADWorx and ancillary plant design models.

QuadriSpace.(Briefly Noted)
June 1, 2008... QuadriSpace of Allen, Texas, which makes 3-D design software, has upgraded its namesake software to version 2008.

3D Systems Corp.(Briefly Noted)
June 1, 2008... The provider of 3-D modeling and rapid prototyping software, 3D Systems Corp. of Rock Hill, S.C., has begun shipments of its V-Flash Desktop Modeler.

CAD instruction online.(software exchange)
June 1, 2008... Capability: The i get it 2008 New Users Express Courses are online learning programs that teach SolidWorks users their CAD program's basics in a short time. The course includes units on design intent, basic and intermediate sketching and...

General-purpose design.(software exchange)
June 1, 2008... Capability: SpaceClaim LT and LTX are general-purpose, two-dimensional and three-dimensional solid modeling tools. With them, users can create 3-D models; open and edit 3-D solid models that arrive from colleagues, suppliers, or customers; and...

Flow illustrated.(software exchange)
June 1, 2008... Capability: 2DFlowPlus has been updated to version 2.5. Graphics depict flow across a wide range of fluid mechanics problems, including those induced by distributions of point and line singularities, such as vortices and dipoles. When used in...

Plotting and calculation managed in Excel.(software exchange)
June 1, 2008... Capability: Zplot for Excel creates and updates more than 50 plots. Plots and calculations are defined by parameter names rather than cell locations. EZplot provides formulas for 2-D interpolation, 3-D interpolation, and for polynomials....

Deploying Mathematica.(software exchange)
June 1, 2008... Capability: Developers who build applications in Mathematica can now use Player Pro--rather than Mathematica--to deploy them. Player Pro contains nearly all of Mathematica's features, but differs in that it is a pure runtime environment. The...

Tailgater's fail-safe.(INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL)(Continental developes a sensor system)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For some people, there's no more heinous kind of motorist than the tailgater: a driver who keeps his vehicle close to the car ahead of him. Particularly at highway speeds, the experience of being tailgated is...

The nag necklace.(INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL)(Georgia Institute of Technology developes MagneTrace)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... One of the signs of getting older is the growing size of the daily pill intake. Sometimes it seems that the daily regimen runs against human nature. Indeed, medical researchers find that as many as one in three adults fails to take medicines as...

Molecule spotter.(INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL)(Rice University developes sensors using two nanoscale gold electrodes separated by a molecule-size space)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Seeking a metaphor for something impossibly hard to find? "Needle in a haystack" fits the bill. But researchers at Rice University in Houston have come up with something new, which might be even more difficult: They have made simultaneous...

Detailed taillights.(INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL)(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
June 1, 2008... Brake lights are an essential piece of auto equipment, but they don't relay much information. When the light flashes on the car ahead of you, you don't know whether a sudden stop is imminent--or if the driver is tapping his toe to the music....

Peroxide bomb.(INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... While security experts scramble to detect potential nuclear and radiological weapons wielded by terrorists, homemade bombs haven't received as much attention. But while their impact wouldn't be as widespread, a homemade bomb detonated in a...

Asthma air analyzer.(INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL)(product development of Keehi Technologies)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... In spite of the millions of people, particularly children, who suffer from it, doctors still don't fully understand why people get asthma. But they do know that the attacks, which can be potentially life-threatening, can sometimes be triggered...

Making C[O.sub.2] visible.(INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL)(carbon dioxide)
June 1, 2008... If greenhouse gas emissions are a lot like the weather--you know, lots of talk, little action--then researchers at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., have come up with a carbon dioxide weather map. But unlike conventional weather maps,...

Distributed seismology.(INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... The more data points you have, the more finely detailed analysis you can make. Geologists tracking hidden seismic faults know that the earthquakes they study may have millions of eyewitnesses, but quality information is limited to the number of...

Dewdrop MRIs.(INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL)(magnetic resonance imaging)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Most people encounter magnetic resonance imaging when they sprain a knee. But for researchers, a similar technology called nuclear magnetic resonance imaging is an extraordinarily powerful tool for studying materials. For instance, subjecting a...

Who owns mechatronics? Mechanical, electrical, control, and software engineers all play a vital role in building electro mechanical systems. But who will lead?(FEATURE FOCUS: INTEGRATED SYSTEMS)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Suddenly, mechatronics is everywhere. This year, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania will all host major conferences devoted to the technology. Even more meetings will hold sessions on it....

Right the first time: new tools can help mechanical engineers avoid common pitfalls in designing complex mechatronic motion control systems.(FEATURE FOCUS: INTEGRATED SYSTEMS)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If you find yourself contemplating modern mechatronics systems and commenting to colleagues about how things seemed simpler back in the old days, then you are definitely not alone. The relatively well-understood...

Taking engineering's pulse: much of the future for mechanical engineers will involve integrating systems of all kinds, according to participants in the M.E. Global Summit.(FEATURE FOCUS: INTEGRATED SYSTEMS)(Mechanical Engineering)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] If you assemble a group of engineers--including men and women who have led professional societies or large engineering enterprises--and ask them about the future of mechanical engineering, they may talk about...

The record of choice: feeding engineering information from the BOM to other systems isn't easy. but it can be profitable.(bills of materials)
June 1, 2008... Want to slash time spent programming manufacturing equipment with engineering-design specifics? One way, according to a number of software developers, is to automate the communication of bill of materials information to your manufacturing...

Health care for aging equipment: collaboration between ASME and API extends Fitness-For-Service principles to industries beyond refining.(ASME International)
June 1, 2008... In the early 1980s, a continuous digester, the device that turns wood chips into pulp under pressure in a pulp mill, failed catastrophically because of caustic stress corrosion cracking in the upper, impregnation zone of the structure. ...

Origami cycle: how an Oregon businessman designed a bike that goes from zero to suitcase in under six seconds.
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Perhaps like too many new things these days, the Tikit bicycle got its first publicity from a video posted on YouTube. In it, a young man rides up to a curb on a small-wheeled bike. He dismounts, and with what looks...

3D Manufacturing Innovation.(ME bookshelf)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... 3D Manufacturing Innovation. Hiroshi Toriya. Springer Verlag, 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013. 2008. 160pages. $119. ISBN 978-1-84800-037-7. It's not every day that the CEO of a company writes a book, but in this instance, Hiroshi...

A Biographical Dictionary of People in Engineering: From Earliest Records Until 2000.(ME bookshelf)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... A Biographical Dictionary of People in Engineering: From Earliest Records Until 2000. Carol W. Hall. Purdue University Press, 509 Harrison St., West Lafayette, IN 47907-2025. 2008. 384 pages. A CD is included. $79.95. ISBN 978-1-55753-459-0....

Design of Industrial Information Systems.(ME bookshelf)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Design of Industrial Information Systems. Thomas O. Boucher and Ali Yalcin. Academic Press, an Elsevier imprint, 30 Corporate Dr., Suite 400, Burlington. MA 01803. 2006. 432pages. $79.95. ISBN 978-0-12-370492-8. Industrial companies have...

Power Plant Construction Management: A Survival Guide.(ME bookshelf)
June 1, 2008... Power Plant Construction Management: A Survival Guide. Peter G. Hessler. PennWell Corp., 1421 S. Sheridan Rd., Tulsa, OK 74112-6600. 2005. 350 pages. $99. ISBN 978-1-59370-029-4. Power plants are being built again. Some are of the basic...

Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing for Design, Manufacturing and Inspection. Second Edition.(ME bookshelf)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing for Design, Manufacturing and Inspection. Second Edition. Georg Henzold. Butterworth-Heinemann, an Elsevier imprint, 30 Corporate Dr., Suite 400, Burlington. MA 01803. 2006. 396 pages. $64.95. ISBN...

Environmentally Conscious Transportation.(ME bookshelf)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Environmentally Conscious Transportation. Edited by Myer Kutz. John Wiley & Sons Inc., 111 River St., 4th Floor, Hoboken, NJ 07030. 2008. 352 pages. $120. ISBN 978-0-471-79369-4. The fifth volume of the Wiley Series in Environmentally...

Feedback Systems: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers.(ME bookshelf)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Feedback Systems: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers. Karl Johan Astrom and Richard M. Murray. Princeton University Press, 41 William St., Princeton, NJ 08540-5237. 2008. 424 pages. $45. ISBN 978-0-691-13576-2. This book provides...

Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics for Finite Element Analysis. Second Edition.(ME bookshelf)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics for Finite Element Analysis. Second Edition. Javier Bonet and Richard D. Wood. Cambridge University Press. 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013. 326 pages. 2008. $99. ISBN 978-0-521-83870-2. Designing...

ASME publications.(Bibliography)
June 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...

ASME codes & standards.
June 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 information...

Bench scope.(new products)
June 1, 2008... SAELIG CO., PITTSFORD, N.Y. The MSO5022 is a low-cost, full-featured 25 MHz two-channel benchtop mixed-signal oscilloscope with 8-bit resolution, combined with a 16-channel logic analyzer, useful for an engineer's or student's desk. USB...

Roller bearings.(new products)
June 1, 2008... SKF USA INC.. KULPSVILLE, PA. SKF cylindrical roller bearings have unique logarithmically "crowned" rollers, providing improved contact geometry between roller and raceway. This roller profile reduces stresses under high loads, enables...

Tiny transducer.(new products)
June 1, 2008... CELESCO TRANSDUCER PRODUCTS. CHATSWORTH, CALIF. According to this manufacturer of linear and rotary measurement transducers, it has created the world's smallest cable-extension transducer. Celesco's M150 is a transducer with a range of 1.5 in.,...

Gas analysis.(new products)
June 1, 2008... MIDAC CORP., COSTA MESA, CALIF. The Titan-OL systems provide realtime, multicomponent extractive gas phase analysis for online and continuous multipoint analysis. Titan-OL systems include a rugged industrial FTIR spectrometer system, gas cells,...

Vertical conveyors.(new products)
June 1, 2008... TKF INC.. CINCINNATI, OHIO. Reciprocating vertical conveyors have counterweighted lift mechanisms that cut the effective unit load weight in half, thus reducing horsepower and power requirements. Standard models come with unit load capacities...

Sensitive-fluid dispensing.(new products)
June 1, 2008... FLUID METERING INC., SYOSSET, N.Y. The VMP electronic variable displacement metering pump is for accurate dispensing of ultraviolet sensitive fluids. Typical fluids that fall into this category are UV curable adhesives, UV coatings, and photo...

Data logger.(new products)
June 1, 2008... OMEGA ENGINEERING INC., STAMFORD, CONN. The OM-CP-RHTEMP 2000 is a wall-mountable data logger that can simultaneously display remote readings of environmental parameters, including temperature and humidity. The 8-button, lock-capable keypad and...

Pressure injector.(new products)
June 1, 2008... VALCO INSTRUMENTS CO. INC., HOUSTON, TEXAS. The Cheminert C72 ultrahigh pressure UHPLC injector has a proprietary stator coating that permits pressures up to 15,000 or 20,000 psi. Many of the latest analytical techniques require systems that...

Infrared thermometer.(new products)
June 1, 2008... CONTROL CO., FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS. The Traceable infrared thermometer operates simply--turn it on, point at a sample, and take a reading in less than a second. The unit reads both Fahrenheit and Celsius degrees on any surface-solids, semi-solids,...

Piezo motors.(new products)
June 1, 2008... MICROMO ELECTRONICS INC.. CLEARWATER. FLA. Linear and rotary piezo motors have simple, cost-effective, robust designs to meet the needs of applications from consumer electronics to metrology instrumentation. The Piezo Legs and PiezoWave motor...

Pressure sensors.(new products)
June 1, 2008... TURCK, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. PK pressure sensors were designed to provide an economical means for switch point detection in air and inert gas applications. The compact sensors are IP 65 rated and useful in pneumatic and robotic applications. These...

Toggle clamps.(new products)
June 1, 2008... JERGENS INC., CLEVELAND, OHIO. Jergens toggle clamps have mounting hole patterns and toggle action comparable to competitive brands, facilitating an easy transition from what customers may currently be using. These toggle clamps can save...

Brushless pump.(new products)
June 1, 2008... THOMAS PRODUCTS DIVISION, SHEBOYGAN. WIS. A brushless dc WOB-L air compressor/vacuum pump is designed for medical and other applications requiring a small and lightweight pump with variable output. The 260 Series pump is 4.25 x 4.63 x 3.02 in....

Taper gauging.(new products)
June 1, 2008... CINCINNATI INCORPORATED. CINCINNATI. OHIO. The company's new system is said to speed and simplify taper gauging on press brakes for making angular bends. An option on Cincinnati press brakes, the new taper gauging system features six-axis gauge...

Microstepping driver.(new products)
June 1, 2008... LIN ENGINEERING, SANTA CLARA, CALIF. The RoHS compliant version of the R256 microstepping driver/controller, the R256-RO is capable of step resolutions ranging from 2x to 256x. It operates from 12 to 40 V dc and its phase current ranges from...

Mobile transformer oil coolers.(new products)
June 1, 2008... UNIFIN INTERNATIONAL. LONDON, ONTARIO. ForZair transformer oil coolers feature Unifin's mono-aluminum extruded fin tubes and advanced plate fin technology, both of which provide optimal heat transfer efficiency and good durability, according to...