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Fluke Announces Scopemeter Trade-In Offer

Tuesday, 30 June 2009 10:24 P GMT
Fluke is offering products to the value of 35 per cent of the list price of a hand-held Scopemeter when trading in a battery-operated, portable oscilloscope against the purchase of a new Scopemeter. The wide range of Fluke Scopemeters offer high-end

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T12 Digital Transducer Targets Lower Torques

Tuesday, 30 June 2009 10:20 P GMT
HBM has extended its T12 series of digital torque transducers with models for the lower measuring ranges of 100Nm and 200Nm. This means that, for example, measuring friction performance can benefit from the high accuracy and dynamic performance of th

Strain Transducer Provides High Safety Reserve

Tuesday, 30 June 2009 10:14 P GMT
HBM has introduced the 6mm-high SLB-700A strain transducer to measure strains on solid components, such as cranes and bridges, where high loads need to be measured. The compact size of the strain transducer means that it can be mounted on any compone

EISA-Compliant Motors Now Available In Europe

Tuesday, 30 June 2009 10:11 P GMT
Baldor has announced European the availability of NEMA three-phase motors that meet the energy efficiency demands required by the US's forthcoming Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA). This legislation, which becomes mandatory on 19 December 2

Compressors Help Create Snow For Ski Slope

Tuesday, 30 June 2009 10:07 P GMT
An authentic ski surface has been created in Hemel Hempstead's new Snow Centre with snow cannon technology that incorporates compressed air delivered by a system from Atlas Copco Compressors. The huge ski and board slope, 160m in length and over 30m

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MBS Offers T-Slot Slider From Item

Tuesday, 30 June 2009 10:04 P GMT
Item has added the T-Slot Slider to its Line-8 aluminium machine kit system, available from Machine Building Systems (MBS). This consists of a zinc die-cast body, which is 80mm long and 40mm wide and is fitted with free-running plastic inserts. This

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IDEC Safety Controller Is Easily Configured

Tuesday, 30 June 2009 9:37 P GMT
IDEC has announced that its Safetyone FS1A Safety Controller can replace up to six safety relay modules with no programming. The company said that unlike a multiple safety relay system, which requires cumbersome wiring and takes up too much space, or

Aerotech Adds Vertical Translation Stage To ANT

Tuesday, 30 June 2009 9:21 P GMT
Aerotech has added a vertical translation stage to its ANT range of nanotranslation linear position stages. This provides 500mm/s speed, 1g acceleration and a positioning resolution between 2.5nm and 1.0um over a 25mm or 50mm travel range. The ANT-LX

Vibrocontrol Measures Variables Simultaneously

Tuesday, 30 June 2009 9:17 P GMT
Bruel And Kjaer Vibro has released the Vibrocontrol 1500 (VC-1500) enabling the measurement and monitoring of casing vibration, rolling-element bearing condition and temperature. The acceleration sensor AS-062/T1 integrates a temperature sensor in th

Mercury II 1600 Encoder Is Easy To Install

Tuesday, 30 June 2009 9:13 P GMT
Inmoco's Mercury II 1600 encoder from MicroE Systems offers high speed, resolution and small sensor size. With a speed of 7.2m/s, resolution of 0.5um and sensor size of 8.7mm height, the digital Mercury II 1600 uses simple, cut-to-length tape scales

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SAL3D Library For Quality Control Applications

Tuesday, 30 June 2009 8:31 P GMT
Aqsense has launched SAL3D (3D Shape Analysis Library, in C++ API), offering the latest functionalities to OEMs and systems integrators. The library is designed for those developing quality control and 100 per cent production in-line inspection appli

Frequency Inverter Range Available Up To 22kW

Tuesday, 30 June 2009 8:28 P GMT
Nord Gear has announced that its SK 500E frequency inverter range is now fully available up to 22kW. The company's SK 500E series frequency inverters were introduced in 2005 in drive sizes one through four for motor power ratings up to 7.5kW. Nord ha