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Nukes Face Rising Operating Costs
Rising fossil fuels prices can make nuclear power's lower operating costs an attractive option. However, Power Engineering says that even nukes now face significant increases in production costs due to rising uranium prices and a tight labor market. A 75% increase in capital costs also makes plant overhauls more expensive.
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Equipment Only as Good as Personnel
Tennessee Valley Authority's Shawnee Fossil Plant set a new long-run operations record for a coal-fired power plant of 1,093 days. Power magazine says that keys were using a systems engineering approach, planning for outages, and documenting all procedures. Also vital are multitasking staffs, safety culture, and improving predictive maintenance programs.
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Connect HDMI Over Distance
HDMI beats component video, but HDMI installations are more challenging at distances over 40 ft. It is not feasible to buy and field terminate HDMI links — the connectors are too complex and tolerances too precise. But Big Picture Big Sounds offers connectivity solutions that provide the needed equalization and amplification.
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Relays Empower Students
Power relays are the pulse of electrical transmission and distribution protection systems. Tennessee Tech students work with these relays hands-on in their new TVA Power Relay Lab. The Herald-Citizen Online says the lab features the same equipment that TVA and other worldwide power providers use. What can you do to teach the next generation of engineers?
What do other engineers think of this?
See for yourself at
CR4 — GlobalSpec's Engineering Community.
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AC-DC and DC-DC Power
Supplies and Systems
Acopian
Acopian manufactures AC-DC and DC-DC power supplies consisting of single, dual, triple output, DC-DC converters, programmable, unregulated, switching, linear, wall mountable, DIN rail mountable, mini power supplies, power systems, redundant systems, rack mountable, and high voltage power supplies. Ships within three days. Every voltage from 0 V to 30 kV and up to 1200 W.
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Problems Starting Motors with
Extreme Loads?
ABB Low Voltage Products & Systems
Tired of the endless maintenance costs; operating extreme loads with typical motor starters? ABB has a better idea: Extreme Duty Softstarters. Experience an immediate reduction in your maintenance and downtime costs. XD Softstarters reduce downtime in two vital locations: at the starter and in the drive train. Complimentary details - save $$$.
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QuadTech LCR Meters — Accurate, Quick,
and Reliable!
QuadTech Inc.
QuadTech LCR Precision Meters measure resistance, capacitance, and inductance in a wide variety of applications.
Need to increase manufacturing testing efficiency? The 1920 makes fast and accurate measurements. A 1MHz LCR at 100kHz Price!
Testing to 2MHz? Try the 7600.
Learn more about QuadTech LCR Meters and customer savings here! |
High-Reliability Connectors
Robert Technologies, Inc.
High-reliability connectors and cable assemblies for the aerospace, defense, medical, and geophysical industries.
When your requirements call for high-quality, high-reliability power connectors that are Mil-C 22992 Class L compatible, Robert Technologies, Inc. can provide you with the products you need at very competitive prices and with availability that will impress you. |
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Sensor Study Shows Growth
This Venture Development Corporation study assesses North American markets for linear displacement, proximity, and rotary position sensors. Published in Sensors, the study says that proximity sensors have the largest market but the slowest projected growth rate. The smallest market and the highest growth rates are for linear displacement sensors.
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China World's Largest RFID Market
China represented the world's largest RFID market in 2007, thanks to its national ID card program. Although the program is winding down, RFID World China sees significant growth opportunities and has released four top-10 rankings related to Chinese RFID adoption in 2007. The rankings are for RFID vendors, applications, events, and products.
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Best Nanotech Product of 2007
Small Times' product of 2007 is silicon microarray technology. The micromachined set of silicon pin tools for printing DNA or protein microarrays has 10- to 100-fold higher dimensional tolerances, 75% cost savings, longer pin life, and more precise sample delivery and uptake compared to competing products.
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MEMS Market Mushrooms
The top 30 MEMS makers booked $5.6 billion in revenue last year and the overall MEMS market grew 9% to $7 billion. EE Times says Hewlett-Packard displaced Texas Instruments as a result of its use of MEMS inkjet heads. Automotive applications led the market, but consumer products showed the fastest growth rate.
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ANNOUNCEMENT: NEW Noise Suppression Products Introduced by Okaya
Okaya Electric America, Inc.
A world leader in Noise and Surge Suppression products since 1939, Okaya introduces a NEW LINE of Single and 3-Phase Filters. These filters are 54% smaller and 67% lighter
than previous designs. Our ISO 9000 certified facilities and
state-of-the-art manufacturing enable these technological advancements
and a series of other product updates.
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UL508 Polycarbonate Enclosed Disconnect Switches
ABB Low Voltage Products & Systems
The eOT enclosed, UL508, manual motor controllers are rotary operated, three pole, 600 V, horsepower rated, 16-80A nonfusible disconnect switches, and housed in thermoplastic/polycarbonate enclosures suitable for wet and corrosive environments. The switches touch-safe construction and the NEMA rated enclosure provide ultimate protection for the user and the equipment. Complimentary Details and Catalog.
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Pulsed Power Devices
Barry Industries, Inc.
Pulsed Power Devices (terminations and resistors), designed for hi-rel, thermally cycled devices — all brazed construction. These terminations and resistors are ideal for use in solid state laser technology, and plasma RF Generators that typically have an operating frequency to 13.56 MHz.
See Barry's article in Advancing Microelectronics on Secure Attachment in Pulsed Power Applications. |
Upgrade to the 21st Century
Fibox Enclosures USA
Designed for your industry, the ARCA series offers a new era in enclosure technology. Manufactured in polycarbonate, a high-performance plastic, these stylized enclosures are easily customized and offer superior chemical resistance and a wide temperature range.
Available NEMA 4X rated, in industry standard sizes with screw or hinged covers plus latch options.
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Re-Engineer Your Career
Dice
DiceEngineering.com offers thousands of high quality engineering jobs at top technology and engineering companies — jobs for Electrical Test Engineers, Board Level Designers, and Electronic Technicians.
At DiceEngineering.com, you can:
• Find jobs in your area of expertise
• Post your resume and let employers find you
Search now.
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Will Slower Growth Impact Employment
Many component and automation system suppliers predict growth in 2008. This automation.com forum highlights opinions from editors, engineers, and technicians on how the current slower economic growth is affecting employment. Temps are often the first to be impacted by slowdowns, but one contract worker says "I remember living hand to mouth after 9/11. Believe me, we are not in a recession." What is your outlook?
What do other engineers think of this?
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CR4 — GlobalSpec's Engineering Community.
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LA Bridge Longest in Western Hemisphere
This new link across the Mississippi River in Louisiana just north of Baton Rouge shows why bridges are the perfect marriage of architecture and engineering. With a main span of 1,583 ft, the John James Audubon Bridge will be longest cable-stayed bridge in the Western Hemisphere and the only drilled-shaft supported bridge in the Mississippi's lower reaches. Pylon construction starts this summer.
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Share Your Thoughts . . . Join a Conversation About This Month's Topic...
Will a Slow Economy Affect Employment?
The world economy is not in a recession, but growth has slowed. Is slower growth affecting employment in the technology sectors? Will it hinder technology hiring later this year?
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