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Keep Steam Generators Online
Sensing and analyzing steam generator water quality is critical to power plant operation. Many plants don't adequately maintain online water sampling systems and are forced to rely on grab samples and lab analysis. Power magazine says online water quality analysis is critical, and shows how to keep sampling systems up and running.
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Transformers Go Green with Soybeans
Immersing power transformer electrical components in petroleum-based oil has long been a favored means of insulation. But production, use, and disposal of this oil aren't environmentally friendly. ComEd addressed this issue by committing to annually buy 4,000 pole-top soybean oil filled transformers. The utility becomes the fourth largest purchaser in the U.S.
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Combat Connector Commoditization
Electrical connectors would seem ripe for commoditization by low-cost manufacturers. But The News in Portsmouth, England reports that connector manufacturers are fighting back by moving up-market. One move is into high reliability connectors used in aerospace applications where quality is critical and price is a secondary factor.
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Relays Replace Chips in Computers
Before semiconductors, relays were the brain of computers. New Nanotech relays may now be used to build modern relay-based computers. Computerworld reports that tiny mechanical computers will be far more energy-efficient than traditional semiconductors. They also will produce less heat and will withstand voltage spikes that can burn out ordinary processors.
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Pfannenberg Introduces 4th Generation
Filterfans
Pfannenberg Inc.
Pfannenberg USA introduces their extra "service-friendly" 4th Generation Filterfans®. This "out-of-the-box" UL-approved TYPE 12 Filterfan has the highest CFM/cutout size in the industry. Their patented "Click & Fit" system eliminates all hardware and saves up to 15 minutes of installation time per enclosure. Read more.
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Transparent Covers added to ARCA™ Line!
Fibox Enclosures
Fibox expands its ARCA™ enclosure product line with the addition of transparent screw covers and transparent hinged covers. Stylish ARCA enclosures, manufactured using injection molded polycarbonate, a high performance plastic, offer ease of customization, robustness, superior chemical resistance, and wide temperature range. UL-Listed and NEMA 4X, 6P rated, in industry standard sizes.
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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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Sensors Spot Tsunamis
Predicting tsunamis is the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's goal. That objective is possible with deployment of the final tsunami detection buoys in a 39 station network. Each sensor station has a bottom pressure sensor anchored to the seafloor, and a companion moored surface buoy that transmits data via satellite.
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RFID Keeps Blood Flowing
Using RFID to track blood could reduce transfusion errors, and save 45,000 units of blood annually. It could also save $9 million annually. RFID Update reports that bar codes are widely used for blood tracking world-wide, but RFID is expected to improve safety and accuracy. The University of Wisconsin spearheads the research.
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Nanobots Map Oil Deposits
Oil reservoirs often comprise rock formations with oil trapped in tiny pores. Saudi Aramco wants to use Nanorobots to penetrate these pores and gather information including pressure, temperature, and fluid type. Information gathered from the on-board memory of these Nanobots would map the reservoir. What other uses can you think of for Nanobots?
What do other engineers think of this?
See for yourself at
CR4 — GlobalSpec's Engineering Community.
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Nanotech in Prime Time
The Nanotech industry must educate or risk being banned like genetically modified organisms. A TV series might help. 'Nanotechnology: The Power of Small' will air in the U.S. on public TV and explore Nanotech's impact on privacy, the environment, and health. More than $60 billion in Nanotechnology products were sold globally in 2007.
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Micro Miniature Metal Bellows
Servometer — PMG, LLC
Servometer®/PMG, LLC, micro miniature electrodeposited nickel bellows manufactured with diameters as small as 0.020 in. (0.5 mm) are dynamically flexible. Servometer® micro miniature metal bellows can bend, compress, cycle, and are helium leak-tight. They're ideal for dynamic applications where precision, repeatability, reliability, and long-life capability are critical requirements.
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24 VDC DIN Rail Mounted LVDT — NEW!
Macro Sensors, A Division of Howard A. Schaevitz Technologies
This new Signal Conditioner offers the user higher stability and increased functionality of the analog outputs. It operates from 10-30 VDC, and applications include automobile, testing, R&D, automated gauging, and checking stations. Outputs 4-20 mA, 0-10 VDC, or ±10 VDC. Includes math functions between conditioners. View all Macro Sensor products here...
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Contract Assembly Guide Solves Factory Problems
Electrasem
Electrasem's new Contract Assembly Guide is a handy pocket brochure that shows you how its manufacturing services can reduce costs, speed delivery, and improve quality. Electrasem's services are designed to meet proto-type to low volume assembly requirements for instruments, safety equipment, medical devices, and other electronic sub-assemblies and devices.
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All 30mm Pilot Devices, NEMA 4x Rated
ABB Low Voltage Products & Systems
ABB offers a full range of 30 mm devices: standard switches and indicators are NEMA 4X, no-cost adders for 4x applications. Reliable designs lower inventory, installed, and maintenance costs. Stop searching; ABB has the 30 mm operators, legend plates, and accessories you need for your typical and most challenging applications.
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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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Expand Your Business Network
Most engineers change jobs every few years, and your next job is likely to come through your business network. This UCIrvine Merage School of Business article offers practical advice and tells how to expand your network by meeting 100 new people. The article also explains how you can turn these new acquaintances into valuable business contacts and career relationships.
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No Signs Make Safer Roads
You might call this a 'No sign of the times'. There are two schools of thought on how to make roads safer. Way out in first place are ever more signs, specific directions, and stringent enforcement through traffic light cameras and other technologies. Coming up fast in second is a movement led by Hans Monderman, a Dutch traffic engineer who hates traffic signs and considers them dangerous. So how do you build a safer road? Monderman says to make it appear dangerous.
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Share Your Thoughts . . . Join a Conversation About This Month's Topic...
Is Nanotech Safe or Dangerous?
Does the potential good of Nanotechnology outweigh its potential dangers? How can society be educated on the technology? Are Luddites just fighting progress, or do they have legitimate scientific concerns?
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