Shoals Technologies Group and Multi-Contact AG have collaborated to bring the best offer of both companies to PV customers globally by introducing the Multi-Link product line to the market.

This new product line will allow either the panel manufacturer or the field integrator/end user to adapt the module to create a custom solution based on the needs of the installation. The most innovative feature of the Multi-Link line is the universal interface allowing for modular DC/DC optimization, DC/AC conversion, while also having the ability to act as a standard junction box when no power electronics are required.

Lock out the risk and free your performance in a single movement. The new Stäubli range of RSI quick connectors play an active and reliable part in optimizing safety and performance on all compressed air circuits.

Improved safety. By an automatic process, a single movement by the operator stops compressed air circulation, frees the air under pressure, and disconnects the hose safely.
Improved reliability with perfect sealing, guaranteed efficiency, and complete control of your energy consumption.
Easier handling with a swiveling button, a 360 degree and 90 degree double-rotation version, and materials combining lightness and strength.

Cree's SiC MOSFET, the CMF20120D, which is available at Digi-Key, provides blocking voltages up to 1200 V with an on-state resistance (RDSon) of just 80 mΩ at 25° C.

Setting Cree's SiC MOSFET apart from comparable silicon devices, the RDSon remains below 100 mΩ across its entire operating temperature range. This consistency of performance characteristics across operating conditions, along with a true MOSFET device architecture (normally-off), makes it ideal for power electronics switching circuits.

The CMF20120D SiC MOSFET provides significant advantages over silicon devices, enabling unprecedented system efficiency and/or reduced system size, weight, and cost through its higher frequency operation.

The skeletal volume of a solid body excludes pores as well as the void spaces between particles. Envelope volume includes all pores and voids. While these measurements are each important on their own merit, their combination also allows one to accurately calculate percent porosity and total pore volume of a body.

Micromeritics' AccuPyc II 1340 Gas Pycnometer provides skeletal volume and density measurements on a wide variety of materials having volumes from 0.01 to 350 cm³.

Micromeritics' GeoPyc 1360 Pycnometer determines the envelope volume and density of monolithic samples, as well as the bulk volume and density of powdered materials.

The Cocoon project seeks to build smart cities in which all devices are linked to create a new class of services that enhance people's lives. A wireless network using beam-forming to enable robust mobile communications and efficient use of frequency bands will provide connectivity and intelligence. The technique will superimpose a new protocol over devices' native protocols.

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Micro-Epsilon has developed a new manufacturing technology for eddy current sensors — Embedded Coil Technology (ECT). Using our proprietary ECT, the sensor is embedded in an inorganic substrate material, providing excellent temperature and form stability. Conventionally wire-wound sensor coils are replaced by ECT sensors. ECT technology pushes the limits of traditional sensors to new levels for maximum integration, unmatched stability, and extreme environments — without compromising existing benefits. Learn more.

The rear-wheel drive Tata Pixel concept mini-car uses a prototype toroidal traction drive infinitely variable transmission. Bottom line: one rear wheel can be driven opposite the other rear wheel. With the front wheels at an extreme angle, watch the 3 m long car turn with a 2.5 m radius for parking in tight city spaces.

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Air travel could become safer, sooner, if recent textile bag tests are any indication. The Fly-Bag, designed for pre-loading with luggage before placing in aircraft cargo holds, succeeded in containing several small, escalating bomb blasts. The big design idea, besides multi-layers: coating internal fabric with elastomers; and fabrics impregnated with shear thickening fluids.

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The FiberMark from Epilog helps manufacturers quickly and easily meet barcoding and other marking requirements. Featuring a 24 in. x 12 in. engraving area, users can mark parts individually or load the table with a jig of small parts to engrave hundreds at once. The FiberMark costs up to 30% less than a YAG laser and can help meet all of your metal/plastic marking needs. Contact Epilog today for complimentary laser marked samples and more information on the FiberMark!

PCB Piezotronics, Inc., a global leader in vibration, acoustic, pressure, force, and torque sensors, is pleased to introduce a new series of Array Microphones to its line of acoustic products. The new "array" microphones are electret designs and consist of three 130 Series Models: 130E20, 130E21, and 130E22. All three models have similar specifications and are differentiated by the connectors. Additional information available here.

EnduroFLEX® XM and CRXM cables are proven to exceed 20 million flex cycles. Economically-priced EnduroFLEX XM is designed for reliability in tough environments. EnduroFLEX CRXM withstands abuse in severe environments. Custom cable in five days or fewer; stock cables ship same-day. Quotes in 24 hrs or less. No minimums. Call 715-294-2121 or visit www.northwire.com/crxm.

General Digital's™ Barracuda™ Series LCD monitors (6.4 in. - 24 in.) are sealed to IP67 and NEMA4X standards. The rugged aluminum enclosures (standalone, rack mount, panel mount) provide protection against various environmental elements: water immersion (submersion) from 15 cm - 1 m depth, splashing or hose-directed water, falling debris, dust, ice, snow, and more. Available with sunlight-readable displays.

GE Intelligent Platforms has a proven track record as a subsystem supplier to major military and aerospace contractors. More info...

Master Bond epoxy adhesive EP31 is designed specifically for high performance applications. This two component epoxy features lap shear strengths exceeding 4,500 psi and peel strengths greater than 40 pli. More info...

New and award-winning gas detection digital wall mount controller by MIL-RAM Technology, Inc. The TA-2016MB-WM (8 or 16-channel versions) features multi-drop, daisy-chain network architecture. More info...

Ultrafab, Inc. manufactures specialty brushes in several polymer options utilizing numerous filament or yarn configurations that act as active cleaning, environmental sealing, and processing devices for a wide range of applications. More info...

RWM Casters is the originator and market leader of industrial kingpinless casters. Demand the highest quality, heaviest duty, most tested and proven USA produced kingpinless casters in the industry! More info...

ENOTEC's new OXITEC® 5000 oxygen analyzer system is based on the InSitu principle of measurement. Used worldwide in thousands of furnaces (all conceivable types) with temperatures up to 1400° C. More info...

Many test engineers can't feel comfortable with instruments that don't have the "hands-on" feel of knobs and switches. Yet according to this blog entry from Martin Rowe at Test & Measurement World, the upcoming generation of younger engineers want instruments that offer the touchscreens and other conveniences that have become so ubiquitous on tablet computers and smartphones. In fact, one app already available for the iPhone turns it into an oscilloscope. As always, users expect their instruments' operating environments to resemble those with which they are already familiar.

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Miniaturized mass spectrometer escapes the lab and goes to the grocery store. Researchers identified specific chemical residues on apples and oranges (or the lack thereof on organic produce) within minutes, right in the produce section without having to peel or otherwise prepare a sample of the fruit. The system has potential for use all through the food delivery system, as the researchers explain, to provide assurances of food safety. The time savings in bringing the instrument to the produce could be significant. Also, if the system could be miniaturized further it might be possible to build into mobile devices the size of a Blackberry.

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Americium-241 is a good alpha emitter. If you isolate a gram of Americium-241, it emits alpha particles in all directions. An alpha particle is a positive charge because it consists of two protons and two neutrons bound together. The emission of alpha particles by the gram of Americium-241 produces lines of current radiating from the center of the source. Each line of current generates a magnetic field. The source, then, is a magnetic monopole. How can this be?

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"Improvements in AC/DC power supply design are evolutionary, rather than revolutionary. It's easy to settle for tried-and-tested approaches because no one new design technique is likely to yield great benefits. The design challenge is to establish what small enhancements can be made in various parts of the design to achieve worthwhile improvements in power density, efficiency, and EMC performance." Read this article in its entirety.

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