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Among those of us who troop regularly through press events at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, 2012 will go down as the year automakers once again felt comfortable admitting that people do, indeed, occasionally take cars out on race tracks and have fun with them. This is in stark contrast to recent years when numerous high-profile politicians made appearances at the Detroit show.
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It is theoretically possible to recycle thermoformed plastic packaging such as bubble packs. The bad news for manufacturers trying to be sustainable: This stuff almost never gets recycled, for a variety of legitimate technical reasons. But that situation may change thanks to new collaboration between packaging suppliers, recyclers, and other interested parties.
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The S-Force Radial Blowers are backward-curved impellers that yield substantially more airflow at elevated pressures while providing maximum cooling capacity in even the most complex and demanding applications. The blowers feature a compact direct current motor with integrated, wear-free electronic communication that provides up to 89% efficiency with minimal noise and energy consumption. Available in 6 impeller sizes (120 mm to 225 mm), these high-performance air movers reach nominal speeds up to 4,600 RPM and provide airflow up to 988 CFM. www.ebmpapst.us/sforce/
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Engineers in the Cleveland area might like to check out the first-ever Manufacturing Expo coming up Feb. 14 and 15. Conference speakers hail from organizations that include NIST, NASA Glenn Research Center, Eaton, Parker Hannifin, and the Ohio Aerospace Institute. There are over 35 exhibitors at this point.
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Sadly, film and camera giant Kodak filed for bankrupty today. Back in 2008, we bemoaned how Kodak fumbled digital photography at its birth. Kodak engineers were among the most knowledgeable people we ran into at consumer electronics conference sessions in the 1980s that covered digital cameras.
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Among the new iPhone apps for engineers we've seen recently is one that provides a database of screw and tap info and another that does a single-shot scan of documents.
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New Products
The FS1 finger-operated joystick controller is suitable for in-cab control panels, portable radio control boxes, and pendants. The single-axis, Hall-effect joystick is 2.2-in. (55-mm) tall and has a glass-filled Zytel housing. The device’s moisture-resistant, nonferrous components and conformal-coated electronics are durabile and rugged. Noncontact, Hall-effect sensors provide long life and reliable control in harsh environments. The extension-style spring return offers smooth and precise operations.
Options include a 2.6-in.-tall housing, friction brake, step detent, 7 to 30-V input, redundant output, and low power consumption.
J.R. Merritt Controls Inc.
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Two new base stations have been added to the WSDA wireless gateway line. The WSDA-Base-101 base station offers eight channels of user assignable analog output. It is for applications requiring communication with existing analog data-acquisition systems. Two buttons on the front panel can be programmed, using the company's upgraded Node Commander software, to perform user-selectable functions, including pair node, initiate sampling, arm and trigger data logging, sleep node, and sleep/wake node.
The WSDA-Base-102-RS-232 base station offers a serial RS-232 communication interface, for applications like connecting to a PLC.
MicroStrain
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