With the new AP series, Gardner Denver Thomas in Puchheim is once again introducing a series of new linear diaphragm compressors.
In contrast to motor drives, linear drives have an armature with a permanent magnet that is moved back and forth between two electromagnets (solenoid) in time with the mains frequency. The armature itself is mounted between the two opposing diaphragms of the pump heads.
This technology reduces the wear parts to a minimum and thus guarantees very long service lives. In practical application, 20,000 operating hours or more are achieved.

The use of Neodym magnetic material made it possible to greatly increase the field strength and thus the efficiency of the linear drive.
At the same time, the size was greatly decreased by increasing the power density.
The data of the new AP series AP-40, AP-60, and AP-80 speaks for itself. For example, the power consumption is only between 0.63 and 0.53 Watts per l/min with a counter-pressure of 150 mbar. The volume flows here are between 46 and 86 l/min. The maximum pressure is now 300 mbar.

All screws for opening the compressor are now accessible from the top and greatly simplify the replacement of the pump block after approx. 20,000 operating hours.
A diaphragm safety switch, which is triggered when the deflection of the armature is too great (caused by transport or in case of a tear in the diaphragm), is also accessible from the top by means of the cover of the filter and thus be reset.

Due to the smaller dimensions and the low weight of only 4.7 kg, installation in switchboxes is simplified, for example.

Linear compressors by Thomas are used in various applications. Manufacturers of small wastewater treatment systems primarily use the technology for the aeration of wastewater and sludge. Due to their excellent efficiency, the compressors are also used for primary air supply in fuel cells.

Gardner Denver Thomas GmbH
Benzstraße 28
D-82178 Puchheim
Phone: +49 89 80900-1340
Fax: +49 89 80900-1309
Email: herbert.hansel@gardnerdenver.com
www.gd-thomas.com
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-Fully interlocking
-Better protection
-Tensile strenght 3x better, 950N Min.
-Bending radius 2x
Now available for all Avantes fibers!

Avantes Special Fiber Optic Probes
For special applications where a fiber probe needs to be installed in a harsh industrial environment, specific features may be required. Avantes has been constructing many high quality probes for harsh environments over more than 15 years. Special expertise has been built up in high temperature (HTX), high pressure (HP), vacuum and other specifications. Also the combination of fiber diameters, wavelenght range, sleeving material and length as well as connectors, ferrules, etc. enables an unlimited amount of custom specific products.
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With the low double-digit million euro agreement running over several years, Jenoptik is expanding its manufacture of sensors for the automotive industry.

Jenoptik’s Optical Systems division and Magna Electronics Europe GmbH & Co. KG have entered a framework agreement for the supply of optical sensors. The agreement in the low double-digit million euros range starts in mid-April 2011 with the technical systems for the new contract installed at Jenoptik’s Triptis, Germany facility. Series production of the sensor will start in the summer of this year. Over and above the framework agreement, Magna and Jenoptik are working together on preparations for further projects.

With the agreement, Jenoptik is enlarging its volume production of systems and modules for sensor technology and imaging applications in the automotive industry. The sensor enables improved protection of pedestrians in the event of frontal collisions. It will be installed on the front end of almost all models of a leading German car maker and is based on the principle of optical information transfer. In the event of a collision, the light intensity in a polymer band changes, thereby giving off a signal which causes a lighting-speed action on the vehicle. This helps to prevent or reduce serious injuries to pedestrians in the event of an accident.

Jenoptik manufactures optoelectronic systems with over 200 employees in Triptis. Jenoptik was awarded the major contract from the automotive industry due to its comprehensive competence in volume production of such modules and systems with particularly high quality requirements. Products manufactured in the last years include 100 million optoelectronic modules and components for medical technology applications. Production at the Triptis site is certified in accordance with the exacting demands of the medical technology and automotive industries.

At present, the Optoelectronic Systems business unit supplies a range of automotive and supplier companies with, for example, components for heads-up displays and optical sensors and components for driver assistance systems such as automatic lane or sign recognition. The Group’s product range for the automotive industry also includes numerous high-technology systems such as metrology for quality assurance, especially in engine production, lasers and laser processing systems for processing interior fittings and body parts as well as imaging and infrared camera modules. Order intake from the automotive and automotive supplier industries has risen sharply in all the above-mentioned areas since the 2nd half-year 2010. Following contributions to sales from the automotive/machine construction industry of over 100 million euros in the 2010 fiscal year, the figure will continue to rise in 2011.

About the Jenoptik Group
As an integrated optoelectronics group Jenoptik operates in the five divisions Lasers & Material Processing, Optical Systems, Industrial Metrology, Traffic Solutions and Defense & Civil Systems. Its customers around the world mainly include companies in the semiconductor and semiconductor equipment manufacturing industry, automotive and automotive supplier industry, medical technology, the security and defense technology industry as well as the aviation industry.

With its Optical Systems division Jenoptik is one of the few manufacturers in the world to produce precision optics and systems designed to meet the highest quality standards. Besides opto-mechanical and opto-electronical systems, modules and assemblies the division is a development and production partner for optical, micro-optical and optical coating components– made of optical glass, infrared materials as well as plastic. It possesses outstanding expertise in the development and manufacture of micro-optics for beam shaping used in the semiconductor industry and laser material processing. The product portfolio also includes components and systems for life sciences as well as lighting & energy applications, system solutions and modules for digital image capture and processing as well as cameras for digital microscopy.
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***MA SERIES Simple Wire Protector Printed Circuit Terminal Blocks ***
The printed circuit terminal blocks MA series fulfill all basic quality features:
MA series terminal blocks have between 2 and 24 positions with a 3.50 mm, 5.00 mm, 7.50 mm or 10.00 mm pitch. Moreover, MA series Wire-protection clamps provide the highly precise dimension, cost-effective, fit-for-purpose and compact wring solutions. The simple clamping mechanism reduces the product cost.
The 2&3 pole modular designed terminal blocks can be quickly and easily joined together to produce higher pole number assemblies, however, it depends on the actual situation, for mass quantity, we ca supply the One-piece housing product.
MA series allow screw connections for conductors up to 1.5 mm2 to be realized without soldering.

Ma series are using brass or copper alloy as the fixture for wire connection, which ca make the product be free maintenance, anti-vibration, preventing from screw loosing, outstanding corrosion resistance, and high reliability.

When the clamping screw is turned, it pushes the Leaf Spring onto the conductor until a secure connection is achieved. The Leaf Spring prevents the screw from the digging into the conductor and damaging individual conductor stands.
MA series products acquired the approvals of UL, CE, and VDE. MA series ensuring compliance with rigorous quality standards. Our customers also appreciate our dependability, punctual deliveries and outstanding value for money.
A wide selection of accessories rounds off MA series product range.
If desired, MA series terminal blocks can also be supplied with individual printing and marking.
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EHM Series slurry pump is mainly used for handing strong abrasive, high density slurries and low density, high head slurries in the metallurgical, mining, coal, power, building material and other industrial departments etc.

The frame plates of this kind of slurry pump have replaceable wear-resistant metal liners. The impellers are made of wear-resistant metal. The frame plate liner and impeller for EHM pump are adoptable of hard metal only.

Bearing assembly of this kind of slurry pump use cylindrical structure, adjusting the space between impeller and front liner easily, being removed completely when being repaired. Bearing assembly use grease lubrication.

The shaft seal of this kind of slurry pump could use the packing seal, expeller seal and mechanical seal. The discharge branch can be positioned at intervals of 45 degrees by request and oriented to any eight positions to suit installations and applications.

Here are the drive types, such as V belt drive, gear reducer drive, fluid coupling drive, and frequency conversion drive devices.

Wide performance, good NPSH and high efficiency are main character of these kinds of slurry pump. The pump of this type may be installed in multistage series to meet the delivery for long distance.

This kind of slurry pump mainly applies in coal washer processing, handling with the fine ore and tailings in metal mine, handing combined bottom and fly ash in a thermal power station etc.
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PolyGrid™ Precision-Expanded Plastics

Precision-Expanded Metal & Expanded Plastic

Wide range of sizes, patterns, angles and materials
One-piece, single-unit structure
Eliminates unraveling and contact resistance of woven mesh
Superior shielding, electrical, heat transfer & structural properties
Process variations, including flattening, pulling & annealing

Dexmet precision expanded plastics offer superior performance and material savings for a range of materials and applications.

PolyGrid™ precision-expanded plastics from Dexmet are used in filtration applications requiring membrane support, purification and separation. Other uses encompass the following industries: electronics, aerospace, medical, food packaging, automotive and wherever mesh and perforated plastics with high precision, mechanical and electrical properties are required. Dexmet PolyGrid™ is available in most polymers or we can work with your proprietary materials. Dexmet meets Clean Room specifications to Class 10,000.

Plastics regularly produced include:

Fluoroplastics: PTFE, PP, PE, PFEP, PCTFE, PVF, PVDF, PFA and ECTFE
Polyamides: Nylon 6 and Nylon 6.6, Peek
Polyolefins: PE and PP
Polyesters (Thermoplastic): PET, PETP, PBTP
Polysulfones
Polyvinyls
High Temp Plastics: PTFE, PEEK, Nylons

A range of standard diamond mesh sizes from .020” to 1.2” is available. The number of openings per square inch can vary from 25 to as many as 11,000, with an open area range from 10% to 90%. The variable open area facilitates lamination with a variety of other materials including those which expand, contract and flex.

Designing a precision expanded plastic material with unique characteristics is our specialty. Dexmet’s extensive manufacturing resources can accommodate many variations for plastic materials in a range of finished thicknesses.
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Materials characterization specialist Malvern Instruments has joined two key European initiatives that aim to promote excellence in cross-disciplinary research and technique development in soft matter composites and complex fluids. These are: the SoftComp Consortium; and, the newly funded EU FP7 project, European SoftMatter Infrastructure (ESMI).

SoftComp promotes networking and joint project development among the best European research groups from traditionally separate fields. Initially financed by the European Commission as a Network of Excellence (NoE) under EU FP6, SoftComp is currently self-sustaining and will continue to grow, carrying out leading edge technology projects in the intelligent design of functional and nanoscale soft matter composites. These colloids, polymers, liquid crystals, membranes, surfactants, micellar solutions, amphiphilics and biological systems are of crucial importance to the biopharmaceutical, food and chemical industries and other industries utilizing nanoscale technologies.

In addition to enhancing further cooperation and collaboration amongst European scientists, the ESMI project will promote the development of leading edge techniques through collaborative projects between key academic groups and leading European material characterization companies.

“As part of SoftComp we are working with a powerful consortium of academic and industry partners from the UK and across Europe, including K.U. Leuven, FORTH, Unilever, and Schlumberger among others,” said Dr Samiul Amin, Malvern’s Strategic Technology Group Manager. “Soft matter research drives innovation in so many fields, as the SoftComp projects amply illustrate. From fuel-saving tyres and super-efficient detergents, through new insights into the behaviour of blood and skin, to better drilling muds, the group’s research is exciting, ground-breaking and socially valuable.”

“Through ESMI, we will be working in developing new commercially viable characterization tools and techniques geared to addressing challenging application needs,” said Dr Amin.

As a leader in measuring performance controlling material properties, Malvern is committed to applying its expertise in support of cutting edge technological development. The company and its representatives are active in a wide range of professional and industry organizations, and collaborative projects.
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La presentación oficial de la nueva vídeo cámara compacta de Casio, ha sorprendido especialmente por su diseño futurista de vanguardia, aunque se trata de una cámara dual tanto para la grabación de vídeos como la realización de fotografía está especialmente diseñada para la grabación de vídeos con calidad HD (1920 x 1080 píxeles) y puede capturar los vídeos a 240 frames por segundo.

Para facilitar la tarea de subir sus producciones a Internet o a los alojamientos más populares como Youtube, Facebook, Flickr etc, la Casio Trix incorpora un software programado para subir tanto los vídeos grabados como las imágenes de manera directa sin necesidad de paginas ínter medias.

La cámara Casio TRIX tiene un sensor CMOS capaz de grabar vídeos a 1080 p, un procesador con tecnologia de doble núcleo de las cámaras Exilm y un angular de 21mm con zoom de 15 px para facilitar la captura de HDR y fotografías panorámicas.

Pero sin duda lo mas alternativo de su diseño es el marco que rodea a su pantalla táctil giratoria de 3” con tecnologia LCD, ya que puede ser utilizado de agarre o como trípode para facilitar el manejo ante cualquier situación, el lanzamiento de esta novedosa vídeo cámara está previsto para Abril de este año y tendrá un precio aproximado de unos 250 dólares .

Sin duda la Casio TRIX da una vuelta de tuerca mas en la tecnologia de vídeo cámaras compactas que tenemos en este momento en el mercado con toda la tecnologia de una vídeo cámara mas profesional en el cuerpo de una pequeña guerrera todo terreno.

Noticias Geek

The acquisition of systematic knowledge of particle properties and bulk material behaviour is a big topic in the research and practice. We would like to operate on the design of machines and equipment for bulk processes with scientific knowledge rather than empirical estimates.
This topic was a focus on the very well-attended Gericke Bulk Seminar in Regensdorf,
Switzerland.

The numerous attendees from Europe and overseas followed all presentations and test units with great interest. Gericke has presented a device for measuring particle properties made by Freeman Technology. It provides within a short time a statement on the flow behaviour, the shear forces, fluidizing characteristics and other product data.
Followed by impressive practical demonstrations in the modern Test Centre, where micro feeding devices and continuous and batch mixers have been shown.
In continuous feed rates of less than 500 gr/h, the feeder DIW PE and EASYDOS Pro Controller showed their strengths. They are feeding at this low throughput even in industrial environments reliable and accurate.

The advantages of Gericke dense phase conveying systems, which are based on low product attrition and lower specific power consumption could be pursued with the monitoring of the pressure variation recorded with an inline data acquisition system and in the sight glasses of the conveyor line.

The real attraction was the Multiflux® Mixer GMS C whose impressive mixing tools are made of plain stainless steel. They are extractable and cantilevered. The GMS mixer is suitable for complete mixing of difficult recipes with minor ingredients in the range of per mill ratio, with low application of energy, a contribution to product and resource conservation. The mixing time is definitely less than 1 minute and can therefore produce more batches per hour within the same mixer volume (typically between 300-2800 litres). The retractable version is aimed at high-quality food processes, which search for good accessibility, inspectability and short cleaning times.

Many interesting discussions and exchange of experiences among experts and the excellent atmosphere among the participants led the seminar to a great success. For more information www.gericke.net.
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WAYNE, NJ – March, 2011 – Fisnar®, is pleased to announce the addition of Eric Choi to Ellsworth Corporation as Managing Director, Fisnar Asia. In his new role, Eric will concentrate on
consolidating and growing Fisnar business in Asia and to establish Fisnar Asia as the supply hub for Fisnar globally.

According to James Dornan, Managing Director responsible for Fisnar global operations, “Eric’s addition comes at a time when Fisnar is significantly concentrating sales and business development efforts in new Asian markets. Eric’s thirty plus years of sales and management experience will be extremely valuable to building our business and will prove beneficial as we further penetrate into the Asian marketplace.”
Kelvin Wu, Managing Director – Ellsworth Adhesives Asia stated, “We are excited with the addition of Eric to our Asian operations. His familiarity with the marketplace will further strengthen our presence and allow us to continue to expand globally.”

About Fisnar
Fisnar is a world leader in fluid dispensing and dispensing automation. Fisnar manufactures automatic liquid dispensers for adhesive, glue, cyanoacrylates, silicone, RTV, anaerobic resin, epoxy, UV cure formulations and many more fluids. Fisnar Inc. is also a manufacturer of dispensing valves, industrial robots, peristaltic pumps, spray nozzles, syringes & consumables including, needles, barrels and tips. Fisnar offers the largest selection of products including a valve for every type of material and a wide range of economic industrial robots suitable for automating a bench assembly operation or for integration in a larger in-line process. Fisnar can be contacted directly at 973-646-5044 or by logging onto www.fisnar.com.
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