449 press releases : Analysis and material characterisation, Test rigs

— S-670 and S-680 Stealth Series™ — DANBURY, CT (October, 2008) — Hamar Laser Instruments, Inc. has introduced two new Shaft Alignment Systems — the S-670 and S-680 Stealth Series™ — designed to simplify the task of detecting and correcting misaligned shafts and couplings. The new alignment systems will be distributed exclusively throughout North and South America and Europe by Hyatt Industri...

DeFelsko is pleased to announce the New PosiTector 200 coating thickness gage for measuring the thickness of coatings on concrete and other non-metal substrates. The ruggedly simple and affordable PosiTector 200 has just been redesigned to include new features, new measurement ranges and new models. Now available with either Standard or Advanced features and your choice of two measuring ranges, ...

The new Test and Refill Devices PNG-1 and PNG-3 from AFRISO-EURO-INDEX, in conjunction with a vessel filling liquid, facilitate a simple and rapid increase of the pressure cushion in diaphragm expansion vessels (MAG) of heating and oil supply systems. Invariably due to lack of proper maintenance the primary pressure of the MAG is often adjusted either too high or too low so that maintaining of a st...

Small enough to be used with one hand yet rugged enough to withstand the rigors of regular use in the field, the latest insulation testers in Megger’s MIT400 range are now available in versions optimized to meet the needs of users in the telecommunications and CCTV industries. In addition to versatile insulation testing facilities with a 75V safety lockout threshold, all of these versions offe...

The MIDAC Illuminator is for spectroscopists who need dedicated instrumentation or custom sampling configurations. Trying to adapt a standard laboratory FTIR to these custom tasks can be like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Either you find yourself compromising performance, ending up with an awkward or unreliable mechanical jumble, or paying for instrument features you simply don't ...

FARO Technologies, the world leader in portable computer-aided measurement hardware and software, announced that it has released an online video demonstration of its highest accuracy articulated arm device, the FARO Gage-PLUS. “Our customers – machinists and shop floor personnel – are accustomed to using rulers, micrometers, and calipers,” said FARO Technical Product Manager Robert Sanville. “Th...

Design News magazine announced the winners of its annual Golden Mousetrap Awards for excellence in innovation and creativity in product design. Design News awarded the Photon Laser Scanner from FARO Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: FARO) the Best Product in the Rapid Prototyping category. “We are very proud to receive such an important award from Design News,” said Dr. Bernd-Dietmar Becker, FARO’s D...

Strategic US partners - Integra Biosciences AG and the Viaflo Corporation have selected Neuroscience 2008 to show for the first time their comprehensive combined portfolio of high quality liquid handling products. Visitors to Booth 326 will be introduced to a new range of handheld electronic pipettors. VOYAGER™ is a novel single-handed, adjustable-spacing, multi-channel pipettor that supports sa...

There are many reasons for investing in noise measurement equipment usually due to legal necessity. However Pulsar Instruments Plc were delighted to assist Sky 1’s Brainiac: Science Abuse team in an effort to determine whether sound could travel from England to France. The experiment involved Vic Reeves in England making a series of loud noises and Jon Tickle attempting to measure these noises in...

The PCU1000 is a new control and readout system for the thermal mass flow meters and controllers of the red-y smart series. This process control unit is ideally suited to power and control up to ten red-y smart mass flow meters, controllers and pressure controllers. Instrument characteristics PCU1000: – Access to up to 10 smart meters, controllers and pressure controllers via bus interfa...

The new SIDSP® technology based MiniTest 700 series of ElektroPhysik offers an utmost accuracy and reproducibility. With SIDSP® - sensor integrated digital signal processing – the entire measuring signals are digitally created processed and controlled in the measuring sensor itself. Unlike with the commonly used procedures, the measurements are free from interference and there is no data loss via t...

Ideal for Combustion Air Flow Monitoring, Air Monitoring To Low NOx Burners, Furnace and Boiler Control, Flue Gas Recirculation, CEMS Stack Monitoring Process engineers at coal fired electric power plants will find the rugged MT91 Multi-Point Mass Flow Meter from Fluid Components International (FCI) delivers precision air/gas flow measurement with a highly intelligent flow sensor array packag...

Following the recent and numerous improvements brought by OROS on its range of products and solutions, OROS GmbH organizes in Koblenz, Germany, the OROS Noise and Vibe Forum. This event will be a great opportunity for attendees to share their knowledge and experience with their peers and to discuss about their applications with OROS experts. The first day will be dedicated to OROS users while the s...

Battery testing has never been this easy. Simply insert the nozzle into the battery, depress the finder pump and extract a few drops of sulfuric acid (H2S04) electrolyte. Touch one button and the processor does the rest. Within three seconds you have a temperature compensated accurate reading of specific gravity and temperature. Field studies show time savings of at least 5 times (500%) using...

Aeroflex launched an LTE version of its industry-standard TM500 multi-handset (multi-UE) test mobile designed to accelerate the pace of LTE development projects. Aeroflex won a contract to supply a major infrastructure equipment vendor with the TM500 LTE Multi-UE test mobile. Up to 32 LTE handset UEs are provided in one multi-UE test mobile, simplifying tasks like functional network te...

Aeroflex released a new option that enables the Aeroflex 3900 Series Digital Radio Test Set to test and align a wide range of digital mobile radio (DMR) devices. DMR, a new digital radio format replacing analog private mobile radio (PMR), offers communications features specified by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) technical standard 102-361. DMR technology is under develop...

Dwyer Instruments, Inc., the preferred source for your complete range of practical and affordable instrumentation, is announcing the release of its NEW SERIES STFLO Stainless Steel Flowmeters. The STFLO Series Stainless Steel Flowmeters are ideal for high temperature and high pressure applications such as steam. The direct reading scale provides ±2% accuracy and may be ordered with scales in l...

KROHNE has launched a new Tantalum version of its OPTIMASS 7300 Coriolis mass flowmeter, to handle the highly aggressive and corrosive fluids found in the chemical industry. The past decade has seen Coriolis flowmeter technology become the accepted standard in many chemical industries. However, one area where the technology was challenged was the measurement of highly aggressive and corrosive flui...

For many years, JUMO’s safety temperature monitors and limiters have reliably performed their function of monitoring systems relevant to safety. The totally new instruments of the 701160 series were recently awarded EN 14597 certification. They are primarily used to monitor and switch off systems with thermal processes. In the event of malfunction or when limits are infringed, the system is then pl...

The Wtrans series from JUMO contains a new transmitter with M12 connection for adaptation to existing Pt 1000 resistance thermometers. Additional receiver designs are also available, which have two rather than four analog inputs, but also have two relays for a variety of monitoring tasks and are suitable for supply voltage of either 230V or 24V. The transmitters are located in a probe handle and ar...