NEW : CLUFIX® blind rivet nuts product range offers a new sealing solution.
In addition to existing design with o’ring under CLUFIX® head, watertight CLUFIX® with resin seal solution suits for both flush or flange heads.
Precote® 5 seal guarantees IP66 / IP 67 watertight performances.
More than swivelling rings, the SEB swivel lifting rings made by CODIPRO can be used for lifting under the load. Fitted with an “automatic position recovery system”, the rings line up directly in the lifting direction.
Now, CODIPRO widens its range of SEB rings with new models of smaller diameters (SEB M8, SEB M10 and SEB M12) but also with a ring able to lift loads up to 15 tons, SEB M48.
All these models are also available in « +C », i.e. equipped with a patented centering system. This system increases the strength of bolt when the ring is used at 90°.
In really short lead time, CODIPRO can also produce non standard SEB rings which will meet your specifications (bolt length, thread type, color…)
Please do not hesitate to contact us for any further information, we are at your entire disposal: [email protected]
How do you label 15,000 – 20,000 chocolate eggs per hour? Very carefully and fast! This particular system combines a high speed metering device, product positioning conveyor, synchronous hugger belts & overhead hold down, and redundant high speed SL2000 label applicators. The system can apply labels at rates from 200 – 400 products per minute in this “zero down time” production environment.
Welcome to Universal labeling systems – North America’s largest manufacturer of made-to-order pressure sensitive labeling equipment.
Established in 1968
as a general contracting machine shop, Universal, then called Park Products, designed and built its first labeling machine in 1972. After building labeling machines under the name of another manufacturer, the Universal line came into its own in 1984. With our own design, fabrication, and assembly facilities, Universal Labeling Systems was poised to become the most complete manufacturer of pressure sensitive labeling equipment.
21,000 labeling machines and counting.
Today, Universal’s seasoned design engineers have over 75 years of combined labeling machinery experience. We maintain our own fabrication facility, exclusively supporting the manufacturing of labeling equipment. Each assembled machine is put through a rigorous testing process, making sure that our equipment can meet the rigors of your requirements. The Universal Performance Guarantee simply states, ” If Universal Labeling Systems is unable to meet the specified performance in your quotation, we will take your machine back and reimburse you in full.” –Doug Hall, President, Universal Labeling Systems.
We deliver
equipment that is well documented, easy to learn, and is complete with detailed product manuals. Included with each standard or custom labeling system is a recommended spare parts list, specific to your machine. We deliver well tested machines that include a customer instructional video, and supported by a world wide network of Authorized Universal Distributors. We deliver when time counts…over 98.6% of our labeling machines built and shipped on or before our scheduled date.
G450 and G460 now function tested!
30.11.09
Microtector II series successfully certified
The multi-gas detectors of the Microtector II series, G450 and G460 have now passed the function test BVS 06 ATEX E 017 X /PFG 09 G 001.
This makes the G460 the first detector for methane, propane, n-nonane and hexane with a weight less than 1 kg!
With only 350 g the detector provides 5 slots: 1 for a catalytic combustion sensor, 1 for an infrared sensor, 2 for electrochemical sensors and 1 for either an additional electrochemical sensor or a photo-ionisation detector (PID). Certain sensors can even monitor several gases. This allows continuous and selective detection of 7 gases simultaneously.
The G460 detects reliably combustible gases and vapours, oxygen and toxic gases (e.g. H2S, CO, CO2, CL, HCN, NH3, NO2, PH3, SO2, etc.). The poison resistant infrared sensor (NDIR) allows safe measurement of CO2 in % vol and CH4 concentrations in both % LEL and % vol range. The individually interchangeable sensors (plug & play) are characterized by a long lifetime for stable detection results at any time. Combinations of sensors and a wide range of accessories make the G460 come up with any applicational task.
The all new STREAMTEK Aluminum Vortex Tubes convert your regular shop compressed air into cold air at -50F (-46C) on one end, up to 260F (127C) on the other. With zero refrigerants and virtually no moving parts, they are typically used to cool electronic controls, gas samples, machining operations, environmental chambers and more.
** STREAMTEK is the first compressed air-operated product manufacture to release a Vortex Tube with a list price UNDER $100.00.
SANYO DENKI EUROPE SA. is pleased to introduce their “SANMOTION R Advanced” AC servo drives. This serie offers a 1200Hz rapid response and safety function in option.
Specifications :
•Reference : RS2A0*A****
•Input Voltage : 1 x 200-230 VAC 50/60 Hz or 3 x 200-230 VAC 50/60 Hz
•Servo Drive Capacity : 15, 30 & 50A
•Rated Power : 10W to 1.2kW
•Applicable motors : R2, Q1, Q2, P5
•Control modes & interfaces : (1) Position : pulse train (2) Velocity : analog +/- 10V (3) Torque : analog +/- 10V
•Options : Regenerative resistance, Full-close, Safety function
Product advantages :
(1) Improved precision and reduced cycle time
•Rapid response 1200Hz
•Shorter position settling time
•Vibration control
•Faster positioning Stabilization
(2) 15% Increased Torque of high rotation speed
(3) Safety function (in option)
(4) Easy setup for optimal operation
•High performance auto-tuning
•Improvement of usability
•Setup software
Target applications :
CNC Machine tools (milling, boring, tapping…), semi-conductor equipments, general industrial machinery (electronics, packaging, printing, etc).
For further information on Sanyo Denki «SANMOTION R Advanced » AC servo drives, please contact us at +33 1 48 63 26 61 or email us at [email protected].
Every so often an article pops up here or there talking about how ridiculous text message prices are on a per-byte basis. Eventually one of those stories got politicians involved, and the Justice Department began an investigation. Thankfully, the inquiry has ended, and the Justice Department found no evidence of anything wrong. Looking at the pricing on a per-byte basis is pointless and mostly meaningless. Most people who use SMS text messages on any sort of regular basis have bulk plans included with their regular plan. The “list” prices are really a small part of the market. The fact that most of the operators raised prices is certainly not evidence alone of any kind of collusion. And if prices really get to be too ridiculous, then people will just start to move to alternatives. This seemed more like an investigation brought on for PR purposes because someone didn’t like the way something was priced.
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Imóvel, com 4500 metros quadrados, foi comprado por uma empresa de Coimbra
O Palácio da Batalha, no Porto, foi comprado por uma empresa de Coimbra e vai ser transformado num hotel de quatro estrelas. O Pedido de Informação Prévia foi aprovado e o projecto de licenciamento deverá ser apresentado durante o próximo mês.
O imóvel foi comprado à Portugal Telecom pela Hotéis Dona Inês, mas terá surgido um diferendo com os herdeiros relativamente ao uso que iria ser dado ao palácio, alugado pelo Estado para nele ser instalado a Estação de Correios, Telégrafos e Telefones, o que fez com que o processo se arrastasse no tempo.
Ultrapassada a divergência, a Hotéis Dona Inês apresentou à Câmara do Porto um Pedido de Informação Prévia (PIP), que foi aprovado em Fevereiro do ano passado. O Palácio da Batalha é considerado um imóvel de interesse patrimonial e o PIP teve de ser igualmente aprovado pelo Igespar – Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico.
Mais de 4500 metros quadrados
O imóvel, que estava na posse do Estado e era propriedade da Portugal Telecom, foi posto à venda em 2007. Tem mais de 4500 metros quadrados e cinco pisos. O hotel da cadeia Dona Inês junta–se a outros que estão a nascer na Baixa do Porto.
O Palácio da Batalha é um edifício com uma história rica. Foi mandado construir por José Anastácio de Silva da Fonseca, um fidalgo cavaleiro da Casa Real, nos finais do século XVIII. Durante o Cerco do Porto (1832), os proprietários, simpatizantes de D. Miguel, abandonaram o palacete, refugiando-se na Quinta da Aveleda.
O governo liberal de então instalou no palácio diversas repartições públicas, tendo servido também como hospital de sangue durante a guerra civil. Foi ali que Bernardo de Sá Nogueira – o marquês de Sá da Bandeira – entrou gravemente ferido no braço direito. Um ferimento resultante do combate travado no lugar da Bandeira, em Gaia. No hospital amputaram-lhe o braço, que foi enterrado no jardim (mais tarde destruído) nas traseiras da casa.
Em 1842, foi restituído aos donos e, em 1861, quando a Câmara mandou terraplenar o Largo da Batalha para ser erguido o monumento a D. Pedro V, o palácio ficou cerca de um metro mais alto que o pavimento da praça. A Câmara deu ao proprietário 800 mil réis de indemnização, dinheiro usado para rebaixar o pavimento do palácio
McDonald’s starts dishing out free WiFi at most of its U.S. restaurants originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Three days’ worth of reading here at Dx and implementing the knowledge and being consistent with it worked for me.
Time to go out and celebrate.
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Invap inaugura nuevo edificio
las nuevas instalaciones de la empresa rionegrina Invap S.E. serán inauguradas formalmente el próximo miércoles 20 de enero. Está confirmada la participación del gobernador provincial, Miguel Saiz, y autoridades nacionales. También fue invitada la presidenta, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, quien podría asistir por unas breves horas a esta ciudad.
El magnífico complejo se ubica a la vera del ingreso a la ciudad, en cercanías del lago Nahuel Huapi, y tienen un vistoso diseño. El complejo se ideó con una resolución técnica constructiva armonizada con el entorno circundante y el medio climático propio de la región con un presupuesto superior a los 50 millones de pesos.
La planta industrial permitirá unificar los talleres de Invap, que estaban dispersos en catorce edificios alquilados. El EICO (edificio de integración convencional), de 6.300 metros cuadrados cubiertos, es donde se armaron los radares para los aeropuertos argentinos.
Por su parte el complejo EISA (edificio de integración satelital), con un total de 7.700 metros cuadrados cubiertos, es el lugar donde se ensamblarán los satélites argentinos. Es el edificio más grande del nuevo complejo. Tiene sofisticados equipos de calefacción y aire acondicionado, que permiten mantener una temperatura y humedad programada por computación. El tercer complejo es el de servicios comunes y comprende un salón comedor, cocina, salas de recreación, enfermería y otras dependencias y tiene 1.150 metros cuadrados. Por su parte el cuarto edificio alberga las áreas de ingeniería. Un muy buen presente Invap, creada a partir de un núcleo de científicos formados en el Instituto Balseiro, vive un momento histórico, con excelentes perspectivas de crecimiento y negocios en todas sus áreas. La empresa rionegrina logró un gran prestigio internacional, es invitada a numerosas licitaciones y tiene clientes en varios países del primer mundo. Es un verdadero orgullo para Argentina y por ello es muy probable que Cristina de Kirchner viaje para inaugurar la nueva sede.
Su gerente general es Héctor Otheguy y en todas las áreas de la empresa trabajan alrededor de 600 personas. Diseñan y desarrollan equipos en las áreas aeroespacial, donde se construyen radares y satélites, en la energía nuclear (donde fabrica reactores nucleares de fines pacíficos) y también se elaboran generadores eólicos y equipamiento médico, entre otros productos. |
When you run a community site, your registration and minimum profile requirements are like the front porch to your home. As technology bloggers we trick-or-treat to at least a dozen sites per day and when you make your porch scary, we’d just as soon skip your house. If I make it past 10 minutes of forms and service terms only to find you’ve got toothbrushes and raisins for me, I’m going to be pissed off. If you’re looking at redesigning your site, below are 6 points to consider.
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1. Show us the Goods: There’s a reason why sites like Etsy and Ebay let us browse items before registering. Nobody wants to give away their contact info or spend time registering for something if it doesn’t add value to their lives. Even if you aren’t a shopping site, make the first thing people see a value proposition.
2. Embrace Portability: Consider adding OpenID and other identity integration tools to your registration process. By accelerating the signup process you’re reducing the time it takes to collect info and your user is more likely to stick around to enjoy the site.
3. Break It Up: Sites like LinkedIn and Geni allow users to fill out their profiles in stages. This breaks up the registration process and makes it seem less cumbersome to the user.
4. Minimize Your Request: For many sites, the only things you need to capture up front are user name and email address. Password preferences, employment history and likes can be asked during tiered profile requests.
5. Respect the User’s Time: Have you ever called the phone company only to be redirected to a new person who wants you to repeat your name and account number again? When you make a user repeat themselves, you are telling them that you aren’t listening and that you don’t value their time. When it makes sense use drop downs, auto-complete and auto-fill.
If you’re an interaction designer or engineer with more suggestions on how to improve the registration process, let us know in the comments below.
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Just two years ago, people laughed at Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn’s ambition to zoom past Toyota to become the world’s leading producer of automobiles. At that point, VW sold 3 million fewer cars annually than their Japanese target and had a questionable reputation when it came to quality. Toyota was also just poised to overtake GM as the world’s leading producer and seemed untouchable.
Such is not the case today. This past November marked the first time that VW out-built its Japanese rival and while ToMoCo still moves more units per year, VW has closed the gap by half. The quality issue still remains a point of contention for VW, but a series of damaging recalls by the Japanese magnate received much unwelcome attention from the American public.
Winterkorn is seizing the opportunity presented by Toyota’s negative press, and has pulled out all stops. VW has made a deal whereby they are to purchase a 20% stake in Suzuki in a move to target the explosive markets of Southeast Asia and India. He has also committed over $11 billion to Audi over the next three-years to take on BMW and Mercedes-Benz with the introduction of 10 new models.
In the U.S., Winterkorn plans to try the inverse of the failed upmarket attempt that is known as the VW Phaeton and moving in on Ford, Honda, and Toyota customers as the company gets set to introduce a competitor to the $16,000 Toyota Corolla later this year.
– By: Stephen Calogera
Source: BusinessWeek
By Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron’s, Tech Trader Daily
Intel (INTC) last night reported Q4 results that were, by any measure, well above expectations. Q4 revenue was up 28 percent year-over-year, and EPS beat by a dime, even before backing out the company’s one-time payment to settle its litigation with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). The big beat figured to set up the market to rally this morning; but as it often does, the market has defied expectations, and tech stocks are selling off big time.
Several of the more bearish Intel analysts noted this morning that the company’s impressive Q4 gross margin – 64.7 percent, up 7 points sequentially and 12 points year over year – may be as good as it gets. Auriga analyst Daniel Berenbaum this morning wrote in a research note that “gross margin arguably peaked for the cycle in Q4, which could prove a headwind for the stock.”
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It isn’t everyday that you see a beautiful black Audi R8 V10 on the road. But it happens. What never happens is a guy driving up to you in an Audi R8 V10 and walking up to you and handing you the keys. For keeps. That was probably true before a couple weeks ago, but we can’t say that is the case anymore. According to New Zealand’s Independent Online, an unknown businessman has literally given the keys to his R8 to a pair of men he had never met before because he had a dream telling him to take the vehicle to Table Mountain in South Africa.
The generous man’s only request was that the two men, who were given the cars because they had drivers licenses, use the German luxury vehicle to help others without wanting anything in return. To make good on their end of the bargain, Fabrice Manganga Mugala and Desire Shima are delivering food to the homeless and needy people. The two have also cut a slit into the hood of the R8 (since the engine is out back) so others can place donation money and messages therein. The slit appears to have been professionally added to the bonnet, and the inscription around the opening reads “a better future for all.” We’re thinking Fabrice and Desire are already reaping the benefits of a better future, and if the two pay it forward as instructed, they won’t be the only ones to win out.
Gallery: Review: 2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI V10
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[Source: Independent Online]
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Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Truck, Work, Chevrolet, GM, GMC, Diesel
According to our friends over at PickupTrucks.com, Chevrolet will show off the latest iteration of its Heavy Duty pickup truck at the Chicago Auto Show next month. The 2011 Chevy Silverado 2500 and 3500 (2010 model shown above) are expected to be equipped with a new version of the well-regarded 6.6-liter Duramax diesel V8 engine that will almost assuredly use a urea solution to curb nitrogen oxide emissions. General Motors continues to partner with the diesel experts at Isuzu for the Duramax engine.
Under what’s sure to be somewhat revised sheetmetal will reportedly be an all-new chassis along with some “other surprises,” surmises PickupTrucks.com. We expect a GMC Sierra HD to also be on display, but we can’t say for sure. We’ll be on hand in Chicago to see how GM reacts to the 2011 Ford Super Duty pickups and their all-new 6.7-liter diesel V8 engine, so stay tuned.
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Report: 2011 Chevrolet Silverado HD to debut in Chicago originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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You knew it was coming but, wow, that was fast. The same day Verizon Wireless announced its new unlimited plans (and a day after we leaked it), AT&T also announced that it is dropping its Unlimited Talk plan to $69.99 monthly for individuals and $119 for Family Talk customers (two lines), matching Verizon’s latest unlimited offerings to a tee. Unlimited Talk & Text plans for its Quick Messaging devices will also match Verizon’s offering, coming in at a competitive $89.99 monthly for individuals and $149.99 for two lines on a Family Talk plan. Last but not least, AT&T will offer its Unlimited Voice and Data plan for smartphone customers, including iPhone owners, at a monthly cost of $99 for individuals and $179.99 for two lines on a Family Talk plan. Unlimited texting plans remain the same at $20 per month for individuals and $30 per month for Family Talk customers. All prices go into effect Monday, January 18th. Press release after the jump.
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AT&T Announces New Unlimited Plans
Smartphone Leader Increases Value of Nation’s Fastest 3G Network and Wide Selection of Industry-Leading Devices
DALLAS, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — AT&T* today announced new unlimited plans across all devices –including its industry-leading lineup of smartphones — to provide more value and choice for customers who want to talk, text and surf on the nation’s fastest 3G network.
“With more than twice the number of smartphone customers as our nearest competitor, we are committed to offering great value and choice for customers who want to talk, text and surf on the nation’s fastest 3G network,” said Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. “Our new plans reflect customers’ continuing desire to do more with their phones – including talking and browsing the Web at the same time. Plus these new plans make it even more attractive to choose AT&T which already offers customers the best 3G experience and the industry’s most popular and innovative devices.”
The new plans, which will be available beginning Monday, Jan. 18, can be ordered at AT&T’s 2,200 company-owned retail stores and kiosks, through convenient online service at www.att.com, or at one of the thousands of authorized AT&T retail locations.
Beginning Monday, existing AT&T customers can change to any of the new plans without penalty or contract extension with the online account management tool at www.att.com/wireless.
AT&T customers enjoy the ability to talk and browse the Web at the same time on AT&T’s 3G network, the nation’s fastest, which covers more than 230 million people across the nation.
For customers who do not choose an unlimited voice plan, AT&T offers Rollover, which lets customers keep the minutes they don’t use. In addition, AT&T offers A-List, which offers unlimited calling to up to 10 domestic phone numbers.
For the complete array of AT&T offerings, visit www.att.com.
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Goodfellas actor Paul Sorvino is cooking up a treat for fans — he’s launching his own line of pasta sauces using an old family recipe.
The 70-year-old celeb came up with the idea after sampling some of the bland sauces available on supermarket shelves. He decided to launch his own product with the help of Paul Sorvino Foods and his mother Angelina’s Neopolitan cuisine secrets.
“I have had a life long passion for food and have enjoyed cooking since I was twelve years old. I am really excited about creating food that consumers will be able to enjoy and share with family and friends,” he tells The New York Daily News. “I have a box full of family recipes waiting to be developed. I want Paul Sorvino Foods to be a ground breaking company that produces great tasting food that will be affordable to consumers. Our company’s trademarked slogan is ‘Simply the finest.’”
Paul, who is the father of actress Mira Sorvino, says: “I get my tomatoes from Naples. I get the olive oil from Puglia. The spices I use are fresh, like the basil and in the marinara, a touch of oregano. No fillers, syrups or preservatives.”
Paul’s sauces are expected to go on sale later this month.
At CES Samsung has recently shown off their smart TV’s which features the ability to to play games on your TV by using your phone as a controller.
In this video it shows the phone being used to display the cards being held by each person in a game of Blackjack.
Unfortunately they do not show the user interface closely, but it is certainly a nifty feature which may predispose a Samsung TV owner to buy a Samsung phone or vice versa.
You may recall last year that prosecutors in Pennsylvania wanted to charge some girls who had taken either nude or partially unclothed photos of themselves, and then sent them via their mobile phones, with “child porn” charges. This seems pretty ridiculous no matter how you look at it, and it was good that a judge temporarily blocked the prosecutor from moving forward. You would hope that this would give the prosecutor a chance to rethink this idea, and perhaps realize that it’s beyond extreme.
Instead? The prosecutor is appealing the ruling and still wants to charge at least one girl with child porn charges. The ACLU is fighting back, not just for this particular girl, but apparently over the threats of felony charges on 16-girls, who were then forced to participate in a “re-education” class to avoid charges. I have no problem with children being educated about why such things are really bad ideas, but to threaten them with felony charges, especially when even the mothers of one of the girls says that photos were just some girls goofing around, and in most cases no worse than what you’d find it a typical Victoria’s Secret catalog? That seems like a prosecutor going too far.
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